Chap. 143.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Haymarket. in Prince
William County, Virginia.

Approved March 5, 1908.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the town
of Haymarket, in Prince William county, shall be, and the same is,
hereby made a town corporate by the name of Haymarket, and the same
shall have and exercise all the powers conferred on towns of less than
five thousand inhabitants, as provided by the Code of Virginia of
nineteen hundred and four, and be subject to all the provisions of
said Code and to all laws now in force, or which may be hereafter
enacted, in reference to the government of towns of Jess than five thou-
sand inhabitants, so far as the same are not inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act.

2. The limits of said town shall be as follows:

Starting at the intersection of the pike and Carolina road, south
to the north approach of bridge over north-folk run and measuring
about six hundred yards; then from the starting point lying north
six hundred yards; west from starting point to Dr. Clarkson’s.
Western boundary measuring about seven hundred yards; then east
from starting point seven hundred yards reaching just beyond Red Hill.

3. The officers of said town shall consist of a mayor and six council-
men, a clerk and sergeant, and such other officers that may be deemed
necessary to enforce the ordinances of said town and the laws of the
State of Virginia, all of whose compensation shall be fixed by said coun-
cil, but whose compensation shall be fixed by said council before the
officer chosen or elected shall assume the duties of his office.

4. Until an election is held on the second Tuesday in June, nineteen
hundred and nine, as provided by the Constitution of the State of Vir-
ginia, Rev. Cary Gamble, shall be mayor and H..R. Bragg, O. C. Hutch-
ison, H. D, Riden, C. L. Rector, W. M. Jordan and F. Peters, shall be
councilmen, and said council shall have power to appoint, upon the
qualification of said council, a clerk or recorder and a sergeant, whose
compensation shall be such as shall be fixed by said council before their
appointment and qualification. The term of their respective ap-
pointments shall be for the term of said council and until their suc-
cessors have been appointed and qualified. The said council shall have
the power to prescribe their duties and require such bond as may be
deemed proper and sufficient. In addition to the duties prescribed by the
said council the said clerk and sergeant shall perform all the duties now
required of such officers by the laws of the State of Virginia.

5. Should any of the officers hereby appointed refuse, or fail to
accept, or refuse to qualify within thirty days after the passage of this
act, then it shall be the duty of the mayor, and a majority of the council,
as may accept and qualify, to fill such vacancy by appointment until the
election provided for in the fourth paragraph of this act.

6. In addition to the powers conferred specifically upon said town,
the council shall have power to lay off streets, walks or alleys; alter,
improve and light the same, and have them kept in good order; to
provide all buildings proper for the use of said town; to provided a
prison house, to prevent injury or annoyance from anything dangerous,
offensive or unhealthy, and cause any nuisance to be abated; to provide
in or near the town water works and places for the interment of the
dead; to make regulations concerning the building of houses in said
town ; on petition of the owners of not less than two-thirds of the ground
included in any square, to prohibit the erection in such square of any
building, or an addition to any building more than ten feet high, unless
the outer walls thereof be made of brick and mortar or stone and mortar,
and provide for the removal of any building or addition erected con-
trary to such prohibition. For carrving into effect these and other pow-
ers, the said council may make ordinances and by-laws, and prescribe
fines or other punishment for violation thereof, appoint a collector of its
taxes and levies, and such other officers as they may deem proper, define
their powers, prescribe their duties and compensation, and take from any
of them a bond, with sureties, in such penalty as the council may deem
fit, payable to the town by its corporate name and with condition for the
faithful discharge of their said duties.

%. The said council shall also have power to impose a specific license
tax on all shows, performances, and exhibitions, which may be given
in said town (except schools, religious and literary entertainments).
Shall also have power to impose a specific tax for the sale of merchandise
that may be offered for sale in said town, provided the same shall not
exceed that now imposed by law and payable into the State treasury,
and to levy annually such taxes as may be deemed necessary on all real
and personal property within said town for the purpose of said corpo-
ration, provided, that such levy shall not exceed fifty cents on the one
hundred dollars valuation of property as per State assessment, and pro-
vided, further, that the jurisdiction of said town in criminal matters
shall extend one mile beyond the corporate limits of said town.

8. The said council shall have power to pass by-laws and ordinances
for the proper government of said town, not in conflict with the Con-
stitution and laws of the State of Virginia, or the Constitution and laws
of the United States.

9. In consideration that the said town shall work and keep in order
all streets, alleys and roads within its corporate limits, the residents
and property therein shall be exempt from the payment of all county
and district road taxes heretofore or hereafter charged and levied against
the same.

10. For the purpose of carrying into effect the police regulations of
said town it shall be allowed the use of the county jail at Manassas, for
the safe keeping and confinement of all prisoners, who shall be sen-
tenced to imprisonment, under the ordinances of said town, until the
said town shall have erected a jail or guard house of its own, and when
any person is committed to said jail the sheriff of said county, or its
jailer, shall be entitled to the same fee for receiving, discharging and
maintaining said prisoners as now allowed by law. Where any judg-
ment shall be rendered against a prisoner for any penalty, under any
ordinance of said town, and the same is not immediately paid, the person,
or persons, so in default may be required by order of the mayor, so
passing sentence, to work out such fines or penalties and the cost of
prosecution, on the public roads, streets or alleys in said town, at fifty
cents per day, under the direction of the sergeant and under such rules
and regulations as may be deemed proper by the council.

11. The mayor of said town shall try and dispose of all offenses com-
mitted within said town against the ordinances thereof and shall re-
ceive therefor such fees.as are now allowed or may hereafter be allowed
to a justice of the peace for like services, and in addition to the powers
herein granted shall be clothed with all the power and authority in
criminal and civil matters of a justice of the peace under the laws of
the State of Virginia.

12. The sergeant of said town shall collect all licenses and taxes due
said town and receive therefor, in addition to such compensation as may
be allowed by said council, a commission of five per cent. on all amounts
collected by him; and when s0 collected, shall be paid out only upon the
order of said council.

13. In addition to the powers and duties herein imposed the said town
shall have the same authority to enforce the by-laws of said town and
for the general welfare of its citizens as now authorized under the
general laws of the State of Virginia relating to the government of
towns of less than five thousand inhabitants.

14. Whereas it is desired to improve the material interests of said
town, an emergency is hereby declared to exist for making this act
immediately operative, and it shall therefore be enforced from the date
of its passage.