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election, shall on the first Monday in June, annually, at the Town
Hall in said village, elect five persons, who have resided in said
village twelve months next preceding the election, commissioners
of Bladensburg.

29. All elections shall be held and conducted as shall from
time to time be directed by the by-laws of the corporation not
inconsistent with the provisions of this charter.

30. If any of the commissioners so elected shall die, resign,
or remove from the said village, or be otherwise disqualified,
during the year for which he was elected, an election to fill the
vacancy shall be held, and all persons qualified to vote at the
regular shall be entitled to vote at such special election.

31. If the citizens of said village at any time neglect to
make an election at the time fixed by this charter, the power
of electing commissioners shall not therefore cease, but shall
continue, and the president and commissioners for the time
being shall continue in office, until an election shall be held.

32. Every commissioner, before entering upon the duties of
his office, shall make oath before some justice of the peace for
Prince George's county, that he will diligently and faithfully,
according to the best of his judgment, perform the duties of a
commissioner of said village, without favor, partiality or preju-
dice, and a certificate of such qualification shall be returned by
the justice to the commissioners to be filed and recorded among
their proceedings.

33. The commissioners shall have power to meet and adjourn
from time to time, and shall, at their first meeting after an elec-
tion, choose from their own body a president, who shall preside
at all their meetings, vote on all questions before them and re-
main in office until superseded by the election of a new president
after a new election of commissioners.

34. The commissioners, or a majority of them, may appoint a
clerk, prescribe his duties, and allow him such compensation as
they may think proper.

35. The clerk shall enter all ordinances passed by the commis-
sioners in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, and they
shall at all times be open to the inspection of all persons inte-