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An Act to alter and amend the Charter of the Town of Irwinton, in Barbour County. 1839 3 (1839)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0258 and id is 1 raw text is: PUBLIC AND GENERAL LAWS OF ALABAMA. [No. 1.1 AN ACT 1S39. To akar and amend the Charter of the Town of Irwinton, it Barbour County. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House oflepresen- tatives of the State of Alabama in General A/ssembl convened, That the limits of the incorporation at said town shall be as follows, Limits of the to wit: Beginning at the mouth of the Chewalla crek, whero it Ton empties ilto the thattahoochie river, thence down said river to the mouth of John L. Ilunter's spring branch, thence to Beattie's mill branch, at Shorter's brick yard, excluding said yard, thence direct to the house occupied by A. Treadwell, including said house, thence due west for a halfmile, thence direct to Towlson's dwelling house, in Log Town, including said house, thence direct to Moore's mill on lie Chewalla crecc, excluding said mill, thence down said creek to te beginning at these limits. o Sec. a., Aind be it further enacted, That the Intendant and Coun. I of said town shall be elected as heretofore pointed out by law, Election. and shall he known and callud by the name of the Intendant and Council of the Town of Irwinton, and in that name may sue and be o and sued, and do all other acts which are consistent with the constitution -and laws of the State. Sec. 3. .12d be itfurtlherenacted, That in addition to the pow- ers heretofore granted to said corporation, it shall have jurisdiction over all cases of alfrays. assaults and batteries, all nuisances and A a as gambling of every description, and power to preserve the peace and ed. general good order of said town: and for the purpose of suppressing or punishing any of the offences herein mentioned, the said Intendant and Council, or a majority of them, shall have power to pass all by. laws, not incompatible with the laws of the State, and shall publish By law. the same at three public places in said town; but no punishment shall be inflicted by said corporation, in any of the above cases, for the first offence, except by a fine which shall not exceed the sum of fifty dollars;and in all cases,tho party charged witha violation of any by-law of tie corpotation, shall be cited by the Marshal or his deputy, to op. pear before the Intendant and Council, at a (lay named in the sum- mons, to show cause why he should not be fined for his offence, which shall be set forth in the summons: and the said Intendant and Council 'shall, and they are herehy declared to be Justices of the Peace, cm o<icio, for all the purposes of hearing and determinin&

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