1988 WASHINGTON COUNTY. [ART. 22.

1878, ch. 241.

229. The burgess and commissioners so elected shall meet
from time to time, and not less than once in every three months,
and the burgess shall preside at all meetings and give the casting
vote; in his absence the assistant burgess shall preside under the
same restrictions; but when the burgess is present the assistant
burgess shall have the same power as a commissioner; and each
burgess, assistant burgess or commissioner, who shall fail to attend
any of said meetings shall be fined a sum of fifty cents for each
time he may be absent from any of said meetings, unless said fine
shall be remitted by a vote of said burgess and commissioners, or
a majority of them.

Ibid.

230. The said burgess and commissioners may appoint a clerk
and assign his duties, and allow him such compensation as they
may think proper.

Ibid.

231. The clerk shall enter all ordinances passed by the bur-
gess and commissioners in a book to be kept by him for that pur-
pose, which shall at all times be open to the inspection of all
persons interested; and copies of all ordinances shall be put up
in the most public places of said town.

Ibid.

232. The burgess and commissioners may direct by ordinance
all or any of the footways or streets to be paved or mended with
any materials they may deem best, and the same shall be done at
the expense of the proprietors of the different lots in front of
which the same shall be directed.

Ibid

233. If the owner of any house or lot, or part of a lot, where
such paving, levelling or mending shall be directed, shall not
reside in town, the tenant or person occupying or having charge
of said house, lot or part of a lot, shall cause the same to be done;
and the money expended by such tenant or other person under
the direction of the corporation shall be allowed by the owner,
and deducted from the rent then due or to become due.