[Added 10-16-1978 by Ord.
No. 630-5]
The Deputy Municipal Clerk, to be known as the Deputy Township Clerk,
is to be appointed by a majority of the Township Council for a term of one
year, commencing January 1 of the year of his appointment. During the absence
or periods of disability of the Township Clerk, the Deputy Township Clerk
shall have all the power of the Township Clerk and shall perform the functions
and duties of such office.
The Township Clerk shall have custody of and safely keep the Seal of
the Township. The Township Clerk shall cause the Seal to be affixed to instruments,
documents and writings when authorized by any ordinance or resolution of the
Council or when necessary to exemplify any document or record in his office
or to certify any action or paper which, from the records in his office, shall
appear to have been a public action of the Township or a public document.
He shall, when authorized by resolution of the Council, cause the Seal to
be affixed to proper documents to which the Township is a party and shall
attest the signature of the Mayor or other proper officials thereon. He shall
not affix the Seal or cause or permit it to be affixed to any instrument or
writing or other paper except as hereinabove provided in this section, unless
required by the Optional Municipal Charter Law or general law or other ordinance of the Township.