906 WASHINGTON COUNTY. [ART. 21.

149. At all elections the persons who receive the highest num-
ber of votes for the respective offices voted for, shall be declared
duly elected, and if at any election any two or more persons
shall have an equal number of votes, by which no choice shall
be made, a second election shall be held after not less than ten
days' notice, and so on until a choice is made.

150. The burgess, assistant burgess and commissioners shall
each qualify as such before a justice of the peace for Washington
county, by making oath that they will discharge the duties of
their respective offices according to the best of their skill and
judgment, without fear, favor or partiality to any; a copy of
which oath, with a certificate of the justice administering the
same, shall be entered upon the journal of the corporation.

151. The burgess and commissioners so elected may meet from
time to time, and not less than once in every three months, and
the burgess shall preside at all meetings, and give the casting
vote; in his absence the assistant burgess shall preside, under the
same restrictions, but when the burgess is present, the assistant
burgess shall have the same power as a commissioner.

152. The said burgess and commissioners, or a majority of
them, may appoint a clerk and assign his duties, and allow him.
such compensation as they may think proper.

153. The clerk shall enter all ordinances passed by the burgess
and commissioners in a book to be kept by him for that purpose,
and they shall at all times be open to the inspection of all per-
sons interested, and copies of all ordinances shall be put up in
the most public places of said town.

154. The burgess and commissioners may direct by ordinance
all or any of the footways in said town to be paved or mended
with any materials they may deem best, and the same shall be
done at the expense of the proprietors of the different lots before
which the same shall be directed.

155. If the owner of any house or lot or part of a lot where
such levelling, paving or mending shall be directed shall not
reside in the town, the tenant or person occupying or having
charge of said house, lot or part of a lot, shall cause the same to
be done, and the money expended by such tenant or other per-
son under the direction of the corporation shall be allowed by