COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

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office, until the annual election in October, in the year eigh-
teen hundred and forty -one, and until the election and qualifi-
cation of their successors, to be elected as herein after pro-

1st clan
till 1841.

vided ; the two persons elected commissioners from the second
commissioners' district, shall constitute the second class, and
shall continue in office, until the annual election in October,
eighteen hundred and forty, and until the election and qualifi-

2d clan
till 1840.

cation of their successors ; and the two persons elected com-
missioners from the third commissioners' district, shall consti-
tute the third class, and shall continue in office until the
annual election in October, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine,
and until the election and qualification of their successors.

3d class
till 1839.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That at the annual election in
October, eighteen hundred and thirty-nine, two commissioners
possessing the qualifications required in the first section of
this act, and residents of the third commissioners' district,
shall be elected by the qualified voters of Somerset county, in
the same manner as the delegates to the general assembly are by
{aw directed to be elected, and shall be certified and returned,
and the certificates and return shall be recorded, as required
in the first section of this act, to supply the places of the com-

Election of
two com-
missioners,
Oct. 1839.

missioners of the third class, and in like manner two commis-
sioners, as aforesaid qualified and resident in the second com-
missioners' district, shall be elected at the annual election in
eighteen hundred and forty, to supply the places of the com-
missioners of the second class ; and in like manner two com-

Two in
1840.

missioners qualified as aforesaid, and residents in the first com-
missioners' district, shall be elected at the annual election in
eighteen hundred and forty-one, to supply the places of the

Two in
1841.

commissioners of the first class ; and the commissioners to be
elected at the annual election of eighteen hundred and thirty-
nine, eighteen hundred and forty, and eighteen hundred and

Each for
three years.

forty-one, shall hold their offices for the term of three years ;
and at the annual election for ever thereafter, two commis-
sioners, qualified as aforesaid, shall be elected to supply the
places of those whose term of office shall be about to expire.

Tri-annual
elections
thereafter.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if any commissioner elected
as aforesaid, shall die, resign, or refuse, or neglect for twenty
days after his election, to qualify as commissioner, or shall re-
move from the county, at any time within the period for which
he shall have been elected, the remaining commissioners, who

Case of
vacancy.

shall have qualified according to law, shall proceed to appoint
a person possessing the qualifications required in the commis-
sioner so dying, resigning, or refusing, or neglecting to qualify,
or removing from the county aforesaid, to fill his place, and the
commissioner or commissioners so appointed, shall continue in
office until the next ensuing annual election in the said county,

Appoint-
ment till
next annual
election.