Section 3

Section 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said select and common council men elect, shall meet at such place in the said city, as the said councils, each for its own body, may after the first election agree upon, and afterwards at such place as by any ordinance duly passed, may be fixed for that purpose, between the hours of ten and twelve of the clock in the forenoon, on the Friday next following each and every election of select and common council men, to be held in pursuance of this act, and shall then and there received the returns aforesaid, and shall forthwith proceed to examine the same, and to judge and determine thereon, and for that purpose, and to the end and intent that this act or the provisions herein contained, may not be ineffectual, and said select or common council men elect, as the case may be, who shall be elected and returned as aforesaid, or a majority of them, who shall be a quorum for all business, shall be judges of their own elections, and shall have full power and authority to approve thereof, or to set aside the same, or afterwards to vacate the seat of any member for misbehaviour, neglect of duty or other misdemeanor, and to order new elections, as the law may require, to be held at such times as shall be by such council respectively appointed, of which they shall give at least six days previous notice in one or more of the public newspapers printed in the said city, which election shall be held by the persons herein authorised to hold and conduct the annual elections of said city, who are hereby enjoined to do and perform the duties herein required of them at such special or occasional election, and to make return of such election in manner as aforesaid, and so in like manner as often as the occasion may require, upon the death or resignation of a member or members of either of the said councils.