The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-05-15
10 INCORPORATE big SANDY.
SENATE BILL No. 3lG.

IF said town 10 the city jailuntil such fine
lr cost be fully paid or secured, and every /
person 80 committed TO the jail or work.
house shall be required TO work for the /
town at such labor as bis or her strength |
and health will permit, not exceeding ten /
hours per day, until the whole fine and |
costs are paid, and for such labor the per-
sons 80 employed shall receive the sum
of % cents per day, exclusive OF board.
IA. Said corporation shall be allowed to |
enter into an agreement with Benton
County relative to committing prisoners
TO the county Jail.
Is. TO prepare and have published a
digestor compilation of all the ordinances
and resolutions of apublic nature in force
within six months after the passage Of
this Act, and a like digest as oltenas may
be necessary.
16 No member OF the Town Council
shall become a bondsman for any agent,
officer or servant Of the town, nor be di-
rectly or indirectly interested in any con-
tract with the corporation.
II. To Judge the qualifications OF and
election of and returns of its own mem
bers; to prescribe rules for the determi-
nation of contested elections, and to de-
termine how vacancies shall be filled and
to determine all questions in case OF ties
in any election and to prescribe rules for
the government of the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen.
Is. TO define nuisances and prohibit
same.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, that the
first election for Mayor and Board of AL
dermen under this act shall be held by the
Sheriff of Benton County on Wednesday,
March %, 1908, in accordance with the
laws of. Tennessee. All elections there
after for the said town Of Big Sandy shall
be held by the Marshal of the corpora
ton, aided by two clerks and two judges,
all of whom shall be legal voters OF said
town on Wednesday, March %, every two
years thereafter, after giving ten days
notice. The voters shall vote by ballot
under such rules and regulations as the
! Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall pre-
scribe as to the place, hours, ETC., of vot-
ing by ordinance. The officers of the
town thus chosen shall 60 into office on
the first meeting after the election, and
hold office for two years, or until then
successors are elected and qualified. The
following shall be the qualifications fol
voting in the town elections:
l. He shall be qualified to vote fol
State and county officers.
2. Shall have resided for six months
next preceding the election within the
town limits.
8. A voter s residence is hereby defined
as the place at which he habitually sleeps
Sec. z. Be it further enacted, that thu
Judges and clerks to hold the election
shall be sworn and qualified according t,
. the election laws OF the State, and SAT-
election shall be conducted in all respect
as all the various State and county cleo
tons, by virtue of the election laws O
the State. The judges and clerks shall
preserve the ballots cast in said election
J who shall preserve the same.
Sec. s. Be it further enacted, that tn
persons receiving the highest number {
votes, respectively, for Mayor and Alder
3 men shallbe declared elected, and shal
be the duty of the officer holding sal
: election to make out and deliver to tn
g Recorder a certificate of the election with
in three days after the election, whic
: certificate shall be produced at the frs
D meeting of the board, and a minute sha
S be made thereof upon the minutes Of tn
2 town; aud If the Marshal fails to hol
Y said election at the time herein mention
ed, it shall be his duty to hold it as 500
| thereafter as may be, after giving the res
e ular notice, and for failure to hold sal
election as prescribed in this Act he sha
S forfeit and pay to said corporation til
sum of $25, to be recovered by action
j, debt in the name of Big Sandy; and
S there be no Marshal, or if he be a cand
0 date for any Office, or incompetent for an
: reason, the election shall be held by
n person to be appointed by the Mayor an
:, Aldermen, under the same regulation
|, and penalties as hereinbefore prescribe,
n Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, that
majority Of the Town Council shall be
= quorum to do business, and if the May
+ or any of the Aldermen, or any offic
L should die, resign or move away, the V
Il cancy shall be supplied by the counC
II at its next meeting, or as soon thereaft
as may be, and the person or persons
y elected shall perform the same duties al
If be vested with the same powers and pri
r ileges as the person whose place they a
je appointed to I'LL, and upon like conc
y tons; and the Mayor and Aldermen al
l. all officers shall respectively take an GA
$, before entering upon the duties of the
W Office before some person competent
administer an oath, to execute the saI
Il faithfully and impartially, and the May
IN and A l6prnnu shall also takn on Ootb
Of support the Constitution OF the Unit
3; States and tue Constitution of the Sta
c. of Tennessee.
s. Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, that t
re Mayor shall hold office for two years a
I'd until his successor shall be elected a
n qualified. No person shall be elect
X Mayor who is not at the time of his eli
It. ton a citizen Of the State of Tenness
and has not been for six months and
AZ not then a bona fide citizen and voter