THOMAS SWANN, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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Sec. 5. And e it enacted, That the said Com-
missioners, elected according to the provisions of
this Act., on the first meeting after the 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 in full effect the provisions of this Act ; he
shall also have the power to try offenders for vio-
lating town ordinances, assess fines and penalties,
in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and
the ordinances which the Commissioners may
legally enact.

President.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the Commission-
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 every three months, and if during
the year for which they may be selected any of the
Commissioners 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, which
fill persons qualified as is specified in the second
Section of this Act shall be entitled to a vote.

Vacancy- hows
filled.

See. 7. And be it enacted, That the said Com-
missioners, or a majority of them, shall have power
to appoint a Clerk, and assign his duties and
allow him such compensation for his services as
they may think proper, and that all ordinances
passed by the said Commissioners, or a majority of
them, shall by their Clerk be entered in a book to
be kept for that purpose, and shall be opened at all
tunes 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 made known.

Salary of
clerk.

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That all fines and for-
feitures under the ordinances of the said Corpora-
tion shall he recoverable as small debts are recov-
erable out of Court, before any Justice of the Peace
or President of the Board.

Fines.

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That the limits of said
town shall extend to the distance of three-quarters
of a mile each way from the public square, and the

Limits.