§ 6. Rules for elections.

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Be it further enacted, that all the elections for mayor and councilmen shall be held and supervised by two (2) citizens of said town, to be appointed by the mayor and councilmen, and at such election the marshal shall preserve order, and act as returning officer, and the mayor and councilmen shall, at a meeting to be held for that purpose, on the day succeeding the day of election, or as soon thereafter as practicable judge of the legality of such elections, and declare who has been elected, and in all cases of a tie between two (2) or more persons, shall determine which of said persons shall be mayor or councilman, as the case may be, only those members voting who are not interested in the result, and the persons so declared elected, shall immediately take the oath of office and enter upon the discharge of their duties.

Editor's note

This section is inaccurate in several respects.

                    
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