It is hereby provided that, pursuant to the provisions of the Borough
Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, an independent auditor shall be
appointed for the Borough of Chambersburg and that such independent auditor
shall be a certified public accountant, registered in Pennsylvania, a firm
of certified public accountants so registered or a competent public accountant
or a competent firm of public accountants.
An independent auditor shall be appointed annually for each fiscal year
after the fiscal year 1977 unless this chapter shall be repealed.
The office of elected Borough Auditor for the Borough of Chambersburg
is hereby abolished, except that the Borough Auditors now in office shall
continue to hold their office during the term for which elected, but the Borough
Auditors shall not audit, settle, or adjust the accounts audited by such independent
auditor but shall perform the other duties of their office.
The compensation of the independent auditor shall be as may be fixed
from time to time by the Town Council of the Borough of Chambersburg.