2032 WASHINGTON COUNTY. [ART. 22.

WILLIAMSPORT.

1876, ch. 53.

403. The citizens of the town of Williamsport are a body
corporate by the name of " The Burgess and Commissioners of
Williamsport," and by that name may sue and be sued, and have
and use a common seal.

Ibid.

404. The bounds of said town are as described on a plat
thereof, recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court for
Washington county.

Ibid.

405. The male citizens of Williamsport, of the age of twenty-
one years and upwards, and who have resided in said town for
twelve months next preceding the election, shall annually, on the
first Monday in March, at such place as shall be designated by
the corporation, elect a burgess, an assistant burgess and five com-
missioners of said town, who shall have resided within the town
twelve months next preceding the election, and who have, during
the year immediately preceding said election, been assessed and
paid taxes on real or personal property in said town.

Ibid.

406. All elections shall be held and conducted as shall from
time to time be directed by the by-laws of the corporation, not
inconsistent with this charter.

Ibid.

407. If, during the year for which they were elected, the
burgess, assistant burgess or any of the commissioners shall die,
resign, remove from said town or be non compos mentis or dis-
placed, the remaining members of the said board of burgess,
assistant burgess and commissioners shall appoint successors to
fill such vacancies.

Ibid.

408. The burgess and commissioners may meet as often as
occasion may require upon the business of the town, and not less
than once in three months; and the assistant burgess, in the
absence of the burgess, shall preside at such meetings, and when
the burgess is present, shall have the same power as a commis-
sioner.