Chap. 129.—An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Newport, in the County
of Giles.

In force March 4, 1872.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the village known as the town of Newport, in the county of
Giles, laid off within the following described boundaries, be-
ginning at a white oak tree, a corner of David B. Price's and
John P. Martin’s lands, marked with four chops; thence run-
ning south thirty-three degrees, west one hundred and fifty-five
poles, crossing the turnpike road leading from Newport to
Blacksburg, to an apple tree near a line fence between Gustavus
A. Butler and William H. Martin’s lands; thence north forty-
nine degrees, west eighty one poles, crossing the turnpike road
leading from Newport to Scott's ferry, to a red oak tree on a
line between Christopher C. Wingo's and Sarah D. Payne's
lands; thence north twenty-five degrees, east one hundred and
fifty-five poles, crossing the turnpike road leading from New-
port to Pearisburg, to a poplar tree in the aforesaid David B.
Price's lot; thence south fifty-two degrees, east one hundred
poles, crossing the turnpike road leading from Newport to
Newcastle, to the begining, shall be, andis hereby made a town
corporate by the name and style of the town of Newport, of
the county of Giles, and by that name and style shall have and
exercise the powers hereinafter granted; and that George W.
Hines is hereby appointed mayor thereof, and David B. Price,
William R. Gitt, William Keister, Flayl P. Payne, J. Addison
Logan and Christopher C. Wingo, are hereby appointed coun-
cilmen thereof; and the said mayor and councilmen shall have
and exercise all the powers hereinafter grante! to sa:-! 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 said town of
Newport, qualified to vote for members of the general assem-
bly according to the general election laws of the commonwealth.
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
has or may hereafter have by law, 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 con-
duct within the bounds of said town. He shall have the 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 Giles 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 asingle 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. The said council shall have power and authority to im-
prove 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 townnot
otherwise provided for in this act, and allow them such com-
pensation as they may deem reasonable; and finally, to make
all such by-laws, rules and regulations as they may deem neces.
sary and proper for the good government of said town: pro-
vided, 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. The said council shall have power to assess and collect
annual tax within the said town for the purpose before men-
tioned on all such property, real and personal, as is now sub-
ject 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 on all 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. The said council shall appoint annually a sergeant or town
collector, who shall possess the like right of distress and pow-
ers in collecting the said taxes, service and return of process
arising under the anthority of this act, and the by-laws made
in pursuance of it, and shall be entitled to like fees and com-
missions 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 successors in office, conditioned for
the faithful discharge of his duties and payment over of said
taxes and moneys collected and received by him in virtue of
his office, and he and his securities, his and their executors or
administrators, shall be subject to such proceedings, by motion
or otherwise, before the county court of the county of Giles
for enforcing payment of such taxes and other moneys by him
collected or received as aforesaid, at the suit or motion of the
said mayor or other person entitled, as collectors of county
levies are by law subject to for enforcing payment of the levies
by them collected.

7. All fines, penalties and amcrcements, and other moneys
received and raised by virtue of this act and not otherwise di-
rected 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.