Chap. 232.-An ACT to incorporate the town of Mayville, in Dumfries magisterial
district, Prince William county.
Approved May 14, 1903.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the town of
Mayville, in Dumfries magisterial district, Prince William county, Vir-
ginia, shall be, and the same is hereby, made a town corporate, under the
name and style of the town of Mayville, and by that name and style shall
have and exercise the powers hereinafter granted.

2. That the government of said town shall be vested in a council of five,
to be chosen annually by ballot on the second Tuesday in June. Any per-
son entitled to vote in the said district, and residing in said town, and
shall have registered in accordance with general law for the registration
of electors in town elections, shall be entitled to vote at all elections in
said town. All elections shall be held as provided by general law for
towns. The clerk of said town hereinafter provided shall issue to the five
persons receiving the highest number of votes a certificate of election, and
before entering upon their duties as councilmen shall take the oath for
the faithful performance of their duties as prescribed by the Constitution
and laws of the State of Virginia.

3. Said council, or so many of them as have qualified, shall meet on
the first Monday of September thereafter and organize by choosing a
mayor, clerk, and sergeant from among the residents of the said town,
which officers shall hold their respective offices for the term of two years
when qualified. Said officers shall qualify as hereinbefore provided for.
All the officers of the town shall serve without compensation, except as
hereinafter provided. The council shall appoint its own time of meet-
ing; @ quorum shall consist of a majority of those who have qualified ;
and any vacancy among any of the officers of the town caused by neglect
to qualify, or for other reasons, shall be filled by the said council.

4. The mayor shall be the presiding officer of the council, but shall
have no vote except in case of a tie, or unless he shall be one of the coun-
cilmen. He shall have the jurisdiction and authority of a justice of the
peace of Prince William county, in said town, and shall have special juris-
diction of the enforcement of the town ordinances, and shall be entitled
therefor to charge such fees allowed a justice of the pace for like services.
He may call special meetings of the council by giving notice to each mem-
ber thereof. The sheriff of said county shall respect and obey the war-
rant or mittimus of the mayor in the same manner as any magistrate of
said county. The clerk of said council shall keep a correct record of the
proceedings of the council; shall provide the books and stationery there-
for; shall make out the certificates of election; shall issue warrants upon
the sergeant, ordered by the council, and shall have the power to admin-
ister the oath of office to any of the town officers, and for his services un-
der this charter shall be allowed annually a sum to be fixed by the coun-
cil: provided, the same shall not exceed twenty-five dollars per annum.

5. The sergeant shall collect the taxes imposed by the council, and shall
pay all warrants signed by the mayor and countersigned by the clerk. He
shall have power and authority of any constable within said town, and
shall be entitled to same fees allowed by general law to a constable for
like services. He shall perform all duties of overseer of roads or streets
in said town in accordance with general law. It shall be the duty of the
sergeant, under the direction of the council, to cause the streets of said
town to be worked, and shall, for his public services, be allowed annually
a sum to be fixed by the council, not to exceed the sum of sixty dollars per
annum; the sergeant shall, before entering upon the discharge of his
duties, execute a bond in the penalty of five hundred dollars, with sureties
to be approved by said council, conditioned according to law; said bond
and all other papers of said town shall be filed and preserved by the clerk.

6. The council shall adopt such ordinances for the preservation of
good order, health, and property in said town not inconsistent with the
laws of the State of Virginia, and may provide fines and penalties for the
violation of any ordinance, ten dollars, or imprisonment for not more
than twenty days.

%. The clerk shal] assess all real and personal property within the said
town, and for that purpose shall have access to the land and property
book of the commissioner of the ‘revenue for said district; such property
shall not be assessed at a higher value than for State and county purposes.
Said clerk shall make out tax tickets for taxes imposed by the council
against the owners of all property within said town, and place same in
the hands of the sergeant for collection, and take receipt therefor. The
council may annually levy a tax upon all property within said town for
town purposes not to exceed twenty cents on the one hundred dollars value
thereof. The council may on the first day of May, nineteen hundred and
three, and annually thereafter, impose a license tax on all persons en-
gaged in business within said town, not to exceed, however, one-half of the
amount imposed by the State for like purposes. It shall be the duty of
the clerk to issue a license to each person engaged in business for which a
license may be imposed by the council, and shall place the same in the
hands of the sergeant for collection. Said sergeant shall have the same
power to enforce collections thereof as now provided for the collection of
taxes.

8. The following are hereby declared to be the bounds of said town:
Beginning at King’s mill, on Quantico run, and extending east with said
run to the iron bridge at Dumfries; thence south with the-long distance
telephone line to the line of James H. Horton; thence west with said
Horton’s line to the stage road; thence east with said stage road to the
Cauborough road; thence weet with said Cauborough’s to the line of
James Bates ; thence north with said Bates’ line to Quantico run, and
thence down said run to the place of beginning.

9. Jonas Barnhouse, F.W. Hornbaker, Noah Milstead, Walter H. Keys,
and Andrew Watson, or a majority of them, are hereby empowered to
qualify before any magistrate or notary public, and thereupon they shall
constitute, until the first day of September, nineteen hundred and four,
the council of said town of Mayville, and as such may organize and elect
a clerk and sergeant, and perform all the duties of said council. J.
Frank Wheat is hereby made mayor of said town until September first,
nineteen hundred and four.
10. The officers of said town and the council thereof shall have all
powers granted to officers and councils of towns corporate under existing
general laws of the State of Virginia.

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