Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1921-06-02

any other misconduct in Office, and en-
force the same. Two-thirds of the re-
naming members of the Council pres
ent and voting to concur may expel a
member for malfeasance, misfeasance.
i1onfeasance or other misconduct,
which vacancy shall be filled as pro
vided in other cases. A less number
than majority can adjourn from day
to day. And may by ordinance, COM
pei the attendance of absent members,
by fines and penalties to collect in an
action of debt
Section g. Be it further enacted.
That the Councils shall upon its first
meeting after the passage of this act,
and on the first meeting after each
regular election as hereinbefore pro
vided, or as soon thereafter as prac-
ticable, elect one of their number Sec
rotary and Treasurer. They shall also
at said time elect a Marshall, and
such other officers and agents as they
deem necessary, and fix the terms of
the same, and may provide by ordi-
nance, and shall have the power to
prescribe the duties of the same, fix
the bonds of all officers of the town,
all of the officers of said town shall
receive such compensation as fixed by
Aldermen shall receive the sum of
One Dollar per year for their ser
vices, and in addition thereto the May
or shall receive the fees as hereafter
provided as in cases Of Justice of the
Peace.
Section 10. Be it further enacted,
That the Town Council shall have
power by ordinance, to assess proper
ty, both real and personal within the
corporate limits for taxation, and for
this purpose shall adopt the assess
ments made by the county assessor
of said county for state and county
purposes and the secretary and Treas
urer shall make out the tax books for
said town under the direction of the
Council; to levy and collect taxes for
Municipal purposes upon all property,
polls and privileges, not exempt from
taxation under the Constitution of the
State, not to exceed, however, the sum
of 20 cents on the hundred dollars of
property Sc assessed, in any one year.
Provided that the levying of said tax
shall in no wise relieve the property
within said corporate limits from any
burdens imposed on property of like
kinds by the State and County in
Guiding road tax and labor assess
ments for public roads; and grant Ii
cense fer the exercise of privileges,
to prescribe regulations for the good
order, peace, health, safety, comfort,
and good morals of the
town; to provide waterworks, to sup
ply the town and it's inhabitants with
water; to open, establish, extend, re-
pair, alter, and abolish streets, alleys,
lanes, sidewalks, pavements, culverts,
bridges, drains, and other necessary
ways; to provide for lighting alleys,
streets and other ways, and buildings
within the corporate limits; to estab- !
lish and regulate market houses, to |
rent, lease, or erect all necessary pub
lie buildings and houses for the use
of the town, including school build |
ings within the same, and sanitary
toilets; to provide, regulate, and main
tain burial grounds for the dead; to |
parks, and enclose and beau I
tify and preserve the same, to pro-
hibit, suppress and abate nuisances |
public and private; to provide for the /
prevention of fires, by. the organiza-
ton of fire companies, providing en- !
gines and the necessary attachments |
and for their operation, and by reg /
ulating and prohibiting the erection |
of wooden buildings at places where !
they would endanger other property
and for the creation of fire districts,
within which no wooden buildings
shall be erected; to regulate the stor-
age of gunpowder and other explo-
sives, and noisome or offensive sub
stances, or places; to condemn and re-
move any unsafe or insecure buildings
so located as to be dangerous to the