1852.

LAWS OF MARYLAND.

CHAP. 182.

Assistant bur-
gess, in ab-
sence of bur-
gess, to pre-
side at meet-
ings.
Burgess and
commission-
ers to meet to-
gether upon
the business of
the town, &c.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the assistant bur-
gess 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 commissioners.
SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the burgess and
commissioners 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 dining the
year for which they may be elected, the burgess, assist-
ant burgess or any of the commissioners should die, re-
sign, remove from said town or be non compos mentis,
or displaced, an election to fill the vacancy shall be held,

of which ten days notice shall be given, at which all
persons specified in the second section of this act, shall
be entitled to vote, and if at any election a choice of
burgess, assistant burgess and commissioners should
fail to be made, by a lie or equality of votes, a second
election shall be held, after not less than ten days no-
tice, and so on until such choice shall be made, and
that the burgess and commissioners aforesaid, for the
time being, shall continue in office until their succes-
sors be duly elected.

Oath.

SEC. 7. And be it enacted, That the burgess, as-
sistant burgess and commissioners aforesaid, shall take
an oath or affirmation, as the case may be, before a
justice of the peace of Washington county, before they
proceed to the execution of their several trusts, to act
without favor, partiality or affection, in all things ap-
pertaining to their respective trusts.

Fines and for-
feitures.

SEC. 8. And be it enacted, That all fines and for-
feitures, under the ordinances of the said corporation,
shall be recoverable before a justice of the peace as
small debts are recoverable out of court, and an appeal
shall lie in all cases from the judgment of the justice to
the Circuit court of Washington county.

Footways.

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 mended and repaired with
any materials which to them may seem best, and such
levelling and paving shall be made and done at the ex-
pense of the proprietors of the different lots before which
the burgess and commissioners aforesaid shall direct
such levelling and paving to be done.

Power of bur-
gess and com-
missioners.

SEC. 10 And be it enacted, That the said burgess
and commissioners shall have power to make all such
by-laws, regulations and ordinances as from time to