Chap. 152.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act incorporating
the town of Grundy, in Buchanan county, Virginia, approved March 3, 1879.

Approved January 29, 1898.

1. Beit enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That an act en-
titled an act incorporating the town of Grundy, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 2. The boundaries of the town shall be one mile from the equrt-
house building in said town, extending east, west, north, and south,
and embracing the area contained therein, so as to make said area two
miles square.
§ 3. The mayor shall by virtue of his office possess all the power, au-
thority, and jurisdiction of a justice of the peace of Buchanan county.
He shall see that all the ordinances of the town are faithfully enforced.

§ 4. It shall be the duty of the council of said town to compel the
abatement of all nuisances in said town at the expense of persons caus-
ing the same, or the owner or owners of the ground whereon the same
shall be; to prevent hog-pens, privies, stables, the use of fireworks or
the exercise of any dangerous, offensive, or unhealthy business or trade
in said town, and to remove for cause any officer of said town and ap-
point his successor.

§ 5. To prevent by the enactment of appropriate by-laws, the riding
or driving of horses or other animals at an improper or dangerous speed;
the throwing of stones or engaging in any sport or employment on the
streets and alleys dangerous or annoying to the citizens.

§ 6. To restrain and punish drunkards, street beggars, vagrants, and
persons coming into town without any visible means of support; to pre-
vent vice and immorality; to preserve the peace and good order of the
town; to prevent and quell riots, disturbances, and disorderly conduct
and assemblages; to suppress houses of ill fame and gambling; to pre-
vent and punish lewd conduct on the streets, and to expel from the
town persons guilty of any of the offenses mentioned above.

§ 7. They may require such persons to give bond for their good be-
havior in a penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars with approved
security, and upon failure to give such bond, be imprisoned in the
county jail not to exceed twelve months.

§ 8. They shall prevent the running at large onany of the streets and
alleys of said town, any property of whatever kind, and may in their
discretion, prohibit the same to the corporate limits of said town, and
for the purpose of carrying out this provision, the said council is hereby
invested with full power to ordain and pass any ordinance relative
thereto.

§ 9. To fill any vacancy that may occur in any of the offices of the
corporation.

§ 10. Whenever judgment shall be rendered against any person for
fines and cost in default of payment may be compelled to work out the
fines and cost on the public streets and roads within the corporation.

§ 11. All fines for the violation of the ordinances of said town shall
be paid to the sergeant of said town, and shall be appropriated as the
council may determine.

§ 12. The sergeant of said town shall have authority and power to
collect all taxes, levies, cost, and fines legally imposed by the mayor or
council, and may levy on and take into his possession and sell for cash,
after ten days’ written notice, posted at such places as the council may
determine, stating the time, terms, and place of sale, any property sub-
ject to the payment of such taxes, levies, fines, and cost.

§ 13. The sergeant shall Lave power to execute within the corporate
limits of said town, and one mile beyond the same, any civil or crimi-
nal proceedings or any warrant or process directed to him by the mayor
or councilmen of said town or that may otherwise be legally directed to
him, for which services he shall be allowed the same compensation as
constables for like services.) _
§ 14. The recorder shall keep an accurate record of all the proceed-
ings of the council, its by-laws, acts, and ordinances. He shall make
out the tax bills upon estimates of property as perstate assessment when
ordered by the council, and deliver the same to the sergeant for collec-
tion. The council shall prescribe by ordinance his compensation for his
services. The sergeant shall, before entering upon the duties of his
office, exeeute a bond for the faithful) performance of his duties, which
bond shall be approved by the council and filed with the recorder. In
any case, Upon satisfactory Information that the state assessment of the
real or personal property which is located inside the corporate limits of
suid town, is assessed less than the true value, or where there is walua-
ble improvements made upon the same enhancing the value thereof since
the last state assessment, it shall be the duty of the council to require
their recorder to forthwith, in the order that state assessments are made,
obtain from the owner of such property a full and complete list and
value of the same under oath, from which list he shall make out the
corporation tax tickets.

$15. The boundaries of the corporation of the town of Grundy shall
eonetitule a separate road precinct, and it shall be the duty of the coun-
cil of said town to provide for and keep the streets and roads within the
corporate limits in repair and clear of all fences and other obstructions;
and it shall be the duty of the county treasurer of Buchanan county,
and he is hereby required to do so, to pay over and settle with the coun-
cil of said town all the road taxes collected by him on real and personal
property within the limits of said corporation instead of the board. of
supervisors; and the said eouneil shall by proper ordinances regulate the
hauling in and over the said streets and roads in said corporation, and
shall have power to Impose fines and penalties for the abuse of same.
$16. Allacts or parts of acts in conflict with the foregoing sections
are hereby repealed.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.