Chap. 27.—An ACT to incorporate the towns of Buchanan and Pat-
tonsburg, in the county of Botetourt, under the name of the town of

Buchanan.
Approved January 19, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the towns of Buchanan and Pattonsburg, in the county of
Botetourt, as the same have been heretofore laid off into
streets and alleys, and as the same may hereafter be further
laid off and extended into lots, streets, and alleys, shall be
and the same are hereby made a town corporate, to be known
as the town of Buchanan, and by that name shall have and
exervise all the powers, rigbts, privileges, and immunities
conferred upon towns by the fifty-fourth chapter of the Code
of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
so tar as the provisions of said chapter are not in conflict
with the provisions of this act.

2. The government of the said town shall be vested in a
mavor and a council of six, who shall be residents and free-
holders of said town. Three of the councilmen shall always
resiiie on the south side of James river, or in what was for-
merly Pattonsburg. and three on the north side of James
nver,orin old Buchanan, The mayor and council shall be
chosen by the qualified voters, by ballot, on Tuesday after
the first Monday in August, eightecn hundred and eighty-
two, and annually thereafter, and shall qualify and enter
upon the discharge of their duties on the first day of Sep-
tember next succeeding their election. Charles L. Wilson is
hereby appointed mayor, and J. William Boyd, Henry Felix,
T. Mackey Mollick, John J. Skidmore, Moncure R. Rogers
and William T. Zimmerman, are hereby appointed council-
men, to serve until the first day of September, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-two, or until their successors are elected and
qualified. Any person entitled to vote in the county of Bote-
tourt, who shall have been a resident of said corporation for
six months next preceding the election, shall be qualified to
vote at all elections under this act of incorporation. The
mayor shall appoint two commissioners of election, who, with
the recorder of the council, shall hold all elections, at such
places in said town as.the mayor or council shall designate,

etween the hours of one and six o’clock post meridian.
They shall decide any contest in reference to the right to
vote in any individual. In case it is impossible, by reason of
a tie, to decide the six who have the largest number of votes,
the recorder shall decide, in the presence of the commission-
ers, by lot. Immediately after each election, the recorder
shall make out and deliver to the mayor and council, certi-
ficates of their election. There shall be ten days’ notice of
all elections by posting notices at three or more public places
within the corporation.

3. The council shall appoint annually a sergeant, recorder,
treasurer, and assessor, and shall fix their compensation.
The assessor shall assess all persons and property within said
corporation, and shall issue tickets to the sergeant for all
taxes voted by the council. The sergeant shall be a conser-
vator of the peace, and be invested with the full powers of a
constable within the limits of said town, and within one mile
of said limits; he shall collect the town taxes, and may dis-
train and sell therefor as district collectors do for state taxes;
and shall perform such other duties as may be required of
him by the mayor and council. The council shall prescribe
the duties of the recorder and treasurer. The assessor,
recorder, and treasurer shall each give bond in such penalty
and with such security as may be required by the council and
approved by the mayor. Said bonds shall be payable to the
corporation, and the mayor shall give judgment and execu-
tion against any one of said officers, and his surety upon his
official bond, for neglect of duty; and the sergeant, or other
officer to be designated by the mayor, shall sell under this
execution as a sheriff sells under an execution from court.

4. The council shall have power to mark accurately bounds
of existing streets, and to compel the removal of obstructions
therefrom, and to lay off and pave new streets, alleys, and
sidewalks, and to provide and protect shade trees thereon.
The mayor's court shall have the same jurisdiction for con-
demning land for streets, alleys, and sidewalks of said town
as the county court has for condemning land for roads in the
county. The council shall further have power to provide
against and prevent accidents by fire; to establish and regu-
late markets; to prevent the running at large of hogs, dogs,
horses, and other animals; to prevent the cumbering of streets,
sidewalks, and alleys in any manner whatever; to make san-
tary regulations in reference to contagious or other diseases ;
to regulate the building of all houses, stables, privies, hog-
pens. and slaughter-houses; to abate nuisances at the expense
of those who cause them; to restrain and punish drunkards,
vagrants, mendicants, and street beggars; to appoint police
and to prescribe their duties and compensation; and to make,
pass, and ordain such rules, regulations, and by-laws as they
may deem necessary and proper for the internal and general
good, safety, health, and convenience of the said town and
the inhabitants thereof, and for enforcing the provisions of
this charter. They shall punish all violations of law by fine
or imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the mayor:
provided the accused shall have the right of appeal to the
county court in all cases whatever wherein the fine shall
exceed twenty-five dollars or the imprisonment exceed thirty
days. The authorities of said town, with the consent of the
county court, entered of record, shall have the right to use
the county jail whenever it may be needed by them. When-
ever judgment shall be rendered against any person for fines,
and there be no visible effects which the sergeant may
destrain and sell therefor, the person so in default may be
compelled to work out such fines on the public streets or
other improvements, and to suffer, in addition, such term of
imprisonment as may be prescribed by ordinances of said
town. All fines for violation of the ordinances of said town
shall be paid into the treasury of said town, and shall be
appropriated as the council may determine.

