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An Act to extend the powers of the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Little Rock. 1840 42 (1840)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsar0042 and id is 1 raw text is: 42 SEc. 5. Be it further enacted, That the provisions of this act shall take effect from and after the first day of January, 1841. G. HILL, Speaker of the House of Representatives. M. W. IZARD, President Approved: 19th December, 1840. of the Senate. A. YELL. An act to extend the powers of the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Little Rock. SECTION. SECTION. 1. Corporation court, jurisdiction of. 6.Ma levy tax for city purposes. 2. Right of appeal, how secured. 7. Collection of the revenue, fire cor. 3. Fines and imprisonments. I panies, &c. 4. Offences committed within the limits 8. Wards, riots. of the city. 9. Mayor, powers of. - 5. Licenses, wharves, streets, &c I Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That each of the city justices elected for the city of Little Rock, as now provided by law, shall, separately or together, have jurisdiction as a corporation court, to hear, try, and determine the following off'ences, without the necessity of indictment or presentment, to wit: Assaults and batteries, or assaults alone, afirays, trespasses on real estate in said city, as defined in article ix, division iv, of the law of criminal jurisprudence, in the Revised Statutes, all offences provided against by articles, and sr, of division vi, articles , ii, and i, of divis- ion vii, in the same law, and of all other offences against public peace, good morals or decency, not specially provided for by law, com- mitted in said city, and also, all offences committed by slaves, or free negroes, or mulattoes, in said city, which may, by ordinance, be defined to he offences against public peace, or the police regulations of said city: Provided, that every person so tried, be entitled to a trial by jury, before suc justice orjustices, and that no punishment shall be prescribed by ordinance, amounting to more than one hundred dollars fine, and one month's imprisonment. SEc. 2. And be itfurther enacted, That all persons so sentenced to be imprisoned, shall he confined in the common jail of Pulaski county, and that every person convicted shall have the right of appeal to the circuit court of Pulaski county, upon making such affidavit-, and giving such sufficient recognizance, as shall be fixed by such law, and thalt his case shall then be tried de novo on the merits, without formal pleading. SEc. 3. And be it further nacted, That the Mayor and Alder- men, in common council, shall have power to punish for contempts, by fine not more than one hundred dollars, and imprisonment not more than five days ; that the council shall judge of the qualifications,

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