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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

town commissioners, together with the ballots cast,

and the persons receiving the highest number of votes

shall be declared elected commissioners, and the said

certificate shall be recorded.

SEC. 7. Be it enacted, That if any vacancy shall

Vacancy — how

happen in the office of commissioner, the president

tilled.

shall cause an election to be held in the way and man-

lier as provided in the preceding section.

SEC. 8. Be it enacted. That every person elected a

commissioner shall, before he enters upon the duties of

his office, make oath before some justice of the peace

that he will diligently and faithfully, without favor or

Officers oath.

partiality or prejudice, perform the duties of a com-

missioner of said town, and a certificate of such quali-

fication shall be returned by the justice of the peace

to the commissioners, and be filed and recorded among

their proceedings.

SEC. 9. Be it enacted, That the said commissioners

shall meet on the Wednesday ensuing their election,

or as soon thereafter as convenient, and as of ten there-

after as they shall determine by by-laws or ordinances,

and shall each receive the sum of fifty cents per meet-

ing, provided that none of them shall receive more

than six dollars per annum as salary. The said com-

missioners, at their first meeting, shall select one of

Elect president

their number as president, who shall preside at their

meetings and exercise other functions as may be con-

ferred upon him by the by-laws or ordinances; the

president shall see that the ordinances are duly and

faithfully executed, and shall report annually in the

month of May the general state of the town, with

accurate account of the money received and expended,

to be posted tip in one conspicuous place in said town

for the information of the citizens, and shall make

such suggestions as in his judgment are proper for the

wise and economical government of the town.

SEC. 10. The said commissioners shall, at their first

meeting, appoint a town clerk for and during their

term, who shall keep a record of their proceedings in

a well bound book, to be provided by them for that pur-

Duties of town

posej and to be subject to the inspection of the inhab-

clerk.

itants of said town and all persons interested therein;

the said clerk shall also act as treasurer for said town,

and shall give bond to the commissioners in the penalty

of not less than five hundred dollars, with a surety or

sureties to be approved by them, and shall perform