424 WORCESTER COUNTY. [ART. 22.

ALMSHOUSE.

1870, c. 123 repeals section 1 and enacts the following as a substitute therefor:

1870, c 123. Appointment of trustees.

SEC. 1. The county commissioners of Worcester county, at their first meeting in the month of April in each year, shall appoint three discreet persons, inhabi- tants of said county, to be trustees of the poor of said county. Approved March 23, 1870.

BERLIN.

1870, c. 451 repeals section 3 of 1868, c. 424 [Sup. 1868, p. 392] and enacts the follow-
ing in lieu thereof:

1870, c. 451. Election of commissioners	3. The inhabitants of the town of Berlin, in Wor- cester county, qualified to vote for members of the house of delegates, and the inhabitants of Worcester county qualified as aforesaid and owning real estate within the corporate limits of said town, shall, on the first Monday in May next, and on the first Monday in May in every second year thereafter, between the hours of two and five o'clock in the afternoon, elect by ballot five persons of known integrity, owners of real estate in said town and residents therein for at least two years immediately preceding their election, 'to be commission- ers of the town of Berlin for two years from the day of their election. Approved and in force April 4, 1870. 1870, c 5 odds the following:
1870, c 5, s 1. May open streets, &c.	16. Sub-Sec. 1. The commissioners of Berlin, or a majority of them, may open, close, straighten or widen streets across or through any yard, orchard or garden, within the corporate limits of the town of Berlin, Wor- cester county.
Ibid, s 2. How damages estimated.	Sub-Sec. 2. The said commissioners, or a majority of them, before they proceed to open, widen or straighten any street, shall appoint three disinterested citizens of said town of Berlin, owners of real estate therein, to