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for said Commissioners who shall be designated Town Attorney
and receive such compensation as the Commissioners may
deem proper.

283. If at any time an election shall not be held for Com-
missioners on the day mentioned in Section 276 of this Article,
an election may be held at any time after ten days' notice
thereof shall have been given by the Commissioners or a ma-
jority of them, and in case a majority of the said Commis-
sioners shall become disqualified to act or shall have failed or
shall fail to hold an election for the space of thirty days after
the said fourth Monday in April in any year, then it shall be
lawful for any three or more of the qualified voters in said
town to give notice either by written or printed handbills or
by publication in some newspaper printed in Caroline County,
of an election to be held on a certain day at least ten days
from the date of publication or posting of such notice for Com-
missioners of Greensboro, and a majority of the qualified
voters present at the hour fixed by such notice for the com-
mencement of said election shall select three judges to hold
the same.

284. The president of said Board of Commissioners shall
preside at all meetings, unless prevented by sickness or reason-
able cause, and in his absence the remaining Commissioners
may select a president pro tempore; he shall sign all by-laws
and ordinances of said Board of Commissioners, and shall
countersign all orders, drafts and checks drawn by the secre-
tary or treasurer under the direction of said Commissioners.

285. All officers appointed by the said Commissioners
shall be selected from among the citizens of said town quali-
fied to vote for Commissioners, and shall before entering upon
their duties make oath before said Commissioners, or any one
of them, or before a justice of the peace or notary public for
Caroline County, that he will well and faithfully perform the
duties of his office as now prescribed or as may hereafter be
proscribed by law or ordinance, to the best of his skill and
judgment.

286. The Treasurer shall, within thirty days from the date of
his appointment, and before entering upon the duties of his
office, give bond to the State of Maryland, with surety or
sureties, to be approved by said Commissioners in the penalty
of Five Plundred Dollars, or in such penalty over that amount
not exceeding One Thousand Dollars, as the Commissioners
shall prescribe, conditioned that he will well and faithfully
account for all moneys paid over to him by the bailiff of said