EDWIN WARFIELD, ESQ., GOVERNOR.

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Commissioners, and who shall be ex officio chairman of all

committees appointed by said Commissioners; they may meet

Business meet-

as often as occasion may require upon the business of the town,

ings.

and not less than one month.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners of

Barton shall appoint every year, at least ten days before the

day of election, three judges to hold election; they shall keep

the polls open from five o'clock until eight o'clock in the

Election
judges.

evening, and shall conduct the said election in the same man-

ner in which elections are usually held or conducted, as far

as may be consistent with the provisions of this Act, and the

said judges shall make returns under their oaths, hands and

seals to the Clerk of the Circuit Court for Allegany County

of the persons elected and the positions to which they have

been elected.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners,

or a majority of them, shall define the duties of clerk and

bailiff, and allow them such compensation for their services

Defining the

as they may think proper; and all ordinances passed by the

duties of
clerks and

said Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall by the clerk

bailiffs.

be entered in a book to be kept for the purpose, and shall

be at all times open for the inspection of any person or

persons interested, and copies of all ordinances shall be put

up in three prominent places of said town, one of which shall

be at the place of meeting of the said Commissioners.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said Commissioners,

or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority

Authority

annually in the month of May at their first meeting aforesaid

given com-
missioners.

to appoint a treasurer and an attorney for said town,

and fix the compensation of such officers; and they shall

also have power to appoint policemen and other officers as

they may deem necessary, and said policemen and the bailiff

shall serve warrants and make arrests for violations of the

ordinances of said town, and it shall be their duty to preserve

the peace and good order of said town, and for these pur-

poses the said bailiff and policeman are hereby vested with

the same power and authority as constables of said county

now have under the laws of this State, and said policemen

and other officers shall receive such reasonable compensation

as said Commissioners shall deem proper, and said bailiff,

policeman and treasurer appointed under this section shall,

before entering upon the duties of their office, make oath

before the said Commissioners that they will faithfully and

impartially perform the duties required of them respectively