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An Act to incorporate the city of Arkadelphia. 1856-1857 40 (1856)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsar0127 and id is 1 raw text is: 40 AN ACT to incorporate the city of Arkadelphia. SECTION 1. Arkadelphia incorporated; its limits defined. 2. Mayor. city conneil, etc. 3. Qualifications of voters. 4. Qualifications of town officers; the city council to be judge of the elec- tion of its members; a quorum; power to compel altendande of its members; power to expel a member. 5. Appointment of officers not otherwise provided for. 6. Vacancics; how filled. 7 General powers of the city council; taxes; police, etc. 8. Regulations concerning slaves; free no- groes. 9. Penalty of breaches of the peace. 10. Election of Mayor; his commission and term of office. 11. Mayor constituted the corporation court. 12. Mayor to be a conservator of the peace; his powers and jurisdiction. 13. Rules of proceedings governing Mayor in civil cases; appeals. 14. Rules of proceedings in criminal mat- , ters; appeals. 15. Mayor to administer oaths, take deposi- tions, etc.; his jurisdiction. 18. His power to issue writs; to punish violators of the city ordinances. 17. Contested elections. 18. Official oaths. 19. President of council to have no vote. 20. Keeper of the seal. 21. Style and publication of all ordinan- ces. 22. City recorder to give bond. SECTION 23. City constable; to be city assessor; to give bond; his dutics. 24. City Treasurer to give bond. 25. Power to enforce payment of taxes. 26. Street commissioner. 27. The paving of streets. 28. Duties of city recorder. 29. When Mayor to be governed by laws of the State. 30. This act declared a public act. 31. Provision for commitment to jail; constable to be jailor. 82. Power to remove city officers. 33. City elections; power to call elections. 84. Mode of holding elections. 35. Abstract of vote for Mayor to be sent to Secretary of State. 36. Proceeds of fines, forfeitures, licenses, etc. 37. Mode of paying money out of the Treasury. 38. Power to grant licenses. 39. Road tax; street tax. 40. Power to grant licenses. 41. Ferry privileges; poll tax; auction duty. 42. Collection of the revenue; fees of of- fice; powers of the city council. 43. Names of officers appointed by this act ; their acts to be Nalid. 44. Power to lay off lots and open streets in a certain part of the corporation. 46. Licenses for shows, etc., in half mile of corporation. 46. Conflicting laws repealed; this act not to be construed to prohibit collection of debts due Arkadelphia. SECTION 1. Be it enacted ly the General Assembly of the State of Ar- kansas, That all the district of country within the following limits, to wit: The south half of section seventeen, and north half of sec- tion twenty, fractional south-west quarter of section sixteen, west of the Ouachita river, fractional north-west quarter of section twenty-one, west of the Ouachita river, all in twonship seven south, of range nineteon west, situated in the county of Clark, and the inhabitants thereof shall be and are hereby created, erected, established and constituted a body politic and corporate by the name and style of the city of Arkadelphia, and by that name shall be known in law and equity, and shall have succes- sion for the period of ninety-nine years, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all courts of law and equity having juris- diction, and in all actions and matters whatsoever; rmay receive, purchase and hold property, real, personal and mixed in the limits of said city and adjacent thereto, and may have, sell, dispose and convey the same, and any alleys, or other real estate, which is now held by the town of Arkadelphia for the benefit of the said city; may have a common seal, and may alter or change at pleasure, and may do all other acts as natural persons. SEC. 2. The corporate powers and duties of said city shall

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