WM. PRESTON LANE, JR., GOVERNOR. 827

terms of office, neither shall they nor any other officer of the
corporation, either directly or indirectly through the medium
or agency of other persons, enter into any contract or con-
tracts with the corporation.

6. The Treasurer to be elected as above provided shall
make all collections of taxes and receive all money paid for
the use and benefit of said corporation; he shall keep an ac-
count of the receipts and disbursements of the funds of the
corporation, in a well bound book, to be provided by the said
Mayor and Town Council for that purpose, and shall render
the account to the Mayor and Town Council when required by
them, for all moneys received by him, and shall promptly dis-
burse on the order of the Mayor and Town Council under
such regulations as they may prescribe, all sums of moneys
so received by him. He shall receive for his services such
compensation as may be determined by the Mayor and Town
Council from time to time.

7. The said Mayor and Councilmen elected hereunder shall
meet on or before the third Wednesday in May next succeed-
ing their election, when they shall qualify by taking the oath
required by the provisions of this Act and they shall proceed
to organize by electing one of their number president of the
Council; they shall meet as often thereafter as necessary for
a proper discharge of their official duties; in case of a va-
cancy in either of these offices by reason of death, refusal to
act, disqualification, resignation or removal beyond the corpo-
rate limits, the Mayor and Town Council, or a majority of
them for the time being, shall elect a Mayor or Councilman
from the citizens of the town to fill said vacancy until his
successor shall have been elected at the next regular town
election, and shall have qualified. The vacancy so caused as
regards councilmen shall be filled from the ward in which
the vacancy occurred. The Mayor shall preside at all meet-
ings of the Council and shall have all the privileges of a
Councilman in debate and vote; the President of the Council
elected as provided by this section shall, in the absence or
inability of the Mayor, preside at the sessions. The Mayor
and Town Council shall hold a regular monthly meeting on
the third Wednesday of each month, at eight o'clock P. M.,
unless said day be a legal holiday or a quorum should not
be present and in such an event the regular meeting shall
be held on the next secular business day when a quorum can
be obtained or at such time as the Mayor may designate not
more than one week from the date that said meeting should
have been held. The regular monthly meeting shall be open
for the transaction of any and all general business that may