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	thereafter shall be designated by the municipality, be authorized to elect five Commissioners for said town, who also shall have resided within the lim- its of the same six months next preceding the election.
Judges oi election.	Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That a Justice of the Peace, for the time being, holding office in said town, shall appoint, by writing, under his hand and seal, three judges to hold the first election, who shall keep the polls open from nine o'clock in the morn- ing until five o'clock in the afternoon, and shall conduct the said election in the same manner in which the Judges of Elections have been directed to conduct an election for Delegates to the General As- sembly, by all Acts passed at the January Ses- sion, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, relating to holding of elections, and the said judges shall make return under their hands and seal of the persons elected, to the Clerk of Allegany county, to be re- tained by him.
How con- ducted	Sec. 4. And be it enacted. That all future elections shall be held and conducted as shall from time to time be directed by the laws of the corporation, the same not being inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or laws of this State.
President.	Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That said Commission- ers elected according to the provisions 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 preside at the meetings of said Commissioners, and preserve order and give such directions as may be deemed necessary by the said Commissioners to carry into effect the full provisions of this Act.
Fill vacancy.	Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That 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 elec- tion 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.