ART. 1.] ALLEGANY COUNTY.

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5. Said commissioners elected according to the pro-
visions of this act shall, on the first meeting after said
election, choose some one of said commissioners as
president of the board, whose duty it shall be to pre-
side at the meetings of said commissioners, and pre-
serve order and give such directions as may be deemed
necessary by the said commissioners to carry into effect
the full provisions of this act.

Ibid. s. 5
President of
board.

6. The commissioners aforesaid, or a majority of
them, may meet together from time to time as occasion
may require, upon the business of said town, and not
less than once in three months, and if during the year
for which they may be elected, should die, resign,
remove from said town, or be otherwise disqualified,
an election to fill the vacancy, on ten days' notice
thereof being given by the commissioners, shall be
held, at which all persons qualified as specified in the
second section of this act shall be entitled to vote.

Ibid s. c.
meetings of
commission-
ers, &c.

7. The said commissioners or a majority of them,
shall have power to appoint a clerk and assign his
duties, and allow him such compensation for such ser-
vices as they may think proper, and all ordinances
passed by said commissioners, or a majority of them,

Ibid. s. 7.
Clerk to board.

shall by their clerk be entered into a book to be kept
by him for that purpose, and shall be open at all times
for the inspection of any person interested, and copies
of all ordinances shall, be put up in the most public
places of said town, that the same may be generally
known.

His duties.

8. All fines and forfeitures under the ordinances of
the said corporation, shall be recoverable as small
debts are recoverable out of court before any justice of
the peace.

Ibid. s 8.
Fines and for-
feitures.

9. The limits of said town shall extend [to the dis-
tance of one-half of a mile each way from the public
well in said town, and the property within said limits

Ibid s. 9.
Limits.

shall be subject to such taxes and charges as may be
deemed necessary by said commissioners, or a majority
of them, to support or maintain the expenses that may
occur from time to time in the improvement of said town.

Taxation.