1018 DORCHESTER COUNTY. [ART. 10.

said town; and a certificate of such qualification shall be returned
by the justice of the peace to the commissioners, and be filed and
recorded among their proceedings.

1884, ch. 530.

145. The commissioners shall meet on the Wednesday ensuing
their election, or as soon thereafter as convenient, and as often
thereafter as they shall determine by by-laws or ordinances, and
shall each receive the sum of fifty cents per meeting; provided,
that none of them shall receive more than six dollars per annum
as salary; the said commissioners, at their first meeting, shall
select one of their number as president, who shall preside at their
meetings and exercise other functions as may be conferred upon
him by the by-laws or ordinances; the president shall see that the
ordinances are duly and faithfully executed, and shall report
annually, in the month of May, the general state of the town, with
accurate account of the money received and expended, to be
posted up in one conspicuous place in said town for the informa-
tion of the citizens, and shall make such suggestions as in his-
judgment are proper for the wise and economical government of
the town.

Ibid

146. They shall, at their first meeting, appoint a town clerk
for and during their term, who shall keep a record of their pro-
ceedings in a well bound book, to be provided by them for that
purpose, and to be subject to the inspection of the inhabitants of
said town and all persons interested therein; the said clerk shall
also act as treasurer for said town, and shall give bond to the com-
missioners in the penalty of not less than five hundred dollars, with
a surety or sureties to be approved by them, conditioned for the
faithful performance of his duties, and shall perform such other
duties as may be prescribed in the by-laws or ordinances of said
town, and shall receive such compensation for his services as clerk
and treasurer as shall be fixed by the commissioners; the said clerk
and treasurer, before he begins to act, shall make oath before a
justice of the peace that he will faithfully discharge the duties of
his office, and account for all monies that may come into his hands;
and said justice shall return a certificate of said oath to the com-
missioners, to be recorded.