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An Act to incorporate the City of Tallahassee. 1825 68 (1825)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsfl0050 and id is 1 raw text is: Boundaries.- Iname and style --duration of.... Government oi eityinl.hom Powers of Inten. dant. Powers of Coun- cil. AN ACT To incorporate the City ofTallahassce. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Council of the Territory of Florida, That all the free white male inhabitants over the age of twenty-one years, comprehended vithin the south east quarte r of section thirty-six, township one, range one, north of the basis parallel, and west of the Meridial, in the county of Leon and District of Middle Florida ; and two hun- dred feet outside of the said boundary line, and th~eir successors, be and remain, for the term of five years from the first day of January, one thousand eight hun- dred and twenty-six, a body corporate by the name and style of the City of Tallahassee ; and by their cor- porate name may sue and be sued, implead and be im- pleaded, and do all other acts as natural persons, and may purchase and hold real, personal and mixed pro- perty, or dispose of the same for the benefit of the said,city. •Sec. 2. Be it furthcr enacted, That the government of the'said city shall be vested in a City Council com- posed of anintendant and five councilmen, each of whom shall, have the qualification of having resided six months within the limits aforesaid in order to fill either of the said offices. Sec. 3. Be itfurthler enacted, That the Intendant shall have and exercise all the duties and may receive the fees of a justice of the peace. See. 4. Se it.further enacted, That the said City Council shall have full power anti authority to prevent and remove nuisances ; to license and regulate auc- tioneers and auctions, retailers of goods and liquors, and.taverns ; to restrai, or prohibit all sorts of gam- ing; toIlicense.and regulate theatrical and other pub- lic amusements; to establish and regulate markets to direct the safekeeping of the standard of weights and measures appointed by Congress ; to provide and regulate burial grounds out of the said limits for the

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