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ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, PASSED AT ITS SESSION IN JULY AND AUGUST, 1872.

1872 Vol. 1 -- Page: 206

Sequential Number: 142
Law Number: (No. 142 -- O. No. 169.)

Full Title: An act to incorporate the town of Bear Creek, in the county of Henry, under the name of the town of Hampton; to appoint a board of commissioners for the same, and for other purposes.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That the inhabitants of Bear Creek, in the county of Henry, and those who now reside, or may hereafter reside, within one mile, in every direction, from the present depot of the Macon & Western Railroad, in said town, be, and they are hereby, made and constituted a body corporate, under the name and style of the town of Hampton, the name of Bear Creek being hereby changed to that of Hampton; and the said inhabitants, who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, shall meet at some place, within the corporate limits of said town, on the last Saturday in January next, (1373) and on the last Saturday in January in each year thereafter, and elect from the citizens of said town a board of five commissioners, one of whom shall be specially voted for as president of said board, who shall serve twelve months, or until their successors are elected and

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qualified. The said board of commissioners shall be vested with the municipal government of said town of Hampton, and under that name and style may have a common seal, hold, have, purchase, possess and retain, to them and their successors, for the use of the said town of Hampton, real and personal estate, and may sue and be sued in any court of law and equity in this State. Before entering upon their duties, said commissioners shall take an oath to discharge faithfully the duties of their office.

Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the election of said board of commissioners shall be held by a Justice of the Peace and two freeholders, or by three freeholders; and in case of the death or resignation of any one or more of said commissioners, an election may be held by the commissioners, fixing the time and giving ten days' notice. The board of commissioners shall elect a marshal and treasurer from the citizens of said town, and a clerk from their own body.

Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners shall have full power and authority to make all laws, rules and regulations for the government of said town, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of this State; to impose and collect fines, not less than one, nor more than thirty dollars, and imprison for not less than one day, nor longer than ten days, for any one violation of said laws, rules and regulations.

Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners shall have power to tax all shows and exhibitions in said town, performing for purposes of gain, and levy a fine of not less than five, nor more than fifty dollar, upon all persons who may set up and establish ten-pin and other ballalleys and billiard tables in said town, and shall have power to regulate the sale, by retail, of spirituous liquors within said corporate limits; may assess the amount for license, and shall have full power to enforce such ordinances upon this question as they may ordain and publish, and may prohibit the sale altogether: Provided, No rule or ordinance shall be contrary to the Constitution and laws of this State.

Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That all moneys arising from taxes, licenses, fines and forfeitures, under the provisions of this act, or any rules, laws or ordinances passed in conformity therewith, shall go into the treasury of said corporation, and be disposed of as the said board of commissioners may direct, for the exclusive benefit of said town.

Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners shall fix the pay of the president, marshal, clerk and treasurer, as they may think proper and right, and the said president shall have the power to dismiss from office, upon the recommendation of a majority of said board of commissioners, said marshal and treasurer, for failure or neglect to perform the duties of their offices, and in case the president

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shall, at any time, dismiss either one, or both of said officers, the board shall, at their next regular meeting, elect others in their stead.

Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That a majority of said board of commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and, at all meetings, the president shall preside, and, in the absence of the president, a president pro tem. may be appointed.

Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That the president, or, in his absence, any member of the board of commissioners, shall have power to try and punish offenders of the laws or ordinances of said town, and, whenever any member shall act in the place of the president, he shall receive the same pay, for the time being, as would have been received by said officer if he had been present; and the president shall, moreover, be clothed with the authority of acting Justice of the Peace, so far as to authorize him, within the corporate limits of said town, to bind over all persons charged with violating the laws of this State, to answer for such imputed offense to the court having jurisdiction thereof, and to act as conservator of the peace.

Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That said board of commissioners shall hold their meetings at such times and place as they may deem fit and proper, and they shall, moreover, be clothed with full power and authority to suppress all nuisances in said town.

Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, That the following named gentlemen are hereby constituted and appointed a board of commissioners for said town of Hampton, to hold and serve until the regular election herein provided for, to take place on the last Saturday in January next, (1873) or until their successors are elected and qualified, viz: W. H. Peebles, S. H. Griffin, R. A. Henderson, Levi Turnipseed and J. M. Williams, and said board shall meet as early as practicable after the passage of this act, and elect, by ballot, one from their own number, who shall be the president of said board, and said board shall have all the rights, power and authority herein granted to the boards to be regularly elected.

Sec. 11. Repeals conflicting laws.

Approval Date: Approved August 23, 1872.

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1873 Vol. 1 -- Page: 123

Sequential Number: 118
Law Number: No. CXVIII. -- (O. No. 224.)

