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An Act to Incorporate the town of Courtland in the county of Lawrence. 1827 154 (1827)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0087 and id is 1 raw text is: AN ACT tolucor or.te tletows ofturland Cit t county or L~rn- Satc. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Boiise of Represent- atives of the atWe of aaiana in General- Assenibly convened, Thfat the ihabitnits of the town of Courtlaid by the naie noprtd of the President and truestees of the toNn of Courtlasid be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corpoi-ate, and by that name shall sue and be sued, grant receive and do all other acts as natural persons and may purchase and hold pro- perty real and personal, and dispose of the stime for the bei- efit of said incorporation, and shall have a seal which may be altered at pleanure. SEC. 2. Jand be it further enacted, That the boundaries of BoundsY. said town as incorporated by the first section of this act, sal1 be established in conformity with the plan of the lots laid out by the Cou-tland company and Whitaker and Cox's addition to said town. SEc. 3. -And be it further enacted, That the corporation or Trusteesand the town of Courtland musisting of the President and trus- constable to ,cnitgIl be elected tWes shall be composed of live persons residents of said town and house-holders, who together nith a constable shall be now elect- elected annually on the first Monday in March in each and ed. every year, by ballot at an election by the qualified electors for tnmmbers of the General Assembly within the bounds of the said incorporation which election shall' be held by the Sheriff eold ee of Lawrence county and three citizens of said town to be by lion. him summoned as judget thereof in whichl he shall be governed b) th hius rte'ulain- election's for members of the Gierral Assembly and the five persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be trustees of said town for the ensuing year; and if any two or more shall receive an equal number of votes it shall be the duty of the Sheriff in office to declare which of said persons is elected and to give the person so elected a certificate of the same, and the trustees so elected Trustees to shall after taking the oath required by law to be taken by take oath, all civil officers in this State, and an oath to discharge with- out favor or partiality the duties imposed by this act, proceed to elect by ballot one of their number who when elected shall- ~Berln- be President for the ensuing year. Provided, that if the shier- 9s duty. iff shall fail at any time to hold an election ait the time herein appointed it shall be his duty to advertise in three of the most public places in said town setting forth the time not less than ten days in which he will hold an election for trustees of said tov, u; and Provided that the trustees now in olice shall re- main until the firstelection to be held under this act. SEc. 4. fgnl be it. frther enacted, That the President of Piesident to the said corporation shall ex-officio possess and have all the be ex.ofacio power, of a Justice of the peace between parties residing within .4s e the incorporation and in addition to the oaths prescribed by this act to be taken by the trustees, shall take an oath with- out favor or partiality to discharge the duties incident to saiid

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