Chap. 43.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to
Incorporate the Town of Seddon, in the County of Bland, in force
March twenty-second, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, as amended
by an act entitled an act to amend the Charter of the Town of Seddon,
in the County of Bland, in force December twenty-fourth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two.

Approved February 7, 1876.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the act
entitled an act to incorporate the town of Seddon, in the
county of Bland, in force March twenty-second, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, as amended by an act entitled an
act to amend the charter of the town of Seddon, in the
county of Bland, in force December twenty-fourth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:

§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the town
of Seddon, in the county of Bland, as the same has hereto-
fore been or may hereafter be laid off into lots, streets, and
alleys, shall be and the same is hereby made a town corpo-
rate, by the name of the town of Seddon, and by that name
shall have and exercise the powers conferred upon towns by
the fifty-fourth chapter of the Code of eighteen hundred and
sixty, so far as the same is in force, and shall be subject to
and governed by all laws now in force, or which may here-
after pass, for the government of towns containing less than
five thousand inhabitants.

§ 2. The boundaries of said town shall be as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the Raleigh and Grayson turnpike,
one half-mile south of the courthouse in said town, and run-
ning at right-angles to said turnpike one-third of a mile west;
thence, in a line parallel with said turnpike, to a point due
west of a.point on said turnpike, five-eighths of a mile north
of the courthouse aforesaid; thence east to said turnpike;
thence east one-third of a mile; thence, in a line parallel
with said turnpike, to a point due east of the beginning;
thence due west to the beginning.

§ 3. The officers of said town shall consist of seven trus-
tees, who shall compose the council, a majority of whom may
constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The
said boards of trustees shall have power to pass all by-laws
and ordinances for the government of suid town that they
may deem proper, not in conflict with the constitution of
this state or the United States; and also to provide for keep-
ing the streets in order, opening new streets, and grading
and paving the same and for other necessary improvements;
for which purposes they may levy such tax as they may deem
proper on all the property in said town, and on all the voca-
tions, professions or business, as are now subject to taxation
by the revenue laws of this state: provided, that no tax be
levied on any lands in the corporate limits of the town, except
on the lots which have been surveyed and sold as town lots.
§ 4. The board of trustees shall elect, from their own body,
a president, who shall preside at all their meetings, and,
when they are equally divided, shall, in addition to his indi-
vidual vote, give the casting vote. He shall also be mayor
of the town, and shall be vested with a:l the powers of,a
justice of the peace within the limits of said town, except
that no civil warrants shall be tried by him.

§ 5. In addition to the above named officers, there shall be
elected annually, by the qualified voters of said town, a town
sergeant, who shall be a conservator of the peace, and be in-
vested with the full powers of a constable within the limits
of said town, and also have power to arrest offenders within
one mile of said limits for offences committed within the
limits of said town. He shall collect the town taxes, and
may distrain and sell therefor in like manner as a sheriff may
distrain and sell tor state taxes, and shall have in other re-
spects the power to enforce the collection thereof.

§ 6. All persons desiring to do a license liquor business
within the corporate limits of said town, shall, on applying
for the same, produce the certificate of the town council, if
required by it, that the said applicant is a suitable person to
engage in such licensed liquor business, and then the court
or commissioner of the revenue may grant such license.
Any person violating this section, on conviction thereof be-
fore the court of said county, shall pay a fine of not.less than
one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars in addition
to the forfeiture of his license.

§ 7. This act shall be in force from its passage.