Chap. 337.—An ACT to amend and re-enact. section 5 of an act entitled an act to
provide a charter for the town of Onancock, in the county of Accomac, ap-
proved February 15, 1882.

In force February 14, 1898.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That section
five of an act entitled an act to provide a charter for the town of Onan-
cock, in the county of Accomac, approved February fifteenth, eighteen
hundred and eighty-two, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

§ 5. The said council shall have power to clect a treasurer, a clerk, a
sergeant and any other officer they may deem necessary for the said
town, to regulate their compensation, prescribe their duties, remove
them from office and require bond with approved security for the faith-
ful performance of their respective duties. The council shall also have
power to pass all by-laws and ordinances for the government of the said
town which they may deem proper, not in conflict with the constitution
of this state or the United States; to mark accurately the bounds of
existing streets, and alter or change the same, and to lay off new streets,
alleys or sidewalks, and keep them in order, and to make other improve-
ments, for which purposes the council of said town shall have the same
powers and jurisdiction for condemning land for streets, alleys and side-
walks, as the county court has for condemning land for roads in the county;
to cause to be made a survey and plat of the said town, showing distinctly
its boundaries, its public streets, alleys and sidewalks, and their width,
with such remarks and explanations as they may deem proper; to regulate
or prohibit the running at large of animals; to provide and protect shade
trees; to establish a fire department with suitable and necessary conven.
iences; to make regulations in reference to contagious diseases; to abate nui.
sances; to provide for order and quiet, and the uvbservance of the Sabbatk
within said town and one mile beyond its limits; to punish violations of the
ordinances and by-laws of the council with stripes, fine and imprisonment,
or either; to appoint annually three electors of said town to assess the
value of all real and personal property within said town for the purpose
of taxation, who shall certify their assessment to the council and, in
addition to the powers conferred by this act, shall have the same powers
and authority as the councils of towns less than five thousand inhabi-
tants, under the genera] laws of this state; and for the purpose of this
incorporation, the said council may levy such taxes as they may deem
proper on all property, real and personal, within the said town not to
exceed forty cents on the one hundred dollars’ assessed value; the capi-
tation tax not to exceed fifty cents per year; a tax on dogs not to exceed
one dollar per year, and a license tax on every vocation, profession or
business for which a state license is required. In case of failure to pay
the tax on any dog or bitch, the same shall be killed by the town ser-
geant under regulations to be prescribed by the council.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.