Chap. 70.—An ACT to Amend the Charter of the Town of Berryville, as
Contained in the Acts approved the twenty-ninth of October, eighteen
hundred and seventy, and the twenty-third of March, eighteen hundred
and seventy-one.

In force February 10, 1873.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That sections two,
four and ten of said act of October, eighteen hundred and
seventy, as amended by said act approved March twenty-third,
eighteen hundred and seventy-one, be amended and re-enacted
so as to read as follows:

§ 2. That the corporate limits and bounds of Berryville shall
be as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of the Episco-
pal parsonage lot; thence with the line of said lot, following
the fence and the line of said lot to a point on the western side
of the Charlestown turnpike; thence by a straight line to the
northwest corner of D. B. Burns’ lot; thence with the line of
said lot and Colonel Treadwell Smith’s land to the Winchester
turnpike ; thence to a locust tree in the southwest corner of
Crow’s field, near the Deffendoffer house; thence to the corner
of Crow’s field on the Millwood turnpike, near the toll-gate ;
thence crossing the turnpike to the southeast corner of James
Vandeventer’s lot; thence by a line due east to the intersec-
tion of a line one hundred yards east of the Shenandoah Val-
ley railroad, and parallel with the same; thence with said
parallel line to its intersection with the line of the parsonage
jot above mentioned, prolonged ; thence with the said prolonged
line to the beginning.

§ 4. The municipal authorities of said town shall consist of a
mayor, recorder, four councilmen ; the councilmen to reside one
in each ward, to be elected by the voters of said town. All
persons qualified to vote in said election shall be eligible to
either of said offices.

§ 10. The mayor, recorder and councilmen shall each, before
entering upon the duties of their office, make oath or affirma-
tion that they will truly, faithfully, and impartially discharge
the duties of their said offices to the best of their abilities, so
long as they shall continue therein. The mayor shall take said
oath before any officer authorized by law to administer oaths,
and the councilmen before the mayor. The same shall continue
in office until the qualification of their successors.

§ 22. Whenever anything for which a state license is required
is to be done within the said town, the council may require a
town license to be had for doing the same, and may impose a
tax thereon for the use of the town. And the council may, in
any case in which it sees fit, require from the person so licensed
& bond with sureties, in such penalty and with such conditions
as it may think proper. }

§ 29. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the
town. He shall take care that the by-laws, ordinances, acts,
and resolutions of the council are faithfully executed. He shall
be ex-officio a conservator and justice of the peace within and
one mile outside the corporation limits of said town, and for
any act done within said limits, amounting to or tending to a
breach of the peace, or disturbing the peace or quiet of said
town, shall have power to proceed against the offenders as if
the same were done within the corporation limits of said town :
provided, that the mayor shall have no jurisdiction in any capa-
city in civil causes. He shall have control of the police of
the town, and may appoint special police officers when he
deems it necessary. It shall be his duty especially to see that
peace and good order are preserved, and that the persons and
property in the town are protected. He shall have power to
issue executions for all costs and fines imposed by him, or he
may require the immediate payment thereof; and in default of
such payment, he may commit the party in default to the jail
of the county until the fine and costs shall be paid; but the
time of imprisonment in such case shall not exceed thirty days.
He shall from time to time recommend to the council such
measures as he may deem needful for the welfare of the town.
He shall receive a compensation for his services, to be fixed by
the council, which shall not be increased or diminished for the
term for which he shall have been elected.

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