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An Act appointing trustees for the town of Washington, in the county of Rappahannock, and prescribing their powers and duties. 1836 272 (1836)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0523 and id is 1 raw text is: 272 Towns-Sutton- Washington. lishing the town of Suttonsville, in the county of Nicholas, passed on the twventy-seventh day of January, in the yer. , eighteen hun- dred rand twenty-six, on the south side of Elk river, in the then county of Nicholas, now Braxton, as heretofore laid off into lots, streets and alleys, shall be and the same is hereby extended, so as to include twenty acres of land on tile north side of said river, tihe Name changed to property of James Sutton ; and that the said town of Sattonsville, Sutton. including the addition hereby authorized, shall hereafter be called Trustee. and known by the name of ,Sutton. And that Benjamin Boggs, William Newland, Andrew Sterrett and Lorenzo D. Camden, shall be and they are hereby appointed additional trustees of said town ; who, together with the trustees heretofore appointed, or so many thereof aE may still survive, and who continue to act, and such as may have been since elected, if any, under the provisions of the act aforesaid, establishing said town, shall act as such, both for the old town and the addition hereby authorized, under the powers in said act containcd, and shall perform the duties hereby prescribed. Patoraddition. 2. Be it further enacted, That the trustees of said town, or a majority of them, shall, so soon as the said addition hereby autho- rized, shall have been laid off into lots, streets and alleys, cause a plat or drawing of the plan thereof to be made, with such remarks and explanations thereon or thereunto annexed, in writing, as they may deem necessary and proper, and shall place the same in the clerk's office of the county court of Braxton county. The clerk of said county court shall enter the same of record, and preserve the original in his office. Powers oftrus- 3. Be it further enacted, That the trustees of said town, or a toes. majority of them, shall, in addition to the authority conferred on them by the act aforesaid, of the twenty.seventh of January, eigh- teen hundred and twenty-six, have power to remove or abate nui- sances, or cause the same to be done, at the expense of those who occasion them ; to improve and repair the public streets and alleys; to prevent, and punish 1y reasonable fines, (recoverable with costs before any justice of the peace for the county of Braxton,) the practice of firing guns and running horses in said town; to license 'Iod regulate shows and other pablic exhibitions; to appoint all such officers as may be necessary for conducting the affairs of the said town, not herein provided for, and to allow them such coin- pensation as they may deem reasonable; and to do or cause to be done, all other things necessary and proper for the general good of said town, within the limits of the powers conferred by this and the former act aforesaid, or any other act upon the same subject. Commencment. 4. This act shall be in force from its passage. CHAP. 32.-An ACT appointing trustees for the town of Wohingt:,, in tle county of Rappahannock, and prescribing their powers and duties. (Passed February 1,, 1837.) Proamblo, . Whereas it is represented to the general assembly that there are no acting trustees for the town of Washington, in the county of Rappahannock, the original trustees having died, removed, or dis- continued their services: For remedy whereof, Trustte. 1. Be it enacted by the gencral assembly, That Joseph Nicklin, Daniel Mason, James B. Jones, Francis S. Browing, Simon r. Taylor, John G. Lane and Arthur R. Freeman, shall be and they

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