Chap. 107.—An ACT to incorporate The Town of Hamilton, in the
County of Loudoun.

Approved February 18, 1875.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the Town
of Hamilton, in the county of Loudoun, as the same has
been, or may be laid off into lots, streets, and alleys, shall
be, and is hereby made a town corporate by the name of
Hamilton, and by that name shall have and exercise all the
powers, rights, privileges, and immunities, and be subject to
all the provisions of chapter fifty-four of the Code of Vir-
ginia, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, so far as the same
relates to towns of less than five thousand inhabitants, and
are not in conflict with the powers herein conferred.

2. That the boundaries of said town shall be as follows,
viz.: Beginning at the southwest corner of the lot of Lydia
A. Cox, and running thence east along the southern boun-
daries of the lots of Lydia A. Cox, Mortimer Selcott,
Thomas Nichols, William Butler, and Levi Nixon; thence
east from tbe southeast corner of said Nixon’s lot to the
southwest corner of the lot of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, parsonage; thence east with said lot to the
fot of Gideon Milbourn, deceased; thence south along the
west boundary of said Milbourn’s lot and Thomas J. Lowe’s
to the southwest corner of said Lowe's lot; thence east along
the south boundary of said Lowe’s lot to the east side of the
road leading to Lincoln; thence with said road north to the
south boundary of Jefferson Milbourn’s lot; thence east
with said lot to the southeast corner of said lot; thence with
the east boundaries of said Milbourn’s lot and Elizabeth
Mayeth’s lot to the northeast corner of her lot; thence east
witb the south boundaries of town lots to the west side of
the road leading from Hamilton to Hughesville; thence
north with the west side of said road to the turnpike, and
across said turnpike to the line of G. W. Janny, deceased ;
thence west with said line to the east line of the old toll-
house lot; thence north ta the northeast corner of said lot;
thence west along the north boundary of town lots to the
eastern intersectign of Virginia avenue; thence along the
north boundary of said avenue to the line of Malinda Dowell,
deceased ; thence with said line south to the place of begin-
ning.

3. That the officers of said town shall consist of a mayor,
six councilmen, a recorder, and sergeant. The mayor and
councilmen shall compose the council of said town. The
said officers shall hold their gffices for one year, and until
their successors are duly elected and qualified.

4. The recorder shall keep an accurate record of all the
proceedings 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 duties and compensa-
tion as such shall be prescribed by the council; and the coun-
cil may appoint such other officers as they may deem proper,
and may define their powers, duties, and compensation.

5. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the police
regulations of said town, the said town shall be allowed the
use of the county jail of Loudoun county, for the safe-keep-
ing and confinement of all persons who shall be sentenced to
Imprisonment under the ordinances of the said town.

6. That the sergeant of said town shall be a conservator
of the peace and be invested with the full powers of a con-
stable within the limits of said town; he shall collect the
town taxes and may distrain and sell therefor; he sball per-
form such other duties and receive such compensation as the
council may prescribe. —

7. That the election for officers provided for by this act
shall be held in the town of Hamilton on the fourth Thurs-
day in May, eightecn hundred and seventy-five, and on the
same day every year thereafter; and the judge of the county
court of Loudoun shall, not less than fifteen days before any
election under this charter, appoint one registrar and three
judges of election, who may also act as commissioners of
election. The registrar shall, in the manner prescribed by
the laws of this state providing for registration of voters,
make and revise lists of all persons qualified to vote for
members of ‘the general assembly and who reside within the
corporate limits of said town. ,

8. That John H. Hughes shall be mayor; J. B. Franklin,
recorder; Jefferson Milbourne, sergeant, and Doctor J. D.
Harman, John H. Wiley, T. H. Vandeventer, 8. 'B. Mercier,
Richard McFarland and Thomas Schooley, councilmen of
said town of Hamilton, untjl the election in May, eighteen
hundred and seventy-five, provided for by this charter, and
until their successors are duly qualified.

9. That should any of the officers hereby appointed, refuse
to accept such appointment, or fail to qualify within thirty
days after the passage of this act, then it shall be the duty
of the county judge of Loudoun county to fill such vacancy
by appointment.

10. All the rights, privileges and properties of the said
town, heretofore acquired and possessed, owned and enjoyed
under any act now in force, shall contin#@® undiminished and
remain vested in said town under this act; and all the by-
laws now in force, and not inconsistent with this act, shall
be and continue in full force and effect until regularly re-
pealed by a council elected as provided for under this act.

11. That the said council shall publish their ordinances
and by-laws in some newspaper published in the town of
Hamilton, or print and post them in not less than five con-
spicuous places.

12. That hereafter any person applying to the county
court of Loudoun county for license to sell wine, ardent
spirits, malt liquors, or any mixture of them in the town of
Hamiltor, sball, in addition to the other requirements of law,
produce before the said court a certificate of the town coun-
cil, that the said privilege is desired, that the applicant is a
suitable person, and that no good reason is known to said
council why such license shall not be granted, and the court’
shall not grant any license for any such purpose, within the
limits above prescribed, until and unless such certificate be
furnished.
13. This act shall be in force from its passage.