5. The mayor shall be the presiding officer of the council,
and he shall have power to suspend any officer of said cor-
poration for neglect of duty or disorderly behavior. The
council shall have power to remove all officers, and may fine
members of their own body for disorderly behavior, and,
with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member. Any
vacancy in office during the term, shall be filled by the mayor
by appointment; a vacancy in the office of mayor shall be
tiled by the council. The mayor shall have no vote, except
in the case of a tie; shall have jurisdiction and authority of
a justice of the peace of Botetourt county, and shall be
entitled to collect like fees, in addition to such salary or com-
pensation as may be fixed by the council. In all meetings of
the council, three councilmen shall constitute a quorum.
When the mayor is absent, related to, or interested in any
offender of the ordinances, then any one of the council shall
be mayor pro tempore, and shall have all the authority for
hearing and determining cases as are vested in the mayor.
The council shall meet on the first Monday night of each
month, or may be convened at any time by the mayor, upon
the request of three members. The councilmen shall be
conservators of the peace within one mile beyond the limits
of said corporation.
f 6. The jurisdiction of the corporate authorities of said
town shall extend one mile beyond the limits thereof, for
imposing and collecting a license tax upon all shows, per-
formances, and exhibitions, which may take place anywhere
within the said extended boundarics. Whenever anything
for which a state license is required is to be done in said town,
the council may require a corporation license therefor, and
may impose a road or street tax, not exceeding twenty cents
on each dollar of said state license.

; %, The council may, annually, levy a tax for roads, streets,
sidewalks, and for all other purposes, by a two-thirds vote,
to be approved by the mayor, which on no property shall
exceed fifty cents on the hundred dollars valuation, except
that, on a petition of two-thirds of the freeholders within
the corporation, the council may levy a corporation tax not
to exceed the amount named in the petition. The poll-tax
shall not exceed one dollar on each male person in any one

nyear. All petitions shall be referred to the committee within

1 five days. The said town, and the taxable persons and prop-
erty therein, shall be exempt and free from the payment of
any poor rates, road tax, or from working county roads for
any year in which it shall appear that said town shall, at its
own expense, provide for its poor or keep its streets in order.

. 8. Any person applying to the county court of Botetourt

e county for license to sell wine, ardent spirits, or liquors of

f any kind, either as a keeper of an ordinary, eating-house, or

°as merchants, within the corporate limits of said town, or
within one mile thereof, shall produce and present to said
court a certificate of the council of said town, that the appli-
cant is a suitable person, and that no good reason is known
to said council why said license should not be granted; and
the court of said county shall not grant any license to sell
liquors, wines, or ardent spirits, within the limits above pre-
scribed, until and unless such certificate is given.

rc 9. The mayor and council shall have power and authority

to deputize any number of citizens of the town, and such as

f may he in town from said county, to assist the sergeant in
the full discharge of his duties in all cases of riots or misde-
meanors.

10. Be it further enacted, That the charters of the towns
of Buchanan and Pattonsburg, in the county of Botetourt,
passed the sixth day of February, eighteen hundred and
thirty-three, and all acts amendatory thercof, passed since
that date, be and the same are hereby repealed.

11. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Google
Chap. 27.—An ACT to incorporate the East-End Pleasure Club.
Approved April 7, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That John Mer-
ril, Thomas Davis, J. I. Kerse, D. Costello, Thomas Wesley,
W. B. Davis, P. Costello, D. Leaman, Ed. Ryne, John Ken-
nady, and such other persons who are now, or may here-
after become members of the association, be and they are
hereby made a body politic, members of the association, by
the name of East-End Pleasure Club of Richmond city, and
by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded.

