JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1832.

the respective taxes so remaining upaid, or any part there-
of remaining unpaid, computing from the time fixed as
aforesaid for the payment of the same.

CHAP. 180.

Sec. 14. And be it enacted, That all resolutions, ques-
ons and matters, shall be determined by majority of votes,
nd at all meetings every owner of any of said marshes or
low grounds, and every guardian of an infant owner, may
ote if present, or if absent may vote by proxy regularly
onstituted by a note in writing, signed by such absent
wner or guardian.

Majority required

Infants

Sec. 15. And be it enacted, That the said company shall
have power at any annual or adjourned meeting thereof, but
not at an occasional meeting, to make and adopt, ordain
and establish all such by-laws, not repugnant to the con-
stitution and laws of this state, and the state of Delaware,
or to this act, as shall be deemed expedient and necessary
for effectually carrying into operation the provisions of this
act.

Power to make

by-laws

Sec. 16. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of
the Secretary for the time being, to enter in a book, to be
provided by the company for that purpose, a correct copy
of this act, and of every certificate of valuation and ap-
praisement of said marshes and low grounds, which shall

Duties of clerk.

be made out by any Commissioners, and recorded as di-
rected in the third section of this act, the name of each
and every Manager, Treasurer and Secretary who shall be
chosen, and the time when chosen, and if to fill a vacancy
what vacancy; the sum or sums of money ascertained or
determined at any meeting to be raised, the apportionment
and assessment thereof by the managers among the several
owners of the said marshes and low grounds, and the time
appointed for the payment of the same; and shall also

His record

make an entry of each and every assignment of ditches or
parts of ditches by the said company, to any particular

Of assignment.

manager or managers; and of every by-law which shall be

Of By Laws.

made and adopted, ordained or established, and of all al-
lowances of pay made by the said company to any officer
or officers thereof, or other person, whoever the same shall
be, other than, or different from those specified in this act
and of all such directions which shall be given by said com
pany to the managers aforesaid, or any of them, and gen
erally to enter in said book all such proceedings of the
said company and its officers, and all such matters as sha'
be necessary for ascertaining the state and circumstances
of the affairs of the said company; which said book, and
the entries so made, or caused to be made therein by the

Of proceedings.