Town officers and employees shall receive such
compensation for their services as may be fixed in the annual budget
or as may be fixed from time to time by other ordinances or resolutions
of the Town Council. All fees collected by Town officers and employees
shall be paid into the Town treasury; and no Town officer or employee
shall have any personal interest therein except as may be specifically
provided otherwise by the Town Council.
When any Town officer or employee is absent
or disabled or when any office or position in the Town government
is vacant, the person designated by competent authority to act in
the place of such absent or disabled Town officer or employee or to
hold temporarily the vacant office or position shall have the powers
and perform the duties of such absent or disabled officer or employee
or appertaining to such vacant office or position.
Whenever any officer or employee of the Town
is required or authorized by statute, this Code or any other ordinance
or resolution or by rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to
authority thereof, in order to carry out his duties thereunder, to
enter any premises or vehicle for the purpose of making an inspection
thereof or of anything therein, such officer or employee shall have
the right to enter any such premises or vehicle in accordance with
law at any reasonable time and upon producing his credentials as a
Town officer or employee, for the purpose of making such inspection;
and it shall be unlawful for any person to prevent or hinder any such
officer or employee in the performance of his duty hereunder.