Section 6.1 APPOINTMENT; QUALIFICATIONS; TERMS; COMPENSATION.
   The board of commissioners shall appoint a town attorney who shall be an attorney at law licensed to engage in the practice of law in North Carolina, and who need not be a resident of the town during his tenure. The town attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the board of commissioners and shall receive such compensation as the board shall determine.
(Session Laws of 1965, Chapter 79 § 6.1)