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each receive for his services twenty-five cents for each regular or called
meeting at which he shall be present; whenever one or two vacancies may
occur in the office of Commissioners, such vacancy shall be filled in the
same manner as that provided for in Section 729 in the case of assistant
Burgess; but should three or more vacancies occur at one time the Burgess
shall order an election to be held in conformity with the provisions for
regular elections, to fill the unexpired terms.

1894, ch. 634, sec. 9. 1898, ch. 99, sec. 9.

732. The method of holding elections in siaid town shall be as follows:
The Burgess shall publish by hand-bills, posted in at least six public places
in said town, at least ten days prior to the date of said election, the officers
to be voted for, or the objects and purposes of said election, in writing,
one qualified voter of said town to act as judge of election, who, before
he shall proceed to act as such, shall take the following oath or affirmation
before the Burgess or a justice of the peace in Washington county: I will
fairly and impartially act as judge of the municipal election to be held in
town of Sharpsburg on the ——— day of September, A. D. ———, according
to the best of my knowledge and understanding of law. A certificate that
said oath or affirmation has been administered shall accompany the election
returns as hereinafter provided. On failure of the judge so appointed to
appear, the Burgess shall appoint another qualified person, and so on until
a judge is secured; and in case of death, absence, inability or refusal of
the Burgess to appoint, the duty shall devolve upon the assistant Burgess,
and in case of his death, absence, inability or refusal, the like duty shall
devolve upon one of the Commissioners chosen by a majority of that body;
and upon failure of the Burgess, assistant Burgess or Commissioners to
perform the duties imposed by this section, they shall be subject to indict-
ment in the Circuit Court for Washington county, and to a fine of twenty-
five dollars upon conviction. The said judge shall be a conservator of
the peace during the election and until the ballots shall be counted and
the returns made out, and shall have the authority to commit offenders for
any breach of the peace, or interference with the election, for a period of
not over twenty days, and to administer oaths or affirmation to any person
touching his qualification as a voter. The said judge shall appoint a
clerk of election from the qualified voters of said town, who, before acting
as such, shall take the following oath or affirmation, to be administered
by the judge: I will well and faithfully keep a true record of all the
votes cast at the municipal election to be held in the town of Sharpsburg,
on the ——— day of September, A. D. ———, according to the best of my
ability. A box shall be kept, in which all the ballots received shall be
deposited by the judge, and the names of all persons voting shall be
written on a list by the clerk. The polls shall be kept open from nine
o'clock A. M. until four o'clock P. M. Any person not possessing the
necessary qualification of a voter at such election, who shall vote thereat,
shall, upon indictment and conviction thereof in the Circuit Court for
Washington county, pay a fine of fifty dollars, or in default of payment
thereof be imprisoned in the county jail for sixty days.