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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0313 and id is 1 raw text is: 175 1944.
See. 18. 4nd be it further enacted, That nothing In this act
shall be so construed, as to confer upon said company any right Banking pow
to exercise the powers of a Banking Company, or to issue any I prohibited
description of paper, or evidences of debt, intended as circula.
tion.
Approved, January 16, 1844.
(No. 221.] AN ACT
To consolidate the several acts of Incorporation of the City of
Mobile, and to alter and amend the same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives of the State of 1labama in General Assernbly
convened, That the Corporation of the City of Mobile shall,
hereafter, consist of a Mayor, Board of Aldermen, and Board
of Common Council ; and shall be known and styled as the
-* Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of MoName and
bile ; and by their corporate name, may sue, and be sued, im.-style of cor.
plead, and be inipleaded, grant, receive, and do all other acts, as poration.
natural persons ; and may purchase and hold real, personal, and
mixed property, not exceeding, at any one time, five hundred
thousand dollars, or dispose of the same for the benefit of tie
said City; and may have and use a City Seal, which may be bro.
ken or altered at pleasure.
See. 2. .fnd be it further ena'cted, That the limits and boun-
daries of the said City of Mobile, shall be as follows, to wit 'Iimitand
Commencing at the North-bank of Bayou Chetaugue at its mouth ; tourdarica of
thence running East to the East-baink of Spanish river; thence City.
flown the East-bank of said river, to the extreme Southern point
of the Island ; thence South to a point which will intersect the
South boundary of Township number four; thence West to a
point where a North line will strike the Bayou Chetaugue, at
the old Portage; thence down the left bank of said Bayou to the
place of beginning.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said City of City divided
Mobile shall be diviLed into seven Wards, to he numbeced and into Wards.
designated as Wards Number one, two, three, four, live, six and
seven ; whirh Wards shall be divided and bounded as follows
WVAnD, No. 1-Shall comimence at the intersection of the Eas.
tern and Northern boundary lines of the City ; thence running lt word.
Southwardly along the East boundary line of the City, to its inter-
section with the centre of St. Louis street ; thence Westwardly
along the centre of St. Louis stre.-t to its intersection with the
centre of Franklin street; thence Northwardly along the centre](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsal0313&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)