Chap. 57.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Lynch's Station, in the
county of Campbell.

Approved November 22, 1884.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the town of Lynch’s Station in the county of Campbell, as
the same has heretofore been, or may hereafter be laid off
into lots, streets and alleys, shall be and the same is hereby
made a town corporate by the name of Lynch’s Station, and
by that name shall have and exercise the powers conferred
upon towns by the fifty-fourth chapter of the Code of Vir-
ginia, of eighteen hundred and seventy-three, and be subject
to all the provisions of said Code, and to all laws now in force
or which may hereafter be enacted in reference to the gov-
ernment of towns of less than five thousand inhabitants, so
far the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of this
act.

2. The boundaries of said town shall be as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at a point one hundred yards south of the Dearing
ford road near the corner of a lot belonging to Miss M. J.
Douglass; thence north across said road, and running with
Mistress Lucinda West’s line to the corner of a tract of land
belonging to Lafayette and Ella West; thence east with their
line to W. C. Arthur’s line; thence with his line southeast to
the line of a tract (number two) of land belonging to Mistress
Lucinda West; thence south with her line to said Dearing
ford road, and south across said road, one hundred yards to
a corner in Miss M. J. Douglass’ field; thence west a straight
line to the beginning. |

3. The government of said town shall be vested in a mayor
and a council of four, who shall be residents of said town, and.
shall be elected annually on the first Monday in January of
each year, by the qualified voters who reside within the cor-
porate limits of said town.

4, The mayor of said town shall preside at the meetings
of said council, and shall in a case of a tie vote upon any
question, cast the deciding vote. He shall also exercise all
jurisdiction, civil and criminal, now by law conferred upon a
justice of the peace, and shall preserve peace and good order
in said town. In the absence of the mayor, the council may
elect one of their own members president pro tempore.

5. The council may annually levy a tax for roads, streets,
sidewalks, and for all purposes deemed necessary for the
benefit and welfare of the citizens of said town, not however
to exceed forty cents on the hundred dollars valuation of
property; said council may also make all such by-laws, and
establish such rules and regulations as they may deem most
conducive to the good government of the town.

6. The council shall annually appoint a sergeant and
recorder, and shall fix their compensation and precribe their
duties, and require such bonds as they may deem proper to
be given, and the said recorder shall be ex-officio treasurer of
the town. The sergeant of the town shall be a conservator
of the peace, and be invested with the full powers of a con-
stable within the limits of said town, and also have power to
arrest offenders within one mile of said limits, for offences
committed therein; and shall also collect the town taxes, and
may destrain therefor, and sell in like manner as state taxes
are collected. The sergeant and recorder shall receive such
compensation as the council may prescribe, and the recorder
shall keep a record of the proceedings of the council, its by-
laws, acts and ordinances, and shall perform such other duties
as the council may prescribe.

7. The mayor of said town, on taking the oath required
by law to be taken by a justice, shall have authority and
jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters of which a jus-
tice has jurisdiction by the laws now in force, and to hear and
determine all controversies arising under the laws and ordi-
nances of said town, and to issue all process, mesne on final,
necessary to enforce his judgments and authority. And in
the absence of the mayor, any one or more of said council
shall have like power and authority.

8. The mayor and council, and each member of the coun-
cil, shall have power and authority to deputize any number
of citizens of the. town, and also such citizens of said county
as may be in said town, to assist the sergeant in the full dis-
charge of his duties in all cases of arrests, riots, and misde-
meanors.

9. The corporation shall have the use of the jail of said
county, whose jailor shall receive and keep all persons duly
committed by the proper officers of said corporation, and he
shall be paid for the board of such prisoners from the state
treasury in like manner as he is paid for other prisoners.

10. Any vacancy in the office of mayor may be filled by
the council, either from their own body or from the electors
of said town, and any vacancy in the office of sergeant or
recorder may also be filled by said council from the electors
of said town.

11. The first election under this act shall be held on the
first Monday in January, eighteen hundred and eighty-five,
and every year thereafter. The polls shall be kept open from
twelve o’clock on the day of election until six P. M., at which
election, every resident of said corporation who is a qualified
voter, shall be allowed to vote. After the first election held
under this act, the said council may prescribe the manner in
which all future elections shall be held for the election of mayor
and council of said town: provided said election shall, as afore-
said, be held annually on the first Monday in January of each

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y 12. B. J. Wilkinson, W. A. Andrews, and John B. Oma-
hondro, or any two of ‘them, are hereby authorized and em-
powered to hold the first election, agreeably to the provisions
of this act, on the first Monday in January, eighteen hun-
dred and eighty-five, for the election of a mayor and council of
said town, first giving five days notice thereof.

13. All the officers of said corporation before entering up-
on the duties of their office, shall take the usual oath of office
before any person now, by law, qualified to administer an
oath. :

14. All fines for the violation of the ordinances of sai
town shall be paid into its treasury, and shall be appropriated
as the council may determine.

15. The poll-tax shall not exceed fifty cents in any one
year, and the said town and taxable persons and property
therein shall be exempt from the county levy for road tax:
provided the streets of said town are kept in good order.

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