The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26
AN ACT to incorporate the town Of Columbia, in Marion
County, Mississippi.
Approved, March ?, 1882.

AN ACT TO incorporate the town Of Columbia, in Marion
County, Mississippi.
SECTION 1. Be 1t euacted By the LeqisIo-
tire Of tie State Of Mississippi, That the
town of Columbia, in the county of Marion,
be and the same is hereby Incorporated,
and that the corporate limits of said town
shall include an area circumscribed by a
line commencing at the northwest corner of
fractional section five, in township three,
north OF range II west; thence running east
one mile; thence south one mile thence
west to Pearl River; thence up said river
following its meanderings to the point
where the line between township three and
four north i~nterSect said river thence east
on said line to the place of beginning; and
that A. L. Summer a. G. Webb and i. L.
hampton, are appointed managers to hold
an election by the qualified electors of said
town Immediately after the approval of this
act, on ten days notice thereof, for five
selectmen, one mayo and one marshal, who
shall hold their office for twelve months,
and until their successors shall have been
elected and qualified within ten days after
qualifying, the selectmen shall meet and or
ganiZe. with the mayor presiding, and by
electing one of their number secretary, and
shall proceed to the discharge of their
duties.
SEC. 2. Be Il further enacted. That the
may " VI cdll IOhu SHGl1 have Tic tlfl anu
criminal jurisdiction within the corporate
limits Of said town belonging by law to a
justice of the peace, and shall have original
jurisdiction to try and determine all violaf
tons of such laws rules and ordinances as
shall be passed, ordained or adopted by the
board of mayor and selectmen ofsaid town;
proUided, hOlreUer. that said mayor shall
first enter into bond with two good and
sufficient securities in such penalty and
with such condition as is required by law Of
a justice of the peace, which bond shall be
approved as are other official bonds.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That said
mayor and board of selectmen Of said cor
poration may sue and be sued, plead or be
implicated in all actions and suits at law or
in equity, and do all acts incidental to
bodies corporate of a similar character. I'M
der the name and style of the board of
mayor and seleetmen Of the town of Column
bia; that they may make all bylaws and
ordinances for the government of said cor
poration not inconsistent with the law of
the State, or Of the United States, and shall
meet once a month and at such other times
as may be necessary at the call of the mayor
or any two of the selectmen.
SEC. 4. Be at fathep enacted, That the
ordinances passed by said mayor and
selectmen shall be printed or written, and
posted in three public places OF said town
for a period of FIVE days before any person
shall be tried for a violation thereof and
that the secretary Of said board Of mayor
and selectmen shall cause such ordinances
and laws as shall be adopted by said board,
within two days after their adoption to be
so posted, and enter of record the date OF
such posting and the number OF days the
same shall remain posted
SEC. 5. Be It further eRucted. That the
marshal Of said town shall give bond con-
ditioned for the faithful performance ofhis
duties in the penalty Of five hundred dol
Lars. payable to the State of Mississippi,
with two good and sufficient s%ureties, to be
approved by the said board of mayor and
selectmen. and it shall be his duty to obey
and enforce all ordinances of said board,