ELI HU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

county, and upon conviction shall be fined or
imprisoned, or both at the discretion of the court.
SEC. 300. The burgess, by virtue of his office,

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shall preside at all meetings of the commis-
sioners, and in case of a tie vote he shall have
the deciding vote. He shall faithfully execute
the ordinances of the town. The burgess, for
the enforcement of town ordinances, shall have
all the power of ordering arrests, summoning
witnesses, making commitments; and he shall
keep a docket for corporation cases, and therein
record and make regular entries of his pro-
ceedings, in all cases setting forth the fine, im-
prisonment or other punishment imposed and
the amount of costs ; and he shall submit said
docket to the inspection of any person who may
request to see the same, and, upon the demand
of any person interested, shall deliver a copy of
any judgment rendered by him. From any
judgment rendered by the burgess, or assistant
burgess in his absence, in the enforcement of

Duties of
burgess.

the ordinances of the town an appeal shall lie
by the person aggrieved to the ciicuit court
for Washington county ; provided the appeal
is taken within fifty hours after the rendering
of the judgment ; and provided the person
aggrieved shall enter good and sufficient bond
for the faithful prosecution of the appeal and
for the payment of all costs if the judgment be
affirmed, but no appeal shall stay process or
execution upon judgment unless a bond be

May appeal.

given as above provided. The burgess shall
be the treasurer of said corporation, and shall
give a bond, with good security, for an amount
to be determined by the commissioners, and he
shall report to the commissioners at the end of
his term of office, or at any time the said com-
missioners may so desire, the condition of the
municipal affairs. The burgess, in case that he
may misapply the finances of the corporation
that may be placed in his hands, shall be liable
to prosecution, as found in section three hun-
dred and eight.
SEC. 301. The assistant burgess shall aid the
burgess in the execution of the ordinances of
the town, and in the absence of the burgess he
shall perform the duties of burgess. At the

Treasurer,

Assistant
burgess.