1662 QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY. [ART. 18.

in said town and pay taxes thereon, shall elect by ballot, at the
court house in said town, on the first Monday in April of every
second year, accounting from the year eighteen hundred and
seventy-eight, three persons, residents and holding real estate in
said town above the value of three hundred dollars, as town com-
missioners.

P. L. L., (1860,) art. 17, sec. 83.

44. H any of said commissioners shall die, resign or be dis-
qualified to act, the citizens of said town qualified to vote as
aforesaid, shall proceed, as soon as convenient, to elect a person
to fill such vacancy, and the office of a commissioner shall be
vacated by his removal from said town.

Ibid. sec. 34.

45. Each commissioner, before he proceeds to act as such,
shall make oath before a justice of the peace for Queen Anne's
county, that he will diligently and faithfully, to the best of his
skill and judgment, perform the duties of a commissioner of said
town, without favor, partiality or prejudice, and a certificate of
such qualification shall be returned by the paid justice to the
commissioners, and filed and recorded among their proceedings.

Ibid. sec. 35.

46. The said commissioners shall meet annually, on the second
Monday in April, and on the first Monday in every third month
thereafter, and as much oftener as they may think proper; not
less than a majority shall constitute a board for the transaction of
any business except an adjournment

Ibid. sec. 30.

47. They may appoint a clerk, who shall keep the minutes of
their proceedings in a well-bound book to be provided by them
for that purpose, and they may also appoint a bailiff to said
town and prescribe his duties, and shall pay the said clerk and
bailiff such compensation as they may deem reasonable, and may
remove either of said officers at pleasure.

1808, ch. 53.

48. They shall cause all nuisances and obstructions that may
interrupt the passage or injure the health of the inhabitants of