Chap. 322.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Stanley, in Page county,
Virginia.

Approved February 14, 1900,

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the town
of Stanley, in the county of Page, as the same has been, or may be laid
off in lots, streets, and alleys, shall be, and the same is hereby, made a
town corporate by the name of the town of Stanley, and by
name shall have and exercise the powers hereinafter granted.

2. The government of said town shall be vested in five counc
who shall be qualified voters of the town, three of whom shall con:
a quorum for the transaction of business. They shall hold
office for two years, and until their successors are elected and qu:

3. Said councilmen shall be chosen by ballot on the first Th
in July, nineteen hundred, and biennially thereafter, and shall
upon their duties on the first Monday in August succeeding thei
tion. Anv person entitled to vote in the county of Page, and wl
been a resident for three months in the corporate limits of said tc
Stanley, shall be entitled to vote at all elections held under this a

4. The council shall elect one of their own number to be ma
said town, and he shall preside at the meetings of said council.
absence they may elect a president pro tempore. Thev shall a
yearly a sergeant, who shall be a resident and voter of the tow
also one of their number as clerk. The officers of said corporatio1
serve. without compensation, except as hereinafter provided.

5. The mayor shall appoint three qualified voters of said tow
of whom shall act as clerk, to conduct elections authorized bv th
and thev shall decide anv contest, with reference to the mght te
of any individual, and sha]l count the ballots.

If in the election of councilmen it is impossible to determine t
who have the highest number of votes, by reason of a tie, the saic
shall determine the matter, in the presence of his associates, by Ic

The persons holding the election shall determine who have re
the greatest number of votes in such election, and shall certify the
and an abstract of the votes on the poll books, and return the sai
gether with the ballots, to the clerk of the council, to be by hi
served, and said clerk shall immediately thereafter make out and.
to each of the persons elected a certificate of election.

6. The sergeant and clerk appointed bv said council shall «
by taking the oath of office before the mayor or other person aut!
to administer oaths; they may be removed from office by a thre
vote of the council for good cause. Said council shall appoint i
time for meeting, and may fill any vacancy arising in their ow:
for the unexpired term.

7. The mayor shall have the jurisdiction and authority of a
of the peace of Page county, within the corporate limits of said
and within one mile of the limits of the said corporation, and s.
entitled to the same fees.

8. The clerk shall keep a correct record of all the proceedings
council; shall provide the books and stationery therefor; make ¢
certificates of election; make out a list of propertv to be taxed, r¢
personal, within the limits of the corporation and fix the value
same as determined by the officers of the state for state taxatio
shall issue tickets for taxes voted by the council, which tickets h
deliver to the sergeant when ordered by the council, and sha
power to administer the oath of office to any of the town office
for said services he shall be allowed annually a certain sum to be
by the council.
9. The sergeant shall collect the taxes voted bv the council, for which
and for paving out the same, he shall be allowed a certain per centum,
the rate to be fixed by the council. Tfe shall have the power and author-
itv of a constable and collector of the county of Page, within the cor-
porate limits of said town, and shall he entitled to the same fees. He
shall pay out the monev in his hands on the warrant of the mayor and
clerk certifying it is done by order of the council.

The sergeant shall, before he enters upon the duties of his office,
execute a bond, the amount of which shall be determined by the council.
with securitv for the faithful performance of his duties, which bond
shall be approved by the council and filed with the clerk.

10. The council of said town shall have power to provide for order
and quiet within the corporation, to make regulations in reference to
contagious diseases, and pass ordinances to carrv into effect the object
of this incorporation, and to punish the violation of the same bv fine
and imprisonment, and to provide a place of imprisonment for all per-
sons ordered to be confined or imprisoned bv the proper authority. The
officers of said town and the council thereof, shall have all the powers
granted to officers, and to the councils of towns corporate, under exist-
ing general laws not inconsistent with this act.

