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open from nine o'clock in the morning until five o'clock in the
afternoon, and shall conduct the said election in the same man-
ner in which the judges of election are now directed to conduct
an election for delegates to the General Assembly, as far as may
be consistent with the provisions of this act; and the said
judges shall make returns, under their hands, and seals of the
persons elected, to the clerk of Worcester county, to be kept by
him.

4. All future elections shall be held and conducted as shall be
from time to time directed by the laws of the corporation, the
same not being inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

5. The said commissioners, elected according to the provisions
of this act, shall on the first meeting after said election choose
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.

6. The commissioners aforesaid, or a majority of them, may
meet together from time to time, as often as occasion may re-
quire, upon the business of said-town, and not less than once in
six months, and if during the time 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.

7. 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 that 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 the purpose, and shall be opened at all
times for the inspection of any person interested.
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