CHAP. 177.—An_ ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an
act to incorporate the town of Central City, in Montgomery
county, approved May 28, 1887, and to change the name of suid
town to Radford. :

Approved February 6, 1890.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia,
That the town of Central City, in the county of Montgom-
ery, shall be, and the same is hereby, declared to be a town
corporate, under the name of Radford, and by that name
shall have and exercise the powers hereinafter granted.

2. The government of said town shall be vested in a
mayor and council of seven, to be chosen biennially by
ballot on the first Thursday in October by those qualified
to vote for members of the general assembly, and who
shall have been residents within the boundaries of the
corporation for three months next preceding the election,
and by no others.

3. The municipal officers shall consist of a mayor, a
treasurer, a clerk, a sergeant, and seven councilmen.

4. The mayor shall be elected for a term of two years,
and his salary fixed by the council. He shall have the power,
authority, and jurisdiction of a justice of the peace in
civil and criminal matters within the limits of the cor-
poration and one mile beyond the same; and shall have
power to issue process, hear and determine all prosecu-
tions and controversies which may arise under the by-
laws and ordinances of the town; impose fines and inflict
punishment when authorized by such by-laws and ordi-
nances, and issue executions for the collection of said
fines. He shall be the presiding officer of the council,
but shall not have a vote except in case of a tie. He
shall have power, when any person is suspected of selling,
by retail, wine, ardent spirits, or a mixture thereof, con-
trary to law, within the corporation and one mile
beyond the same, upon complaint on oath in due form of
Jaw, to issue a warrant for the arrest of the accused, and,
upon conviction, may fine him not less than ten dollars
nor more than thirty dollars, and the person so found
guilty shall not have the right of appeal unless bond
with good security be given for the amount of the fine and
costs. The mayor shall exercise a constant supervision
over the conduct of all subordinate officers; have power
and authority to investigate their acts; have access to all
books and documents in their offices; to suspend any
officer for intoxication, misconduct, or neglect of duty,
and shall report such suspension to the next meeting of
the council for its action thereon. He shall have power
to imprison all persons convicted and fined by him fora
violation of the by-laws and ordinances of the town,
when default is made in the payment thereof, the terms
of imprisonment, however, not to exceed in any case six
months. In case of the absence or inability of the mayor
to discharge his duties, the president pro tempore of the
council shall be clothed with the powers, duties, and
authorities of the mayor during such absence or inability.

5. The treasurer, sergeant, and clerk shall be elected
biennially on the first Thursday in October, and shall
each serve for a term of two years.

6. The sergeant shal] be a conservator of the peace, and
shall] have all the powers of a constable within the limits
of the town and one mile beyond the same. He shal] col-
Ject all town levies, and have power to distrain and sell
therefer, in like manner as a county treasurer to distrain
ind sell for state taxes. He shall be required to give
yond, with good security, in a penalty at least double the
mount of the revenue to be collected by him.

7. The clerk shall attend all meetings of the council
ind keep a record of its proceedings; have the custody of
he corporation seal; provide all necessary books and sta-
Jonery; make out certificates of election; make out a
ist of property, real and personal, within the corporation,
‘o be assessed with taxes, taking, in the case of real estate,
the valuation made for state purposes; make out tax
tickets and deliver the same to the sergeant when ordered
by the council; and shall have power to administer the
oaths of office to any of the town officers. The clerk shall
receive for his services annually such sum as the council
may determine, not to exceed in any one year the sum of
two hundred dollars.

8. The treasurer shall receive all money belonging to
the town and receipt to the sergeant for the same. He
shall keep his books and accounts in such manner as the
council may prescribe, which shall] always be open to the
inspection of the mayor, any member of the council, or
any committee thereof. He shall not pay out any money
except upon a warrant signed by the clerk and counter-
signed by the mayor. He shall keep a register of all
warrants, showing the number, date, and amount of each,
upon what fund drawn, and to whom paid; and shall
make settlement whenever required so to do by the coun-
cil. He shall, upon his qualification, give bond, with
good security, to be approved by the council, in a penalty
at least double the revenue to come into his hands, and
shall receive for his services such annual salary as the
council may fix.

