WM. T. HAMILTON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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eight of the acts of the General Assembly of eighteen

hundred and seventy, be and are hereby repealed,

and the following substituted in lieu thereof:

2. That the male citizens of said village of the age

of twenty-one years and upwards, being citizens of

the United States, who shall have resided in said vil-

lage for and during the space of six months preceding,

shall, on the second Monday of April in each and

every year, at the usual place of holding elections in

said village, elect five commissioners, one of whom

Elect commis-

shall be designated by the voters as president, who

sioners.

shall have resided within the corporate limits of the

same one year next preceding the election; the said

When to enter

commissioners shall enter upon the discharge of

upon duties.

their duties within ten days after the election.

Sixth. The president shall preside at, the meetings

of said commissioners and preserve decorum, give

Preserve de-

such directions as may be deemed necessary to carry

corum.

into effect the provisions of this charter, and per-

form such other duties as may be assigned him by

the commissioners; in case of his death the vacancy

shall be filled by the surviving commissioners until

Vacancy— how
filled.

the next election for such officers; the commissioners

may allow such compensation to the president for

his services as to them may seem right and just.

SEC. 3 And be it enacted, That this act shall

Effective.

take effect from the day of its passage.

Approved March 21, 1882.