2358                               Municipal Charters

The Mayor may appoint from among the four Commissioners one who
shall be known as "Police and Fire Commissioner," and who shall have
under special charge the enforcement of all police regulations of said town
and general supervision over the fire department thereof: One Commis-
sioner to be known as "The Commissioner of Streets and Public Prop-
erty," who shall have under his special charge the supervision of streets,
sewers, alleys, public grounds and property of the town, and be charged
with the duty of keeping them in a clean and sanitary condition and with
the enforcement of all rules and regulations to these ends, and who shall
also have under his special charge the supervision of all public improve-
ments except as may be otherwise provided; One Commissioner to be
known as "The Water and Light Commissioner," who shall have under
his special charge the construction, maintenance and operation of the water
and lighting systems of said town and shall see to the enforcement of all
rules and regulations with respect to said systems; One Commissioner,
who shall be known as the "Commissioner of Finance and Revenue," who
shall have under his special charge the enforcement of all laws for the
assessment and collection of taxes of every kind and collection of all
revenues belonging to said town from whatever source the same be de-
rived and who shall examine and keep informed as to the finances of said
town, shall be repealed and re-enacted to read as follows:

Section 573. (a) The citizens of said Town of Westernport of the
age of eighteen years and upwards, being citizens of the United States
of America who shall have resided in said town for and during a space
of six months next preceding any municipal election, shall be qualified
to vote at the municipal election of officers in said town, and the qualified
voters are hereby authorized on the fourth Tuesday of May in the year
1954, and biennially thereafter at the usual place of holding elections in
said town, or at such place or places as shall be designated by the Mayor and
Commissioners of Westernport, to elect one person to serve as mayor who
shall have resided within the limits thereof at least two years next preced-
ing said election, be a qualified voter therein and assessed in his own
name or as a tenant by the entireties for the town taxes for the immediate
preceding year upon real estate valuation of Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) or more. The said Mayor shall serve for two years and until his
successor is elected and qualified and shall preside at all meetings of the
Mayor and Commissioners of Westernport, and shall be entitled to vote
upon all matters pending before them, and shall execute all ordinances
passed by them, and in the absence of the Mayor at any meeting of the
Mayor and Commissioners of Westernport, the Commissioners may ap-
point a President, who shall have all of the powers of the Mayor, except to
sign ordinances. The qualified voters are at the same time and place au-
thorized and directed to elect four commissioners for the said town who
shall have resided within the limits of the same for at least two years next
preceding the election, be qualified voters at said municipal election and
each assessed in his own name or as tenants by the entireties for town
taxation for the immediate preceding year upon a real estate valuation of
Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) or more, each of whom shall serve for a
term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified. An-
nually the Mayor and Commissioners of Westernport, at their first meeting,
which shall be on the first Monday of June or as soon as possible there-
after, select one person to serve as Bailiff of said town until the first Monday
in June of the following year and until his successor is selected and quali-
fied. On the first Monday of June 1954, they shall appoint one person as
Clerk of said town, who shall serve for one year, and on the first Monday
of June 1955, and biennially thereafter they shall appoint a Clerk for a