The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-31

of on act entitled an act TO amend and
ne. enact sections 2, 8, 4 and Of an act
entitled az act to Incorporate the torn
Of CLIFTON Forge, IN the cou2aty Of Atle-
gI,aay, 0ppro0ed Meg Goth, 1887, and
TO amend and ne enact sections 3, 5, 6
fs7ad II Of the original Get, entitled an
act to incorporate the torn Of CtiftoG2
Forge, IN Ire county Of AAeghGmy, Gp-
prooed December 1st, 1884, and TO add
ddditiondl section.
Approved March 4th, 1892
1. Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of Virginia, That sections two and
three of an act entitled an act to amend
and re-enact sections two, three, four
and six of an act entitled an act to incor-
norate the town of Clifton Forge, in the
county of Allegheny, approved May
twentieth, eighteen handred and eighty
seven, and sections three, five, six and
eleven of the original act, entitled an
act to incorporate the town of Clifton
Forge, in the county of Allegheny, APP
proved December first, eighteen hundred
and eighty-iour, be amended and re-
enacted SO as to read as follows
2. That the boundaries Of said town
shall be as follows: Beginning at f. b.
Westerman' slaughter house, t II en- G e
with the county road to a point opposite
the east end Of the Chesapeake and Ohio
caboose track, thence by direct line
crossing Jackson's river to the county
road and with the north side of the
said county road to the southwestern
corner of A. Jack Acord's lot thence by
a direct line re-crossing Jackson's river
to tie southwestern corner of the old
Haynes house, thence by direct line to
the south line of Ridgeway street, oppo-
site the east line of Trevillian street,
being the boundary line Of the property
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Develop
ment Company, thence eastwardly with
said boundary line to the corner near
the junction of Dry creek with Smiths
creek, thence north wardly along said
boundary line OF the said Development
Company to Main street, thence west
wardly along Main street to the limit of
the Clifton Forge Company's land at Dry
creek thence with the said boundary
line of the Clifton Forge Company's
property to the northeast corner of said
Company's land, thence by a direct line
to the northwest corner OF the Clifton
Forge Company's land, thence with the
northern boundary of said Company's
land to the corner near block forty>six,
section two. thence by a direct line to
place of beginning.
3. The municipal officers shall consist
of a mayor, a treasurer, a commissioner
OF revenue, q sergeant, a clerk of the
council and a council of six, who shall be
residents of said town. They shall be
elected every two years by the qualified
voters who reside in the corporate limits
Of said town, except the treasurer and
the commissioner of revenue who shall
be appointed by the town council, to
hold Office until the first town election,
from and after which time they shall
be elected every two years. The town
council shall be composed of the mayor
and six councilmen thereof, and five of
them shall constitute q quorum for the
transaction of business. Said mayor,
council, treasurer, commissioner of the
revenue, together with the town SER
geant, who shall be a qualified voter of
said town, shall be chosen By b7-.iss AZ
the fourth Thursday in May, eighteen
hundred and ninety three. and every
second year thereafter, and shall enter
upon their duties on the first day of July
succeeding their election, and they shall
hold their Offices for two years and until
their successors are elected and qualified.
Any person qualified to vote in the
county of Allegheny for members of the
General Assembly, who has been a resi-
dent for three months in the corporate
limits of the town of Clifton Forge, shall
be entitled to vote at all elections under
this act. The council shall appoint three
qualified voters of said town, one of
whom shall act as clerk, to hold said
election between sunrise and sunset.
Said three judges of election shall judge
any contest with reference to the right
to vote of any individual, and shall
count the ballots; and in case it is i'm
possible to determine the candidates who
have the highest number OF votes by
reason OF a tie, the said clerk shall by
lot determine the matter in the-p presence
of his associates aad of not more than
two persons selected by each candidate
affected by said lot.
4. Said three judges of election shall de-
termine who have received the greatest
number of votes in such election, and
shall certify the same and abstract of the
votes on the poll books, and return the
same, together with the ballots, to the
clerk of the council, to be by him pre-
and the said clerk shall imme
diately thereafter make up and return to
each of the persons elected certificate
of election.
5. The said council shall have power to
pass all bylaws and ordinances necessary
for the proper government OF said town,
not in conflict with the constitution and
laws of the State of Virginia and the con-
stitution of the United States, and to
punish the violation of the same by fine
and imprisonment; to issue special bonds
if in their judgment they shall deem it
right and proper to do SO, in the denOml
nation of five hundred dollars each,
either registered or coupon, bearing six
per cent. interest, payable semi annually
to an amount not exceeding fifteen thou
sand dollars, said bonds to run for a
period of twenty years from their date,
and be redeemable at any time after ten
years, at the option of the town of Cliff
ton Forge, and to apply the proceeds OF
sale thereof to improving streets and
sewers where it is deemed advisable, and
for such other purposes for the benefit OF
said town as in the judgment of said
council may be proper, provided, how
eyer, that none of the aforementioned
bonds shall be sold for less than their
par value.
6. The said council may annually levy
tax for corporation purposes, which on
no property shall exceed one dollar on
the one hundred dollars valuation. And
the tax now paid the county of Allie
ghany by the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad on its track and buildings within
the corporate limits of the town shall be
paid to the corporation. The taxes on
property hereby authorized, shall be
only upon such subjects of taxation as
are taxed by the State of Virginia las
are assessable and assessed for State
taxation) within the county of Allie
ghany, and shall in all cases be based
upon the assessment made by the officers
of the State for State taxation.
/. The sergeant OF said town shall ex
ecute such bonds and give such security
as the council shall prescribe, shall res
ceive all moneys belonging to the town,
turn the same over to the treasurer, aud
take his receipt therefor The said SER
geant shall be vested with all the powers
of constable within the limits of said
town, and shall be CONSERVATION OF the
peace, with power to arrest in said town,
or anywhere in the county of Allegheny,
upon the warrant issued by the mayor,
any person charged with the violation
of the laws or ordinances of the SAID
town; and he shall have power upon. a
like warrant to arrest anywhere in Allie
ghany county any person charged WIN
the commission OF any crime in said town,
or within one mile of its corporate lilnl is
When violation of the laws or ordinances
of said town is committed in his pres