ARTICLE 4
LEGAL AFFAIRS
SECTION 1. The Board of Selectmen shall annually appoint an Attorney-at-Law to act as Town Counsel, and said Board shall have full authority to employ special or additional counsel whenever in its judgment necessity therefor arises.
SECTION 2. The Board of Selectmen shall have full authority, as agents of the town, to institute, prosecute, and compromise suits in the name of the town and to appear, defend and compromise suits brought against it, and to appear in proceedings before any tribunal, unless it is otherwise specially voted by the town.
SECTION 3. Whenever it shall be necessary to execute any deed conveying land or any other instrument required to carry into effect any vote of the town, the same shall be executed by the Treasurer in behalf of the town, unless the town shall otherwise vote in any special case.
SECTION 4. The Town Clerk shall have the custody of the Town Seal, and shall keep a true copy in a book for such purpose alone, of all deeds or conveyances executed in behalf of the town by any town officer. It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to see that every conveyance to the town of any interest in real estate is properly recorded in the Registry of Deeds.
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