T. W ATKINS LIGON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR

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SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That the limits of said
town, for all purposes except direct taxation, shall ex-
lend one half mile in all directions from a stone situa-
ted near the Potomac river, and known to the boundary
of lot number one, of the old soldier's lot, except upon
the Potomac river, the Virginia shore of which shall be
considered as its boundary.

Limits.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the white male citi-
zens within the limits aforesaid who may have resided
there six months prior to the election, and who are citi-
zens of the State, and of the age of twenty-one years, on
the first Monday in May eighteen hundred and fifty-
four, and on the same day annually thereafter, shall be
authorised to elect one chief and four assistant commis-
sioners for the said town, the election to be held in a
central part of the town, and to be kept open from nine
in the morning to three in the afternoon; that a justice
of the peace, for the time being a resident of the town,
or if none reside there the nearest neighboring justice,
shall appoint, by writing, one judge, who shall conduct
said election, and make a return of the same, under
oath, to the commissioners.

Election of
chief and four
assistant com-
missioners.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the commissioners
so elected shall have full power and authority to pass
all laws and ordinances necessary to preserve health, to
prevent and remove nuisances, to suppress drunkenness
and vice, to impose and appropriate fines and forfei-
tures for the breach of their by-laws and ordinances, to
lay out and collect taxes for opening and extending
streets and alleys, and other purposes; that they shall
have power over all streets and alleys, now or hereafter
to be opened; that the streets shall conform to the plat
of the town, so far as executed by William M. Owens;

Authority to
pass laws and
ordinances.

Provided however, that the streets and alleys of that
part of said town laid out by William Combs and Pa-
trick Hammill, shall remain as they now are, and that
nothing herein shall be so construed as to authorise or
empower said commissioners to change the county road
as at present located; all ordinances and by-laws to be
signed by the commissioners.

Proviso.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That all fines and for-
feitures under the ordinances of this corporation shall
be recovered before the chief commissioner aforesaid as
small debts are recovered out of court; said chief com-
missioner is hereby vested with the power of adminis-
tering oaths; and said chief commissioner shall be vest-
ed with full power to cause to be arrested, try, fine, and
imprison all disorderly or riotous persons; and the com-
missioners shall have power to appoint such police or

Fines and
forfeitures.