The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-06-20

! 10y ~ eEely week, and from time to time appoin
clerk oil the market who ihall do and perform nj
things belonging to the Office of clerk of he rnsrst
With the 1aid town, according 20 the rules and reg.
-latons which they ihal prefcrbe-They fIaIl bs,.
power to pats all laws inconinent with the laws ~
the United States, which they may conceive reou;fta
Tor the evenon and removal of nuiances and to an,
point superintendent of police, comnlioners ard
iurveyors of the reets, contables collectors Of b
taXes and all other officers who may be deemed necec
iary Tor the execution Of their fervces reafonabl.
compensation, and whole duties and powers i,al b.
Preicrhed in iuch manner the common council all
ose ior carrying into execution the pcwcrs hereb
granted. le''0'
Sec. G. And he it further ego7ed. That ~.
Jnrid'cton OF the fad common council ihall e,tep6 -
yer the haroor OF Alexandria and over the vefls If
every deicT1pton which may arrive and be in the b.
GOT or ne at anchor III any part Of the river Potomac
1eiow rsarions Hand, and within the diftri9 of Co.
iumoia, tor the ruTpoe Of preventing aud IN
nuiiances and iuch other iubjetas or tb;no, h;6 -.
board any iuch veiel, may be preiudicial ~ .b
nedltn OF the town, and for other p,rpos md al
TO- ther Juriidicon ihsll extend over the tow, for L
accommodation OF the poor and Others and over the
acres OF ground thereto belonging and over alper
ions who may be tent placed there bv tb. rorE,, 49,
authority ofthe common council, and on their way 70
o from the fame, until they be regularly difcbar@ed
NoNlcEp' hat Paapers and other perons ihaii not
~ ''iuefed as having thereby gained refdence in
Ni% eour'ty'io as to become chargeable thereto.
oec. Z. IND he it fi1tber enacted, That the
council man annuayat their iirif meeting af-
mn own eie etlon, and qualification choo(e b., hal
lot, a flt and able man having the ouaI;G.,.; -:
ieT directed, to be mayor of the town which cbo;c
man De made by majority of the whole number ofl
members OF the laid common council unleCs tba b
Of members be equally divided between two
r. IN III winch cafe, one of thole two per
pii' man De immediately, by the vote of the ,reG.
cent OF the council elected The ,navor fIaI b11 -:
o'.ce t'r ore year, from the time OF his election and
Inn iucceiicr is choten and qualified in his He,d
al tlie expiration OF which period he may be reelet@
g iTi TWO years thereafter i'll iucceon and no LONGER
until ne ihahave been out of office forone wear HIN
De'ore he enters upon the duties of his Office tar
oath or affirmation, in the prefence of RI. coun. CT
!uuy 10 execute his aid Office which ihail be recoJl
!" tielr book OF proceedings He fhall fee thu. a.
iNs 81 the corporation be duly executed and fhaI re-
oi' me CT licoiiduct OF any officer tn The
council who on satisfactory proof thereof
may remove from office the laid delirauept or ,,k
luch other mealures thereupon rs f,alI he mn 1
iui' ne mai have power to convene the cor,p,o,
COUNCIL When III ms opinion, the good of the cop,,,,
'y may require it, and he all lay before the con,
.ne 10 tiie' IN writing fuch alterations ,ha
proper LIE peace within the ad town, and la
Cor his iervices annually, ua and Reasonable
compensation, to bealowed and fixed by the common
council, which ihall be ncreafed or dimiihed dur
ing the period for which he ha have been elected
ANY perion fha be eligible to the Office of mayor who
is white male citizen of the United States who hall
have attained to the age OF thirty years. and who haI
be the bona hide owner ola freehold etae in the faid
townand ihal have been a reident in the town of A.
leXandra five years Immediately preceding his el-tfi
on and no other peron ial be eligible to the fd of
flee.
Sec. 8. md be it further enaf7ed, That in
cafe oil the refuia OF any peron accept the Office of
mayor upon his election thereto or his death re6onat
on, inability or REMOVAL the common council ihall
iect another IN his place to lerve the remainder of
the year. The common council fhall have power to
iupriy vacancies in their own body by caufinc eeGf
os to be made i'll herein before directed out of
the citizens qualified TO fill the faid Office in the next
ward i'll which iuch vacancies fhall have happened
and may in the ablence of the preiident elect pref
dent pro tenpoe. Ia cafe OF the temporary inability
or abience of the mayor the predent OF the common
council ha perform all the duties of the avor. that
may be required to be performed during his ablence
or inability. and in cafe of vacancy, in the fad Office
he iha perform the duties thereon until new election
ihall be made.
Sec. 8. md be it .fiU-fber matted, That the
acts OF the common council fhai be fgned by the pre-
dent Of the common council and hall be prefcnted TO
the mayor for MS approbation who if he Object there
to- HAL within three days after it iha be prelented to
MN tor ms aitentreturn ito the common council with
hs objections in writing, and if majority of the whole
council ha be Of opinion that the law ought to be pai
led HAIL notwithstanding the objections of the may
W. , law ie HAL the lame hut n |
mayor ha not return his objections 10 the fame with
in three days to the iad council, it hallbecome law
and thall be gned by him. The clerk Of the council
HAIL record in book be kept by him for that pur-
poie, all the laws, orders and reolutions which ihs
be Paled as aforeaid and deliver a copy of diem to the
public printer to be printed for the information of the
people.
Sec. 10. dndbe it further GRATED, That the
comhiioner5 to luPerntend the election in each ward
hall before they receive any vote take fevcrally the
following oathor affirmation, to be administered by the
mayor or any jufice ofthe peace al r. b. do folemn-
y iwear oraiirm Gas the cafe may be- that will truly
& faithfully receive return the votes of uch perlons
as are BY law entitled for members for council
in Ward No. and that will NOT kro,,- !
ingy receive or return the vote of any who is not h
gdly entitled to the fame, 70 help me Cod :" the fad
eectlon ihal be coed the day it is begun and the
poll haI be kept open until infet and no lorcer-I
ne laid commllloners in each ward or majority OF
them h9ll on the next day after the election make
lat OF all the votes received iad election and the
tour perons having the greateit number of votes fha
be duly eee'ed and III all cafes of an equality of votes
the commilioners ha decide, and hali make a return
OF thepcrons loelected uderthcr hands & fcas
mayor who ihal cauie the fame he pubhed in The
newspapers Of the town the iaid comminoners Gna
ALTO end duplicate return, under the hands and lsas
OF the Perious elected to the clerk Of :he common