Chap. 550.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Singer Glen, in Rockingham
county; also empowering the council of said town to issue bonds.

Approved March 2, 1894.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the
territory contained within the limits set forth and described in sec-
tion two of this act be deemed and taken as the town of Singer Glen,
and the inhabitants of the town of Singer Glen, for all purposes for
which towns are incorporated in this commonwealth, shall be a body
politic in fact and in name, under the style and denomination of the
town of “Singer Glen,” and as such shall have, exercise and enjoy
all the rights, immunities, powers and privileges, and be subject to
all the duties and obligations incumbent upon and pertaining to said
town as & municipal corporation.

2. The boundaries of the said town shall be as follows: Beginning at
northwest corner of the graveyard; thence east to public road (on
west side); thence following west side of public road to a corner at
Samuel Gallihue’s; thence to a corner on top of hill near Ephrim
Rinbush’s line; thence south to a corner in John S. Funk’s woods;
thence west toa corner continuous with Timothy Funk’s fence to
starting point, at northwest corner of graveyard to the beginning.

3. The government of the said town shall be vested in a council
of six, to be elected by ballot on the first Saturday in June, eighteen
hundred and ninety-five, and every two years thereafter.

4, Any person entitled to vote in the county of Rockingham, and
residing within the corporate limits of said town thirty days previ-
ous to any election, shall be entitled to vote at all elections under
this act of incorporation.

5. The mayor shall appoint two members of the council, who, with
the clerk of the council, shall hold said election between the hours of
one in the afternoon and sunset, and they shall decide any contest
with reference to the right of any individual to vote, and shall count
the ballots. In case it is impossible to decide the six who have the
highest number of votes by reason of a tie, the said clerk shall de-
cide in the presence of the two councilmen aforesaid by lot. Said
clerk shall immediately thereafter make out and deliver to each one
of the councilmen elected acertificate of his eiection.

6. The following-named persons are hereby appointed to fill the
following offices until the first day of July, eighteen hundred and
ninety-five, and until their successors are elected and qualified,
namely: B.H. Franklin, mayor; 8. H. Swank, G. W. Shaffer, Joseph
R. Funk, 8S. W. Brewer, D. M. Holler and C. F. Shank, councilmen.
The said council, which includes the mayor as president thereof,
shall have the power to appoint a sergeant, treasurer, commissioner
of the revenue, clerk and such other officers as may be necessary,
who shall remain in office until their successors are elected and
qualify. In case the council shall determine to have any of the
above-named officers, or any other officers, they, as well as the mayor
and councilmen, shall be elected by the qualified voters of said
town on the first Saturday in June, eighteen hundred and ninety-
five, their term of office to begin on the first day of July following,
and the said officers shall be elected biennially thereafter.

7. The mayor and councilmen shall qualify by taking an oath of
office before any person qualified to administer oaths, and if the
mayor or any of the above appointed councilmen should fail to
qualify for ten days after four of those above named shall have qual-
ified, they shall be deemed to have declined said office, and those
who qualified shall proceed to fill the vacancies thus existing. All
the officers of the corporation shall serve without compensation, ex-
cept as hereinafter provided, and except that they receive the fees
allowed by law for acting as justice in any case. Any of said offi-
cers may be removed from office by the unanimous vote of the coun-
cil for good cause. The council at its first regular meeting shall
elect a mayor pro tempore, who shall have all the powers of the mayor
in his absence, or when from any cause the mayor is unable to dis-
charge his duties as such. The mayor shall be the presiding officer
of the council, but shall have no vote except in case of tie. The
mayor shall and may exercise all jurisdiction, civil and criminal,
now by law conferred upon justices of the peace; shall preserve peace
and good order in said town, and to this end shall be a conservator
of the peace, with all the powers of the same, and shall be entitled
to the fees as a justice of the peace.

8. That for the purpose of maintaining the police regulations of
said town under the authority of this act, the jurisdiction of the cor-
porate authorities thereof shall be, and the same is hereby, made to ex-
tend one mile beyond the limits of the said town.

9. The sergeant of said town shall have the same power and dis-
charge the same duties as constable within the corporate limits of
said town, and to the distance of one mile beyond the same. He
shall have power to arrest in said town, or anywhere within Rock-
Ingham county, upon a warrant issued by the mayor or a justice of
the peace, any person charged with a violation of the laws of this
commonwealth or ordinances of said town; and where the same are
committed in his presence within the limits of said town, he shall
have authority and power to arrest forthwith, without warrant, the
offender, and carry him before the mayor or some conservator of the
peace of said town to be dealt with according to law. The council
may appoint him as collector of taxes and levies, allowing him a
certain per centum for collecting the same.

10. The person whose duty it is to collect town levies, taxes and
fines shall have the same power to distrain therefor as collectors
have in similar cases.

11. The council may impose a tax on the real and persona! estate
in said town, which shall not exceed fifty cents on the one hundred
dollars of the assessed value thereof. The council may also impose
a license tax for the privilege of doing any business in said town.

12. But no license to sell ardent spirits, malt liquors, wine, beer,
ale, porter, or any intoxicating drinks, or intoxicating bitters, or
mixtures thereof, shall be granted by any court or judge, or other
person, to any person within the corporate limits of said town.

It shall not be lawful to sell or barter intoxicating liquors of any
kind within the corporate limits of said town, nor shall it be lawful
within said territory to solicit orders or to receive orders or to take
orders unsolicited for the sale of ardent spirits, malt liquors, wine,
ale, beer, porter, or any mixture thereof, under any other name. Nor
shall it be lawful for any person to keep spirituous or malt liquors
deposited or stored in any place in said corporation for sale, barter
or exchange, either directly or indirectly. Any violation of this
section shall be deemed a misdemeanor, for which a fine may be
imposed, not exceeding twenty dollars, exclusive of costs, for each
offence, and the person so convicted may be required to give a bond,
with good sureties, payable to the town of Singer Glen, in a penalt:
not exceeding three hundred dollars, to keep the peace and be o
good behavior for a term not exceeding twelve months.

13. That the town of Singer Glen is hereby empowered, with th
consent of the majority of the members of the council, to issu
bonds, not exceeding five hundred dollars, for the purposes as th
council of said town may think proper for the use of the said town

14. The bonds may be issued and sold at such times and unde:
such conditions and restrictions, of such denominations, eithe:
registered or coupon, or both; bear such rate of interest, not exceed.
ing 81x per centum per annum, but which may be paid semi-annually
be identified by the signature or signatures of such officials, and ir
all other respects conform to such provisions as the council of the
said town, before the issuing of the said bonds, by ordinance may}
provide; but the said bonds shal! not be sold by the said town at les:
than their par value. ©

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