The Town Council may elect an Attorney for the Town, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Council, and for such salary or compensation as may be mutually agreed upon between the Attorney and the Council. The Attorney must have been admitted to practice law in the courts of the commonwealth.
[Adopted 3-9-1972 (Ch. 2, Art. VII, of the 1972 Code)]
A.
The Town Attorney shall have charge, management and control of all legal matters affecting the Town and in regard to all municipal affairs, and shall be the legal advisor of the Mayor, the Town Clerk and Council and of all committees thereof, and when requested, he shall furnish written or verbal opinions upon any subjects involving questions of law in which the Town is interested.
B.
It shall be the duty of the Attorney to draft all bonds, deeds, obligations, contracts, leases, conveyances, agreements and other legal instruments, of whatever nature, which may be required of him by this Code and other ordinance or order of the Council, or which, by law, usage or agreement should be drawn by the Town. It shall also be his duty to commence and prosecute all actions and suits to be brought by the Town before any tribunal in this commonwealth; also to appear, defend and advocate the rights and interests of the Town or any officer of the Town in any suit or prosecution for any act in the discharge of his official duties, wherein any estate, right, privilege, ordinance or acts of the Town may be brought in question; and he shall perform such other duties as are or may be required of him for the Town by this Code or other ordinance or resolution of the Council.