2. The object of this incorporation shall be to take care of
its sick, destitute, and encourage and promote morals and
knowledge among its members.

3. The said corporation may take, by purchase, gift, devise,
or bequest, and hold real and personal property or estate,
and lease, rent sell, or otherwise dispose of the same, in such
manner as may seem most advantageous: provided it shall
not hold real and personal property or estate to exceed in
value fifteen thousand dollars.

4, Said corporation may make such by-laws, rules, and
regulations, consistent with the laws of this state and the
United States, as it may deem proper for the government of
its members, the management of its affairs, and for the
use, enjoyment, and control of its property.

5. This act shall be in force from its passage.

CuapP. 28.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Mineral City, in th
county of Wise.

Approved April 7, 1882. —

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the town o
Imboden in the county of Wise, as the same has heretofors
been or may hereafter be laid off into lots, streets and alleys
shall be and the same is hereby made a town corporate by
the name of Mineral City, and by that name shall have an:
exercise the powers conferred upon towns by the fifty-fourt’
chapter of the Code of Virginia of eighteen hundred an
seventy-three, and be subject to all the provisions of said
Code, and to all laws now in force, or which may hereafter
be enacted in reference to the government of towns of less
than five thousand inhabitants, so far as the same are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

2. The boundaries of said town shall be as follows, to-wit:
Beginning on a large spruce pine, on the north bank of
Powell river on some rocks, and near a large birch on the
south bank of said river; thence south twenty-three degrees,
east to the middle of Little river, and with the meanders of
said last mentioned river to where the Wild Cat road
crosses said river; thence witb the meanders of said road to
Gilley’s house; thence a straight line, to a double Sycamore
on the bank of Elkanah Gilley’s mill-pond; thonce north
three degrees, east fifty-two poles, to a small sourwood on a
ridge, north twenty-five degrees, cast twenty poles, to a small
dog-wood on top of a ridge; thence with the top of said
ridge, north seventy-seven degrees, cast forty-one poles to a
dog-wood, north fifty-two degrees, east fifty-four poles and
seventeen links, to a stake on the Preston line; thence a
straight line, to Widow Gilley’s house; thence a straight
line along the foot of Stone mountain, to a large spring run-
ning out of a cliff, on the bank of Powell river; thence
across said river, to the corner of the fence on the west side
of the road on « spur of said mountain; thence a straight
line to the beginning.

3. The officers of said town shall consist of a mayor, four
trustees, a recorder and a sergeant. The mayor and trustees
shall compose the council of said town; the said officers shall
hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are
duly elected and qualified.

4. The recorder shall keep an accurate record of the pro-
ceedings of the council, its by-laws, acts, and ordinances;
which record shall be open at all times to the inspection of
any voter of the town, and the recorder shall be ex-officio
treasurer of said corporation, whose dutics and compensation
shall be prescribed by the council; and the council may
appoint such other officers as they may deem proper, and de-
fine their duties, powers, and compensation.

5. The sergeant of the said town shall be a conservator of
the peace, and invested with the full powers of a constable
within the limits of said town; he shall collect the town
taxes, and may distrain and sell therefor, in like manner as
state taxes are enforced and collected; he shall perform such
other duties and receive such compensation as the council
may prescribe.

6. The election for the officers provided for by this act
shall be held on the fourth Thursday in May, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-three, and on the same day in each year
thereafter; and the judge of the county court, either in term
time or vacation, shall, not less than twenty days before any
election under this charter, appoint one registrar and three
judges of election. The registrar shall, in the manner pre-
scribed by law, make and rovise lists of all persons qualified
to vote, and who reside within the corporate limits of said
town.

7. Should any of the officers hereby appointed, refuse or
fail to accept and qualify within six months after the passage
of this act, then it shall be the duty of the county judge of
Wise county to fill such vacancy, or vacancies, by ap oint-
ment. After the board of trustees is thus filled, should any
other vacancy occur therein, it should be the duty of the
remaining trustees to fill such vacancy or vacancies.

8. Until an election shall be held, Elkanah Gilley shall be
the mayor; Jerome H. Duff, recorder; James W. Williams,
sergeant, and Munroe J. Flanery and John B. Gilley shall be
the trustees for said town, until the election in May, eighteen
hundred and eighty-three, provided for in the charter, and
until their successors are duly qualified.

9.-This act shall be in force from its passage.

