The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-04-26

be, and the same is hereby INCORPORATED
under the name of Eudora. and that the
corporate limits of said town shall be com
prised within and consist of the follow
ing area, viz: The northeast quarter of sec
ton sixteen (16), the southwest quarter Of
section nine 90, the southwest quarter oil
section ten 90, and the northwest quarter
of section fifteen (15) all in township three
81. range nine (9) west. in said county OF
DeSoto and State of Mississippi.
SEC. ?. Be it further enacted. That S. II.
Watson, ". o. Mason and W. A. Crossit
shall be, and they are hereby, appointed
commissioners to conduct the first election
for the officers of said town, and that any
two of them may act said commissioners
shall proceed Immediately after the passage
of this act to hold an election thirty DAYS
notice of which shall be posted conspicu-
ously in said town of Eudora, and at said
election there shall be voted for one MAYOR
and four aldermen, who shall be citizens of
the State, residing within the corporate
limits, and the persons so elected at said
election shall be called the MAYOR and
aldermen Of the town Of Eud0ra, and by
that name may sue and be sued, plead and
be implicated in law and equity, and may
exercise the powers incident to towns in
corporated in this State. and may make
such rules, regulations and bylaws for the
government of said corporation as they
may deem expedient, not inconsistent with
the laws and constitution of this State or Of
the United States
SEC 8 Be it FURTHER euacted, That the
said mayor and aldermen shall be elected
annually on the first Monday of March, and
shall continue in office until their sue
cessors are elected and qualified according
to the requirements Of the present consti-
tuition: said mayor and aldermen shall be
citizens of said State, resident within the
corporate limits of said town, and shall
take an oath which may be administered
by any justice of the peace of the county,
or by the mayor in Office. to the mayor and
aldermen elect, faithfully to discharge their
duties as such mayor and aldermen; said
elections shall be held according to the by
laws Of the town, upon due notice, to be
regulated by such bylaws.
Sec. 4. Be it fit1tbef enacted, That at
the election hereinbefore provided for and
at all subsequent annual elections, there
shall be voted for and elected one marshal,
who shall be a resident Of the town and
shall give bond in the sum of three hun
dred dollars, with sureties to be approved
by the mayor for the faithful performance
Of such duties as may be prescribed by the
mayor and aldermen; that he shall be chief
police officer Of said town, shall attend upon
the mayors court, and execute all process
emanating from said court, and shall have
power to arrest, without warrant, any per
son or persons whom he knows have vio-
lated any of the ordinances Of said. corpo-
ration.
Sec. 5. Be 1t further c0acted That said
mayor and aldermen shall be ex-officio CON
SENATORS of the peace, and may arrest,
without warrant, any person within the
limits of said town Of EudOra who may be
breaking the peace Or violating any Ordi-
nance Of said town or law Of this State in
their presence, and take such person or
persons before the mayor for examination.
The mayor and aldermen and marshal shall |
be elected by the qualified voters Of the
entire town, or as many as shall attend and |
vote at such election as hereinbefore pro-
Tided for. The mayor shall preside at all |
meetings of the board, and shall have a
casting vote, in case of tie, on all ques-
ions that may come up for decision in the
BOARD, and his name shall be affixed to all I
ordinances and official publications.
Sec. 6. Be 1t FURTHER enacted That the
mayor shall be ex-efficio justice Of the
peace in and for said county of DeSotO, and /
he marshal of said town shall be, by virtue
If his office, a constable for said county,
md both shall have jurisdiction as such
o-extensive with the limits Of said county,
lpon their qualifying as such.
SEC Z. Be it tUrther enacted, That the
mayor and aldermen may pass such ordi-
lances as may be necessary for the govern
nent of the town, may levy taxes on all the
property of the town, real and personal,
hat may be subject to taxation under the
eneral revenue laws of this State, not eX-
eeding fifty per cent of the amount Of the
tate tax, to be expended for municipal
as may from time to time be or
cred by the mayor and aldermen.
SEC. s. Be 1t FURTHER enacted. That the
MEETINGS of the mayor and aldermen shall
OF be less than once a month; they may
djourn from day to day, or to any day,
nd they may, at such meetings, transact
ny business appertaining to their office
nd duties. The mayor or any two alder
len may call q special meeting at any
inc, as may be provided in the bylaws of
ne town.
SEC. 9. Be 1t turtAer euacted, That there
hall be established in and for said town
Ourt, to be held by the mayor Of said
own, to be styled the mayors court of Eu-
ora, which may be held daily, and con-
dered in continual session, and said court
nall have original jurisdiction of all cases
Funded upon the violation Of any ordi-
ance of said town. Appeals shall be
ranted from the Judgments of said court
the board Of mayor and aldermen of
lid town, upon affidavit and appeal bond
eng executed as provided in the Revised
ode of 1880, in reference to appeals from
Istices courts, and made payable to said
,rporation, not to exceed double the
mount of fine and costs, at the discretion
the mayor.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, That the
ayor and aldermen may issue license for
lblic exhibitions of circuses, shows and
her public performances
SEC. II. Be It further enacted, That the
ayor and aldermen shall keep a record of
cir proceedings, may appoint one of their
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