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An Act to incorporate the town of Biloxi, in the county of Harrison. 1850 335 (1850.1)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsms0263 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF IMISSISSIPPI. CHAPTER 232. AN ACT to incorporate the town of Biloxi, in the county of Har- rison. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Incorpora- State of Missassippi, That the town of Biloxi, in the tIn. county of Harrison, be, and the same is hereby in- corporated, and that the corporate limits of said town shall be bounded on the east by the west line of the land of Pierre DeBuys, on the south by the middle of the channel of the Pass of Biloxi, on the west by the- east line of the land of Lewis A. Cal- laret, and on the north by the middle channel of the Back Bay of Biloxi. SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That an election Election. shall be held in said town at any time within ninety days after the passagp of this act, upon application being made by any three fieeholders of said town, to any Justice of the Peace of the county of Harri- son, whereupon the said Justice of the Peace shall give ten days' notice in writing of tile time and place of holding said election: said election shall be held under the inspection of said Justice of the Peace, and any two freeholders of said town, ap- pointed by said Justice, for the election of one presi- dent and four selectmen, one assessor and collector one treasurer and one constable, who shall hold their respective offices until the first Monday in January, A. D., 1852, and until their successors are duly qualified, and the general election for officers of said town shall be held upon the first Monday in January every two years thereafter, under the inspection of one Justice of the Peace and two free- holders residing in said town, appointed by said Justice, one of whom shall be returning officer of said election, and shall certify the result thereof to the Secretary of State, whereupon the person so elected president, shall be commissioned by the Gov- ernor as president of the board of selectmen of the town -of Biloxi; said president and selectmen shall receive no compensation for their services, except as hereinafter provided, and shall be exempt from working on roads. SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That no person Qualifi- shall hold the office of president or selectmen of said cation for town, unless he be a citizen of the United States office. and of this State, and shall have been an inhabitant of said town one year next preceeding his election. 335

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