1226 GARRETT COUNTY. [ART. 12.

1878, ch. 108.

18. Such elections shall be held and conducted as shall from,
time to time be directed by the laws of the corporation, not incon-
sistent with the provisions of this sub-title of this article.

Ibid.

19. Said commissioners, at the first meeting after their elec-
tion, shall choose some one of their number as president of the-
board, whose duty it shall be to preside at their meetings, preserve^
order and give such directions as may be deemed necessary by
them to carry into effect the provisions of this sub-title of this,
article.

Ibid.

20. They may meet together, from time to time 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 them shall die, resign, remove from said
town, or be otherwise disqualified, an election to fill the vacancy,
on ten days' notice thereof being given by them, shall be held, at
which all persons qualified as specified in section 17, shall be
entitled to rote.

Ibid.

21. They 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 them shall be
entered by their clerk into a book to be kept by him for that,
purpose, which shall be open 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 known.

Ibid

22. All fines and forfeitures under the ordinances of the said
corporation shall be recoverable as small debts are recoverable;
before any justice of the peace.

Ibid.

23. The limits of said town shall extend to the distance of
one-half mile each way from the public well in said town.