The Town Manager and such other officers or employees of the
town as the Commissioners or the Town Charter may require shall give
a bond in such amount and with such surety as may be required by the
Town Charter or, in the absence of any Charter provision, by the Commissioners.
The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the town.
All right, title and interest held by the town or any other
person or corporation on May 28, 1958, in and to any lien acquired
under any prior Charter of the town are hereby preserved for the holder
in all respects as if the Town Charter had not been adopted, together
with all rights and remedies in relation thereto. The Town Charter
shall not discharge, impair or release any contract, obligation, duty,
liability or penalty whatever existing on May 28, 1958. All suits
and actions, both civil and criminal, pending or which may hereafter
be instituted for causes of action now existing or offenses already
committed against any law or ordinance repealed by the Town Charter
shall be instituted, proceeded with and prosecuted to final determination
and judgment as if the Town Charter had not become effective.
If any section or part of a section of the Town Charter shall
be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding
shall not affect the remainder of the Town Charter nor the context
in which such section or part of section so held invalid shall appear,
except to the extent that an entire section or part of section may
be inseparably connected in meaning and effect with the section or
part of the section to which such holding shall directly apply.