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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

All future

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all future elections

elections

shall be held and conducted as shall be from time to

time directed by the laws of the corporation, the

same not being inconsistent with the provisions of

this act.

Choose a

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the said commis-

President

sioners, elected according to the provisions of this

act, shall, on the first meeting after said election,

choose one of the said commissioners president of

the board, whose duty it shall be to preside at the

meeting of said commissioners, to preserve order and

give such directions as may be deemed necessary to

carry into effect the provisions of this act.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the commissioners

Meeting*

aforesaid, or a majority of them, may meet together

from time to time, as often as occasion may require,

upon the business of said town, and not less than

once in every three months; and if, during the year

for which they may bo elected, any of the said com-

missioners should die, resign, remove from said town,

or be otherwise disqualified, an election to till the

vacancy, on teu days' notice thereof being given by

the commissioners, shall be held, at which all persons

qualified, as specified in the third section of this act,

shall be entitled to vote.

Appoint a clerk

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That the said commis-

sioners, or a majority of them, shall have power to

appoint a clerk and assign his duties, and allow him

such compensation for his services as they may think

proper. All ordinances passed by said commission-

Ordinances

ers shall be entered in a book by said clerk, which

shall be kept by him for that purpose, and shall be

open at all times for the inspection of any person in-

terested, and copies of all ordinances shall be put

up in the most public places of said town.

All fines and

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That all fines and for-

forfeitures

feitures under the ordinances of said corporation,

shall be recoverable as small debts are recoverable,

out of court, before any justice of the peace.

SEC. 10. And be it enacted, That the said commis-

Make by-laws
regulations aud

sioners, or a majority of them, shall have full power

ordinances

to make all such by-laws, regulations and ordinances,