The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-17

ever, not exceeding the yearly
value of three thousand dollars;
aid a.so to give, grant, let, sell
ahd ass .gn the same lands, tene-
ments, ,7ereditaments, rents,
goods an | chattels, and by the
nam aforesaid they shall be cap
able in law to sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded in any of
the Courts of this Commonwealth
or elsewhere, in all manner of
actions whatsoever, and to have
and use one common seal, and
the same from time to time
change and alter.
SECTION 4. And be it further
enacted by the authority afore-
said That if any person duly
qualified shall be elected a bur-
CESS or a member of the town
council as aforesaid, having been
notified as before directed, and
shall refuse or rSglect to take
upon himself h. Execution of the
office to WI .ch NJ shall have been
elected, c. " person so refusing
or ney.oCtilg shall forfeit and
paw I. te sdm of ten dollars which
t'ne ami all other fines and for
fc:trres incurred and made pay
alb in pursuance of this Act or
CT The bylaws and ordinances of
TIE burgess and town council,
shall be for the use of the said
corporation: PROVIDED, That no
person shall be compelled to
serve more than once in three
years.
SECTION 5. And be it further
enacted by the authority afore-
said, That it shall and may be
law for the burgess and town
council, or a majority of them to
meet as often as occasion may re-
quire, and appoint town clerk
and such other officers as may
be necessary for the repairing
the streets, lanes and alleys, and
for removing the nuisances and
distractions therefrom, for reg
ulating partition wall and fences,
to enact such bylaws and make
such rules, ordinances and regu-
lations, assess, apportion and ap-
propriate such taxes as shall be
thought by majority of the bur-
CESS and town council best calcu-
lated to promote the foregoing
purposes, and to do every matter
and thing incident to and for the
good of the said borough for the
preservation and peace and good
government within the same,
which bylaws, rules, ordinances
and regulations shall not be re-
pugnant to the Constitution and
laws of the United States, or of
this State, but no person shall be
punishable for any breach of the
bylaws, rules, ordinances and
regulations unless after the pass
ing of any ordinance the same be
set up at four of the most public
places within said borough; and
no bylaw or ordinance shall have
any effect sooner than three
weeks after such publication:
PROVIDED, That no tax shall be
laid in any one year on the valu-
alton of taxable property exceed
ing one cent on the dollar, unless
some object of general utility
should be thought necessary; in
such case majority of the tax
able inhabitants of said borough
by writing under their hands
certify the same to the burgess
and town council, who shall pro-
ceed to assess the same as before.
SECTION 6. And be it further
enacted by the authority afore-
said, That the burgess elected
agreeably to the directions of this
Act, is hereby authorized and
empowered to issue his precept
to the high constable command
ing him to collect all taxes asses
sed from time to time as afore-
said, and all fines and forfeitures
that may become due by this Act
or by the ordinances or regula-
tions of the corporation, and the
same to pay over to the treasurer
to be appointed by the town coun-