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An Act to incorporate the town of Brunswick in the county of Glynn, to define its jurisdictional limits, to provide for the election of Mayor and City Council, and such other officers as may be required, and confer upon them specific powers, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 1855-1856 335 (1855)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0431 and id is 1 raw text is: LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS-CITIES, &C. Brunswick. TITLE V. CITIES, TOWNS, &c. BRUNSWICK. See. 1. Brunswick incorporated. 2 Qualification of voters. 3 Voters where to reside. 4 Organization of Council. 5 Vacancies. 6 Name, style and privileges. 7 Tax to be levied. 8 Street Tax. 9 Marshal and other officers. 10 Mayor and Council Justices of Peace. 11 Mal-practice punished. 12 Removal of buildings. 13 Houses of ill fame. 14 Spirituous Liquors. 15 Ordinances. 16 Protection against fire. 17 City Guards. 18 Offenders prosecuted. 19 Fines-Imprisonment. 20 Officers to justify when sued. 21 Assessors of Tax. 22 Auctioneers. 23 Wood. lumber and produce. 24 Health officers' duty. 25 Streets not to be opened. 26 Laying out lots. 27 Public Squares. 28 Wharves. 29 Pilots. 30 Impoinding of stock. 31 Salary of Mayor. 32 Time of holding elections. 33 Grant to Brunswick Rail-road Co. 34 Council to subscribe for Stock. 35 Books, Records, &c. 36 By-laws. 37 Repealing clause. (No. 303.) An Act to incorporate the town of Brunswick in the county of Glynn, to define its jurisdictional limits, to provide for the election of Mayor and City Council, and such other officers as may be required, and confer upon them specific powers, and for other putrposes therein men- tioned. APPROVED, February 22d, 1856. 1. Section I. Be it enacted, &c., That from and after the passage of this act the town of Brunswick in the county of Glynn, shall be known and called the city of Brunswick, and that the corporate Brunswick limits of said city, and the boundaries of the same shall be follows, incorporated to-wit: the northern boundary line shall begin at the intersection corporate of a creek commonly called Dart's Narrows, or cut, and the waters inmis. of Back River, and shall run thence due west to the main channel of Turtle river, thence following the channel of said river past Buzzard's Roost and Brandy Point to Dennis' Folly, thence along the waters of St. Simon's Sound to the mouth of said Back river, and thence up said Back river, to the place of beginning. 2. Sec. II. And be it further enacted, That within twenty days after the passage of this act, and by giving ten days notice, and on the first Saturday in every January thereafter, all free white male ?f voters persons, who have resided for six months immediately preceding the election, within the corporate limits of said city, unless absent therefrom on lawful business, and who are entitled to vote for mem- bers of the Legislature of said State, and who shall have paid all taxes legally imposed. and demanded by the authority of the city, are qualified to vote for, and shall elect by ballot, a Mayor and eight 335

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