LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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4. Elections shall be conducted by three judges appointed by
the Mayor and Council, and shall be held at some convenient
place to be designated by the Council ; and the judges shall
appoint a clerk of elections. The polls shall be opened at
12 M. and closed at 7 P. M., when the ballots shall be carefully
counted, and on the result appearing, certificates of election
shall be granted by the judges to the Mayor and Council so
elected, and a report of the same shall be filed with the Mayor
and Council, who shall have the same recorded among the
town records.

Conducted
by three
Judges.

5. The Council shall select some suitable public place and
designate the same as their regular place of meeting, and shall
meet therein the first Monday in June next succeeding their
election, and as often, thereafter as may be necessary to dis-
charge the duties of their office ; not less, however, than once
in every three months.

Place of
meeting.

6. The Mayor shall preside at all meetings and shall call
such meetings, from time to time, as he may deem necessary,
but in the event of the absence of the Mayor at any meetings,
the members of the Council present shall elect any of their
own number to preside during his absence, who shall, for the
time being, be clothed with all the powers and authority of
said Mayor; a majority of the Council shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business, and the Council shall
pass rules and by-lawa for their own government while in
session.

Mayor shall
preside at
all meetings.

7. Neglect or non-use shall not work a forfeiture of this
charter.

Neglect, etc.

8. The Council shall annually appoint a clerk, who shall
keep minutes of its proceedings in a well bound book, which
shall be open to inspection of all persons interested therein ;
also a treasurer, who shall receive and collect the taxes and
other moneys due the town, and shall keep and disburse the
same in the same manner prescribed by the Council ; also a
bailiff, and such deputy bailiffs and other officers as may be
deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter,
and in their discretion may appoint the same person to perform
the duties of more than one office. And the books of said
officers shall be accessible to the public at all the meetings of
the Council at its place of meeting.

Officers
appointed.

9. The Council may allow any of the officers of town com-
pensation for their services as may be deemed reasonable.

Compensa-
tion.