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charge the duties of their respective offices according to the best of their
skill and judgment, without fear, favor, affection or partiality to any; a
copy of which oath, with the certificate of the justice administering the
same, shall be entered on the journal of the corporation.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 301. 1860, Art. 21, sec. 214.

616. If at any election for burgess, assistant burgess and commis-
sioners, any two or more persons shall have an equality of votes, another
election shall be held, after ten days' notice, and so on, until a choice shall
be made.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 302. 1860, Art. 21, sec. 215.

617. If, during the year for which they were elected, the burgess,
assistant burgess or any of the commissioners, shall die, resign, remove
from said town, be disqualified, or be displaced, an election to fill the
vacancy shall be held, after ten days' notice, and all persons qualified to
vote at a regular election shall be entitled to vote at such special election.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 303. 1860, Art. 21, sec. 216.

618. The burgess and commissioners may meet from time to time, as
often as they may think proper, upon the business of the town, and not
less than once in every three months; the burgess shall preside at all
meetings, and have the privilege of the casting vote only; in his absence
the assistant burgess shall preside, under the same restrictions; but when
the burgess is present, the assistant burgess shall have the powers of a
commissioner.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 304. 1860, Art. 21, sec. 217.

619. They may appoint a clerk and assign his duties, and allow him
such compensation as they may think proper.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 305. 1860, Art. 21, sec. 218.

620. The clerk shall enter all ordinances passed by the burgess and
commissioners in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, which shall
be open at all times to the inspection of any person interested; and copies
of all ordinances shall bet set up in the most public places in the town.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 306. 1860, Art. 21, sec. 219.

621. The burgess and commissioners shall have power to make all such
by-laws and ordinances as they may deem expedient for the comfort,
health, convenience and prosperity of the town and its inhabitants, the
prevention or removal of nuisances, preservation of health, and suppres-
sion of vice and immorality in said town.

P. L. L., 1888, Art. 22, sec. 307. 1860, Art. 21, sec. 220.

622. They may lay an equal tax on the property in the town, to such
amount as they may from time to time deem necessary for the purposes
of the corporation.