1892 TALBOT COUNTY. [ART. 21.

1880, ch. 105.

180. Every commissioner, before entering upon the duties of
his office, shall take an oath before some justice of the peace that
he will diligently and faithfully, according to the best of his
judgment, perform the duties of commissioner of the said town,
without favor, partiality or prejudice, and a certificate of such,
qualification shall be returned by the justice to the commission-
ers, to be filed and recorded among their proceedings; the said
commissioners shall meet at some public place in said town, as
shall be previously determined upon, on the first Tuesday of
every month after their respective election, and as much oftener
by adjournment as they shall judge necessary; at their first meet-
ing after election, they shall elect one of their number treasurer
and they shall appoint and qualify a clerk, who shall keep a
record of their proceedings in a well-bound book, to be provided
by them for that purpose, which shall be subject to the inspec-
tion of all persons interested; they shall also, at their first meet-
ing, or as soon thereafter as possible, appoint a bailiff for said
town from the qualified voters of said town.

Ibid.

181. The commissioners shall remain in office until their suc-
cessors are severally elected and qualified; and if the election
should fail, or from any cause be prevented on the said first
Monday in April, then it shall be the duty of the commissioners
holding over, within three weeks after said failure of election, to
order a new election and give ten days' notice thereof, which
mode shall be continued until a legal election shall be had; should
any commissioner elect fail to qualify within twenty days after
receiving the certificate of his election, the commissioners shall
order and hold a new election, after giving ten days' notice there-
of ; and should any vacancy occur in the board of commissioners,
from any cause whatever, the commissioners are authorized to fill
such vacancy by the appointment of a qualified person for the
unexpired term of said officer.

Ibid.

182. Each of said commissioners shall receive a salary of fif-
teen dollars a year; the salary of the treasurer, clerk and bailiff,
ishall be fixed by the board of commissioners.