Complex sentence: By 1900, the residents began to seek to be incorporated as a town, that would allow ordinances to be passed to keep livestock off the streets without seeking redress from the state government in Richmond or the county government in Accomac.
Split into simpler sentences: By 1900, the residents began to seek to be incorporated as a town. Gaining a municipal charter from the General Assembly would allow ordinances to be passed to keep livestock off the streets without seeking redress from the state government in Richmond or the county government in Accomac.