9. The council shall have authority to adopt such rules
and appoint such officers, committees and clerks as they
may deem proper for the regulation of their proceedings,
and appoint such time and place for holding their month-
ly meetings as may be necessary for the convenient trans-
action of their business; to compel the clerk to attend
their meetings; to compel the attendance of absent mem-
bers; punish any member for disorderly behavior, and by
&@ vote of three-fourths of the whole council to expel a
member for malfeasance or misfeasance. They shall
keep a book in which all their proceedings shall be en-
tered. All meetings shall be open to the public, except
when the public welfare shall require secrecy. At the
first meeting of the council they shall elect a president
pro tempore. A majority of the members shall constitute
& quorum, but no ordinance shall be passed or resolution

adopted having for its object the appropriation of money
except by the concurrence of five members, to be ascer-
tained by a recorded vote. They shall have power to
make provision for and regulate the weighing of hay,.
fodder, oats, shucks, coal and wood; to provide for meas-
uring corn, oats, grain, coal, stone, wood, lumber, boards,
potatoes and other articles for sale or barter; to require
every merchant, trader, or dealer in merchandise or prop-
erty of any description which is sold by measure or weight
or to cause their weights and measures to be sealed by the
sergeant; to secure the inhabitants from contagious, infec-
tious, or dangerous diseases; to establish, erect and regu-
late hospitals; to provide for the removal of all patients
to said hospitals; to appoint and organize a board of
health; to require and enforce the abatement of all nui-
sances within the corporate limits and one mile beyond
the same; to prevent horses, cows, hogs, dogs and other
animals from running at large; to prevent the riding or
driving of horses or other animals at an improper rate of
speed, or engaging In any game or sport on the streets,
sidewalks, or public alleys dangerous or annoying to pas-
sengers; to punish the abuse or cruel treatment of horses
or other animals; to restrain ‘and punish drunkards,
vagrants and street beggars; to prevent vice and immo-
rality; to preserve the peace and good order, quell riots,
disturbances and disorderly assemblages; to suppress
houses of ill-fame and gambling houses; to prevent and
punish lewd, indecent and disorderly conduct or exhibi-
tions, and to expel from the town persons guilty of such
conduct who have not been residents thereof for one
month; to provide and protect shade trees; to estab-
lish a fire department, and to appoint all necessary offi-
cers, make such regulations for their government, and
prescribe such duties in case of fire or alarm of fire as
may be necessary; fix the pay of the officers, and impose
such reasonable fines for any breach of their duties as the
council may deem proper; to make such regulations for
building chimneys and flues, and to compel citizens to
keep them clear and free from soot, as they may deem
proper; to establish a-market or markets, provide suita-
ble buildings and grounds therefor, appoint all necessary
officers for the same, prescribe the days and hours for
holding the market, and to enforce such regulations as
shall be necessary and judicious to prevent huckstering,
forestalling or regrating; to erect a prison house, with
such apartments as may be necessary for the safe-keeping
and employment of all persons confined therein, and to
establish a chain-gang in conformity with law; to erect
in or near the town suitable work-houses, houses of cor-
rection and reformation, and houses for the reception of
the poor; to erect and keep in order all public buildings
necessary for the use of the town.

10. The council shall have power to levy a license tax
on any business, employment, or profession for which a
state license is required, and may also impose a tax and
require a license for the privilege of keeping for hire any
wheeled wagon or carriage, to levy annually a poll-tax of
fifty cents on each male person of the age of twenty-one
years and over, which shall be set apart for public school
purposes, and a tax not exceeding in any one year one
dollar on the one hundred dollars valuation of property,
real and personal, to meet the current expenses of the
town.

11. The council shall have power to purchase and hold
land and lots on which to erect school-houses, school-
buildings, and other necessary buildings, and may sell
and convey any part thereof; provided, that before any
sale can be made five members of the council shall concur
therein.

12. The council shall have power and are hereby author-
ized, for and on behalf of the town, to issue bonds to an
amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, in such sums
as they may prescribe, at a rate of interest not to exceed
gix per centum per annum, and payable at such times as
they may fix, the same to be sold or negotiated, and the
proceeds used in the location and construction of streets,
sidewalks, waterworks, and buildings necessary for the use
of the town, the purchasing of land and lots, and to dis-
charge any of its present indebtedness, and to provide a
sinking fund for the extinguishment of the debt.

13. The council, if it so elects, shall have power to con-
stitute the town a separate school district, to be known as
the Radford school district, and shall appoint trustees
therefor, as provided by section one thousand four hun-
dred and sixty-nine of the code of Virginia, such trustees
to be clothed with all the powers and to perform all the
duties now vested in and required of district boards of
school trustees; and in providing funds for the support
of the schools, the trustees shall be governed by the pro-
visions of section one thousand five hundred and forty of
the code of Virginia. The following is hereby declared
to be the boundary of the town: on the west by Connelly’s
branch, north by New river, on the south and east by
three-fourths of a mile from the brick depot in said town.

14. From and after this act goes into effect and until
the mayor, councilmen, and other officers required to be
elected under its provisions, are elected, S. Heth, W. F.
Collins, R. A. Smith, G. W. Epling, C. W. Lucas, J. L.
Einstein, and G. W. Yingling are hereby declared to be
councilmen; Arthur Roberts, clerk; E. L. Lucas, ser-
geant; A. Robinson, treasurer, and J. D. Peters, mayor.
All the officers elected under this act shall enter upon the
discharge of their duties on the first day of December
next succeeding their election.

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

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