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Laws of Mississippi AN ACT to incorporate the town of Vaiden in
the county of Carroll. Chapter
CCCXIX, Pp. 382-384. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Mississippi, That the town of Vaiden in the county of Carroll,
be and the same is hereby incorporated, and that the corporate limits of said
town shall extend one-half mile in every direction, from the depot of the
Mississippi Central Rail Road Company which is hereby declared to be the
center of said town of Vaiden, provided that the lands of W.W. Armistead
shall not be included within the corporate limits of said town. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
an election shall be holden in said town of Vaiden, within ninety days after
the passage of this act, upon application being made by any three freeholders
of said town, to any justice of the peace of Carroll county; thereupon the
said justice of the peace shall give ten days’ notice in writing, of the time
and place of holding said election; said election shall be held under the
inspection of said justice of the peace, and any two freeholders of said town
appointed by said justice, for the election of a mayor and four selectmen,
and one assessor and collector of taxes and a treasurer, who shall hold their
respective offices for one year from the time of their election, and until
their successors are qualified, and that all subsequent elections shall be on
the first Monday of February, and the qualification for electors voting for
the officers herein provided for shall be the same as those now provided for
by law: to entitle the elector to vote for members of the legislature, said
elections shall be held under the inspection of a justice of the peace and
two freeholders, one of whom shall be the returning officer of said election,
who shall certify the result thereof to the Secretary of State, whereupon the
person so elected mayor, shall be commissioned by the Governor as mayor of
said town. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That
the mayor and selectmen so elected, shall meet as soon after their election
as practicable, and take and subscribe the oath required by the constitution,
and all subsequent meetings of said board shall be regulated by the laws of
said corporation, which it is hereby authorized to ordain and establish; a
majority of said board shall constitute a quorum, to do business, and in the
case of the absence of the mayor, said board are hereby authorized to elect a
mayor, pro tem, whose duties for the time being shall be the same as the
mayor, and the said mayor is hereby authorized to call special meetings of
said board whenever he may consider that the interest of said corporation
requires it. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That
said mayor and selectmen shall be a body corporate and politic, and by that
name shall sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall be capable in
law to purchase and hold real and personal estate, not to exceed thirty
thousand dollars; they shall have power to raise such sums of money as they
may think necessary for the use of said town, by taxes levied on real and
personal estate thereon, according to the regulations of said board, provided
that the sum so raised shall not in any one year exceed one-fourth of one per
cent. Of the value of the property taxed.
They shall have power to establish and regulate patrols within the
corporate limits of said town, open and repair such streets as they may deem
necessary, to order the owner or agents of any lots or houses in said town,
to make the necessary improvements and repairs on said streets in front of
their lots or houses. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That
said board shall have power to prohibit the sale of vinous and spirituous
liquors, except as now established by law in favor of druggists and
apothecary for medicinal, culinary, and sacramental purposes, to prohibit the
keeping of ten-pin alleys, within the corporate limits of said town, and to
prevent under adequate pains and penalties the exhibition and performance of
all shows and circus companies, or other strolling or vagabond companies. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That
the mayor of said town of Vaiden, shall, by virtue of his office, be a
justice of the peace, with the same powers and jusirdiction as other justices
of the peace, and that all fines and forfeitures, collected under the
provisions of this act, or under the by-laws hereby authorized to be
established, shall be disposed of by said mayor and selectmen in such manner
as will best promote the general interest of said town. Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That
vacancies in said board occurring by death, resignation, or removal, shall be
filled by said board, until the time for the next regular election. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That
the treasurer of said corporation, and the assessor and collector of taxes,
shall enter into bond, payable to the mayor and selectmen, in such amounts as
may be prescribed by said board. Approved,
Feb. 10, 1860. Vaiden Fire Maps –
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