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I <br /> Article IV.Town Counsel <br /> Section 1. The Selectmen, annually in March, shall appoint a Town <br /> Counsel to hold office for the term of one year from the first day of April <br /> following and until his successor is appointed and qualified. He shall act <br /> as the legal advisor and solicitor of the Town and as head of the Legal <br /> Department and shall receive such salary or compensation therefor as the <br /> Selectmen shall determine. <br /> Section 2. The Selectmen may remove the Town Counsel from office <br /> if, in their opinion, the interests of the Town so require and shall fill any <br /> vacancy in said office by new appointment. <br /> Section 3. The Selectmen shall provide suitable space for the Town <br /> Counsel, as head of the Legal Department, in the Town Office Building. <br /> All books, records, and documents, assembled by the Town Counsel in <br /> connection with the Town's legal affairs, shall be kept in files properly <br /> indexed in the offices of the Legal Department for convenient reference <br /> by the Selectmen and the Town Counsel's successor in office. <br /> Section 4. The Town Counsel shall attend all Town Meetings and shall, <br /> at the request of the Moderator, advise the Meeting on questions of law <br /> relating to the subject matter of any article in the warrant and as to the <br /> form of proposed votes or motions or the legality of any particular action <br /> proposed to be taken in the meeting. J. <br /> Section 5. Subject to the approval of the Board of Selectmen, all <br /> elective or appointive town officers, special or standing committees, <br /> boards or departments may obtain orally or in writing the advice or <br /> I <br /> opinion of the Town Counsel as to any function of their respective offices <br /> or on any specific question of law in relation thereto. <br /> Section 6, The Selectmen shall be the agents of the Town to prosecute <br /> and defend suits to which the Town, in its corporate capacity, may be a <br /> party; and, as agents of the Town, they shall have full authority to prose- <br /> cute or defend all suits at law or in equity and all civil and criminal pro- <br /> ceedings and litigation to which the Town, or any Town Officer in his of- <br /> 7 <br /> i <br /> I <br />