WILLIAM T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 153
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perform the duties of commissioner of the said town
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without favor, partiality or prejudice, and a certifi-
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cate of such qualification shall be returned by the
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justice to the commissioners, to be filed and recorded
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among the proceedings. The said commissioners
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shall meet at some public place in said town, as shall
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be previously determined upon, on the first Tuesday
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of every month after their election, and as much of-
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tener by adjournment as they shall judge necessary.
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They shall, at their first meeting after election, elect
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Elect Presi-
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one of their number President of the board, and one of
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dent.
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their number Treasurer; they shall appoint and
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qualify a clerk, who shall keep a record of their pro-
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ceedings in a well bound book, to be provided by them
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for that purpose, which book shall be subject to the
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inspection of all persons interested ; they shall also,
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at their first meeting, or as soon thereafter as possi-
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ble, appoint a bailiff for said town from the quali-
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fied voters of said town.
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138. The commissioners shall remain in office un-
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til their successors are elected and qualified, and if
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the election should fail, or from any cause be pre-
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vented on the said first Monday in April, then it shall
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be the duty of the commissioners holding over,
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within three weeks of said failure of election, to
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order a new election and give ten days notice thereof,
which mode shall be continued until a legal election
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Vacancy —
how filled.
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shall be had ; should any commissioner elect fail to
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qualify within twenty days after receiving the cer-
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tificate of his election, the commissioners shall order
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and hold a new election, after giving ten days notice
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thereof, and should any vacancy occur in the Board
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of Commissioners from any cause whatever, the
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commissioners are hereby authorized to fill such va-
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cancy by the appointment of a qualified person for
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the unexpired term of said officer.
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139. Each of said commissioners shall receive a
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salary of fifteen dollars a year ; the salary of the
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Salary.
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treasurer, clerk and bailiff shall be fixed by the
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Board of Commissioners.
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140. The commissioners of said town shall have
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Levy on real
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full power and authority to levy on the real and
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and personal
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personal property of said town, a sum not exceed-
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property.
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