E. LOUIS LOWE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
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a common seal, and the same may alter and change
at their pleasure.
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SEC. 2. And be it enacted,
That the free white
male citizens of Hancock of the age of twenty-one
years and upwards, and having resided twelve months
in said town next preceding the election, shall, on the
first Monday in April next, and on the first Monday in
April in each and every year thereafter, elect by ballot
a burgess, assistant burgess and three commissioners,
who shall have resided within the limits of said town
twelve months next preceding the election, and shall
have attained the age of twenty-one years.
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Election of
burgess, &c.
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SEC. 3. And be it enacted,
That any one justice of
the peace residing in said town shall appoint by writing,
under his hand and seal, one judge, to hold the first
election, and name a place for holding said election, having
first given ten days notice, who shall keep the polls
open from ten o'clock in the morning until three in the
evening, and shall conduct the said election in the manner
in which the judges of elections are now by law directed
to hold and conduct elections for delegates to the
General Assembly, as far as may be consistent with the
provisions of this act, and the said judge shall make
return, under his hand and seal, of the persons elected,
to the clerk of the circuit court of Washington
county, to be by him safe kept.
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Appointment
of judge, &c.
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SEC. 4. And be it enacted,
That all future elections
shall be held and conducted as shall from time to time
be directed by the by-laws of their corporation, the same
not being inconsistent with the provisions of this act.
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Future elections.
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SEC. 5. And be it enacted,
That the burgess shall
preside at all meetings of the municipality, and have
the privilege of the casting vote only, and 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 and authority as
one of the commissioners.
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Burgess to
preside at
meetings.
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SEC. 6. And be it enacted,
That the burgess and
commissioners aforesaid, or a majority of them, may
meet together from time to time, as often as occasion
may require, upon the business of the town, and not
less than once in every three months; and if during the
year for which they may be elected, the burgess, assistant
burgess or any of the commissioners should die,
resign, remove from said town, or be non compos mentis,
or displaced, an election to fill the vacancy shall be
held by giving at least ten days notice, at which all
persons qualified as is specified in the second section of
his act, shall be entitled to vote.
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Meetings.
Vacancy—
how filled.
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