From and after the effective date of this chapter, the accounts of the Township of Reserve shall be audited by an independent auditor, who 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.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the Township of Reserve 4-9-1973 by Ord. No. 350. Amendments noted where applicable.]
On or before 30 days before the close of each fiscal year, the Board of Township Commissioners shall, by resolution, appoint an independent auditor to make an independent examination of all the accounts and accounting records of the Township of Reserve for the fiscal year then closing and shall, in said resolution, fix the compensation of said independent auditor for such work.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
The independent auditor so appointed by the Board of Commissioners shall have and possess all the powers and perform all the duties provided in the First Class Township Code for elected auditors.
From and after the effective date of this chapter, the office of elected auditor in the Township of Reserve be and is hereby abolished.
The provisions of this chapter shall be severable, and if any provisions thereof shall be held to be unconstitutional, invalid or illegal by any Court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of any of the remaining provisions of this chapter. It is hereby declared as legislative intent that this chapter would have been enacted had such unconstitutional, invalid or illegal provisions not been included therein.
This chapter shall become effective September 1, 1973.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed.