[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Easton 3-6-1922 by Art. 6 as Art. 4 of the 1922 Bylaws. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A. 
The Select Board 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.
[Amended 5-20-2019 ATM by Art. 21]
B. 
Town Counsel shall draft all legal instruments and do every professional act which may be required of him by vote of the town or any board of town officers. Also, when required by said boards or any committee of the town, Town Counsel shall furnish a written opinion on any legal question that may be submitted to him, and he shall at all times furnish legal advice to any officer of the town who may require his opinion upon any subject concerning the office of such person.
[Added 3-6-1939 ATM by Art. 18]
A. 
The Select Board 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.
[Amended 5-20-2019 ATM by Art. 21]
B. 
Town Counsel shall prosecute all suits by the town and shall defend all actions or suits brought against the town or its officers in their official capacity. Town Counsel shall try and argue any and all cases in which the town shall be a party before any tribunal or before any board of referees or commissioners.
[Added 3-6-1939 ATM by Art. 18]
The Town Clerk shall have the custody of the Town Seal and shall keep a true copy (in a book to be kept 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.