| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
rules and regulations as shall be prescribed by the said commissioners,
all such negro and other slaves, as shall be found wandering
or strolling about the streets in the night-time, or frequenting
the houses of other persons in the said town or precincts, without
the permission or consent of their masters, mistresses or overseers. |
1815.
CHAP. 73. |
10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the same powers
given to the
justices of the peace in any county within this state by an act of
assembly passed at November session seventeen hundred and
eight seven*, entitled, An act to regulate the assize of bread,
shall be and they are hereby vested in the commissioners, to be exercised
by them within the said town only.
11. This section repealed by
1817, ch. 101. |
Powers vested in
commissioners.
* 1789, ch. 8. |
12. AND BE IT ENACTED, That whenever it shall
be judged necessary
by the said commissioners to asses and levy any sum or
sums of money on the inhabitants and owners of property in the
said town and precincts, for any of the purposes, and subject to
the provisions herein before mentioned, the said commissioners
shall make out a fair and alphabetical list of every person chargeable
with such assessment, and shall annex the respective sums to
be collected from each person, and the said commissioners shall
thereupon endorse a warrant in the nature of a fieri facias and
directed
to the bailiff of said town, commanding him to make and
levy the several sums of money annexed to the said list, with all
convenient speed, and to enforce the collection thereof, if necessary,
by the seizure and sale of the goods and chattels of any person
who shall refuse or delay to make payment of such assessment;
and the said bailiff, within the space of ten days after receiving
any such list of assessment, shall furnish every person so chargeable
with the amount of his or her assessment, and the same shall
be payable to the said bailiff by every such person, within the
term of twenty days after rendering such account, and if not then
paid, it shall be lawful for the bailiff, and he is hereby required, to
proceed to the collection thereof, if necessary, by seizure and sale
of the goods and chattels of every person refusing or delaying to
pay such assessment; and the said bailiff shall account for the
amount of such assessment, with the said commissioners, at or before
the end of two months after the receipts of every such list or
assessment, and pay the sums collected under the penalty of double
the amount thereof. |
Assessment of taxes. |
13. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the several penalties
and forfeitures
which may be incurred by any person in virtue of this act,
shall be recovered before any justice of the peace of the said county,
upon the complaint and oath, or affirmation, of one competent
and credible witness, and the fees to the bailiff shall be the same
as
are or may be allowed by law to constables for like services; and
the said penalties and forfeitures, and all monies arising by virtue
of this act, shall be accounted for by the officer or person collecting
or receiving the same, to the said commissioners, and be applied
by them to such purposes as may improve or concern the regulations
of the said town. |
Penalties and forfeitures,
how to be
recovered. |
14. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
shall
have full power and authority to appoint a supervisor of the streets,
lanes and alleys, of the said town and precincts, and may order
and direct in what manner the said streets, lanes and alleys, shall |
Supervisor to be
appointed. |
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