Chap. 250.—An ACT to Incorporate the Town of Gordonsville.
Approved July 9, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly,‘ That the town of
Gordonsville, in the county of Orange, as the same has been
or may be laid off into lots, streets, and alleys, shall be and
the same is hereby made a town corporate, by the name of
The Town of Gordonsville; and by that name shall have and
exercise the powers conferred upon towns by and be subject
to the provisions of the fifty-fourth chapter of the Code of
Virginia, so far as the provisions of said chapter are not in
conflict with the provisions of this act.

2. The boundary of said town shall be as follows: starting
at the stables of the Exchange hotel, to follow Dr. Cadmus’
line to the Charlottesville road; thence to Mrs. Freeman’s;
thence to the line between W. H. Mann and G. W. Moyer’s,
to follow that to the south-eastern corner of said Moyer’s lot;:
thence to the stables of the Exchange hotel.

3. The officers of said town shall consist of nine trustees,
who shall compose the council, (five of whom shall constitute a
quorum to transact business) and a sergeant, who shall hold
their offices for two years, and until their successors are ap-
pointed. The said council shall have power to pass all by-laws
and ordinances for the government of said town that they
may deem proper (not in conflict with the constitution of the
state or of the United States), and also to provide for keeping
the streets in order and paving the same, and for other neces-
sary improvements for which purpose they may levy such
tax as they may deem proper, not exceeding fifty cents on the
hundred dollars.

4. The council shall elect from their own number a presi-
dent, who shall preside at all the meetings of the council ; and
when they are equally divided, shall, in addition to his indivi-
dual vote, give the casting vote; and he shall be invested with
all 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. The sergeant of said town shall be a conservator of the
peace, and be invested with the full powers of a constable
within the limits of said town; also have the power to arrest
offenders within half mile of said limits for offences commit-
ted 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 for state taxes, and shall have, in
other respects, like powers to force the collection thereof.

6. The time for holding an election for said officers agreea-
bly to this charter, shall be the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, eighteen hundred and seventy, rea-
sonable notice being given of the place of voting within said
town; and once in every two years thereafter, an election shall
be held for said officers on the same day in November.

7. L. W. Sneed, B. H. Partlow, W. H. Faulconer, William
Rock, W. P. Smith, L. T. D. Faulconer, J. K. Gentry, P. P.
Barbour, and B. W. Thurmond, are hereby appointed trustees
of the said town, and are invested with all the powers, func-
tions, and duties of such office, as prescribed in this act and
the said fifty-fourth chapter of the Virginia Code, and will
hold the same until the regular election day, as herein set
forth, and their successors are elected and qualified.

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

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