Chap. 27.—An ACT to incorporate the towns of Buchanan and Pat-
tonsburg, in the county of Botetourt, under the name of the town of

Buchanan.
Approved January 19, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the towns of Buchanan and Pattonsburg, in the county of
Botetourt, as the same have been heretofore laid off into
streets and alleys, and as the same may hereafter be further
laid off and extended into lots, streets, and alleys, shall be
and the same are hereby made a town corporate, to be known
as the town of Buchanan, and by that name shall have and
exervise all the powers, rigbts, privileges, and immunities
conferred upon towns by the fifty-fourth chapter of the Code
of Virginia, edition of eighteen hundred and seventy-three,
so tar as the provisions of said chapter are not in conflict
with the provisions of this act.

2. The government of the said town shall be vested in a
mavor and a council of six, who shall be residents and free-
holders of said town. Three of the councilmen shall always
resiiie on the south side of James river, or in what was for-
merly Pattonsburg. and three on the north side of James
nver,orin old Buchanan, The mayor and council shall be
chosen by the qualified voters, by ballot, on Tuesday after
the first Monday in August, eightecn hundred and eighty-
two, and annually thereafter, and shall qualify and enter
upon the discharge of their duties on the first day of Sep-
tember next succeeding their election. Charles L. Wilson is
hereby appointed mayor, and J. William Boyd, Henry Felix,
T. Mackey Mollick, John J. Skidmore, Moncure R. Rogers
and William T. Zimmerman, are hereby appointed council-
men, to serve until the first day of September, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-two, or until their successors are elected and
qualified. Any person entitled to vote in the county of Bote-
tourt, who shall have been a resident of said corporation for
six months next preceding the election, shall be qualified to
vote at all elections under this act of incorporation. The
mayor shall appoint two commissioners of election, who, with
the recorder of the council, shall hold all elections, at such
places in said town as.the mayor or council shall designate,

etween the hours of one and six o’clock post meridian.
They shall decide any contest in reference to the right to
vote in any individual. In case it is impossible, by reason of
a tie, to decide the six who have the largest number of votes,
the recorder shall decide, in the presence of the commission-
ers, by lot. Immediately after each election, the recorder
shall make out and deliver to the mayor and council, certi-
ficates of their election. There shall be ten days’ notice of
all elections by posting notices at three or more public places
within the corporation.

3. The council shall appoint annually a sergeant, recorder,
treasurer, and assessor, and shall fix their compensation.
The assessor shall assess all persons and property within said
corporation, and shall issue tickets to the sergeant for all
taxes voted by the council. The sergeant shall be a conser-
vator of the peace, and be invested with the full powers of a
constable within the limits of said town, and within one mile
of said limits; he shall collect the town taxes, and may dis-
train and sell therefor as district collectors do for state taxes;
and shall perform such other duties as may be required of
him by the mayor and council. The council shall prescribe
the duties of the recorder and treasurer. The assessor,
recorder, and treasurer shall each give bond in such penalty
and with such security as may be required by the council and
approved by the mayor. Said bonds shall be payable to the
corporation, and the mayor shall give judgment and execu-
tion against any one of said officers, and his surety upon his
official bond, for neglect of duty; and the sergeant, or other
officer to be designated by the mayor, shall sell under this
execution as a sheriff sells under an execution from court.

4. The council shall have power to mark accurately bounds
of existing streets, and to compel the removal of obstructions
therefrom, and to lay off and pave new streets, alleys, and
sidewalks, and to provide and protect shade trees thereon.
The mayor's court shall have the same jurisdiction for con-
demning land for streets, alleys, and sidewalks of said town
as the county court has for condemning land for roads in the
county. The council shall further have power to provide
against and prevent accidents by fire; to establish and regu-
late markets; to prevent the running at large of hogs, dogs,
horses, and other animals; to prevent the cumbering of streets,
sidewalks, and alleys in any manner whatever; to make san-
tary regulations in reference to contagious or other diseases ;
to regulate the building of all houses, stables, privies, hog-
pens. and slaughter-houses; to abate nuisances at the expense
of those who cause them; to restrain and punish drunkards,
vagrants, mendicants, and street beggars; to appoint police
and to prescribe their duties and compensation; and to make,
pass, and ordain such rules, regulations, and by-laws as they
may deem necessary and proper for the internal and general
good, safety, health, and convenience of the said town and
the inhabitants thereof, and for enforcing the provisions of
this charter. They shall punish all violations of law by fine
or imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the mayor:
provided the accused shall have the right of appeal to the
county court in all cases whatever wherein the fine shall
exceed twenty-five dollars or the imprisonment exceed thirty
days. The authorities of said town, with the consent of the
county court, entered of record, shall have the right to use
the county jail whenever it may be needed by them. When-
ever judgment shall be rendered against any person for fines,
and there be no visible effects which the sergeant may
destrain and sell therefor, the person so in default may be
compelled to work out such fines on the public streets or
other improvements, and to suffer, in addition, such term of
imprisonment as may be prescribed by ordinances of said
town. All fines for violation of the ordinances of said town
shall be paid into the treasury of said town, and shall be
appropriated as the council may determine.

