Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1850-04-23

m oct fen fit and able men being reehoders and inhabitants
Of the mayor, recorder ana common council
men for the same and the persons elected shall within one
week after their election proceed choose, by ballot out OF
her body, and recorder whose several
authorities as mayor recorder and councmen shall
continue until election shall have taken place. ana hose
elected shall have qualified.
q find be further enacted That the presence oil the may
or or recorder and five councImen or IN case
both The mayor and recorder be absent the attendance {" seven
councimen shall be necessary to c'S"ue ooaru
for the transaction of business which the may anu IN h
absence the recorder shall preside anu If both the mayor ana
recorder be absent the councnen shall appoint one
o heir number to preside pro tempore The board SO cons
n,ed shall have mower establish ket and aPponta clerk
thereof and make such rules ana regulations concerning the
same as they may deem necessary to regulate the weighing
and measuring wood and hay; to regulate the see'S ana
cv of said town to keep the repair; to have the
foot WAYS in posted and paved at the expense o Tue
owners occupers of the lots or parts OF oS anu III case
they shall neglect refuse post and pave e same "e re-
onred it shall lawful for the recorder and common
council 10 post and pave the same, and recover e eAPeSe
thereof before the recorder 10 prevent PeoS o
opng horses through the streets; to prevent hogS rom run
n0 al large said nusances from 'e s"eeS
and aevs of said the expense OF those WHO ocCaSo
them and from the lets the expense OF the owners meFeo
provided they neglect to do the same alter having oeen o
so To do by the recorder ana common couIc "J
and collect taxes real property, and persons wlh w
same Pr0rded such shall not IN any one year eA'u
five per cenum the annuo OF houses and oS |" De as
cerained bv commissioner commissioners aPPohie" io
that urpose by the mayor recorder and common counclmeh
and every thabe person 10 nave power
n Law and collect from the or keepers o d"
Propdd That such during any year shall not eNceeu
dollar ner head and finally make such bylaws, rules
and regulations for the government OF ue aharS o e sal"
town as shall not be contrary the constitution O laws Vi w
state or of the United States ~
goJ6e = f,rtber enacted That shall be lawful for the
recorder and common council men for the time beng TO
appoint three commissioners to suPernehu e eec"o"
of the said persons to serve as mayo le'oi"el '
council men; and in any two more persons h'leu
or voted for in the said election and not beng eeceu s'
have an equal number of and proclamation having oeeh
made that the election closing the said ioneF or
majority of them shall determine and which o The sald per-
CONS voted for as aforesaid shall be returned cit c;ed
A. Be further eaactsd That The said mayor recorder and
common council before they enter upon e d"ueS I" 'e
office shall make oath affirmation before some justice ol ne
peace faithfully and imparray execute the same cer
cate Of which oath or affirmation shall be entered OF record
among proceedings of the SAID mayor recorder anu o'
council men in common hall assembled.
5 Be IL further enacted That the recorder shall Keep reg
ur record of all the proceedings of the SAID mayor recorder
and common council; and II he be absent OF PeS'uv ~ VIC
absence of the mayor the common couhch men si'"'
one of their body to act as recorder pro po'e' % "
ocs and ordinances and minutes the proceedings sai DC
signed bv the person presiding and the recooe ot "o ~
being and said may be annually allowed by the mayor
and common council reasonable compensation Tor Ills services
the said mayor recorder and common c"uhcme" so 500" "
thev shall have qualified herein before dlreceu S' e
body polite and corporate hy the name ana " III"
or Recorder and Common Council OF ShePieIuS i"MI' I
shall have perpetual succession and common seal a" ~ ~
name NAV sue and be sued mpead and be meade ana "r
chase and hold lands tenemens and hered'ameh'S
oe be the belter t discharge their duties anu or e goou
order and Government of the said Vacancies III Inc OIL
flee of MAYOR recorder and council men shall he SUI"
ped bv majority of the remaining members uh d" a'"""
election takes place. , , ,1
g. Be further enacted, That the said mayor ana r'c"F"'
shall be cOnservators of the within me sao "' "
shall and NAV exercise all the powers aud duties o sceS
the peace within the same. I
= BE II further enacted, That the SAID mayor anu
common council shall appoint sergeant ana all o''i VII"
necessary TO conduct the business of the said corporauon anu
for the good order and government of the said town ana ao
sergeant shall possess all the powers of constable Wln W
m,s Of the said town ana shall moreover be the uo!
said sergeant to collect and accon" for all taN'S I IN
rroouon,s rnosed within the and DO anu Pero' d"
other rs apperiannc office of sergeant oi ue corpora
ton; and before he upon hs ONCE. ne s''hi'
or affirmation before the mayor or recorder lai"'l %
partially execute his said Office, and shall noreoe' E ~
and security be approved OF by the mayor recorder '"
council in such they sha" require c;i
mavor recorder and common council c0ndilohe" Io '
tul execution of the duties OF SAID oti e. ana |" 'o
for all taxes, fines and amercementS impose" "' @
town. And if the said geant ll tn ccIcc' an"
for the same according 10 the condition oil SAID BOND s' "'
lawful for the said mavor recorder and common couhc 10 e
the bv motion before the SUPERIOR or nteF'o
Of Jefferson against the said sergeant ana MS
either of them. his their executors or 2dh'le'd'
Ing ten days previous notice Cf such mouon. -,
l. 8. BE II further enacted, That tie III sad low" St"
be annually laid in the month Of May or June ana sll"' w
paid and accounted for by the sergeant ai"FSalu al 'e
that the county virs of this commonwealth are payable
and due, and that said sergeant shall have anu possess W
right of Distress and powers in collecting the same "'
collectors of the county eves aforesaid have and possess
9. Be further enacted. That all questions depending Ie