Chap. 329.—An ACT to Incorporate the Town of West Point, in King
William County.

Approved Jaly 11, 1870.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the town of
West Point, in King William county, as the same has been
heretofore laid off into lots, streets, and alleys, shall be and the
same is hereby made a town corporate, by the name and style
of The Town of West Point, and by that name shall have and
exercise the powers conferred upon towns by, and be subject
to the provisions ot the fifty-fourth chapter of the Code of Vir-
ginia, and all laws now in force, or that may be hereafter enacted,
applicable to towns of less than five thousand inhabitants.

2. The boundary of said town shall be as follows: Begin-
ning at the confluence of the Mattaponi and the Pamunkey
rivers; thence up the Pamunkey river, with the meanderings
thereof, to the line dividing the West Point estate from the
land belonging to the West Point Jand company; then along
said line to the Mattaponi river; then down the Mattaponi
river, with the meanderings thereof, to the place of beginning.

3. The officers of said town shall consist of one mayor, and
five other citizens, who shall compose the council of said town,
and a sergeant, who shall be elected by the said council, and
who shall hold their offices for two years, and until their suc-
-cessors are elected or appointed. 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 necessary improvements, for which
purpose they may levy such tax as they may deem proper, not
exceeding fifty cents on the hundred dollars. At all meetings
of said council the mayor shall preside, if present.

4, The sergeant of said town shall be a conservator of the
peace, and be invested with the full powers of 4 constable
within the limits of said town; also, have the power to arrest
offenders within one mile of said limits for offences committed
within the limits of said town. THe 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.

5. The time for holding an election for said officers, agree-
a to this charter, shall be the first Saturday in September,
eighteen hundred and seventy, reasonable 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 September.

6. James F. New, Bolivar Stark, Wm. E. Hart, Thomas L.
Davis, and David S. Treat, or any three of them, are appointed
commissioners to supervise and hold the election for mayor
and council of said town of West Point, at the first election
provided for in this act.

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