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CHAP. 384
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said town, who shall serve for a term of two years or until
their successors are elected and qualified, and they, together
with the two members of the Council elected at the election
held in said town on the first Monday in May, 1905, to hold
office for two years from said date, and the Mayor, shall con-
stitute the Council of said town. The citizens aforesaid
shall elect on*the first Monday in May of each year there-
after two persons to be members of the Council of said town,
who shall serve for two years or until their successors are
elected and qualified. The qualifications for voters for
Mayor and members of the Council shall be the same as
prescribed for voters by the laws of this State. They must
have resided within the corporation limits of said town for
at least six months next preceding their election. The
Mayor and members of the Council must continue to reside
in said town during their terms of office, and they shall
receive no fees or compensation for their services except
that the Mayor shall receive the fees allowed by said charter
in Section 8, Chapter 453, of the Acts of the General Assem-
bly of 1898.
Section 6. They shall annually, on or before the first
Monday in April, appoint three judges of election, who shall
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Appoint three
Judges of
election.
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appoint a clerk; and the said judges shall conduct an
election by ballot, in accordance with the provisions of Sec-
tion 3 of this Act — the polls to be opened at two o'clock
P. M. and closed at seven o'clock P. M. The judges and
clerk shall make their return to the Council, but said judges
and clerk shall receive no compensation for their services.
Not more than two of said judges of election shall be of the
same political party.
Section 16. All taxes levied by the Council shall be due
as soon as they are levied, and are payable at the office of
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When taxes
are due and
payable.
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the clerk and treasurer of said town. The ordinance pro-
viding for the levying of taxes shall of itself constitute the
authority for the same, and no other warrant or evidence of
authority shall be required. On or before the first day of
September of each year the clerk and treasurer shall prepare
a full and complete list of all taxes in arrears, with a descrip-
tion of the property and the amount of taxes due from each,
and a penalty of one per centum of such taxes in arrears
shall be added on said first day of September, and a like
penalty of one per centum on the first day of each succeeding
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