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36 MrNKJIPAf. LAW.
•mil (|Uiiliticati<)iis have Imtii ailiniiiistcrcil to all (he iiii'inlx'rs who prt'Hent
tlioiii.srlvcs lo take tlic saiiii'.
I.'»4. County Councils Hliall hold their Hist in^otiii"; at two o'clock
in till' al'trniooii, or hoiiu' otlu'r hour tlicrcal'ti'r, on the fourth Tucsiliiy of
January or sonii- other liay thereafter, at the eouiity hall, if there is one,
or otherwise at the county court-house.
I.'i.'i. Conduct of Business. Every Council shall hold its ordinary
meetinjfs ojienly, and no person to l)e excluded (\\cept for improper conduct.
Special nu'etin^s may he either open or closed.
(<i) A (luoruni is constituted by a majority of the whole inimher of
memlieis reijuired to constitute the Council.
(/») The head of eveiy Council shall preside at the mocstinj^fs, and may
Hummons a special meetinj,' of the Council at any time, and is rei|uirtKl to
do .so whenever r(.'i|uested in writinjf by a m.ijority of the meinl)i'rs.
In the absence or death of the head of the Council, the Clerk, upon a
re(|uisition sij^ncMl by a majority of the memlurs, shall sunnnons a special
meetinif.
In case there is no by-law fi.\in^ the j)lace of meetini,', a special
meetini^' is to be held where the last meetinj^ was held.
{() In the absence of the head of the Council fr'om illness or other
cause, or in ca.se his office is vacant, the Council may appoint one of their
members a presidinif oflicer who, durin<f such ab.sence or vacancy, shall
have all the |)owers of the head of the Council.
(d) It the person who ouifht to preside at any meetinr; does not attend
within fifteen minutes after the hour appointed, the mendiers present may,
from amonjj.st theni.selves, ajijioint a chairman, who shall have the same
authoi'ity in presidinii' as the abseit person would have had if ])resent.
(e) The head of the Council or Chaiiinan of any meetinj; of a Council
may vote with the other members on all (|uesti<jn8, and if there is an
ecpiality of votes the ((uestion shall be deemed to be ne}.(atived.
(/) Councils may adjourn their meetings from time to time.

:\iUNrcrPAL officers.
15<». Head of Councils. T'he head of every coimty and provisional
county shall be the Warden, of every city and town the Mayor, and of
every township and vina<je the Reeve.
li»l. Duties of Head of Council as chief executive officer of the
corporation : 'J'o be viirilant and active at all times in causin(>- the law for
the ffovernment of the nnniicipality iluly put in force; to inspect the con-
duct of all .suborilinate officers : to cause all nefjligence and positive
violation of duty to be prosecuted and punished, and to communicate from
time to time to the Council all such information and recommend such
measures within the powers of the Council as may tend to the improve-
ment of the finances, health, security, cleanliness, cond'ort and ornament of
the municipality.