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powers of Trial Justices or Justices 0l
the Peace, as the case may be, in this
State, within the limits Of the village
except fol, the trial of small and mean
causes; and the Intendant shall, OF
may, as often as necessary, summon the
Wardens to meet in council, any three
of whom. with the Intendant, shall
constitute quorum to transact business
and they shall be known as the Town
Council of Lewisville; and they, AND
their successors in Office hereafter to ,be
elected, may have q common sea-, which
shall be affixed to all their ordinances
may sue and be sued, plead and be i'm.
pleaded, in any court of justice in this
State, and purchase, hold, possess and
enjoy, to them and their successors, In
perpetuity, or for any term Of years, any
estate, real, personal, or mixed, and sell
alien, or convey the same: Provided
The same shall not exceed, at any one
time, the sum Of ten thousand dollars
And the said Town Council shall have
Authority to appoint, from time to time
as they may see fit, such and so many
proper persons, to act as Mafshals, OF
constables of said village, as the said
Council may deem necessary and expe.
dent for the; preservation Of the peace
good. order and peace thereof, which
persons. SO appointed, shall, within the
corporate limits Of said village, have the
power and privileges, and be subject to
all the obligations, penalties and regula:
tions provided by law for the office oi
Constable, and shall. be liable. to be re.
moved, at the pleasure of said council.
And the said Town Council shall have
power, to establish, or authorize the .es:
tablishment of q market house in said
village; also, to authorize the establish
mento of q guard house, and to prescribe
suitable rules and regulations for keep.
ing and governing the same, And the
said Town Council, or the said Intend.
ant and Wardens, in person, any one OF
more of them, may authorize aud re.
quire any Marshal of the town, or any
constable, specially appointed for thai
purpose, to arrest and commit to the
said guard house, for o term not exceed.
ing twenty-four hours, any person OF
persons who, within the corporate linn
its of said town, may be engaged in any
breach Of the peace, any ri0tous or dis.
orderly conduct, open obseenity, public
drunkenness, or any conduct grossly
indecent, or dangerous to the citizens o.
said town, or any of them. And 1t shall
be the duty of the Town Marshals OF
Constsbles to arrest and commit all such
offenders, when required so to do, and
who shall have power to call to their
assistance the posse comitatus, if need
be, to aid in making such arrests, and,
upon the failure of said officers to per-
form such duty as required, they shall
severally. be subject to fines and penal
ties, as the town council may impose
upon them. And all persons 80 impris-
oned shall pay the cost and expenses
incident to their imprisonment, which
cost and expenses shall be collected in
the same manner as is provided for the
collection of fines imposed for the vio-
lation of ordinances, rules and .regula-
tions: Provided, That such imprison-
ment shall not exempt the party from
the payment of any fine the Council
may impose for the ofense which he,
she or they may have committed. And
the said Town Council shall have full
power and authority, under their corpo-
rate seal, to make all such rules and
regulations, bylaws and ordinances,
the streets, roads, and the
business thereof, as well as the police
system of the said town, as shall appear
to them necessary and proper, for the
security, welfare and convenience, and
for preserving health, order and good
within said town, And the
said Town Council may impose fines for
offenses against their bylaws, rules,
regulations and ordinances, and appro-
pirate tho same to the public use of
said town; and the said Town Council
shall have the same power that Trial
Justices or Justices of the Peace now
have, or may hereafter have, to compel
the attendance of witnesses, and require
them to give evidence upon the trial be-
fore them, Of any person or persons, for
violation Of any Of their ordinances,
bylaws, rules and regulations; but no
fine above the gum of twenty-five dol
lars shall be collected ~by said Council,
except by suit in proper Courts of JUS
tice in this State; and also that nothing
herein contained shall authorize said
Council to make any ordinance or by
laws inconsistent with or repugnant to
the laws of the State. -,
Sec. 6. That the said Intendant and
wardens, or majority of them, shall
have power to abate and remove all nui-
sances in said town and it shall be their
duty to keep all roads, ways, bridges and
streets in said town open and in good re-
pair, and for that purpose they are in
vested with all the powers Of county
commissioners of roads, for and within
the corporate limits Of said town and
they may lay out new streets, widen,
close up, or otherwise alter those now In
use; and shall have full power to classify
and arrange the inhabitants or citizens
fsaid town, liable to street, road or other
duty therein, and to force the perform
ance Of such duties under such penalties
as are now, or shall hereafter be, pre-
scribed by law; and they shall have
power to compound with all persons
liable to work the streets, ways and roads
in said town, upon such terms as their
ordinances or by laws may establish, or
their rules and regulations may require,
the money 80 received to be applied to
the public use of said town; and all per-
sons refusing to labor or failing. to pay
such commutation shall be liable to such
fine, not exceeding twenty dollars for
one year, as the said town council may
impose; and they shall have the power
to enforce the payment of such fine, in
the same manneS as is now or may be
hereafter provided for the collection of
county taxes. And the said town coun-
Gil shall have power, with the consent
of the adjacent land owners, to close all
such roads. streets and ways within the
limits of saiG town as they may deem
necessary. by the sale of the freehold
therein, either at private or public sale,
as they may adjudge best for the interest
of said town. and they shall keep in re-
PAIR all such new streets, roads ands and
ways as they may, from time to time,
deem necessary for the Improvement and
convenience OF said town provided, that
no new street, road or way shall be
opened without first having obtained
the consent of the land owner or owners,