WILLIAM GRASON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

1839.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That a justice of the peace
for the time being, residing in the said town, shall appoint
by writing under his hand and seal, one judge, to hold the
first election, who shall keep the polls open from nine
o'clock in the morning until two in the evening, and shall
conduct the said election in the same manner in which the
judges 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 judge shall make return under his hand and seal,
of the persons elected, to the clerk of Dorchester county,
to be by him kept.

CHAP. 229.

Judge of elec-
tion to be ap-
pointed.

Election— how
conducted.

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

Future elec-

tions — how

conducted.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the said commission-
ers elected according to the provisions of this act, shall
on the first meeting after said election, choose some one of

the said commissioners president of the board, whose du-

ty it shall be to preside at the meetings of the said com-
missioners, and preserve order, and give such directions
as may be deemed necessary by the said commissioners to
carry into full effect the provisions of said.

Election of pre-
sident of board.

His duties.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the commissioners
aforesaid, or a majority of them, may meet together from
time to time, as often as occasion may require, upon the
business of said town, and not less than once in every
three months; and if during the year for which they may
be elected, any of the commissioners should die, resign,
remove from said town, or be otherwise disqualified, an
election to fill the vacancy,on ten days notice thereof being
given by the commissioners, shall be held, at which all
persons qualified, as is specified in the second section of
this act, shall be entitled to vote.

May hold meet-
ings.

In case vacan-

cies occur.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the said commission-
ers, or a majority of them, shall have power to appoint a
clerk, and assign his duties, and allow him such compen-
sation for his services as they may think proper, and that
all ordinances passed by the said commissioners, or a ma-
jority of them, shall by their clerk be entered in a book
to be kept by him for that purpose, and shall be opened at
all times for the inspection of any person interested, and
copies of all ordinances shall be put up in the most pub-
lic places of said town, that the same may be generally
made known.

To appoint a
clerk—his com-
pensation and
duties.