Any township employee, while acting as such, who finds lost property
shall deliver such lost property to the Township Manager or his designated
representative, and such township employee shall have no legal right or claim
to such lost property.
The Township Manager shall make a reasonable effort to determine the
owner of such lost property and to return such lost property to such legal
owner.
If the legal owner of lost property cannot be found, such lost property
shall be the property of the Township of Lower Merion, unless otherwise escheated
to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Nothing contained in this chapter shall
be deemed to give the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania any greater interest in
or right to such lost property than may be provided in the laws and statutes
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
All lost property becoming the property of the Township of Lower Merion
shall be sold or negotiated by the township and the proceeds of such sale
shall become a part of the general fund of the Township of Lower Merion. Any
lost property in the form of United States currency becoming the property
of the township shall be paid directly into the general fund.
Any township employee who violates the requirements of this chapter
shall be subject to disciplinary action, including dismissal from employment.