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7. If at any election for commissioners it shall appear by the
certificate of the judge of said election, that any two or more
persons voted for as commissioners have received the same num-
ber of votes, so that there is no choice for an entire board but a
vacancy in one or more seats, if there shall be as many as three
duly elected, the persons so elected shall assemble immediately
and having qualified as commissioners shall proclaim a new elec-
tion to supply the vacancy occasioned by the failure to elect,
giving at least five days notice of said election.

8. If it shall not appear that three of the persons voted for
have been duly elected, or if the persons duly elected shall fail
to assemble and proclaim a new election for the space of five
days, the old board of commissioners, or any three of them, shall
assemble and proclaim a new election, and give at least five days
notice thereof.

9. The said commissioners shall, on the first meeting after said
election, choose one from among their number, who shall be
president of the board, whose duty it shall be to preside at the
meetings of said commissioners, and preserve decorum, and give
such directions as may be deemed necessary to carry into effect
the provisions of this charter.

10. The aforesaid commissioners, or a majority thereof, may
meet together at such times as occasion may seem to require
upon the business of said village, and not less than once in
every three months; and if during the year for which they
are elected, any of said commissioners shall die, resign, remove
from said village, or from any cause be disqualified, an election
to fill the vacancy, on ten days notice being given by the com-
missioners, shall be held, at which all persons qualified as herein
specified, shall be entitled to vote.

11. The aforesaid commissioners or a majority of them, shall
have power to appoint a clerk and assign his duties, allowing
him such compensation for his services as they shall think pro-
per; and all ordinances passed by said commissioners, or a
majority of them, shall by their clerk be entered in a book kept