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c T pp -3- (c) A report of all streets laid out or constructed during the year, the length and width, cost of construction =and amount of land damages in each instance. Section 4. It shall be the duty of the Selectmen, to have printed annual reports of the town ready for distribution not later than seven .f days before the annual town meeting. ARTICLE II. TREASURERr Section 1. The Treasurer is authorized to engage counsel at Oxpense of the town for the purpose of prosecuting any action at law under the n provisions of the Public Statutes relating to suits on bonds, notes or other securities. ARTICLE I_.I. COLLECTOR OF TAIL_ES Section 1. The Collector Taxes, ex-officio, shall be the Town Collector, and it shall be his duty under the title of Town Collector to collect all accounts due and payable to the town, excepting interest on investments of sinking or trust funds, the collection of which is not otherwise provided for by statute , by-law, or vote of the town.. Section 2 . If the Town Collector is unable to make prompt collection 5; of the accounts committed to him under this by-law, he shall so certify to the Selectmen, who may enforce collection by suit or otherwise , in accordance with the provisions of the statutes and the by-laws of the town. ` ARTICLE IV. TO,JT1 COUKSEL Section 1. The Selectmen, annually in March, shall ap:?oint a Town Counsel to hold office for the term of one year from the first day of ' April following and until his successor is appointed and qualified. He shall act as the legal advisor and solicitor of the town and as head of the legal department and shall receive such salary or compensation therefor as the Selectmen shall determine. Section 2. The selectmen may remove the town counsel from office if in their 6pinion the interests of the town so require and shall fill any vacancy in said office by new appointment . Section 3 . The Selectmen shall provide suitable space for the Town Counsel, as head of the legal department , in the Town Office Building. ` All books, records and documents, assembled by the town counsel in connection with the town' s legal affairs, shall be kept in files properly indexed in the offices of the legal department for convenient reference by j v the Selectmen and the town counsel' s successor in office. Section 4. The town counsel shall attend all. town meetings and shall } at the request of the Moderator, advise the meeting on questions of law relating to the subject matter of any article in the warrant and as to the form of proposed votes or motions or the legality of any particular action proposed to be taken in the meeting. Section 5. Subject to the approval of the Board of Selectmen, all elective or appointive town officers, special or standing committees, boards of departments may obtain orally or in. writing; the advice or opinion of the tovm counsel as to any function of their respective offices or on any specific question of law in relation thereto. Section 6. The Selectmen shall be the agents of the town to prosecute and defend suits to which the town in its corporate capacity may be a party and as agents of the town they shall have full authority to prosecute or defend all suits at law or in equity and all civil and criminal Proceedings and litigation to which the town, or any town officer in his official capacity, is apparty or in which its rights, duties and interests may be the subject of adjudication. S^ Y♦