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An Act to incorporate the City of Maysville. 1832 178 (1832)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0228 and id is 1 raw text is: 178 tAWS OP*IKENTUCKY. 1833. CoAp. 197.-AN ACT to incorporate the City of Maysville, Sec. 1. Be it enactde by the General /Jssce'ibbly of Ih City of Mays- COMMOf lVtdh of Kcntucky, That so lhlch of the coun- ville incorpdra- ty of Mason as is contained in tlie following bounds, ted. to-wit: beginning at the tuouth of Limestone creek, ound5 thereof. thence up said creek with its. meanderings to the line of James Morvison's lot oplposite to Upper alley, thence with Upper ,,.)ley to 1 ifth street, thence db'wn Fifth street to Sutton street, thence with Villiam Gibson's uipper line and along the side of the hill so as to intersect the Maysville and Lexington Turnpike road at the lower fill, thence with the said turnpike road to the East corner of John ArmstrongI.i lot twcat' the said turnpike road, thence with the stone w:alt of said ArmstrongIs lot and down the river, in a straight line, opposile to Lower street, thence with said low- er street to low water mark on the Ohio river, thence up the Ohio river to the beginning, shall be, and is hereby, declared a City; and the inhabitants thereof are created a body corporate and politic, with per- Style thereof petual succession, by the name anti style of '1'tim ;Md corporate CIT o' MAY.ILLE,7' atnd as such by that name shall powers. be capable in law of' contracting and being contract- ed with, of suing and being sued, pleading and being implcaded, answering and being answered unto, in all courts and places, and in all matters whatsoever: and may have and use a corl)orate seal, and change, alter and renew the same at pleasure. Sec. 2. Be it furth'r eactcd, That the liscal, prit- Prmtntla, r,,. dential and municipal concerns of' the said Cilt, with ,al andmtnilci- the government and control thereof, shall he vested in pal concerns one principal officer to be called the Mayor, and one 1htereo ve'st.., in a Mayor and City Council, consisting of nine persons. to be denot- hoard of Coon- mnated the Board of Councilnen, who shall he elect- 6ien, anI ed for tile first time on the first Monday in March mode of clect- ing them. next, iii the way that trustees of thl tow'n of Mays- ville have been heretofore el'cted; and the council. 'Tern frwhiclh men shall hold their offices for one year, or until their they shall hold % their offic,, succesors shall he dly elected and qualiied; and ihe and the.ir qual- Mayor shall ohl his office for onc year, or until his £icrtjiots. successor shall be duly elected and qitalilied; all of whom shall have resided within the said City for two years next preceding the election, shall have paid thvir taxes wilhin lle saine, the proceeding year, and lie citizens of thi, state.

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