whenever a sergeant or patrolman of the latter class shall have acquired a fair knowledge of the English language, and is otherwise competent, he may be promoted by the chief of police to a position in the second class.  Each officer and member of the police force shall be required to pay for his own uniform. [286-9, 11.] The Law Department and the Courts SECTION  2437 . Duties of the Fiscal of the City — Assistants . — The law department shall consist of the fiscal of the city and such number of assistants as he may require not exceeding six, who shall discharge their duties under the general supervision of t he Attorney-General. The fiscal of the city shall be the chief legal adviser of the city and all offices and departments thereof; shall represent the city in all civil cases wherein the city or any officer thereof in his official capacity is a party; shall  attend, when required, meetings of the Board, draw ordinances, contracts, bonds, leases and other documents involving any interest of the city, and inspect and pass upon all such documents already drawn; shall give his opinion in writing when requested by  the mayor or Board upon any question relating to the city, or the rights or duties of any city officer; shall, whenever it is brought to his knowledge that any city officer or employee is guilty of neglect or misconduct in office, or that any person, firm  or corporation holding or exercising any franchise or public privilege from the city has failed to comply with any condition, or to pay any consideration mentioned in the grant of such franchise or privilege, investigate the same and report to the mayor;  shall, when directed by the mayor, institute and prosecute in the city's interest a suit on any bond, lease, or other contract, and upon any breach or violation thereof; and shall prosecute and defend all civil actions related to or connected with any city off ice or interest. He shall also have charge of the prosecution of all crimes, misdemeanors, and violations of city ordinances, in the Court of First Instance and the municipal court of the city, and shall discharge all the duties in respect to criminal prosecutions enjoined by law upon provincial fiscals. DHESca The fiscal of the city shall cause to be investigated all charges of crimes, misdemeanors, and violations of ordinances, and have the necessary informations or complaints prepared or made against the persons accused. He or any of his assistants may conduct  such investigations by taking oral evidence of reputed witnesses, and for this purpose may, by subpoena, summon witnesses to appear and testify under oath before him, and the attendance or evidence of an absent or recalcitrant witness may be enforced by a pplication to the municipal court or the Court of First Instance. No witness summoned to testify under this section shall be ARTICLE  VIII Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 729