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Then suc-
cessor
chosen for
residue.
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and until the election and qualification of his successor, when
a person duly qualified as aforesaid, shall be elected to supply
the vacancy created as aforesaid, to serve the residue of the
term of the commissioner so dying, resigning, refusing or
neglecting to qualify, or removing as aforesaid.
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Commis-
sioners'
compensa-
tion.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the said commissioners shall
be entitled to receive the same compensation which is now
allowed by law to the jurors of Somerset county, for each and
every day they shall necessarily attend to the duties of their
office.
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Compensa-
tion to
their clerk,
$300.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the clerk to the commis-
sioners for Somerset county, shall be entitled to receive an-
nually, as compensation for his services, the sum of three
hundred dollars, to be levied on the assessable property of
Somerset county, and collected and paid over as the other
county charges.
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Judges of
election.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the persons appointed
judges of the last annual election in Somerset county, shall
be judges of the election to be held in March next, as provided
by the first section of this act.
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Present
commis-
sioners
until succes-
sors qualify.
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SEC. 7. And be if enacted. That the persons now holding
the office of commissioners for Somerset county, shall continue
in office until the election aforesaid, to be held in March, and
until the election and qualification of the persons to be then
elected commissioners, as contemplated in the first section of
this act.
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Case of a
tie.
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SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That in case of a tie between any
of the persons voted for as commissioners as aforesaid, whereby
the election of any commissioner may be defeated, it shall be
the duty of the returning judges, to give notice in writing, of
such tie, to the sheriff of the county, who shall thereupon,
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New elec-
tion.
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after having given the legal notice of an election, proceed to
hold an election for a commissioner to supply the place of the
person or persons, so failing to be elected, in consequence of a
tie as aforesaid.
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Trustees of
the poor
abolished.
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SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the board of trustees of
the poor, for Somerset county, be, and the same is hereby
abolished, and that all the duties required by law to be per-
formed by the trustees of the poor, be and the same are hereby
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Their du-
ties devolve
upon the
commis-
sionrrs.
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devolved upon, and required to be performed, by the com-
missioners for Somerset county ; and the clerk of the trus-
tees of the poor shall, on demand by the commissioners of
Somerset county, forthwith deliver over to said commission-
ers, all the books, papers and documents belonging to, or in
any manner appertaining to the said trustees of the poor of said
county.
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