The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1899-04-21
PUBLIC LAW
Chanler 100.
HoUsE But No. 565.


lhelf duties, and for other purposes
Section J.. BE il enacted by the General
Assembly OF the State ol Tennessee. That
the town OF Camden and the inhabitants
lhefeoi, be, and they are hereby, Consli.
tuted body polite and corporate nnderl
ana by the name Of Mayor and Alder
men oi the Town Of Camden, " ami shall
nave perpetual succession by their cor
,pofale name may sue and beeued plead
ana be mpleaded, grant, receive aud pur-
chase and hold real, mixed aud personal
lWopeftY, or dispose Of the same for the
'benetit OF said town.
Sec. ?. BE it further enacted, That the|
corporate limits Of said town of Camden
snail be as follows, to-wit: Beginning on
= rock with red oak and plum pointers
~ the west boundary line of III =. Ha-
ley land and the east boundary-of J A.
Clement, and 4 poles south of Haey's
northwest corner and j. A. Clements
northeast corner, and runs south 100 poles
TO stake IN W. r. Saunders field then
east rs poles to a stake, then north 48 de-
bgrees east l02 poles to stake, then north
81 poles TO a large rock with hickory
pointers, then north 32 degrees west SIS
poles 70 a stake then west l04 poles to
the beginning
Sec 3. BE it further enacted, That the
officers Of the town Of Camden, to be
chosen by the people, shall be mayor
and board Of aldermen, constituting a
town council, each and all of whom shall
be citizens of and voters IN said town.
he.beard of aldermen shall consist Of
sfivel69 members, chosen by the qualified
Svoters Of said town for one year. ANY
alderman, after his election, removing
from the town shall therefore vacate his
Office.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the
town council shall, at the first meeting in
each year, elect recorder, marshal and
sucn other officers servants or agents as
they may deem necessary, and may pro-
vide for by ordinance. and shall have
power to prescribe the duties Of the same.
The town council shall alsodx the com
pensation OF such officers before their
Plections which compensation shall not
sbe increased or diminished during the
term for which they were elected. The
council shall also have power to dismiss
any officer, servant or agent elected or
by them appointed, a majority of said
council concurring in. said dismissal, for
any misdemeanora neglect Of duty or mis-
conduct.
tJCIs u DC IL EIldCLtus. 1Idb IIle
town council shall have power, by ordi-
nance, within the town:
l. To assess. property for taxes, and to
levy and collect, by proper officers, taxes
- upon all real and personal property, polls
snd privileges taxable by the laws Of the
Mate.
2. To appropriate money and provide
for the debts and expenses of the town.
3. To open, alter, abolish, widen, ex-
tend, establish, grade, pave or otherwise
improve, clean and keep in repair streets,
highways, alleys and sidewalks, or to
have the same done. Also to erect, es-
tablish and keep in repair bridges.
A. To provide for the erection Of all
buildings necessaryf for the use Of the town
5. To license, tax, or regulate every
thing or person, licensed, taxed or regu-
lated by the State or county.
20. To regulate or prohibitand suppress
all disorderly houses or bawdy houses.
Y. To regulate the police OF the town,
impose 6nes, forfeitures and penalties for
the breach of any ordinance, and to pro-
vide for the recovery and appropriation
1 Of the same, and TO appoint an officer
for the town, who shall be The recorder,
before whom such recovery may be had,
not however, to exclude the jurisdiction
Of any other competent court
g. To provide for the arrest and con-
finement until trial, Of all disorderly or
riotous persons, by day or by night, TO
authorize the arrest and detention OF all
suspicious persons found violating any
ordinance OF the town.
9. To prevent or punish, by pecuniary
penalties or otherwise, all breaches of the
peace, noise or disturbance, disorderly
~assemblages, in any alley or street, house
or place in town, by day or by night, to
prevent and remove all encroaehments
into and upon all streets, lands and alleys
established by law Or ordinance.
TO- To remove all distractions from the
sidewalks, and to provide for the con-
struction and repair Of all sidewalks and
for cleaning the same. To require the
owners Of property fronting on the public
square to erect sidewalks in accordance
with such ordnance as the council may
provide, at the expense of the owners Of
the ground fronting the same.
IL. TO regulate, tax, license or suppress
the keeping or going at large Of animals
within the town, and in default ofredemp-
tion, in pursuance Of ordinance, to sell,
dispose Of, or kill the same. 70 levy a
special school tax on property in pursu-
ance Of an ordinance, which shall be used
for school purposes alone.
-. TO tax, regulate on restrain theatri-
cal or other public amusements, shows
and exhibitions within the corporate linn
its of said town; to restrain or prohibit
horse swapping upon the public square
to restrain or prohibit gambling; to regu-
late the sale Of intoxicating liquors, beer,
ale or malt liquors, and to pass all ordi-
nance and bylaws not contrary to the
constitutional laws OF the State that may
be necessary to carry out the provisions
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