1604 ARTICLE 6.

the remaining commissioners, or a majority of them, shall elect a proper
person to fill said vacancy.

1906, ch. 87, sec. 10.

248. Every Commissioner, before he proceeds to act as such, shall
make oath before some justice of the peace for Caroline County that he
will diligently and faithfully, according to the best of his skill and judg-
ment, perform the duties of connnisssioner without favor, partiality or
prejudice, and a certificate of such qualification shall be returned by the
said justice of the peace to the commissioners, to be filed and recorded
among their proceedings.

1906, ch. 87, sec. 11.

249. The said Commissioners shall meet at such place as they may
appoint within said town on the second Monday of every month ensuing
their election, and as much oftener by adjournment as they shall deem
necessary.

1906, ch. 87, sec. 12.

250. The said Commissioners shall elect a president of their board, and
annually appoint a clerk, a chief bailiff and such number of under bailiffs
as they may, at any time, deem necessary to properly preserve the peace,
a treasurer and one or more assessors of taxes, whose duties and qualifica-
tions shall be as hereinafter prescribed.

1906, ch. 87, sec. 13.

251. The president of said Board of Commissioners shall preside at
all meetings of the commissioners, unless prevented by sickness or reason-
able cause, in which event the said commissioners may select a president
pro tempore; he shall sign all by-laws and ordinances of said board of
commissioners, and shall countersign all orders and drafts drawn by the
clerk, under the direction of the said commissioners, on the treasurer of
said town.

1906, ch. 87, sec. 14.

252. The clerk shall be appointed from among the citizens of said
town, qualified to vote for commissioners; he shall, before entering on his
duties, make oath before the said commissioners, or any one of them,
that he will well and faithfully perform the duties of his office as pre-
scribed by this Act, or which may be prescribed by any by-law or ordi-
nance of said commissioners, to the best of his skill and judgment; he
shall sign all drafts or orders for money appropriated or ordered by the
commissioners to be paid by the treasurer, and keep a record of the pro-
ceedings of said commissioners in a book to be provided by them for that
purpose, which shall at all times be open to the inspection of any person
interested.