KENT COUNTY. 3165

1906, ch. 227, sec. 5

46. If it shall happen that any of the persons voted for and duly

elected, shall from any cause fail to qualify, then and in that place, the per-
son receiving the next highest number of votes shall be deemed to have been
elected, and shall be so informed by the judges of elections, and shall there-
upon be entitled to qualify as one of said commissioners.

1906, ch. 227, sec. 6.

47. In case of death, resignation, refusal to act or disqualification of
any commissioner., the remaining commissioners, not less than a quorum,
shall choose some person duly qualified and eligible, a commissioner for
the unexpired term.

1906, ch. 227, sec. 7.

48. The said Howard Turner, James M. Sutton and George William
Owens, hereinbefore appointed commissioners of said town, shall meet
within thirty days from the passage of this Act, and take the oath of
office prescribed before a justice of the peace for Kent county, and organ-
ize as a board by the election of one of their number as president, who
shall act as executive officer; and appoint a secretary and treasurer, police-
man, and a collector of taxes and such other officers as may be found neces-
sary, and do and perform all things required or allowed to be done by the
Commissioners of Betterton under the provisions of this Act; and they are
hereby invested with all the powers, and are to perform all the duties
authorized or required to be done by the commissioners of said town under
this Act, and shall continue in office until the first election under this Act,
and until their successors are elected and qualified.

1906, ch. 227, sec. 8.

49. The president of said board of commissioners, by virtue of his
office as president shall have all the jurisdiction and powers of a justice
of the peace, except as to the recovery of debts, and may call upon any
officer of said town entrusted with the receipts and expenditures of public
money for a statement of his accounts as often as he may think necessary.
He shall see that the ordinances of the board are duly and faithfully exe-
cuted, and shall report annually to the board of commissioners, at their
first annual meeting, the general state of the affairs of the town, with an
accurate account of all moneys received and expended during the preced-
ing year, to be made public for the information of the citizens.

1906, ch. 227, sec. 9.
49A. The commissioners of said town shall meet regularly at least

once a month in the months of June, July, August and September, and as
often during the remainder of the year as they may deem proper, for the

dispatch of business.

1906, ch. 227, sec. 10.

50. Said commissioners shall fix the compensation and fees of all
officers appointed by said board. They shall keep a journal of their pro-