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business in said town, or have a family therein, Commissioners for said town for the ensuing year.
131. The Clerk of the Circuit Court for Wor- cester County is required to appoint by writing under his hand and seal three Judges to hold the first election, who shall keep the polls open on the first Monday of May in the year eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, from nine o'clock in the morning until five o'clock in the afternoon, and after the polls are closed and the ballots have been counted, they shall within two days of said election make a true and faithful return to the Clerk of the Cir- cuit Court of Worcester County, who shall forth- with issue certificates of election to the persons so elected, and said certificates shall be recorded among the proceedings of the said Commissioners.	Judges.
132. The Judges so appointed shall before pro- ceeding to hold said election take an oath before some Justice of the Peace for Worcester County, to allow all persons to vote who are so qualified according to the provisions of this Act, and that they will allow none to vote unless they are so qualified.	Oath
133. If any of said Commissioners shall die, resign or be disqualified to act, the remaining Commissioners shall as early thereafter as possible, fill the vacancy from among the qualified voters as aforesaid, and the office of a Commissioner shall be vacated by his removal from said town.	Vacancy.
134. Each Commissioner before he proceeds to act as such shall make oath before a Justice of the Peace for Worcester County, that he will diligent- ly and faithfully to the best of his skill and judg- ment, perform the duties of a Commissioner of said town without favor, partiality or prejudice, and a certificate of such qualification shall be re- turned by the said Justice to the Commissioners, and filed and recorded among their proceedings, and the said Commissioners shall meet on the first Monday of every month, and as much oftener, by adjournment, as they may think proper, and a majority shall constitute a Board for the transac- tion of any business.	Act impar- tially
135. The said Commissioners shall at their first meeting, or as soon thereafter as possible, elect a	president,