The Board shall appoint a Treasurer and a Secretary, who shall be the
same person, and who may or may not be a member of the Board, except where
the Board selects a trust company or a banking institution to act as Treasurer,
in which case it shall elect an individual as Secretary.
A. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys due the Township
and deposit same promptly upon receipt thereof in a bank, banking institution,
or trust company in the name of the Township. He shall keep distinct and accurate
accounts of all sums received from taxes and other sources, which account
shall be open to inspection of the Supervisors and taxpayers of the Township.
He shall pay out all moneys received by him only on orders drawn by the Supervisors
of the Township. He shall annually state his accounts and lay the same, together
with the vouchers, before the Township auditors for settlement.
B. The Secretary shall be clerk to the Board of Supervisors.
He shall keep a record of the proceedings of the officers in a minute book
in which he shall also record all court orders relative to the laying out,
opening, and vacating of roads. The minute book, account book and other financial
records shall be carefully preserved by the Secretary and shall be turned
over to his successor in office. Miscellaneous records and papers of the Township
other than the minute book and account book may be destroyed with the consent
of the Supervisors after the lapse of six years from the date of such records.
C. The Secretary shall prepare and write the annual tax
duplicate of the Township, and shall receive such salary, wages or other compensation
therefor as shall be fixed by the Township Supervisors. The combined amount
paid to the Secretary and Treasurer as salary, wages or other compensation
for services, exclusive of the compensation for the preparation of the annual
tax duplicate, shall not exceed three per centum of the money paid out by
the Treasurer, but it shall not be less than $75 per annum, and the calculation
of such maximum compensation shall not include any percentage upon moneys
paid out by the Treasurer for the repayment of loans, notes, certificates,
or other evidences of indebtedness, or other borrowed moneys.
D. The Board of Supervisors, by resolution, may appoint
an assistant Secretary who shall, in the absence or disability of the Secretary,
perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary.