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An Act to amend An Act to incorporate the town of Batesville 1850-1851 260 (1850)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsar0088 and id is 1 raw text is: 260 An act to amend An Act to incorporate the town of Batesville, approved, December 20th, A. D. 1848. SECTiON 1. Defines the limits of the town of Batesville. 2. Cosporate powers vested in Mayor, town council, &c. 3. Number of councilmen, how to be elected and for what time. 4. Eligibility for councilmen, or other officer, their qualifications, powers and duties. 5. Town council to appoint certain offi- cers whose appointmsent is not other- wise provided for. 6. All vacancies, how to be filled. 7. Town council to have power to levy and collect, and to provide for, and regulate the police-to impose a tax on all public exhibitions, &c., to impose and collect fines, and to sup- press tippling or gambling houses- to grant licenses, and to erect the necessary public buildings-to pro- vide for the enumeration of the in- habitants, to fix the compensation of town officers, and to pass such. ordinances as are deemed necessary, and not repugnant to the laws of this State. 8. Town council to have power to pass ordinances in relation to slaves, and to free negroes and mulattoes. 9, To have power to pass ordinances for the punishment of disturbers of the peace. 10. Mayor, how to be elected, and by whom commissioned. 11. The Mayor constituted and estab- lished, a corporation court, by what title to be known, and to be the chief judicial officer of the town, &c. 12. Mayor to be a conservator of the peace, and to have original jurisdic- tion in certain cases. 13. In civil cases, Mayor how to pro- ceed, and by what rules to be gov- er ied. 14. In criminal cases, Mayor how to be governed, &c. 15. Mayor to have power to administer oaths, take depositions, &c. 16. Mayor empowered to issue writs, and to punish in a summary manner. 17. The town council to pass ordinan- ces providing for thle mode of con- te sting elections. 18.Mayor, councilmen, recorder and constable, to take and subscribe an oath, &c. 19. Mayor to be cx-ofcio President of the council. .9 20. The Mayor to be keeper of tse seal. 21. Style of all ordinances, and wsen to be publiesed. 22. Town council to appoint a recorder. 23. Constable to be elected by the qual- ified voters, and Isis powers and du- ties. 1124. Council to appoint a treasurer, and [an assessor, aisd their powers and duties. 25. Coun-il empowered to provide for tile sale of real property, for the payment of taxes. 26. 'he council to appoint street com- missioner. 27. Council to provide for paving side- walks, and to collect costs, &c. 28. The recorder to keel, a record of all proceedings. 29. Mayor to decide according to the laws of this State ins certain cases. 30. This act declared a public act. 31. Provides for Commitment to jail of all persons violating ordinances. 32. Council empowered to remove town o fficers. 33. Election to be neld first Monday in March, 1851, and annually there- after. 34. Council to have the power to pre- scribe the mode of holding elections. 35. Recorder to forward abstract of the votes to the Secretary of State. 36. Fines, forfeitures &c., to enure to the benefit of the town. 37. No money to be paid out except by appropriation, c, 38. All licenses, &c., to be in the exclu- sive grast of the town coesacil. 39. Inhabitants of said towni exempt from road tax in Independence coun- ty, &e. 40. All laws inconsistent repealed. 41. Act in force from passage. SEc. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, That all that district of country in the county of Inde- pendence, within the following limits, to wit: Commencing at the mouth of Poke Bayou in the middle of the channel thereof,

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