TITLE 2: NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION 2: PORTS
§ 2128. Treasurer and Attorney: Appointment and Duties of Each. The board may appoint a treasurer and an attorney, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of the board and whose duties and compensation shall be fixed by the board. The board may appoint one or more assistants to any such office. (a) The treasurer shall have custody of all monies of the authority, and make payments only in accordance with the direction of the board or as provided elsewhere in this chapter. The board may appoint any designated agent as its trustee for payment of bonds issued by it and for related purposes as the board may provide. (b) The attorney shall advise the board and the executive director in all legal matters to which the authority is a party or in which the authority is legally interested, and may represent the authority before the legislature, boards, and other agencies of the Commonwealth or of the United States. (c) The Attorney General shall represent the authority in all criminal cases. (d) Any of the above officers may be appointed governmental officials. The authority may use the services of an attorney for the Commonwealth to serve as attorney for the authority, or it may appoint any attorney or attorneys as it may deem necessary, and provide for payment of all legal services rendered. All official documents, contracts, bonds and other instruments in writing shall be approved as to form and legality by an attorney for the authority. Such approval may be conclusively evidenced by the signature thereon of one of said attorneys. Source: PL 2-48, § 10.