Chap. 86.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act.to
incorporate the Town of Waterford, in Loudoun County, approved
Mare eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-five.

Approved February 22, 1678.

Be it enacted by the general assembly, That an act en-
titled an ac€ to incorporate the town of Waterford, in Lou-
doun county, approved March eleventh, eighteen ‘bundred
and seventy-five, be amended and re-enacted go as to read as
foliows:

1. That the town of Waterford, in the county of Lou-
doun, 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 cor-
porate, by the name of Waterford; and by that name shall
have and exercise all the powers, rights, privileges, and im-
munities, and be subject to all the provisions of chapter fifty-
four of the ode of Virginia, eighteen hundred and seventy-
three, so far as the same relates to towns of less than five
thousand inhabitants, and is not in conflict with the powers
herein conferred.

2. That as soon as practicable, after the organization of
the council first elected under this act, the said council shall
cause to be made a survey and plan of the town, showing
distinctly its boundaries, its public streets and alleys, and
their width, with such explanations and remarks as they
may deem proper.

3. That the officers of ‘said town shall consist of a mayor,
recorder, five trustees, and asergoant. The mayor, recorder,
and trustees shall compose the council of suid town. The
said officers shall hold their offices for one year, and until
their successors are duly elected and qualified.

4. The recorder shall keep an accurate record of all the
proceedings of the cquncil, its by-laws, acts and ordinances,
which record shall be open at all times to the inspection of
any voter of the town; and the recorder shall be treasurer
of said corporation, whose duties and compensation as such
shall be prescribed by the council; and the council may ap-
point such other officers as they may deem proper, and define
their powers, duties, and compensation.

5. That for the purpose of carrying into effect the police
regulations of said town, the said town shall be ailowed the
use of the county jail of Loudoun for the safekeeping and
confinement of all persons who shall be sentenced to impris-
onment under the ordinances of said town.

6. That the sergeant of said town shall, be inveated with
the full powers of a constable within the limits of said town.
He shall collect the town taxes, and may distrain and sell
therefor in like manner as a collector of state taxes may dis-
train and sell for state taxes. He shall perform such other
duties and receive such compensation as the council may
prescribe.
7. That the election for the officers provided for by this
act shall be held on the fourth Thursday in May, eighteen
hundred and seventy-six, and on the same day every year
thereafter. Any person who may be a resident citizen and
a qualified voter in said town, and twenty-one years of age,
and qualified to hold office under the lawa of this state, may
be elected to any office provided for by this act.

8. No road tax shall be assessed upon the property within
the corporation except by the council thereof, which road
tax shall be expended upon the streets and roads of said town
under the direction of the council; and for this purpose the
town of Waterford is hereby declared to be one of the road
districts of the magisterial district of Jefferson.

9. That any person applying to the county of Toudoun
for a license to sell liquors of any kind, either as a keeper of
an ordinary or eating-house, or as'a merchant, within the
corporation limits of the town of Waterford, in the said
county, or within one mile of the limits of said corporation,
shall produce before the court of said county, a certificate of
the council of said town, to the effect that the applicant is a
suitable person, and that no good reason is known to said
council why said license should not be granted. And the
court of said county shall not grant any license to sell liquors
within the limits above prescribed, until and unless such cer-
tificate be given.

10. That the boundaries, streets, and alleys of the town of
Waterford, as shown by the survey and plan made in con-
formity to section second of the act of incorporation, ap-
proved March eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-five,
shall bé and the same are hereby declared to be the bounda-
ries, streets, and alleys of said town.

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