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PARIS CODE § 22 disability of the city manager, the council shall designate some properly qualified person to per- form the duties of the office; except in case of his temporary absence or disability. Sec. 23. Council not to interfere in appoint- merits or removals. Neither the council nor any of its members shall direct the appointment of any person to, or his removal from office, by the city manager or by any of his subordinates; provided, however, that the appointment of department heads shall be subject to the approval of the council. Except for the purpose of inquiry the council and it~ mem- bers shall deal with the administrative service solely through the city manager and neither the council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any subordinates of the city manager, either publicly or privately. Sec. 24. Rights of the city manager and other officers in council. The city manager, and such other officers of the city as may be designated by vote of the council, shall be entitled to seats in the council, but shall have no vote therein. The city manager shall have the right to take part in the discussion of all matters coming before the council, and other officers shall be entitled to take part in the discussions of the council relating to their respec- tlve offices, departmentS or agencies. Sec. 25. Administrative departments. There are hereby created the following admin- istrative departmentS: Finance, police, fire, and public works, and such other departments as may be established by the council as hereinafter pro- vided. The council may, if it deems it advisable, con- solidate into one department not more than two of the departments hereby established. The council by ordinance~ may create, change, and abolish offices, departments, or agencies other than the offices, departments and agencies established by this Charter. Sec. 26. City clerk. The council shall designate an officer of the city who shall be recommended by the city manager to serve as clerk of the council. He shall give notices of its meetings, shall keep the journal of its proceedings, shall authenticate by his signature and record in full in a book kept and indexed for the purpose of all ordinances and resolutions, and shall perform such other duties as the city man- ager shall assign to him, and those elsewhere provided in this Charter. Sec. 27. City judge. There shall be a magistrate of the corporation court known as the city judge who shall be ap- pointed by the city council to serve for a term of two years. He may be removed by the city council at any time for incompetency, misconduct, mai- feasance, or disability. He shall receive such sal- ary as may be f~xed by the council from time to time. In the event of failure of the city judge to act for any reason, the mayor shall act in the place and stead of the city judge (and in the event of a vacancy, until a city judge is appointed by the council to ifil the vacancy). The mayor, while acting as city judge, shall receive no compensa- tion. All cost~ and fines imposed by the corpora- tion court, or by any court in cases appealed from judgmentS of the'corporation council, shall be paid into the city treasury for the use and benefit of the city. Editor'~ note~SubBequent to adoption of this Charter, the state law was amended so a~ to change the terminology from "corporation court" to "municipal court". See Government Code § 29.001 et ~eq. 8 Supp. No. 23