CAROLINE COUNTY. 1603

sons, residents and qualified voters, as Commissioners of Goldsboro, to
serve for one year therefrom, or until their successors are duly elected
and qualified; and that such election shall be held on the first Satur-
day in May annually thereafter, between the hours of two and five o'clock
P. M. at such place as the Commissioners of said Town shall appoint,
elect by ballot five persons, residents and qualified voters, as Commis-
sioners of Goldsboro.

1906, ch. 87, aec. 6.

244. The Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall be judges of
said election, or they may appoint any three voters to act as judges, and
the proceedings shall be recorded under their direction; and every com-
missioner or person so appointed, before he opens an election, shall make
oath before a justice of the peace for Caroline County that he will faith-
fully and impartially permit every person to vote at such election who
shall be qualified to vote for commissioners of said town, and that he will
not suffer any person to vote at such election who shall not be legally quali-
fied to vote, and the five persons having the highest number of votes shall
be declared elected.

1906, ch. 87, sec. 7.

245. If at any time an election shall not be held for Commissioners
on the clay mentioned in this Act, an election may be held at any time
after ten days' notice thereof shall have been given by the commissioners,
or a majority of them, and in the event that a majority of the said Com-
missioners shall become disqualified to act, or shall have failed, or shall
fail to hold an election for the space of thirty days from the first Saturday
in May in any year, then it shall be lawful for any three or more qualified
voters of said town to give notice, either by written ———— or printed
handbills, or by publication in some newspaper, of an election to be held
on a certain date, at least ten days from the date of publication or posting
of such notice for commissioners under this Act, and a majority of voters
present at the hour fixed by said notice for the commencement of said
election shall select three judges to hold said election.

1906, ch. 87, sec. 8.

246. If any election held under this Act two or more persons shall
receive the same number of votes for commissioner of said town, the
judges of said election shall, after having given five days' notice of the
time and place, proceed to hold another election to fill up said board of
commissioners, and the person or persons receiving the highest number of
votes at said election shall, with those previously chosen, if any, consti-
tute the commissioners of Goldsboro.

1906, ch. 87, sec. 9.

247. If any vacancy shall occur by death, resignation, removal or
failure to act of one or more of the commissioners elected as aforesaid,