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==Assessor.==
===Section 102.===
There shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city at the time and place provided for the election of mayor in 1897, at regular biennial elections, or at any time thereafter when ordered by two-thirds vote of council, but not sooner, an assessor, whose duty it shall be to assess all the property in the city subject to taxation from the books of the county assessor, as herein provided. He shall have power to appoint with the approval of the board of aldermen, such deputies and assistants as may be allowed him by ordinance. The manner in which he shall perform the labors shall be determined by ordinances of the council. He shall give bond, with sureties, to be approved by the council. The assessor or his deputies may administer oaths or affirmations, and certify the same. He shall receive such compensation as the council may fix. Until the tax assessor is elected by two-thirds vote of council, his duties, as herein prescribed, shall be performed by the comptroller.
==City attorney and physician.==
===Section 103.===
There shall be elected by the council, immediately upon the assembling of the new board, a city attorney, whose duty it shall be to give legal advice to the mayor and the council, and all other officers and boards of the city in the discharge of their official duties. If requested he shall give his opinions in writing, and they shall be preserved for reference. It shall be his duty to prosecute and defend all suits for and against the city, and to attend to such other legal business as may be prescribed by the council. His salary and term of office shall be fixed by the council, not to exceed two years.
===Section 104.===
The council shall elect a city physician for the term of two years who shall perform such duties as the council may prescribe, for such compensation as the council may fix.
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