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months preceding, shall elect by ballot on the second Monday in
May, in each and every year, at the usual place of holding elec-
tions in said village, five commissioners for said village, who shall
have resided within the corporate limits of the same one year
next preceding the election.

1868, ch. 161

281. The said commissioners shall annually appoint some per-
son to act as judge of said election, who shall open the polls at three
o'clock, P. H., and close the same at six o'clock, p. M., and the
persons who shall have the majority of rotes shall be declared
elected commissioners for the ensuing year.

Ibid.

282. If at any election for commissioners it shall appear by
the certificate of the judge of said election that any two or more
persons voted for as commissioners have received the same num-
ber of votes, so that there is no choice for an entire board, but a
vacancy in one or more seats, if there shall be as many as three
duly elected, the persons so elected shall assemble immediately,
and having qualified as commissioners, shall proclaim a new elec-
tion to supply the vacancy occasioned by the failure to elect,
giving at least five days' notice of said election.

Ibid.

283. If it shall not appear that three of the persons voted for
have been duly elected, or if the persons duly elected shall fail
to assemble and proclaim a new election for the space of five
days, the old board of commissioners, or any three of them, shall
assemble and proclaim a new election, and give at least five days'
notice thereof.

Ibid.

284. The commissioners, on the first meeting after said elec-
tion, shall choose one from among their number, who shall be
president of the board, whose duty it shall be to preside at the
meetings of the commissioners, and preserve decorum, and give
such directions as may be deemed necessary to carry into efiect
the provisions of this sub-title of this article.
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