2020 WASHINGTON COUNTY. [ART. 22.

1888, cb. 313.

367. The burgess, by virtue of his office, shall preside at all
meetings of the commissioners, and in case of a tie vote he shall
have the deciding vote. He shall faithfully execute the ordinances
of the town. The burgess, for the enforcement of town ordin-
ances, shall have all the power of ordering arrests, summoning
witnesses, making commitments; and he shall keep a docket for
corporation cases, and therein record and make regular entries of
his proceedings, in all cases setting forth the fine, imprisonment
or other punishment imposed, and the amount of costs; and he
shall submit said docket to the inspection of any person who may
request to see the same, and upon the demand of any person
interested, shall deliver a copy of any judgment rendered by him.
From any judgment rendered by the burgess, or assistant burgess
in his absence, in the enforcement of the ordinances of the town,
an appeal shall lie, by the person aggrieved, to the circuit court
for Washington county; provided, the appeal is taken within fifty
hours after the rendering of the judgment; and provided the
person aggrieved shall enter good and sufficient bond for the
faithful prosecution of the appeal and for the payment of all
costs if the judgment be affirmed, but no appeal shall stay process,
or execution upon judgment unless a bond be given as above pro-
vided. The burgess shall be the treasurer of said corporation,
and shall give a bond with good security, for an amount to be
determined by the commissioners, and he shall report to the com-
missioners at the end of his term of office, or at any time the said
commissioners may so desire, the condition of the municipal
affairs. The burgess, in case that he may misapply the finances,
of the corporation that may be placed in his hands, shall be liable
to prosecution, as prescribed in eection 373.

Ibid.

368. The assistant burgess shall aid the burgess in the execu-
tion of the ordinances of the town, and in the absence of the
burgess he shall perform the duties of burgess. At the meeting
of the corporation officers he shall have all the rights and priv-
ileges of a commissioner when the burgess is present. The
assistant burgess and the three commissioners shall qualify, either
before a justice of the peace in and for Washington county, or