Full Title: An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to incorporate the Town of Bear Creek. in the county of Henry, under the name of the Town of Hampton, to appoint a Board of Commissioners for the same, and for other purposes.

63. Section I. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, as follows: That from and after the passage of this Act, the above named Act be so amended as to strike out the words "within one mile" in the fourth line of the first section of the same and insert in lieu thereof the words "within one half mile."

Sec. II. Repeals conflicting laws.

Approval Date: Approved February 21st, 1873.

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ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE State of Georgia, 1890-'91.
Part VI.--Local Laws.
TITLE I. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.

1890 Vol. 2 -- Page: 710

Sequential Number: 240

Short Title: REINCORPORATING TOWN OF HAMPTON.
Law Number: No. 328.

Full Title: An Act to amend, revise and consolidate an Act entitled "an Act to incorporate the town of Bear Creek, in the county of Henry, under the name of the town of Hampton, to appoint a Board of Commissioners for the same, and for other purposes, approved August 23, 1872, and the several Acts amendatory thereof; to provide for a mayor and councilmen and define their powers and duties; to change and fix the corporate limits; to establish and fix police regulations therein; to provide a manner of raising revenue therefor; to provide a manner of opening new streets and improving and working the roads, streets and sidewalks therein; to authorize the levy and collection of taxes on he property therein, and all business or callings, to provide for a marshal, his assistants, a clerk, treasurer and assessor, and define their powers and duties; to provide for enforcing processes and sentences of mayor and council, and for other purposes."

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, an Act entitled "an Act to incorporate the town of Bear Creek, in the county of Henry, under the name of the town of Hampton; to appoint a Board of Commissioners for the same, and for other purposes," approved August 23, 1872, and the several Acts amendatory thereof, be, and the same are, hereby amended, revised and consolidated, so that the charter of said town of Hampton shall be and read as follows:

SECTION I. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the corporate limits of the town of Hampton, in the county of Henry, shall extend and embrace one-half mile in every direction from the center of the railroad crossing, near the old depot of the Macon and Western Railroad, in said town.

SEC. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the municipal government of said town of Hampton shall be vested in a mayor and six councilmen (to be first appointed herein and afterwards elected as hereinafter prescribed), who are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name and style of mayor and council of the town of Hampton, and by that name and style shall have perpetual succession, and shall in said name be capable to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded

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in any court of law or equity in this State; shall have power to purchase, lease, hold, receive, enjoy, possess and retain to themselves and their successors for the use and benefit of said town, any estate or estates, real or personal, of whatever kind or name, within the limits of said town, and to sell, alien, exchange, lease or convey the same or any part thereof, and to make all contracts and do all other acts relating to their corporate capacity, consistent with the Constitution and laws of said State.

SEC. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That J. W. Stephens be, and he is, hereby appointed mayor, and that J. W. Derick, William Pool, L. C. Dorsett, J. B. Thurman, W. C. Edwards and J. L. Moore be, and are, hereby appointed councilmen in and for said town of Hampton, to qualify and enter upon the duties of their respective offices immediately upon the passage of this Act, and to continue in office until their successors are duly elected and qualified. And said persons so appointed mayor and councilmen are hereby vested with and authorized to exercise all of the powers conferred by this Act, and all of its provisions are hereby made applicable to them the same as if they held their respective offices by election, and the same as if they had been elected and qualified as aforesaid in this charter. And until ordinances and by-laws shall be adopted, in conformity with this charter, by said mayor and council, or their successors in office, those now in force, not inconsistent herewith, shall remain of force. For purposes of taxation on property for the year 1891, said mayor and council are authorized, and may adopt if they see fit, the valuation placed on property by parties in making returns to the receiver of tax returns of the county, without appointing assessors for said year 1891.

SEC. IV. Be if further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on the first Monday of June next, and annually thereafter on the same day, there shall be an election for mayor and six councilmen of said town of Hampton, at which election all male citizens of said town who shall have resided within the corporate limits of said town thirty days before the day of the election, and who may be entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly of this State, and who shall have worked upon the streets of said town the number of days they have been required to during the year in which such election may be held, or paid commutation tax in lieu thereof, according to the laws and ordinances of said town, and all town tax due, shall be entitled to vote at such election, and all persons entitled to

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vote at such election and eligible to office according to the Constitution and laws of this State, shall be eligible to hold any office of said town. At any such election any Justice of the Peace and two freeholders, or in the absence of a Justice, any three freeholders in said town, and who are not candidates, may act as managers, and shall conduct such election as nearly as practicable in accordance with the election laws of this State. Such managers shall give certificates of election to the persons receiving the highest number of votes for their respective offices, which certificate shall be recorded on the minutes of council and shall be held to be the highest evidence of the election of such officer. Any person who shall vote more than once at such election, or contrary to the provisions of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, as provided by law for illegal voting.

