FRANK BROWN, ESQUIRE, GOTERNOR.

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Washington County shall issue certificates only to the per-

sons receiving the highest number of votes, and the officers

who have received certificates shall at their first meeting as

a board designate one of the persons receiving such tie vote

to be the one elected, and shall notify the clerk of the

Circuit Court of said county of their selection, and the said

clerk shall issue immediately a certificate to such person,

which certificate shall set forth the manner of his election,

and said person shall hold his office for the same time as he

would had he received the highest number of votes.

SEC. 76. Each commissioner, before he acts as such shall

make oath before a justice of the peace in and for Wash-

ington County that he will diligently and faithfully, to the
best of his skill and judgment, perform the duties of a com-

Oath of
office

missioner of said town, without favor, partiality or preju-

dice, and the burgess before acting as such, shall make

oath before some justice of the peace of said county that he

will well and faithfully, without favor, affection or partiality,

execute the office of burgess to the best of his knowledge,

and the assistant burgess shall take an oath similar to that

of the burgess.

SEC. 77. At the first meeting the officers shall appoint

one of their number president, who shall preside at the

President.

meetings of the board, such meetings to be held from time

Clerk.

to time, as often as occasion may require, but not less than

once in every two months, and a majority of said officers

shall constitute a quorum to transact business. And the

said officers, or a majority of them shall have power to

appoint a clerk, and assign his duties, and allow him such

compensation for his services as they may think proper.

All ordinances passed by the commissioners shall be entered

in a book by said clerk, which shall be kept by him for that

purpose, and shall be open at at all times for the inspection

of any person interested, and copies of said ordinances shall

be put in the most public place in said town.

SEC. 78. The said commissioners shall elect one of their

number treasurer of the corporation, who shall keep an

account of their receipts and disbursements of the funds of

Treasurer.

the corporation, and at the expiration of his term of office

shall render a succinct and detailed statement thereof, which

shall be posted in some public place in said town, but

before said treasurer acts as such, he shall give bond for

such amount as the commissioners shall prescribe for the

faithful performance of his duties as treasurer.

SEC. 79. The said commissioners may pass ordinances to

preserve the health of the people in said town, ordering the