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An Act to amend and reduce into one the several acts regulating the town of West Liberty. 1853 vol. II 217 (1853)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0726 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. CHAPTER 642. 1854. AN ACT to amend and reduce into one the seveial acts regulating the town of West Liberty. § 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Common- Mayor and wealth of Kentucky, That the town of West Liberty, in the eatsappoint- county of Morgan, shall have a mayor and six trustees, and that Hiram Dalley be appointed mayor, and that Wil- liam H. Burns, W. M. Cox, John N. Hazelrigg, William H. Cartmell, and Jesse Barbour, appointed trustees, be and they are hereby appointed mayor and trustees for said town, whose term of office shall commence on the first Monday in March, 1854, and continue until their successors are duly elected and qualified; and said trustees shall have heer poweri full power and authority to appoint all town officers, pass nd duties. all by-laws, and do any and every act necessary for the proper regulation and good government of the town, which the trustees of towns are authorized to do under the gen- eral laws of this commonwealth in relation to towns-af- ter having first been qualified by the town mayor, or some other justice of the peace for Morgan county, to well, truly, faithfully, and impartially perfbrm the duties of trus- tees, during their continuance in office, to the best of their ability, faithfully and impartially. § 2. The mayor of the town shall be qualified before some justice of the peace for Morgan county befbre enter- ing upon the duties of his office, that he will faithfully, im- partially, and to the best of his ability, perform the duties of mayor of the town of West Liberty, during his contin- uance in office. He shall act as chairman of the board of Jurisdictionof trustees, and be clothed with all the powers and preroga- the mayor. tives of other justices of the peace ; and shall be empow- ered to try all causes growing out of the by-laws or ordi- nances made or passed by the said board of trustees ; and that he shall have the jurisdiction, in every respect, and be entitled to the same fees as other justices of the peace for Morgan county; and shall qualify in like manner as other justices of the peace: and his terms of office shall be for two years. And the said mayor may proceed at once to try such cases, involving a breach of the by-laws or ordinances of said town. § 3. That said trustees, and their successors in office, Corporate na shall be a body corporate, by the name and style of the and powers. Trustees of the Town of West Liberty; may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any of the courts of law or equity in this commonwealth. They shall have power to pass all necessary by-laws or ordinances, for the peace, happiness, and advancement of the interests of the town, not inconsistent with the general laws of this state, or the constitution of the United States. § 4. Thatthe free white male inhabitants of said town, who shal vote who have been residents therein for three months preceed- at sald electo. ing the election, are hereby authorized and required to 28-VOL. U1. It

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