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An Act to incorporate the town of Marshall in the county of Marshall. 1838 137 (1838)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsal0236 and id is 1 raw text is: Set. 2. And be it further. enacted, That when the aforesaid
commissioners shall have performed the duties assigned them by the
foregoing section of this act they shall' be required to report to the
court of commissioners of roads end revenue of the county of Shelby Com'rs.to re.
and the county of Jib, designating the points and distance which port td coru-
the said road may run into each of said counties, and it shall be the 's 'ners (r
duty of the said court of each of said counties, tu cause the aforesaid*
road to be opened and kept in repair in the manner prescribed by
law: Provided, the commissioners aforesaid, shall not receive com-
pensation out of the State Treasury: and Provided, the injury which
may be sustained by individuals shall be paid out of the county, Prorho  I
Treasury of the county in which the land may be which may be so
injured.                           Approved, Feb. 2, 1839.
jNo. 1271                  AN ACT
To nmend the patrol law,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House qf Represea-
tatives of the State oftilabama in General .&ssembly convened,
That the owners of slaves over the age of forty-five years shall not
he liable, or required to perform the duties of leaders or captains of a
patrol squad, or company; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
Approved, Feb. 2, 1839.
[No. 128.                 AN ACT.
To incorporate the town of Marshtl in the county of marrhall.
Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House qf Reprean-
tatives of the State oj .qlabaina in General .qssembl convened,
That the town of Marshall, in Marshall county, be and the same is incorporation
hereby incorporated, including all agreeably to the plan of said town
hereafter to be made.
See. 2. And be it further enacted, That an election shall be held
at some convenient place in said town, on the second Monday in
March next, and annuallythereafter, the polls to be opened at eleven Electoquncil.
o'clock, in the morning, and close at two o'clock in the evening, for lurs, &c
the purpose of electing by ballot five coiuncillors, inhabitants of said
town, who shall serve for the term of one year, after they shall have
been elected. The first dlection shall be held by a Justice of the
Peace and two householders, citizens of said town; and all subsequent
elections shall be managed by two of the councillors to be appointed
by the board for that purpose; and the said councillors shall tin the
next day after each election in each year, meet and elect by a major-
ity of votes from their own body, an intendant, whose duty it shall
be to preside and keep order at all meetings of said councillors, and
in his absence, any other member may be called to the chair,
and the said Intendant and councillors shall be and they are
hereby  constituted a body corporate by the name and     style.
of the Intendant and council of the town of Marshall, and by that
name they, and their successors, shall be capable in law of suing and
being sued, pleading and being impleaded, in all manner of suits,
either in law or equity; also to have rnd keep a common seal, and
the same to alter or amend at pleasure, and, in general to do acts
which are incident to bodies corporate, and to purchase, hold or dis-

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