auditor within the required time frame.
(c) When an independent auditor is appointed under this
section, the office of elected auditor shall be abolished by
ordinance as provided under subsection (a) , but the elected
auditors then in office shall continue to hold office during the
term for which they were elected, and the elected auditors shall
not audit, settle or adjust the accounts audited by the
independent auditor but shall perform the other duties of
office. No adjustments to the compensation of supervisors
employed by the township may be made by the elected auditors.
(d) (1) If any township has provided by ordinance for the
audit of its accounts by an appointed independent auditor, the
township may at any time repeal the ordinance under subsection
(a) , and the contract under subsection (b) shall be canceled as
of the date set in the ordinance.
(2) The township may, at the next municipal election
following the repeal of the ordinance, elect three auditors, one
for a term of two years, one for a term of four years and one
for a term of six years, on the first Monday in January
following the election. The elected auditors shall succeed the
appointed auditor and shall have and possess all the powers and
perform all the duties provided in this part for elected
auditors.
(3) If, at any time after the effective date of an ordinance
abolishing the office of appointed auditor, there shall be a
vacancy in the office of elected auditor, the board of
supervisors shall fill the vacancy in the manner prescribed in
section 407.
(e) (1) The duties of the elected auditor under section 606
relating to setting compensation for supervisors that hold other
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