| CHARLES RIDGELY, OF HAMPTON, ESQ. GOVERNOR.
common council; that the duties of the register shall and may from
time to time be fixed and ascertained by ordinance or ordinances of
the corporation. |
1816.
CHAP. 74 |
14. AND BE IT ENACTED, That one or more constables
may be
appointed for the said town, in such manner as may be directed by
ordinance of the said corporation, who shall have all the power
and authority of the constables within the limits of the corporation,
except in the case of small debts; and that all other officers of the
corporation not herein named, which may be deemed necessary to
execute all the laws of the corporation, shall be appointed in such
manner as shall by ordinance be directed, and shall, as well as the
mayor and other officers named or mentioned in this law, receive
such fees as shall be fixed by ordinance of the corporation. |
Constables to be
appointed. |
15. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the aldermen and
common council
may by ordinance, from time to time, as often as they think it
necessary, cause a correct survey of the said town, and the additions
thereto, to be made, and to establish and fix permanent boundaries
and stones, at such places as they think necessary, with proper
marks and devices thereon, to ascertain and perpetuate the
lines of said town, and the additions thereto; and also be authorised,
from time to time, to survey and ascertain the wards, streets,
lanes, alleys, and lots of the said town, and the additions thereto,
and to declare the same, and to adjudge as nuisances any encroachment
on the streets, lanes or alleys, and to cause the same to be removed
at the expense of the person offending; and the survey of
the said town, and the additions thereto, and of the wards, streets,
lanes, alleys and lots thereof, when made, shall be signed by the
mayor, and the seal of the corporation be thereto annexed, and be
deposited with the register of the said town, and be received in
evidence as boundaries of the said town, and of the wards, lots,
lanes and alleys therein. |
Survey of town—
boundaries. |
16. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the powers and
authority vested
in the town commissioners heretofore appointed by law for Frederick-town,
shall cease and determine as soon as this act shall be
in force and operation, and immediately upon the operation of this
act, the records, papers, proceedings monies, accounts, and all
other matters and things appertaining to the said commissioners,
shall be lodged and deposited with the register, and the powers
heretofore by law vested in them are hereby transferred to and vested
in the corporation aforesaid, who may ordain and pass as aforesaid
all such ordinances as may be necessary in the exercise of
those powers vested by this section. |
Powers of town
commissioners to
cease. |
17. AND BE IT ENACTED, That all such acts
of assembly as
give to the levy court the power of appointing a market-master,
hay-weigher, and all other acts of assembly relating to Frederick-town,
that are inconsistent with this law, be and the and same are hereby
repealed from and after the third Monday of March next.
See Nov. 1770, ch. 4; 1785, ch. 54;
Nov. 1792, ch. 42; 1795, ch. 7, ch. 14;
1805, ch. 39, and 1811 ch. 128. See also 1786 ch. 36; 1796, ch. 26,
and 1804,
ch. 34. |
Acts repealed. |
18. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the justices of
the peace for the
time being, residing in Frederick-town, or any three or more of
them, shall appoint, by writing under their hands, three judges to
hold the first election for mayor and aldermen, and one judge for |
Judges of elections. |
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