ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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dents therein, to be commissioners of said town, to

serve without compensation for one year from the date

of their election, and until their successors are elected

and qualified; and three of said commissioners shall

constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all elections shall

Elections — how

be held and conducted in all respects as shall from

conducted.

time to time be directed by the by-laws of the corpor-

ation not inconsistent with this charter.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That if at any election

for commissioners it shall appear that any two or more

persons voted for as commissioners have received the

same number of votes, so that there is no choice for

an entire board, but a vacancy in one or more seats,

Vacancy— how

the old board of commissioners shall immediately pro-

filled.

claim a new election to fill such vacancy or vacancies,

and the members of the old board of commissioners

shall hold their office until an entire board is elected,

and none of the newly elected commissioners shall

qualify until the entire board is elected.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That if anything shall

prevent any election from being held on the day ap-

pointed, the commissioners shall appoint another day

for holding the same, and shall, within ten days there-

Failure to elect

after, give notice thereof at least five days previous

thereto, and the commissioners shall fill all vacancies

in their own body which may happen within the year.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted. That the said commis-

sioners may meet from time to time as often as occa-

sion shall require, upon the business of the corporation,

and not less than once in every three months; and

they shall, at their first meeting after an election,

choose one of their number as president of the board,

Choose presi-
dent.

whose duty it shall be to preside at all meetings of

the commissioners, preserve order, and enforce' the

by-laws of the corporation; and the president of the

commissioners shall, by virtue of his office, have and

exercise within the limits of the corporation all the

jurisdiction and powers of a justice of the peace, ex-

Powers of the
president.

cept as to civil cases and the acknowledgment of deeds,

and shall receive in all criminal cases the same fees

which are now allowed by law to a justice of the peace

in similar cases, but all such fees shall be paid into the

treasury of the town; and all fines collected by the

president of the commissioners, or by any justice of