The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1921-03-18
WILDERSvILLE CHARTER BILL.
Senate Bill No. 32O-Chapter 1856

!, An Act to incorporate the Town Of
Wildersvilie, Henderson county, Ten
nessee, to establish It's boundries, to
name the first officials, and provide
for the election Of their successors,
and to provide for the appointment or
election of other necessary officers or
agents; provide for the operation Of
schools; and define the qualifications
and set out the powers and duties of
+, all the officials thereof; and for all
other necessary and needful purposes
incident to the management Of said
town as an incorporated town.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly Of the State of
Tennessee, That, the Town of Wild
ersville in the county Of Henderson
and the inhabitants thereof constitut-
ed a body polite, and corporate by the
name and style Of mayor and Alder
men Of Wildersville" and by that
name shall have perpetual succession,
shall sue and be sued; plead and be
implicated in all the courts Of law and
equity. That they may purchase, re-
ceive and hold real, personal, and mix
ed property in said town or elsewhere
should such property be needed for
corporate purposes; and sell, lease
and dispose Of the same for the bene-
fit Of said town.
The corporate limits Of said Town
shall embrace the territory included
within the following boundries as set
! -qiiitA nv metes and bounds, to-wit: !.
inning at a stake at the East
enn Of the bridge across Dry Branch
on Wildersville and Clarksburg road,
runs South 20 degrees East AZ poles
and IL links to stake at South End
of Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis
Railway trestle across Dry Branch;
Thence East IL degrees South 63
poles and Q links to a stake at the
corner Of Mrs. J. J. Edwards and ].
b. Beecham's lots; thence East with
line of Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Finch
crossing the road and cornering on a
stake in Johnson Bros field in all 80
poles and Is links; thence north 81
poles and Is links to a stake in s. G.
Leslie's line a vacant lot; thence East
SO poles to stake near the Cain
Spring, thence north 25 poles to a
stake on North Boundary line Of the
Tuten addition; thence West 81
poles with said Tuten additions line
to stake in line of Geo. Bolen's lot;
Thence north 40 degrees west cross
ing the N. C. & st. L. Ry., and inter-
secting L. r. Woods line on to a stake
near A. ]. Webb's barn in all sc
poles; thence 81 degrees South 118
poles to a stake at Leslie's gate on
Dry Branch; thence South on East
bank Of said Dry Branch ditch Is
poles to the beginning.
SECTION 2. Be it further enact
ed, That the government Of said town
shall be vested in Mayor and five
Aldermen to be chosen every two
years by the qualified voters of said
Town; and all persons residing in
said town and all persons holding a
freehold interest in said town, but re-
siding elsewhere who would be quail
fled voters for members Of the Gen.
eral Assembly, shall be qualified vot-
ers for the officials of said Town in
al elections therein.
SECTION 8. Be it further enact
ed, That the Mayor shall have been
a qualified voter of said Town for
more than two years, and the Alder
men shall have been qualified voters
of the town for more than one year
each before he or they shall be quail
flied to hold said office, The Mayor
shall be E-officio Recorder, but he
shall have the right to decline the
position of Recorder in which event
a Recorder shall be elected by the Al
dermen in regular session for yearly