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An Act to incorporate the town of Camden. 1844-1855 118 (1844)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsar0064 and id is 1 raw text is: 11s ders shall fail to pay into the State and county treasuries, on or before the 1.5th day of February 1845, he shall be subject to all the penal- ties now prescribed by law for defaulting sheriffs. SEc. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act take effect and be in force froms and after its passage. JOHN S. ROANE, Spealcer of the House of Representatives. JOHN WILLIAMSON, President of the Senate. Approved, Dec'r. 10th, 1844. ,THOS. S. DREW. An Act to incorporate the town of Camden. SECTION. 1. Camden incorporated. 2. Names of trustees-term of office- quorum. 3. Trustees may have said town survey. ed, and laid off into streets, &c. 4. Qualification of electors-elections by them for trustees when to be hold- en. 5. Qualification of trustees. 6. Oath of trustees. 7. On failure to hold elections at the time fixed in this act, may be held on ten days notice. 8. When trustees to meet-to elect Pre- sident-treasurer-treasurer to give bond--his duties-how proceeded against for any defalcation-also to appoint a clerk-his term of office- oath. 9. Trustees to appoint assessor-his oath -his dutibs-to make list of taxable property-also to appoint a collector -his bond-power of collector. to make distress and sale-compensa- tion of assessor, collector, treasurer and clerk. 10. Power of the trustees to make by. laws and ordinances-to levy a tax upon the inhabitants and property of the town-proviso as to amount- general powers conferred on trus- tees. 11. Jurisdiction of trustees over shows- showmen, peddlers, auctioneers-alt exhibitions-of offences against this act, the ordinances of the town- how fines to be recovered, and ap. SECTION. plication of them. *12. General jurisdiction of the Presi- denit of the board, over offences * committed in the town or within half mile of it, prescribed-process. 13. Penalties, forfeitures and fines impos- * ed by him, may be pleaded in bar to prosecutions by the State for the same offences-proviso in favor of civil actions for damages. 14. Trustees to appoint a town sergeant -his duties-to act as common in- former, aiid see that the laws of the * town are executed. 15. President of the board to keep a dock- et of cases-appeals from his decis- ions regulated. -16. -Board of trustees to fix the amount of penalties-and fees of the Presi- dent, 17. Fees of town sergeant. 1S. Justice of the peace or constable liv- ing in the town eligible to office of President of the board, or town ser- geant. 19. Manner of voting in elections for trus- tees-who to be presiding officers- Soil to be returned to clerk of the oard-h is duties thereon. -20. Vacancies in hoard of trustees, how filled. 21. Trustees prohibited from, iindividual- ly, contracting for public work let out by the board. 22. Corporation not to issue change tick- ets of any kind-issuing them to operate as a forfeiture of charter, &c. SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That the town of Camden in the county of Ouachila, shall be, and the same is, hereby incorporated.

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