Chap. 113.—An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Dublin, in the County of
Pulaski.

Approved March 6, 1871.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the village
known as the town of Dublin, in the county of Pulaski, as the
same has been heretofore laid off in lots, streets, and alleys,
may hereafter be further laid off and extended within the fol-
lowing described boundaries: beginning at the southeast cor-
ner of D. S. Painter’s lands, north forty-five and one-half, west
fifty-nine poles, to a stake, south forty-five, west eighty-three
poles, to the Giles and Pulaski turnpike, and with the same,
south thirty-eight, east thirteen and one-half poles; thence south
forty-five, west one hundred and twelve poles; thence south
forty-four and one-half, east thirty-six poles, crossing said turn-
pike; thence north sixty-five, east two hundred and nine poles,
to a stake; thence north forty-five and one-half, west fifty-eight
poles, to the beginning—shall be and is hereby made a town
corporate, by the name and style of The Town of Dublin, of
the county of Pulaski; and by that name and style shall have
and exercise the powers hereinafter granted; and that John
H. Cecil is hereby appointed mayor thereof, and James H.
Darst, John B. Baskerville, John L. Stearns, John D. Noble,
E. 8. Trinke, and John R. Dunlap, are hereby appointed coun-
cilmen thereof; and the said mayor and councilmen shall have
and exercise all the powers hereinafter granted to said officers,
and remain in office until their successors shall be elected and
qualified according to law, a majority of whom shall form a
quorum for the transaction of business.

2. The said mayor and councilmen shall be elected, annually,
on the fourth Thursday in May, by the electors of the said
town of Dublin, qualified to vote for members of the general
assembly, according to the general election laws of the com-
monwealth; the person so elected mayor of the said town as
aforesaid, shall be and is hereby invested with the powers and
authority of a justice of the peace, within the corporate limits
of said town, to have and exercise the like jurisdiction in all
cases whatsoever originating within said limits as a justice of
the county now or may hereafter have, but acting upon and
under the by-laws and ordinances of said town, in accordance
with the general laws of the land. It shall be the duty of the
said mayor to suppress all disturbances, riots, and disorderly
conduct, within the bounds of said town; he shall have power
to issue process, hear and determine all prosecutions, cases,
and controversies, arising under the by-laws and ordinances,
and issue executions, saving to parties the right of appeal to
the county court of Pulaski, in all cases where the fine, or other
matter in controversy, shall exceed ten dollars; said appeal
shall be taken in the same time and manner, and upon the same
terms, that appeals are now taken from judgments of a single
justice.

3. The mayor, or any two of said councilmen, shall have
power to call a meeting of said council, as often as occasion
may require.

4. Be it further enacted, That the said council shall have
power and authority to improve the streets, walks, and alleys
of said town; to prevent and punish, by reasonable fines, the
firing of guns, or running or riding horses at an unusual gait,
in said town; to license and regulate shows and other public
exhibitions, and tax the same as they may deem expedient; to
appoint all such officers as may be necessary for conducting
the affairs of said town, not otherwise provided for in this act,
and allow them such compensation as they may deem reasona-
ble; and finally, to make all such by-laws, rules, and regula-
tions, as they may deem necessary and proper for the good
government of said town: provided, they be not contrary to
the laws of this state or the United States, and the same to
amend, repeal, or enforce, by reasonable fines and penalties,
not exceeding, for any one offence, the sum of twenty dollars,
to be recovered, with costs, in the name of the mayor of said
town.

5. Be it further enacted, That the said council shall have
power to assess and collect an annual tax within the said town
for the purposes before mentioned, on all such property, real
and personal, as is now subject to taxation by the revenue laws
of this commonwealth: provided, that the tax on said real and
personal estate shall not exceed, in any one year, fifty cents on
every hundred dollars value thereof, and a tax, not exceeding
fifty cents in any one year, onall male inhabitants over twenty-
one years of age, within said town; and moreover, it shall be
competent for said council to conduct and distribute water
into and through said town, upon a request of a majority of
the qualified voters of said town; such request to be made in
such manner as the said council may deem best calculated to
obtain a full expression of opinion upon the subject.

6. Be it further enacted, That the said council shall appoint,
annually, a sergeant or town collector, who shall possess the
like right of distress and powers in collecting the said taxes,
service and return of process, arising under the authority of
this act, and the by-laws made in pursuance of it, and shall be
entitled to like fees and commissions as are allowed by law to
constables for similar duties and services; said sergeant shall
execute bond, with approved security, in such penalty as said
council shall deem necessary, payable to them and their succes-
sors in office, conditioned for the faithful discharge of his du-
ties, and payment over of said taxes and moneys collected and
received by him in virtue of his office, and he and his securi-
ties, his and their executors or administrators, shall be subject
to such proceedings, by motion or otherwise, before the county
court of the county of Pulaski, for enforcing payment of such
taxes and other moneys by him collected or received as afore-
said, at the suit or motion of the said mayor or other person
entitled, as collectors of county levies are by law subject to
for enforeing payment of the levies by them collected.

7. Beit further enacted, That all fines, penalties, and amerce-
ments, and other moneys received and raised by virtue of this
act, and not otherwise directed to be applied, shall be at the
disposal of the council, for the use and benefit of the said town.

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