14 ALLEGANY COUNTY. [ART. 1.

chose some one of the said commissioners President of the
Board, whose duty it shall be to preside at the meetings of the
said commissioners, and preserve order and give such directions
as may be deemed necessary by the said commissioners to carry
into effect the provisions of this act.

29. The commissioners aforesaid, or a majority of them, may
meet together, from time to time, as often as occasion may
require, upon the business of said town, and not less than once
in three months; and if during the year for which they may be
elected, any of the commissioners should die, resign, remove
from said town, or be otherwise disqualified, an election to fill
the vacancy, on ten days' notice thereof being given by the
commissioners, shall be held, at which all persons qualified as
is specified in the second section of this act shall be entitled to
vote.

30. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall
have power to appoint a clerk and assign his duties, and allow
him such compensation for his services as they may think
proper, and all ordinances passed by the said commissioners, or
a majority of them, shall by their clerk be entered in a book,
to be kept by him for that purpose, and shall be opened at all
times for the inspection of any person interested, and copies of
all ordinances shall be put up in the most public places of said
town, that the same may be generally made known.

31. All fines and forfeitures, under the ordinances of the said
corporation, shall be recoverable as small debts are recoverable
out of court, before any justice of the peace.

32. The limits of said town shall be defined and designated
by the commissioners of said town, at the first meeting under
this act, and the property within said limits shall be subject to
such taxes and charges as may be deemed necessary by the said
commissioners, or a majority of them, to support and maintain
the expenses which may at any time be incurred in the improve-
ment of said town.