5. The mayor shall be the presiding officer of the council,
and he shall have power to suspend any officer of said cor-
poration for neglect of duty or disorderly behavior. The
council shall have power to remove all officers, and may fine
members of their own body for disorderly behavior, and,
with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member. Any
vacancy in office during the term, shall be filled by the mayor
by appointment; a vacancy in the office of mayor shall be
tiled by the council. The mayor shall have no vote, except
in the case of a tie; shall have jurisdiction and authority of
a justice of the peace of Botetourt county, and shall be
entitled to collect like fees, in addition to such salary or com-
pensation as may be fixed by the council. In all meetings of
the council, three councilmen shall constitute a quorum.
When the mayor is absent, related to, or interested in any
offender of the ordinances, then any one of the council shall
be mayor pro tempore, and shall have all the authority for
hearing and determining cases as are vested in the mayor.
The council shall meet on the first Monday night of each
month, or may be convened at any time by the mayor, upon
the request of three members. The councilmen shall be
conservators of the peace within one mile beyond the limits
of said corporation.
f 6. The jurisdiction of the corporate authorities of said
town shall extend one mile beyond the limits thereof, for
imposing and collecting a license tax upon all shows, per-
formances, and exhibitions, which may take place anywhere
within the said extended boundarics. Whenever anything
for which a state license is required is to be done in said town,
the council may require a corporation license therefor, and
may impose a road or street tax, not exceeding twenty cents
on each dollar of said state license.

; %, The council may, annually, levy a tax for roads, streets,
sidewalks, and for all other purposes, by a two-thirds vote,
to be approved by the mayor, which on no property shall
exceed fifty cents on the hundred dollars valuation, except
that, on a petition of two-thirds of the freeholders within
the corporation, the council may levy a corporation tax not
to exceed the amount named in the petition. The poll-tax
shall not exceed one dollar on each male person in any one

nyear. All petitions shall be referred to the committee within

1 five days. The said town, and the taxable persons and prop-
erty therein, shall be exempt and free from the payment of
any poor rates, road tax, or from working county roads for
any year in which it shall appear that said town shall, at its
own expense, provide for its poor or keep its streets in order.

. 8. Any person applying to the county court of Botetourt

e county for license to sell wine, ardent spirits, or liquors of

f any kind, either as a keeper of an ordinary, eating-house, or

°as merchants, within the corporate limits of said town, or
within one mile thereof, shall produce and present to said
court a certificate of the council of said town, that the appli-
cant is a suitable person, and that no good reason is known
to said council why said license should not be granted; and
the court of said county shall not grant any license to sell
liquors, wines, or ardent spirits, within the limits above pre-
scribed, until and unless such certificate is given.

rc 9. The mayor and council shall have power and authority

to deputize any number of citizens of the town, and such as

f may he in town from said county, to assist the sergeant in
the full discharge of his duties in all cases of riots or misde-
meanors.

10. Be it further enacted, That the charters of the towns
of Buchanan and Pattonsburg, in the county of Botetourt,
passed the sixth day of February, eighteen hundred and
thirty-three, and all acts amendatory thercof, passed since
that date, be and the same are hereby repealed.

11. This act shall be in force from its passage.

Google
Chap. 27.—An ACT to incorporate the East-End Pleasure Club.
Approved April 7, 1882.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That John Mer-
ril, Thomas Davis, J. I. Kerse, D. Costello, Thomas Wesley,
W. B. Davis, P. Costello, D. Leaman, Ed. Ryne, John Ken-
nady, and such other persons who are now, or may here-
after become members of the association, be and they are
hereby made a body politic, members of the association, by
the name of East-End Pleasure Club of Richmond city, and
by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded.

