The Red Cloud chief., 1895-05-10

and ten o'clock ia the the forenoon Of
the day on which there is an annual
or . special town meeting shall be
called to order by the town clerk II
present; If not present, then the voters
may select by reclamation n Of
their number chairman; they shall
then proceed to choose one Of their
number 70 act % moderator Of such
town meeting.
SEC. 81. Before the moderator Of
any town meeting shall enter upon
the duties Of his Office, he shall take
an oath faithfully and ,mpartially to
discharge the duties Of such Office,
such oath TO be administered by the
town clerk or other proper officer.
SIC. 32. The town clerk last be.
fore elected or appointed shall be the
clerk Of the towa meeting, and shall
keep faithfully minutes OF Its pro-
ceedings, in which he shall enter at
length every order OF direction and
oil rules and regulations made by
such meeting, and the same shall be
signed by himself and tho moderator.
SEC. 33. If the town clerk be alb
sent. then some other suitsble person
shall be chosen by the electors present
and shall act IS clerk Of the meeting.
SEC. 81. All questions upon mo.
tons made at town meetings shall be
determined BY . majority of the cleo.
tors voting, and the presiding officer
shall ascertain and declare the result
of the votes upon each question.
SEC. 80. When the result Of any
vote shall. upon such declaration, be
questioned BY one or more Of the cleo.
tors present, the moderator shall make
the vote certain by causing the voters
to rise and be counted or by dividing
off.
SIC. Sc. No person shall be a
voter at any town meeting unless he
shall be qualified to vote at general
elections, and has been for the last
ten days a resident of the town where
in he shall offer to vote.
SEC. 81. If any person offering to
vote at any election, or upon any
question arising at such town meeting
shall be challenged as an unqualified
voter, and the presiding Office shall
proceed therefore in like mannrr as
the judges OF general elections are
required to do, adapting the oath TO
the circumstances Of the town meet.
ing, and the laws in force in regard
to false swearing and illegal voting at
general elections shall apply to false
swearing and illegal voting at town
meetings.
SEC. 30. Town meetings shall be
kept open from the time Of opening
in the morning until six o'clock in
the afternoon, unless a majority of
the voters present vote to adjourn at
an earlier hour, if the business before
the meeting shall have been concluded.
SEC. 80. The minutes Of the pro.
ceediDgs Of every town meeting, sub
scribed by the moderator and clerk of
such meeting, shall be filed in the
Office of the town clerk within ten
days after such town meeting
SEC. 40. Every person chosen or
appointed to the Office of town clerk,
assessor, town treasurer, or overseer
Of highways, before he enters upon
the duties Of his Office, and within
ten days after he shall be notified Of
his election or appointment, shall
take and subscribe before some au.
ttorized person IN oath or affirmation
to faithfully and impartially perform
the duties Of his office as prescribed
by law, and shall cause a certificate OF
the same to be filed in the office of
the city clerk.
SEC. II. If any person chosen or
appointed to any or either Of the town
Offices shall neglect to take or pre-.
scribe such oath, and cause a certif-
cate thereof to be fled as above re.
quired, such neglect shall be deemed
TO bs a refusal to serve.
SEC. ~. All town officers, except
justices Of the peace aad constable
shall hold their Offices for one year,