Louisiana Attorney General Reports September 18, 2003 (Opinion Number)

Dear Mayor Davis: You advise us that the City Charter of the City of Baker provides "the Mayor shall execute all contracts, agreements, instruments of debt and the like for which the city is obligated" and further provides that "no special legal counsel shall be employed by the city except by legal contract". See Sections 3-07 and 4-08 of the City Charter of the City of Baker.