WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1840.

SEC. 9. And be it enacted, That the oldest justice of the
peace in commission, residing in said town, shall appoint,
by writing, under his hand and seal, three judges to hold
the first election, who shall keep the polls open from ten
o'clock in the morning until three in the evening, and shall
conduct the said election in the manner in which the jud-
ges of elections are now by law directed to conduct an
election for delegates to the General Assembly, as far as
may be consistent with the provisions of this act; and the
said judges shall make return, under their hands and seals,
of the persons elected, to the clerk of Washington county,
to be by him safe kept.

CHAP. 78.

Judges of elec-

tion.

Their duties.

Judges to make
return, &c.

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.

Elections: how
conducted.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the burgess shall preside
at all meetings of the municipality, and shall have the pri-
vilege the casting vote only, and in his absence the as-
sistant burgess shall preside under the same restrictions;
but when the burgess is present, the assistant burgess shall
have the same power and authority as one of the commis-
sioners.

Duties, &c. of
burgess.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the burgess and commis-
sioners aforesaid, or a majority of them, may meet together,
from time to time, as often as occasion may require, 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 of any of the
commissioners should die, resign, remove from said town,
or be non compos, or displaced, an election to fill the va-
cancy shall be held, by giving at least ten days notice, at
which all persons qualified as specified in the second
section of this act shall be entitled to vote.

Hold meetings.

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 proper;
and that all ordinances passed by the said burgess and com-
missioners 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 interested; 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
SEC. 8. And be it enacted That all fines and forfeitures,
under the ordinances of the said corporation, shall be re-

To appoint a

clerk.

His compensa-
tion and duties.

Recovery of
fines, &c.