The City Attorney shall be responsible for designating one or more Notaries Public,
who shall be attorneys licensed to practice law in the State of Louisiana and none
of whom shall be members of the Council, before whom shall be passed all contracts
and other transactions required by the City Attorney or other counsel to be in authentic
form. The Department of Law shall establish uniform reasonable processing fees approved
by the Council for all Notaries Public performing such services. Said services shall
be paid by those transacting business with the City, and these funds shall become
part of the general fund of the City when utilizing the services of Notaries Public
from among professional staff within the Department of Law. Notaries within the Department
of Law shall be utilized to perform such services, except where the City Attorney
certifies a special need to exist and the Council, by two-thirds vote of its entire
membership, approves the special need to appoint the notary who is not within the
Department of Law. Designated notaries within the Department of Law shall receive
no compensation for the notarial functions performed under this Section other than
that compensation provided by the regularly applicable City pay plan.
(2)
A certified copy of every act or contract to which the City is a party shall be filed
with the Department of Law and shall form a part of the archives of said Department.
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