Sect.  24.  In  case  of  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of  town,  city,  or  ward
clerk,  or  any  disability  in  such  clerk  to  perform  the  duties  required  by
this  chapter,  the  selectmen,  mayor  and  aldermen,  or  board  of  aldermen,
or  wai'den,  may  appoint  a  clerk  pro  tempore^  who  shall  be  sworn  and
perform  such  duties.
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CHAPTER    9.
OF  THE  ELECTION  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  IN  CONGRESS  AND  ELECTORS
OF   PRESIDENT   AND   VICE-PRESIDENT.
representatives  in  congress.
Section

1.  Division  of  commonwealth  into  congres-
BJoual  districts.
2.  Towns  formiug  the  several  districts.
3.  Representatives  in  congress  when  to  be
chosen.
4.  Koturn  of  votes.
5.  Proceedings  in  case  of  no  choice.
6.  Proceedings  in  case  of  vacancies.
7.  Sheriffs  to  transmit  precepts  to  selectmen.
8.  Penalty  for  neglect  of  city  and  town  officers.
ELECTORS  OF    PRESIDENT  AND  VICE-PRESI-
DENT OF  THE   UNITED  STATES.
9.  Electors  of  president  and  vice-president  to
be  chosen.
Section

10.  Choice  of  electors,  when  to  take  place.
11.  Names  of  electors  to  be  on  one  ballot.
12.  Keturn  of  votes.
13.  Governor  and  council  to  count  votes  and
notify  persons  elected.
14.  If  a  majority  are  not  chosen,  residue  to  be
chosen  by  general  court.
15.  Time  and  place  of  meeting  of  electors  ;  va-
cancies, how  filled.
10.  Electors  to  vote,  and  certify  and  transmit
their  votes  to  seat  of  government.
17.  Compensation  of  electors.
18.  Duties  of  sheriffs  and  town  officers  in  elec-
tion of  governor,  &c.,  to  be  observed  in
election  of  electors.    Penalties.
EEPRESENTATIVES   IN   CONGRESS.
Section  1.     For  the  purpose  of  electing  representatives  in  the  con-  Division  of  com-
gress  of  the  United  States,  the  state  is  divided  into  eleven  districts,  ^oT<^eslioJS^°
each  of  which  shall  elect  one  representative,  being  an  inhabitant  of  the  districts.
