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fixed by the Council. He shall be an attorney at law who
shall have been admitted to practice before the Maryland bar,
but need not be a resident of Greenbelt. He shall be the
chief legal adviser of and attorney for the Town and all offices
thereof in matters relating to their official powers and duties.
It shall be his duty to perform all services incident to his
office; to attend all meetings of the Council to give advice
in writing, when so requested, to the Council or the Town
Manager; to prosecute or defend, as the case may be, all suits
or cases to which the Town may be a party; to prosecute for
all offenses against the ordinances of the Town and for such
offenses against the laws of the State as may be required of
him by law; to prepare all contracts, bonds and other instru-
ments in writing in which the Town is concerned, and to en-
dorse on each his approval of the form and correctness thereof;
and to perform such other duties of a legal nature as the Coun-
cil may by ordinance require.

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

SEC. 44. POWERS AND DUTIES OF TOWN TREASURER. The
town treasurer shall be head of the department of Finance,
and shall have charge of the administration of the financial
affairs of the town, and to that end he is authorized and
directed:

1. To prepare the budget for the Manager as outlined in
Sections 46, 47 and 48, and to assist him in its execution after
authorization by the Council as required by Section 49.

2. To maintain accounting control over the finances of the
Town government, for which purpose he is empowered to oper-
ate a set of general accounts embracing all the financial
transactions of the Town and such subsidiary accounts and
cost records as may be required by ordinance or by the Town
Manager for purposes of administrative direction and finan-
cial control; to prescribe the forms of receipts, vouchers, bills,
or claims to be filed by all departments and agencies of the
Town government; to examine and approve all contracts,
orders, and other documents by which the Town incurs finan-
cial obligations, having ascertained before approval that
moneys have been duly appropriated and allotted to meet such
obligations and will become available when the obligations
have become due and payable and to audit and approve all
bills, invoices, payrolls, and other evidences of claims, de-
mands, or charges against the Town government and to de-
termine the regularity, legality, and correctness of such claims,
demands or charges; to make monthly reports on all receipts
and expenditures of the Town government to the Manager and
to make monthly reports on funds, appropriations, allotments,