2. The object of this incorporation shall be to take care of
its sick, destitute, and encourage and promote morals and
knowledge among its members.

3. The said corporation may take, by purchase, gift, devise,
or bequest, and hold real and personal property or estate,
and lease, rent sell, or otherwise dispose of the same, in such
manner as may seem most advantageous: provided it shall
not hold real and personal property or estate to exceed in
value fifteen thousand dollars.

4, Said corporation may make such by-laws, rules, and
regulations, consistent with the laws of this state and the
United States, as it may deem proper for the government of
its members, the management of its affairs, and for the
use, enjoyment, and control of its property.

5. This act shall be in force from its passage.

CuapP. 28.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Mineral City, in th
county of Wise.

Approved April 7, 1882. —

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the town o
Imboden in the county of Wise, as the same has heretofors
been or may hereafter be laid off into lots, streets and alleys
shall be and the same is hereby made a town corporate by
the name of Mineral City, and by that name shall have an:
exercise the powers conferred upon towns by the fifty-fourt’
chapter of the Code of Virginia of eighteen hundred an
seventy-three, and be subject to all the provisions of said
Code, and to all laws now in force, or which may hereafter
be enacted in reference to the government of towns of less
than five thousand inhabitants, so far as the same are not
inconsistent with the provisions of this act.

2. The boundaries of said town shall be as follows, to-wit:
Beginning on a large spruce pine, on the north bank of
Powell river on some rocks, and near a large birch on the
south bank of said river; thence south twenty-three degrees,
east to the middle of Little river, and with the meanders of
said last mentioned river to where the Wild Cat road
crosses said river; thence witb the meanders of said road to
Gilley’s house; thence a straight line, to a double Sycamore
on the bank of Elkanah Gilley’s mill-pond; thonce north
three degrees, east fifty-two poles, to a small sourwood on a
ridge, north twenty-five degrees, cast twenty poles, to a small
dog-wood on top of a ridge; thence with the top of said
ridge, north seventy-seven degrees, cast forty-one poles to a
dog-wood, north fifty-two degrees, east fifty-four poles and
seventeen links, to a stake on the Preston line; thence a
straight line, to Widow Gilley’s house; thence a straight
line along the foot of Stone mountain, to a large spring run-
ning out of a cliff, on the bank of Powell river; thence
across said river, to the corner of the fence on the west side
of the road on « spur of said mountain; thence a straight
line to the beginning.

3. The officers of said town shall consist of a mayor, four
trustees, a recorder and a sergeant. The mayor and trustees
shall compose the council of said town; the said officers shall
hold their offices for one year, and until their successors are
duly elected and qualified.

4. The recorder shall keep an accurate record of the pro-
ceedings of the council, its by-laws, acts, and ordinances;
which record shall be open at all times to the inspection of
any voter of the town, and the recorder shall be ex-officio
treasurer of said corporation, whose dutics and compensation
shall be prescribed by the council; and the council may
appoint such other officers as they may deem proper, and de-
fine their duties, powers, and compensation.

5. The sergeant of the said town shall be a conservator of
the peace, and invested with the full powers of a constable
within the limits of said town; he shall collect the town
taxes, and may distrain and sell therefor, in like manner as
state taxes are enforced and collected; he shall perform such
other duties and receive such compensation as the council
may prescribe.

6. The election for the officers provided for by this act
shall be held on the fourth Thursday in May, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-three, and on the same day in each year
thereafter; and the judge of the county court, either in term
time or vacation, shall, not less than twenty days before any
election under this charter, appoint one registrar and three
judges of election. The registrar shall, in the manner pre-
scribed by law, make and rovise lists of all persons qualified
to vote, and who reside within the corporate limits of said
town.

7. Should any of the officers hereby appointed, refuse or
fail to accept and qualify within six months after the passage
of this act, then it shall be the duty of the county judge of
Wise county to fill such vacancy, or vacancies, by ap oint-
ment. After the board of trustees is thus filled, should any
other vacancy occur therein, it should be the duty of the
remaining trustees to fill such vacancy or vacancies.

8. Until an election shall be held, Elkanah Gilley shall be
the mayor; Jerome H. Duff, recorder; James W. Williams,
sergeant, and Munroe J. Flanery and John B. Gilley shall be
the trustees for said town, until the election in May, eighteen
hundred and eighty-three, provided for in the charter, and
until their successors are duly qualified.

9.-This act shall be in force from its passage.