1822 SOMERSET COUNTY. [ART. 20.

commissioners may designate, but the judges of election ap-
pointed by them shall take and subscribe before the clerk of the
circuit court the oath of office taken by judges of election at
general State elections.

1868, ch. 318.

200. All elections shall be certified to said commissioners by
the judges thereof, and such record be made thereof as they may
direct, for the proper showing of their succession.

Ibid.

201. The commissioners of the said town shall take and sub-
scribe before the clerk of the circuit court the oath of office
required by law; shall hold office for one year from the day of
election and until their successors are elected and qualified, and
in the event of a vacancy by death, resignation or refusal to
serve, the survivors, at the next regular meeting, shall elect a
member of the board to serve until the next- election, who shall
take the same oath as other commissioners.

Ibid.

202. They may meet as often as occasion may require, and
shall have full power to make such laws and ordinances for the
corporation as they may judge equitable and expedient for the
health, convenience and prosperity of the town and its inhabi-
tants, and may prevent the erection of or may remove nuisances
which endanger the health or morals of the town.

Ibid.

203. They shall have power to appoint a bailiff and clerk,
and award such compensation as they may judge 'right for
services required.

Ibid.

204. The bailiff shall have power to serve process as other
officers of the law, and shall have all the power of a constable for
the preservation of order and the arrest of offenders against the
law, and may act as collecting officer as other constables do; and
he shall be required to give bond and security, approved by the
said commissioners, for the discharge of his duties, as constables
are now by law required to do.