§ 6. Powers and duties of mayor generally; devolution of powers and duties of mayor.  


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  • The mayor when present shall preside at all meetings of the town council, and when there is any equal division upon any question or in the election of officers by the board, he shall determine the matter by vote. He shall vote in no other case, and if he shall be absent, the town council may appoint one of their number chairman pro tempore to exercise his duties at the council, and in the event of his absence or sickness, the town council may appoint one of its number mayor pro tempore to exercise his duties. The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the town council and have all the rights and powers and perform all the duties heretofore prescribed by law for said office.

(Priv. Laws 1911, ch. 219, § 22; Priv. Laws 1915, ch. 46, § 2)