ART. 11.] MECHANICSTOWN. 1177

1870, ch. 98.

314. The commissioners shall annually appoint some person
to act as judge of said election, who shall open the polls at three
o'clock P. M., and close the same at six o'clock p. M.; and the
persons who shall have the majority of Totes shall be declared
elected commissioners for the ensuing year.

Ibid.

315. 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.

Ibid.

316. If it shall not appear that three of the persons voted for
lave 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 commissionerd or any three of them shall

assemble and proclaim a new election, and shall give at least five

days' notice thereof.

1882, ch. 56.

317. The president shall preside at the meetings of said com-
missioners and preserve decorum, give such directions as may be
deemed necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this sub-
title of this article, and perform such other duties as may be

assigned him by the commissioners; in case of his death the
vacancy shall be filled by the surviving commissioners until the
next election for such officers; the commissioners may allow such
compensation to the president for his services as to them may
seem right and just.

Ibid

318. The commissioners may meet together at such times as
occasion may seem to require, upon the business of said village,