The Arkansas advocate., 1831-12-07
I.hc Mayor shall constitute quorum to

do business.
 SEC. z. Be it fpther eadctc1, That a majority shall determine and decide s,i ssi t.sses tiisst fi:iijy ee:.se heaes |. aud when 1t is required by any mem- Iaer present. the question snail he taken iby avs and nays, which shalt De entered ! on the minutes; and all elections ior for any officer or officers to be appointed iby tIae Town Council, shall be decided Joy majority of the members present. SEC 5. Bc q further enacteet, zislat I ilat Iiiae Mayor of the said town oi Little cock, shall constitute the executive power thereof; he shall be. and Is here by, constituted conservator of the peace l yiTliin tie same, and authorized and empowered, and required, to do and aaie all those matters aud things, II lsaid town of Little Rock, which Justi- Ices Of the Peace for the Territory may, l Iaid can lawfully do; and shall be far ] liner vested with authority, in all lawful cases for commitment, to commit per
 sons guilty of d breach of the peace, to the common jail of the county; and shall have power to suppress all rIoas land unlawful assemblies, and the said Mayor shall have the custody ot tne common seal of thesaid Town,aad shall have the rightofatlixing the same and he is required to execute the laws ol said Corporation, and to see they are duIt oheyed.
 Sgc. 9. .A,sd be7t further enacted, That the Town Council, constituted as afore. said, shall have power to enact ordinan- !! ces to preserve the health Of the Town. aud prevent the introduction Of infec- tious or contagious diseases: and for tais purpose, their jurisdiction shall ex tend foaay distance within one mile of the beaadaries of said Town; and ln |sush Ordinance may organize d board |ofhaalth for Jhesaid Town, which board shaii De vested with all the powers and authorities which the Council might or could exercise, relative to the object of this institution; and the said Town Couii- |cii shaIi define and remove naisarces,
 whether in the public streets, lanes, or
 alless, or enclosure, within the said
 town; provide night watches; 10 erect
 market-houses, and regulate the mar
 kets; 10 regulatethe cIeaningaud sweep
 ing of chimneys, and establish the rates
 thereof; to dig wells and erect punps
 orany other apparatus for supplying the
 citizens with good and wholesome V; fer.
 and to repair and amend the same; to
 make such bye-saws as they may deem
 proper for the suppression of vice ard
 immortality, and to enforce the same
 by fine, and according to the nature Of
 the offence or iniraction of said bye
 laws; to purchase fire engines for the
 use oi said town; to establish fire com
 panics, and to make regulations con
 corning the same: And the said Town
 Council shall have the power of fning
 illegal vendors of spirituous Iiouors within the town; they shall have pow CT to levy and collect tax on the own- |er sfany dog which may be found at Ia af2t II any ot the streets, lanes, or ai-
 leys of the town aforesaid; which fines.
 when collected, shall be paid and ap- |propriated to the use of the town. in.
 such manner as the Town Council shall
 provide and direct; and, in general.
 shall have power to 60 all those matters and things for the well being, and good police of said town, which shall not be
 inconsistent with any Of the existing laws ofthis Territory.
 SEc. l0..and6eaf further enactea, That |it shall be the duty of said Town Coun- lcil, to levy and collect tax on all nrorA erty, both real and personal, within the limits of said town, and upon the ven ders of merchandise and retailers of spirituous liquors: Provided, that no property holden in the town of Little
 Rock, shall be taxed more than thirty
 dollarsa 2 year; and that all taxes levied shall he graduated down from the maxi
 mum sum of thirty dollars in proportion
 to the value of the property taxed.
 SEC. II. Ben frther Eaacted, That the Mayor and Town Council =haH he