2836 ARTICLE 12.

1898, ch. 25, sec. 185.

423. No members of the Town Council shall during his term of office
hold or be interested in any other office under the corporation, nor be a
party directly or indirectly to or interested in any contract in which the
corporation is interested.

1898, ch. 25, sec. 186.

424. A majority of all the members elected to the Town Council shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

1898, ch. 25, sec. 187.

425. It shall be the duty of the town clerk to be present at all the
meetings of the Mayor and Council; he shall keep a correct record of their
proceedings and an account of all their financial transactions; he shall
enter all ordinances passed by the Mayor and Council, and signed by the
Mayor, in a book kept by him for that purpose, and the books of said cor-
poration shall be open for inspection 'by any taxpayer at all times, and
copies of all ordinances shall be put up in the public places of said town.

1918, Ch. 26, sec. 187A.

426. The town clerk shall receive for his services the sum of three
hundred dollars per annum. He shall have power to administer oaths or
affirmations to any person presenting a claim against the said corporation
to the Town Council, and shall have power to take affidavits to all papers
to be filed with the said Town Council, and to administer oaths to any
person who is examined as a witness in any matter before the Town Coun-
cil, for which services for administering oaths and taking affidavits afore-
said, the said clerk shall not be entitled to make any charge, the same
being made a part of his official duties as clerk.

1898, ch. 25, sec. 188.

427. The council shall have power to pass all ordinances not unconsti-
tutional with the existing laws of the State, as they may deem necessary
for the good government of the town, for the preservation of peace and
good order, and securing persons and property from violence, danger and
destruction; for the removal of nuisances, no matter from what source
proceeding, and all obstructions from the streets, lanes and alleys, and
from any lot adjoining thereto within the limits of the town; for the re-
moval of any dangerous house or buildings; for the paving, grading, re-
pairing, drainage, leveling, surveying, laying out, extending, widening,
opening, closing, straightening, re-locating, improving, or repairing any
street, sidewalk or alley in said town; and may condemn or purchase
the right of way of any street or alley which they may determine should
be opened for the public good; for the preservation of property rights and
privileges; for the regulation of sales of the streets, alleys or public places
in said town; for the weighing of hay, coal and other property; for the
suppression of vice and immorality; for the suppression of concealed