JOHN LEE CARROLL, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR. 379

peace for Washington county by making oath that
they will discharge the duties of their respective	:
offices, according to the best of their skill and judg-	Take oath.
ment, without fear, favor or partiality to any, a copy of which oath, with a certificate of the justice ad-
ministering the same, shall be entered upon the jour-
nal of the corporation.
151. The burgess and commissioners so elected
shall meet from time to time, and not less than once	Meetings.
in every three months, and the burgess shall preside
at all meetings and give the casting vote ; in his
. absence the assistant burgess shall preside under the
same restrictions, but when the burgess is present
the assistant burgess shall have the same power as a
commissioner; and each burgess, assistant burgess
or commissioner who shall fail to attend any of said
meetings shall be fined a sum of fifty cents for each	Shall be fined
time he may be absent from any of said meetings,
unless said fine shall be remitted by a" vote of said
burgess and commissioners, or a majority of them.
152. The said burgess and commissioners, or a	May appoint
majority of them, may appoint a clerk and assign his duties, and allow him such compensation as they	clerk.
may think proper.
153. The clerk shall enter all ordinances passed
by the burgess and commissioners in a book to be	Enter all or- dinances
kept by him for that purpose, and they shall at all
times be open to the inspection of all persons inter-
ested, and copies of all ordinances shall be put up in
the most public places of said town.
154. The burgess and commissioners may direct
by ordinance all or any of the footways or streets to
be paved or mended with any materials they may	Streets paved
deem best, and the same shall be done at the expense	and mended.
of the proprietors of the different lots before which
the same shall be directed.
155. If the owner of any house or lot or part of
a lot where such paving, levelling or mending shall be directed shall not reside in town, the tenant or	Non-resident.
person occupying or having charge of said house, lot or part lot shall cause the same to be done, and	Money ex- pended de- ducted from
the money expended by such tenant or other person	rent.