Duties. The Township Solicitor shall direct and control the legal
matters of the Township, and no official or official body of the Township,
except as otherwise provided under law, shall employ an additional
attorney without the assent or ratification of the Board of Supervisors.
The Township Solicitor, when directed or requested so to do, shall
prepare or approve any bonds, obligations, contracts, leases, conveyances,
ordinances and assurances to which the Township may be a party. The
Township Solicitor shall commence and prosecute all actions brought
by the Township for or on account of any of the estates, rights, trusts,
privileges, claims or demands, as well as defend the Township or any
Township officer against all actions or suits brought against the
Township or Township officer in which any of the estates, rights,
privileges, trusts, ordinances or accounts of the Township may be
brought in question before any court in this commonwealth and do every
professional act incident to the office which the Township Solicitor
may be authorized or required to do by the Board of Supervisors or
by any resolution. The Township Solicitor shall furnish the Board
of Supervisors, upon request, with an opinion in writing upon any
question of law.