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sided within the town twelve months next proceeding the election and who have during the year immedi- ately preceding said election been assessed and paid taxes on real or personal property in said town.
SEC. 317. 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 this charter.	Elections. how conducted.
SEC. 318. 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 or be non compos mentis, or displaced, the remain- ing members of the said board of burgess, assistant burgess and commissioners shall appoint successors to fill such vacancies.	Vacancies — how filled.
SEC. 319. The burgess and commissioners may meet as often as occasion may require upon the busi- ness of the town, and not less than once in three months; and the assistant burgess in the absence of the burgess shall preside at such meetings, and when the burgess is present, shall have the same power as a commissioner.	Meetings.
SEC. 320. The burgess and in his absence the as- sistant burgess, shall have power to issue warrants commanding the bailiff of said corporation or any constable of Washington county, to arrest any person violating any of the ordinances of the said corpora- tion and have brought before him for trial; he shall have the same power to summon witnesses and en- force their attendance, and also the same general peace powers as a justice of the peace, and in case of conviction, may impose such fine as the ordinance of the said corporation shall in such cases provide; and the person convicted in default of payment, may be committed to the jail of the county until such fine or forfeiture be paid, unless discharged under the next succeeding section.	Issue warr'nts
SEC. 321. The said burgess may order any person committed under the preceding section, to be dis- charged after the space of ten days from the date of his commitment, and any justice of the peace of Washington county, may order any person com-	Order a dis- charge.