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ROBERT WRIGHT, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
meeting of slaves, negroes, and other dissolute and disorderly persons,
within the limits of said village, or if so assembled, to disperse
them by reasonable and lawful means, and to punish with
moderate correction all such negroes, and other slaves, as shall be
found wandering or strolling about the streets in the night time, or
of frequenting the houses of other persons in said village, without
the permission or consent of their masters, mistresses or overseers. |
1807.
CHAP. 113. |
7. AND BE IT ENACTED, That it shall
not be lawful for any person
or persons to keep or raise any geese or swine within the limits
of the said village, except in pens or other enclosures, and if any
geese or swine are found going at large within the limits of said
village, belonging to any person or persons whatsoever, it shall be
lawful for the bailiff of said village, upon the information of the
inhabitants thereof, or upon his own view, to seize all and every
such geese and swine, and to secure the same in some common
pound, and them safe keep, until the owner or owners thereof shall
pay the sum of fifty cents for every hog, and the sum of fifty cents
for every half dozen geese, and a proportionable sum for every
goose so seized and impounded, which said sums the said bailiff
shall have for his trouble; and if the owner or owners of such geese
or swine shall neglect or refuse to pay the aforesaid sums, within
two days after having notice of such seizure, it shall and may be
lawful for the said bailiff to sell the same at public sale in said village,
between the hours of twelve and three in the evening, after
giving three days public notice in the said village, and to pay one
half of the money to the commissioners, to defray the expenses of
improving said village, and to keep the other half for his trouble. |
No geese or swine
to be raised in village,
except in
pens, &c. |
8. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
shall, on
the said first Monday in April next, or as soon thereafter as may
be convenient, nominate and appoint a person of good repute and
skill to be clerk of the said commissioners, whose duty it shall be to
keep a fair and faithful record of their proceedings by virtue of this
act, in a book to be provided for that purpose by the said commissioners,
which proceedings shall be subject to the inspection and
examination of the inhabitants of the said village, and of all persons
who may be concerned in said proceedings; and the said commissioners
shall allow their said clerk a reasonable compensation
for his services, and also an allowance to the said bailiff for his
extra services, both of which shall be rated by the said commissioners,
and paid out of the money arising by virtue of this act. |
Commissioners
to appoint a clerk
—his duties. |
9. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any person or
persons shall
refuse or neglect to pay the taxes (a), fines or forfeitures, respectively
charged against them by virtue of this act, it shall and may
be lawful for the said commissioners to collect the same in the same
manner, and with the same costs, that small debts are collected out
of court.
(a) See 1815, ch. 207. |
taxes refused to
be paid, may be
collected as small
debts are. |
10. AND BE IT ENACTED, That the said commissioners
shall apply
all the money they receive by virtue of this act to defray the expenses
of regulating and improving the streets and village of Denton,
in such manner and way as shall appear to them most expedient
for the promotion and welfare of the inhabitants thereof. |
Money received
in virtue of this
act, how to be applied. |
11. AND BE IT ENACTED, That if any one or
more of the said
commissioners shall die, remove, or refuse to act as such, that then |
Vacancies, how
to be filled. |
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