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Extracts
from records
admissable as
evidence In
courts, etc.
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Extracts from any municipal record books, copies of any
papers or documents recorded therein, and copies of any ordi-
nance set out in the ordinance books shall, when pertinent
and relevant, be admissable in evidence in any of the courts
of this State or before any justice of the peace thereof when
verified by a certificate signed by the Town Clerk and authen-
ticated by the corporate seal, provided that the Clerk of the
Circuit Court of Dorchester County, when the extracts or
copies are to be used outside of said county, shall certify by
his hand and the seal of said court that the person who veri-
fies said extract or copy is the Town Clerk of Cambridge;
and provided that no extract shall be made by the Town Clerk
unless he embodies in the same all that the municipal records
contain about the matter in question; and provided further
the said Town Clerk, if called on for a copy of any ordinance,
shall, with the copy of the ordinance asked, embrace any
amendments that may have been made thereto, or if the same
has been repealed, he shall state the fact in his certificate.
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Record books
in evidence in
Circuit Court
for Dorchester
County.
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In the Circuit Court for Dorchester County, and before any
justice of the peace of said county, the record books them
selves may be offered in evidence to prove any relevant or
pertinent matter contained in the same. The Town Clerk
shall be entitled to receive at the rate of ten cents tor every
hundred words embraced in any extract or copy made by him
from the records, to be paid for by the party who asks the
same ; but no compensation shall be paid for extracts or copies
for the use or benefit of the Commissioners while the board is
in session, or at hours appointed by the board the record
books shall be open for the inspection of any resident of
Cambridge unless when actually in use by the Commissioners
or Town Clerk.
THE COMMISSIONERS.
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The
Commission'rs
How elected
and terms of
office.
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The corporate authority, government, rights, powers and
prerogatives of Cambridge shall be vested in and exercised
by five Commissioners, who shall be elected as in this charter
and sub-title is provided, and who shall hold office for two
years from the second Wednesday of July following their
election and until their successors are elected and quali-
fied. The Commissioners shall be elected by ballot, one from
each of the several wards, and each ward shall vote separ-
ately for its Commissioner. No one shall be eligible to
be elected to the office of Commissioner unless on the day of
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