Chap. 237.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Windsor, in the county of Isle of
Wight.

Approved March 15, 1902.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That all the ter-
ritory in Windsor magisterial district, in the county of Isle of Wight and
in the State of Virginia, within the following limits, namely: Begin-
ning at the culvert under the Norfolk and Western railroad, a little more
than one-half of a mile west of the station-house in the village of
Windsor ; thence in a straight line to the northeast corner of the land of
John Mitchel, colored, on the county road leading from Windsor to
Carrsville; thence in a straight line at right angles to the said county
road, a distance of two hundred yards; thence in an easterly direction
and along a straight line to a chopped gum on the road leading from
Windsor to Sylvester Johnson, at the southeast corner of the store lot
belonging to John L. Atkins; thence in a straight line to the southwest
corner of the lands of Franklin Pierce; thence along the southern and east-
ern boundary of Franklin Pierce to the county road leading from Windsor
to Suffolk ; thence across the road to the southeast corner of the Christian
Church cemetery; thence along the eastern boundary of the said ceme-
tery to a culvert under the railroad aforesaid; thence in a straight line
to the southwest corner of the land of J. A. Saunders; thence along the
line of the lands of J. A. Saunders, on the south and east, to the lands of
William S. Holland; thence along a part of the southern and eastern
boundary of the lands of the said William S. Holland to the lands of
¥. C. Roberts; thence along a part of the southern, the eastern, and a
part of the northern boundary of the lands of F. C. Roberts to the county
road leading from Windsor to Isle of Wight courthouse; thence along
said road towards Windsor to the branch; thence by the run of said
branch to the culvert at the point of beginning, shall constitute the town
of Windsor, and the inhabitants in the said boundaries shall be a corpora-
tion under the name,and style of the town of Windsor.

2. The government of said town shall be vested in a mayor and council
of eight members besides the mayor (who shall be, ex-officio, a member
of the council and preside at all the meetings thereof), who shall be resi-
dents of said town, and shall be elected in the manner provided by the
law of Virginia then existing on the fourth Thursday in September, nine-
teen hundred and two, and on the fourth Thursday in September in every
second year thereafter, by those qualified to vote for the members of the
general assembly, and who shall have been residents within boundaries of
the said corporation for three months preceding the election, and by no
other persons. The mayor and council shall enter on the discharge of
their duties on the first day of January next following their election, and
shall remain in office until their successors are elected and qualified in
their stead, but no longer.

3. The council shall appoint annually a sergeant, recorder, and treas-
urer, fix their compensations, and prescribe their duty, and require such
bond as may be deemed proper.

4. The sergeant of the said town shall have the power to collect the
fines imposed for violation of any of the ordinances of the corporation,
and the said sergeant shall have the power to exercise within the cor-
porate limits of said town, and within one mile thereof, all the duties
that a constable can legally exercise in regard to the collection of claims
and executions anl levying process, and he shall be entitled to the same
compensation therefor, and he and his securities shall be subject to the
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same liabilities as a constable for any failure in the performance of the
duties of or dereliction in his said office.

5. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the town; he shall
take care that the by-laws, ordinances, acts, and resolutions of the council
are faithfully executed; he shall be, ex-officio, a conservator of the peace
within the town and within a mile of its corporate limits, and shall,
within the same, exercise all the powers vested in the justice of the peace
for the county; he shall have control of the police of the town, and may
appoint special police officers when he deems it necessary; he shall have
authority to issue his warrant for the arrest of any person or persons
violating any of the ordinances, acts, or resolutions of said town; it shall
be his duty especially to see that peace and good order are preserved, and
that persons and property are protected in the town; he shall have power
to issue executions for all fines and costs imposed by him, or he may re-
quire the immediate payment thereof, and in default of such payment he
may commit the party in default to the jail of Isle of Wight county until
the fine and costs shall be paid, but the term of imprisonment shall not
exceed thirty days; he shall, from time to time, recommend to the coun-
cil such measures as he may deem needful for the welfare of the town;
he may receive a compensation for his services, to be fixed by the council,
which shall not be increased nor diminished during the term for which
he shall have been elected.

6. The mayor and councilmen, and each of them, shall, and may, exer-
cise all jurisdiction, civil and criminal, now by law conferred upon the
justice of the peace; shall preserve peace and good order in the town, and
to this end they, and each of them, shall be conservators of the peace by
chapter one hundred and ninety-one of the Code of Virginia. The mayor
and council of said town, and each of them, upon taking oaths as pro-
vided herein, shall each have authority and jurisdiction to hear and de-
termine all matters in which a justice of the peace would have jurisdic-
tion, and to hear and determine all controversies arising under the laws
and ordinances of said town, and to issue any and all proper process,
whether mesne or final, which may be necessary to enforce their judgment
and authority.

