said village for, or during the space of six months
next preceding the first Monday in April next,
may on that day, at the usual place of holding
elections in said village, and on the first Monday
in April in every second year thereafter, be au-
thorized to elect five commissioners for said town,
who shall have resided within the limits of the
same one year next preceding the election.

Judges of
Election—how
appointed.

Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That any Justice of
the Peace for the time being, residing in or near
the said town, shall appoint by writing under his
hand and seal, three judges to hold the first elec-
tion, who shall keep the polls open from eight
o'clock in the morning until five o'clock in the
afternoon, and shall conduct the said election in
the same manner in which judges of elections are
now directed to conduct an election for Delegates
to the General Assembly as far as may be consist-
ent with the provisions of this Act, and the said
judges shall make returns, under their hands and
seals of the persons elected, to the clerk of the
Circuit Court of Dorchester county to be kept by
him.

How elections
are to be held.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That all future elec-
tions shall be held and conducted as shall be from
time to time directed by the laws of the corpora-
tion) the same not being inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act.

President to
be chosen.

Sec. 5. And be it enacted. That the said Com-
missioners elected according to the provisions of
this Act, shall on the first meeting after said elec-
tion, choose some one of the said Commissioners,
President of the Board, whose duty it shall be to
preside at the meetings of the said Commissioners,
and preserve order and give such direction as may
be deemed necessary by the said Commissioners, to
carry into effect the provisions of this Act.

Meetings to
be held, &c.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted. That the Comminsion-
ers aforesaid or a majority of them, may meet to-
gether from time to time as often as occasion may
require, upon the business of said town, and not
less than once in six months, and if during the
time for which they may be elected, any of the
Commissioners should die, resign, remove from
the Raid town, or be otherwise disqualified, an