JAMES THOMAS, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1832.

delegates to the general assembly, as far as may be con-
sistent with the provisions of this act; and the said judge
shall make return, under his hand and seal, of the persons
elected, to the clerk of Washington county, to be by him
safe kept.

CHAP. 28.

Sec. 4. And be it enacted, That all future elections
shall be held and conducted, as shall from time to time be
directed by the by-laws of the corporation, the same not
being inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

All subsequent

elections

Sec. 5. And be it enacted, That the Assistant Burgess
aforesaid, at all meetings of the municipality, shall, in the
absence of the Burgess, preside, and when the Burgess is
present, have the same power and authority as one of the

Assistant Burgess.

Sec. 6. And be it enacted, That the Burgess and Com-
missioners aforesaid, or a majority of them, may meet to-
gether from time to time, as often as occasion may re-
quire, upon the business of the town, and not less than
once in every three months, and if, during the year for
which they may be elected, the burgess, assistant burgess,

Meetings of the
corporation.

from said town, or be non-compos or displaced, an elec-
tion to fill the vacancy shall be held, at which all persons
qualified as is specified in the second section of this act,
shall be entitled to vote.

Vacancies.

Sec. 7. And be it enacted, That the said Burgess
and Commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have
power to appoint a clerk, and assign his duties, and allow
him such compensation for his services as they may think

Clerk.

proper; and that all ordinances passed by the said burgess
and commissioners, shall by their clerk, be entered in a
book to be kept by him for that purpose, and shall be
open at all times for the inspection of any person inter-
ested, and copies of all ordinances shall be put up in the
most public places of said town, that the same may be
generally made known.

His record

Sec. 8. And be it enacted, That all fines and for
feitures, under the ordinances of the said corporation, shall
be recoverable before the Burgess aforesaid, as small
debts are recoverable out of court or before a justice of
the peace.

Fines and Forfei-

ters recoverable

Sec. 9. And be it enacted, That the Burgess and
Commissioners aforesaid, may direct by ordinance: all or
any of the foot-ways in the said town, to be laid off, and
levelled and paved, or amended and repaired, with any
materials which to them may seem best, and such levelling
4

Footways, pave-

ments - how paid

for.