ELIHU B. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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SEC. 406. All elections shall be held at such hours and con-

ducted according to such regulations as shall from time to time

be prescribed by the by-laws of the corporation not inconsistent

with this charter, and all persons so elected in pursuance of this

section shall hold over until their successors shall have qualified,

which must be done within ten days from the date of their elec-

To qualify

tion; before entering upon their respective offices, the burgess

elect shall qualify before the clerk of the circuit court for Wash-

ington county, as to a faithful discharge of duty in accordance

with the provisions of this charter, and the ordinances made in

pursuance thereof, and shall then (himself) be authorized to

qualify the remaining members elect and officers of the board to

the same effect.

SEC. 407. If during the year for which they were elected, the

burgess, the assistant burgess, or any of the commissioners shall

Vacancies.

die, resign, remove from said town or be otherwise disqualified or

displaced, the remaining members of said board shall appoint

successors to fill such vacancies.

SEC. 408. The burgess and commissioners may meet as often as

occasion requires, but not less than once in three months, and the

To meet

assistant burgess in the absence of the burgess shall preside at

such meetings, and when the burgess is present shall have the

same power and prerogative as a commissioner.

SEC. 409. The burgess, and in his absence, the assistant bur-

gess, shall have power to issue warrants commanding the bailiff

of said corporation or any constable of Washington county to

arrest any person violating any of the ordinances of said corpora-

tion, and have brought before him for trial, he shall have the

same power to summon witnesses and to enforce their attendance,

and also the same general peace powers as a justice of the peace,

And in case of conviction, may impose such fine as the ordinance

of the said corporation shall in such cases provide; and the per-

son convicted in default of payment may be committed to the jail
of the county until such fine or forfeiture be paid; provided, that

where parties are committed to the jail of the county by the bur-

Powers of

gess acting for the corporation, the number of days of imprison-

burgess.

ment shall be double the fine and costs, that is to say for every

one dollar of the amount of the fine and costs the culprit shall

have two days in jail, and where the time has expired according

to his commitment the fine or forfeiture shall be considered as

paid, and the prisoner be discharged, but in no case shall the

term of imprisonment exceed thirty days; in all trivial cases how-

ever, the burgess may in his discretion, if the culprit so elect,

place the offender in custody of the bailiff to work out his sentence

on the streets or highways of the town, in which case he shall

have credit per diem the same as other laborers on the corporation

are paid until the fine and costs be cancelled.