The council may levy annually, a tax for corporation purposes,
which on no property shall exceed ten cents on the one hundred dollars
valuation: provided, that not more than ten acres of enclosed farming
lands belonging to one person shall be taxed for corporation purposes.
The council may, upon petition of two-thirds of the freeholders within
the corporate limits requesting an increase of the rate of taxation, levy
a corporation tax not to exceed the amount named in said petition.

12. The jurisdiction of the corporate authorities of said town shall
extend one mile bevond the limits thereof, for imposing and collecting
a license tax upon all shows, performances, and exhibitions which may
take place anywhere within the said extended boundaries.

13. No distiller of whiskey or brandy shall deposit or sell the product
of his distillery in said town of Stanley, or within one mile of the cor-
porate limits thereof, without the consent of the council of said town:
and anv person applying to the countv court of Page county for a license
to sell liquor of any kind, either as the keeper of a bar-room, ordinary,
wholesale or retail liquor dealer within the corporate limits of said town
or within one mile thereof, shall produce before the court of said
county a certificate signed by the council of said town to the effect that
the applicant is a suitable person, and that no good reason is known
why said license should not be granted: and the court having jurisdiction
shall not grant anv license to sell liquor within the limits of said
town until and unless such certificate be given.

14. The council of said town shall have authority to levy and collect
annually a license tax upon any business conducted in said town upon
which a license is imposed by the state, but such license shall not be
more than one-fifth of that imposed by the state upon such business.

15. The council of said town mav enact a stock law only upon the
petition of three-fourths of the qualified voters of the town.

16. The council of said town may, upon the petition of two-thirds
of the freeholders within the corporate limits, provide for keeping in
repair the public roads and streets and alleys, and supporting the
paupers of said town: provided, the citizens thereof shall be exempt
from all other taxes for said purposes.

17. The following is hereby declared to be the boundary of the town
of Stanley, Page county, Virginia: Beginning at a point in the New
Market and Gordonsville turnpike, east of the crossing of said turnpike,
and the Norfolk and western railroad, and opposite the line between the
Harden-Keyser lot, owned by George W. Keyser, and the land of John
W. Keyser, and following the boundary line of John W. Keyser’s land to
the west corner of said land, where the Reuben Judy road intersects the
said New Market and Gordonsville turnpike, and crossing said Reuben
Judy road to east corner of S. E. Kite’s land; thence south with S. E.
Kite’s line fence on west side of Judy road, to a point south of Reuben
Judy’s residence and directly opposite the center of, Stanley avenue,
west of railroad; thence in a direct line through the lands of Reuben
Judy and S. E. Kite, crossing railroad, to center of said avenue, and
continuing with same to north side of New Market and Gordonsville
turnpike; thence west with said turnpike and H. W. Coffman’s line fence
to west corner of said Coffman’s lot; thence north with division line of
H. W. Coffman and George W. Foltz to north corner of said Coffman’s
lot ; thence in a direct line through the lands of the Stanley furnace and
land company and John W. Short and James P. Dunivan to west
corner of William F. Petefish’s land, continuing with said Pete-
fish line to north corner of lot; thence in a direct line through George
H. Petefish’s orchard to his gate, north of and near to his resi-
dence; thence east with north side of said George H. Petefish’s lane
to G. N. Rogers’ line; thence south with division line of said Petefish
and Rogers to corner of Rogers and Stanley furnace and land company’s
land; thence east with division lines of said G. N. Rogers and Stanlev
furnace and land company, John P. Foltz and Stanley furnace and land
company, John P. Foltz and Thomas S. Brown, John P. Foltz and
Thomas M. Offenbacher, crossing railroad, John P. Foltz and George
W. Good, John P. Foltz and John W. Good, and continuing in a direct
line through the land of James P. Dunivan, to division line between
said Dunivan and Noah Kibler land; thence south with said line to cor-
ner of said Dunivan’s land in said Noah Kibler land; thence southeast
in a direct line to the beginning.

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