ART. 21.] WASHINGTON COUNTY. 911

184. The free white male citizens of Jerusalem, of the age
of twenty-one years and upwards, who have resided in said
town twelve months next preceding the election, shall, on the
first Monday in May in each year, elect by ballot a burgees,
assistant burgess and five commissioners for said town, having
the same qualifications, in all respects, as the voters.

185. All elections shall be held and conducted as shall from
time to time be directed by the by-laws of the corporation, not
contrary to this charter.

186. If at any election for burgess, assistant burgess and com-
missioners, any two or more persons shall have an equality of
votes, so that no choice shall be made, a second election shall be
made, after not less than ten days' notice; and so on, until a
choice shall be made.

187. If, during the year for which they were elected, the
burgess, assistant burgess, or any of the commissioners, shall
die, resign, remove from said town, be now compos mentis, or dis-
placed, an election to fill the vacancy shall be held, after ten
days' notice, and all persons entitled to vote at the regular shall
be entitled to vote at any special election.

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

189. The said burgess and commissioners may meet, from time
to time, as occasion may require, on the business of the corpora-
tion, not less than once in every three months, and the burgees
shall preside at all meetings, and may 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.

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