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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsfl0206 and id is 1 raw text is: 52. Ou.p. 772. LAWS OF LORIDA.
CIaArT.n 772.wiNe. 103.]
AN ACT to iuenrporate the Town of Newport, Wakulla County, State of
Florida.
S .c'rIoN 1. Be it enacteI h, the ,raeiate and louse of Represel.
Town limits. totijres of the State of Florida in Gcneral Assembly conrenvd, That
all whito inale inhahhlnts over tie ago of tventy-one years, compre.
)lended within one haIlfmile in every direction from the Court-house, il
the Town of Newport, Wnkulla County, and District of Middle For.
ida, shall be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate,
Incorporation. b. the nane adti stylo of the Towi of Newlrt, and by their corpo.
rate ini may sueitnd lie sued, implead and be impleaded, and do
all other acts as natural. persons, and may purchase and hold real,
persoml and mixed property, or dispose of the same, for the benefit
of said Town.
Town Council. 8ic~ . . ii firwther enalted, That the Covermneut of the Town
shall he invested in a Mayor and four Councilmen, to be elected in
the manner hereiuaftexr designated, each of wyhomu shall have the qual.
Qualifications ification of being the proprietor of a Lot, and shall have resided six
for. nioutls withiii thle limitis aforesaid in order to fill either of said oflices.
St.:. :3. Be it Jarllhr enacted, That the Mayori shall havo the
Mayor -o have power, execti.se all the duties, and may receive the fees of it Justice
power of J. 1. of the Peace within the limits of said cor'poration.
Powers of S.'. A. Be t ifurtlher enadred, ']'hat the Town Council shall
Town Council, have fall pli'er il l. anittlmrity to pevrnt nl removell nuisanees, to
pass all hv.ht8s and ordilnances, to regulate and establish narketH,
By-Laws. to licvl'. _1id retgutlato retailers of liquors, hilliard.table keepers, the-
atri Val and ilher public aunsenwnts, tavernl.keepers, to erect and re-
bair lniid.,vs and wharves: .rorideal, That no bridgo or wharf shall
he crected atrc,..;i the ,St. Mark's River so as to prevent the fr.o pas-
tsage of hat .4 or other craft ascending or descending said river: to
Quarantnc,&c. regulate the fitationing, anehorag e and moolings of vessels, to regu.
late anl et.dt hli quarantine laws for ti preservation of the health
of the Town, likewise to appoint a edialth olicer, to provide and reg.
uhIt hw:ial.groundt, of the said limits, for the use of said Town,
Hawkers aud to estalblish ld regulate patlrols, to tax anlld license hawkers and
:Pedlars, &. pedlar;., to reutrlihi ind prohibit all sorts of gainiblung, tippling houses
and lotteries, to proviio for the establislhment of Puhhic .0hool.4 and
superiuteodence of the same, to restrain and ji unish vagabonds and
To punish, &Q. disorderly persons, to regulate and license ferries, to keep and repair
all necessary streets, to restraii and punllish the disorderly conduct alid
Taxation. of'eazmes conmlitted hy negroes aud prsoimt of color, to lay and im-
pose taxes ad provide Ior the collectiont of the sane, to impose and
Ordhnnes to applrop'iate fines mid penalties atnd forfeitures 1;r breach of their or-
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