%. For public school purposes, the aforesaid corporation of the town of
Windsor is hereby created a separate school district, to be known and
designated as the Windsor town school district of Isle of Wight
county. And the aforesaid council shall have power and authority to lay,
collect, and apply to the maintenance of the public free schools in said
town annually a sum not exceeding fifteen cents on the hundred dollars’
worth of property at its assessed value. :

8. The council of the town of Windsor shall at some time during the
month of May, nineteen hundred and two, elect three school trustees to
hold office for one, two, and three years, respectively, and during the
month of May annually thereafter one trustee, who shall hold office for
three years, or until his successor is elected and qualified as above pro-
vided. The said trustees shall have such power and authority in the
government of the public schools of the district of the town of Windsor
as is vested in such officers by the laws of Virginia.
9. All moneys hereafter received by the treasurer of Isle of Wight
county under the school tax levied by the board of supervisors of the
said county on property within said town, the said treasurer shall appor-
tion among and place to the credit of the school district of the town of
Windsor, except the levy for district school purposes, which shall be paid,
collected, and applied to the maintenance of the public schools of the
Windsor town district by the council of said town: provided, that the
amount of said district school levy shall not exceed the sum of five cents
on each hundred dollars’ worth of property at its assessed value. .

10. The council of the said town is hereby authorized to borrow money
at a rate of interest not exceeding six per centum per annum for the pur-
pose of buying a suitable lot, building and equipping a public school-
house, and for building a suitable town jail.

11. All taxable persons and property in the said town shall be free and
exempt from the payment of any road levy levied in any year by the
county of Isle of Wight for county purposes: provided, the said town
shall, at its own expense, keep its streets, roads, and thoroughfares in
order.

12. The council is hereby authorized to lay, collect, and apply a general
levy not exceeding ten cents on each hundred dollars’ worth of property
at its assessed value. The said council may also levy and collect a capita-
tion tax not exceeding fifty cents per capita.

13. The said council shall have power to make accurate bounds of
existing streets, and to compel the removal of obstructions therefrom, and
to lay off and to have new streets, alleys, and sidewalks, and to provide and
protect shade trees thereon. The council of said town shall have the same
jurisdiction for condemning lands for streets, alleys, and sidewalks of
said town as the county court has for condemning lands for roads in the
county. The council shall further have power to prevent and provide
against fire by accident; to establish and regulate markets; to prevent the
cumbering of streets, sidewalks, and alleys in any manner whatsoever ;
to make sanitary regulations in reference to contagious diseases, or any
and all diseases; to abate nuisances at the expense of those who caused
them; to restrain and punish drunkards, vagrants, mendicants, and
street beggars; to appoint police and prescribe their duties and compen-
sations, and to make, pass, and ordain such rules, regulations, and by-laws
as they may deem necessary and proper for the internal and general good,
safety, health, and convenience of the said town and the inhabitants
thereof, and for enforcing the provisions of the charter. They shall pun-
ish all violators of the law by fine or imprisonment, or both, as may be
prescribed by the by-laws or ordinances of said town: provided, that the
accused shall have the right to appeal to the county court in all cases of
violations of the by-laws or ordinances of said town. The authorities of
said town, with the consent of the county court, shall have the right to use
the county jail whenever it may be needed by them. Whenever judgment
shall be rendered against any person for fines, and there be no visible
effects which the sergeant may distrain and sell therefor, the person so in
default may be compelled to work out such fines on the public streets or
other improvements, and to suffer in addition such term of imprisonment
as may be imposed, as provided by the ordinances of said town. All the
fines for the violation of the ordinances of said town shall be paid into
the treasury of said town, and shall be appropriated as the council may
determine.

14. The mayor and council, and each member of the council, shall have
the power and authority to deputize any number of citizens of the town,
and such as may be in town from the county, to assist the sergeant in the
full discharge of his duties in all cases of riot and misdemeanors.

15. In all cases in which the State may require a license to be taken out
by any person engaged in any business, trade, occupation, or calling, or
for any other purpose, the said council shall have. power to require a
license to be taken out in all such cases for the benefit of said town before
such person shall be permitted to pursue such business, trade, or calling
within the corporate limits of said town, and may require taxes to be paid
thereon, and subject the same to such regulations as they may deem
proper.

16. The revenue from those and other sources shall be collected, paid
over and accounted for at such times and to such purposes as the council
may deem fit; they may be used for the benefit of the town.

1%. The mayor and sergeant of said town shall qualify before enter-
ing upon the duties of their offices in the county court of Isle of Wight
county in the manner prescribed by the law of Virginia for the qualifi-
cation of justices and constables; the bond of the sergeant to be approved
by the council of said town. The recorder and councilmen shall each,
before entering upon the duties of their offices, make oath or affirmation
that they will truly, faithfully, and impartially discharge the duties of
their offices, so long as they shall continue in office, to the best of their
abilities. The said oath or affirmation shall be taken before the mayor
of said town. ,

18. The mayor shall give no vote in the council except in case of a tie,
when he shall give the casting vote.

19. The following named persons are hereby appointed to fill the fol-
lowing offices until the first day of January, in the year one thousand
nine hundred and three, and until their successors are duly elected and
qualified, namely: Charles T. King, mayor; and councilmen as follows:
C. L. Griffin, W. S. Holland, C. W. Bailey, Franklin Pierce, J. S.
Vaughan, F. S. Roberts, W. J. Rhodes, and J. F. Deans. Said persons
are to take their oath of office and enter upon the discharge of the duties
of their respective offices as soon as practicable after the passage of this
act, and they are hereby clothed with all the powers and subject to all
the provisions appertaining to their respective offices herein prescribed.

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