Chap. 206.—An ACT to incorporate the town of Dublin, in Pulaski county,
Virginia.

Approved March 14, 1906.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That the town
known as Dublin, in the county of Pulaski, as the same has heretofore
been laid off in lots, streets, and alleys, or may hereafter be further laid
off and extended within the following described boundaries :

Beginning at the cattle-guard on the Norfolk and western railway in
front of the property of Mistress A. C. White; thence south at right
angles with Norfolk and western to a point on the line of said Mistress
White’s property; thence in an easterly course, crossing the Newbern
road, to the southwest corner of Professor Cannaday’s property, where
the same joins the lands of M. Eisenman; thence along said Eisenman
line in an easterly course to the southwest corner of the land of James.
H. Darst, on the north side of the public road; thence along the north
side of said road in an easterly course to a point opposite the gate on the
road leading to E. D. Withrow’s; thence in a northerly course to a point
on the Norfolk and western railroad, seven hundred (700) feet east of
the cattle-guard east of the depot: thence in a northerly course at a right
angle with said road four hundred and ninety feet to a point in the lands
of James H. Darst: thence a westerly course to the southeast corner of the
Dublin institute lot: thence in a northerly course along said lot on the
west side of the Cloyd mountain turnpike to Francis Bell’s corner; thence
along said Bell’s line a westerly course to the west corner of said lot;
thence south along the line of the said lot to its southwest corner; thence
ina straight line to the place of beginning, be, and is hereby, made a town
corporate by the name of the town of Dublin, of the county of Pulaski,
and by that name shall have and exercise all the right, powers, and privi-
leges conferred, and be subject to the duties, liabilities, and restrictions
imposed by law for the government of towns of less than five thousand
inhabitants.

And that George C. Moomaw is hereby appointed mayor thereof; and
the following six persons are hereby appointed councilmen thereof—
namely: O. E. Jordan, A. M. Smith, J. H. Cecil, Walter Crockett, James
H. Darst, and W. W. Hawkins, and the said mayor and councilmen shall
have and exercise all the powers conferred upon them by the laws of this
State, and the powers hereinafter granted of said officers, and shall re-
main in office until their successors shall have been elected and have
qualified according to law; a majority of said councilmen shall form a
quorum for the transaction of business.

2. The said mayor and councilmen shall be elected biennially on the
second Tuesday in June, and enter upon their duties the first day of
eptember after their election, the first election to be held on the second
uesday in June, nineteen hundred and six, by the electors of said town
f Dublin qualified to vote for members of the general assembly accord-
ig to the general election laws of the Commonwealth. ‘The persons
esignated as officers under the provisions of this act shall hold said
fices until their successors have been elected and qualified.

3. The mayor of said town is hereby invested and clothed with all the
owers and authority of a justice in civil matters within the corporate
mits of the town, and in criminal matters within said limits and one
ile beyond the same, and clothed with all the powers conferred upon the
1ayor of towns under and by the general laws of the State of Virginia.
le shal] exercise in addition to the other powers conferred upon him a
mstant supervision over the conduct of all subordinate officers, and to-
ther with the council of said town, have power and authority to in-
pstigate their acts, dave access to all books and documents in their office,
nd examine such officers and their subordinates on oath. In case of the
ispension of any of the officers of said town by the council thereof. as
rovided in section one thousand and thirty-one of the Code of Virginia,
1¢ mayor shall appoint some other person in his place to hold said office
nd perform the duties thereof until the next regular meeting of the
muncil, and at such meeting the council may elect the successor to such
uspended officer or officers, or take such action in the premises as they
cem best.

4. The council of the town may be convened at any time upon the call.
1 writing, of the mayor, or any three members thereof.

5. In addition to the State tax on any license, the council of the town
av. when anything for which a license is so required is to be done
‘ithin the town, impose a tax for the privilege of doing the same, and
require a license to be obtained therefor; and in any case in which they
~ fit, require from the person licensed bond. with sureties, in such
enalty and with such condition as they may deem proper, or make other
culations concerning the same. They may also impose a tax and re-
uire a license to be obtained for the privilege of keeping in the city or
wn for hire any wheeled carriage.

6. The said council, whenever authorized to do so by a majority of
i legalized voters of said town, may borrow money to the extent pre-
‘ribed by the Constitution and laws of the State of Virginia, for the
ses and purposes of said town, by issuing bonds of the said town and
‘ling the same for the purpose of raising such money.

‘. For the execution of their powers and duties, the council of the
wn of Dublin shall have the power to raise, annually, by taxes and as-
~sments, in said town, such sums of money as they shall deem. neces-
ary to defray the expenses of the same, and in such manner as they shall
m expedient in accordance with the Constitution and laws of this
tate and the United States.

8. The council shall annually order a levy upon all male persons within
id town over twenty-one vears of age, and on all real estate within said
wn not exempt by law from State taxation, and on all personal prop-
ty and other subjects as may at the time be subject to taxation by this

charter and the laws of this State: provided, however, that the tax on
persons shall not exceed one dollar, and the tax levied for general pur-
poses shall in no year exceed one dollar on the hundred dollars’ worth of
property, real and personal, and this maximum rate of taxation shall not
be increased except by amendment to this charter.

9. The town council as herein appointed or as hereafter may be elected.
shall have, subject to the provisions of this act, the control and manage-
ment of the fiscal and municipal affairs of the town and of property, real
and personal, belonging to said town, and make such ordinances, orders,
and by-laws relating to the same as they shall deem proper and neces-
sary; they shall likewise have power to make such ordinances, orders,
by-laws, and regulations not inconsistent nor in conflict with the laws of
this State or the United States, as they shall deem necessary to carry out
the powers which are hereby vested in them; they may establish, enlarge.
and operate a system of water works within or withowt the limits of said
town ; contract or agree with the owners of any land for the use and pur-
chase thereof, or to have the same condemned according to law, within
or without the town, for the location, extension, or enlargement of said
works, the pipes or any other appurtenances or fixture thereof, and shall
have power to protect from injury, by ordinances prescribing adequate
penalties, the works, pipes, fixtures, and land, or anything connected
therewith as prescribed by law.

Second. To close or extend, widen or narrow, straighten, lay out, grad-
uate, curb and pave, and otherwise improve the streets, sidewalks, and
public alleys in the town, and have them kept in good order and properly
lighted.

“10. An emergency having arisen, and it being necessary to incorporate
speedily the town of Dublin, this act shall take effect from its passage.