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An Act to amend and enlarge an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Gainesville, in the county of Sumter. 1837 47 (1837.11)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0217 and id is 1 raw text is: of the Bank of the State of Alabama, at Montgomery; five hundrQd thousand dollars at the disposal of the Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama, at Decatur; and, five hundred thousand dollars at the disposal of the Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama, at Huntsville, in aid of the capital of the said Bank and its soveral Branches, and to be used by them respectively, as may best cormport with their interest. Sic. 3. And be itfurther enacted, That the faith, credit and resources of the State of Alabama, be, and are hereby solemnly pledged for the payment o-1,1 utc laith the interest and principal of said bonds, issued in pursuance of the first section of this act. Approved, December 23, 1837. --**ee-- [No. 61.1 AN ACT To amondJ and enlargo an act entitled an act to incorporaic the town of Gainesville, in the county of Sumter, approved January 10th, 1835. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen- tatives qf the State of dlabanza tit General dssembly convened, That the limits of the town of Gainesville, in the county of Sumter, be exteid. Incorporatn[ ed so as to cinbraco within the same, all of fractional section number two, and all that part of the north hnlf of section number eleven, and all that part of fractional section number one, all in township number twenty-one, of range two west of the Tuscaloosa Land District, which lie northerly and westerly of Fol. som's Branch, so called, and all that part of the Tombackboo river in said county, which lies opposite to and against said tract, and the said described and included district, is hereby made a town corporate, and the inhabitants and citi. zens thereof, forover, are hereby made, constituted and declared a body poli- tic, for the purposes of town organization, government and police, with all the powers neodful or usually incident to such incorporations, and the said town is hereby authorized and empowered by its intendant and council in their name, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defendud against, and generally to do all and whatever the acts and things wlhi now are, or hereafter shall be necessary or proper for the interest of said town and by said intendant and council, and in their name, to receive, acquire, purcliase, hold, lease or dispose of, to the use of said town, estate, real, personal and mixed, to the amount of thirty thousand dollars, and public buildings, markets, grounds, squares, roads, landings, wharves, walks, ways, bridges, schools and school- houses, fire engines, house of correction cisterns, and improvements whatever, to have, procure, establish, erect, inclose, use, regulate, control and keep in re- pair and government, and police in and over all the same, to exercise anti maintain. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all free white males Eleclurs qual. above the age of twvnty-one, wh'6 are resident and froo-holders in said town, ied. and all other free white males above the ago aforesaid, who have resided in said town six months next before any election, shall be qualified electors thereat. See. 3. And be it further enacted, That an election shall be held at Election to be some convenient place in said town, on the first Monday of March next, on holden. ton days notice therefor, and on like notice, and on the same day, in each sue. coeding year, to commence at twelve o'clock at noon, and close at four o'clock in the evening, for the purpose of electing five councillors and one constable, inhabitants of said town, who shall serve for the term of one year, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, which election shall be hold by the intendant and council of said town, or by any two members of said coun- cil or othdfreeholders of said town, thereto appointed by the intendant and council: Provided, that said intendant and council, in case of failure to hold stich election, on the first Monday in March in every year, may and shall hold 1837. 47

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