SEC. V. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in the event of a vacancy in the office of mayor or councilmen, from any cause, the remaining councilmen shall order an election to fill such vacancy, for the unexpired term, and notice of such election shall be advertised in two or more public places in said town, or in a newspaper published therein, at least ten days before such election, which election shall be conducted as provided for in section 4 of this Act.

SEC. VI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That before entering upon the duties of the aforesaid offices, the persons elected thereto, as well as those herein appointed in section 3 in this Act, shall take and subscribe the following oath: "I, -- , do solemnly swear that I will, to the best of my ability, discharge the duties of -- for the town of Hampton, during my continuance in office, so help me God." Any person authorized by law to administer oaths, or the acting mayor of said town may administer said oath. The mayor and councilmen and other officers provided for in this Act, except as herein provided in section 3 of this Act, shall hold their offices for one year from the first Monday in July succeeding their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified; provided, nevertheless, that the officers elected by said mayor and councilmen shall be liable to removal by a majority vote of the council (composed of mayor and councilmen) for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.

SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That said mayor and council shall have power to open and improve new streets, upon payment for the land appropriated for the same according to the mode prescribed by law for opening

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out new roads under the road laws of this State, and repair those already open; to provide such public buildings as may be necessary and for the benefit of said town; to pass ordinances regulating the management of market houses, private and public transportations through the town, bar-rooms and saloons licensed by them (if there should be any), public wells, springs and pumps; to abate nuisances, public or private, suppress all disorderly conduct, disorderly houses and houses of ill-fame within said corporate limits; to prevent loud and boisterous conversation, quarrelling, profanity and obscene language upon the streets or other public places in the town; to prevent the keeping of spirituous or malt liquors for unlawful sale; to disperse disorderly assemblies; to prevent intoxication or drunkenness in said town; to prevent street-walking by females of bad character; to regulate the speed of trains passing through the town; to prescribe the signals to be given by trains and locomotives passing through, arriving at or departing from the town, and to suppress all other whistling or blowing on locomotives by persons connected with such engines or locomotives; to keep open and unobstructed all railroad crossings in the corporate limits of said town; to provide for paupers living in, and to prevent paupers from being imposed on, the town. Said mayor and council shall have power to enact appropriate ordinances for the accomplishment of all of the purposes hereinbefore enumerated, and for the punishment of offenders in relation to any of the matters aforesaid, and all ordinances they may deem necessary for preserving the peace, health or good order, and good government of the town and to enforce all ordinances by them adopted not inconsistent with the laws of their State, and to punish any person or persons who shall violate any such ordinances, by fine not to exceed fifty dollars, or imprisonment not to exceed twenty days, or work upon the streets or other works of said town not to exceed twenty days -- any one or all of these punishments in the discretion of the council.

SEC. VIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor, the mayor pro tem. or any four members of council shall have power to try and determine any and all cases arising under such ordinances as may be enacted by said mayor and council in accordance with the provisions of their charter and the laws of the State, except when it shall be otherwise provided in any particular ordinance; and it shall be the duty of the marshal and his assistants, whenever it shall come to the knowledge of any or either of them that any such

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ordinances have been violated, to arrest the person or persons whom they have reason to believe guilty of such violation, and, as soon as convenient after such arrest, to bring such person or persons before the mayor, and in his absence the mayor pro tem., and in the absence of both before any four members of council, who, when hearing the evidence concerning such violation, shall determine whether or not the person or persons so brought before him or them be guilty of such violation, and if found guilty, the mayor or mayor pro tem. or any four members of council, as the case may be, shall judge what punishment shall be inflicted upon such guilty person or persons, and the marshal or his assistants shall execute such judgment. If it be not convenient for the marshal or his assistants to bring any person or persons by him or them arrested immediately before the mayor or mayor pro tem. or four members of council, he or they may temporarily imprison such person or persons so arrested until he or they can conveniently bring such person or persons so arrested before the mayor or mayor pro tem. or four members of council; provided, such temporary confinement shall not exceed twenty-four hours; and in the event that any such person or persons shall be dissatisfied with the judgment of the mayor, or in his absence of the mayor pro tem., he or they shall have the right of appeal to the council at their next regular meeting, upon giving bond and security for their appearance before said council to abide by the final decision of said council; and the said council, after hearing all the evidence submitted, shall have power to affirm or reverse the decision of the mayor or mayor pro tem., and the said mayor or mayor pro tem., or four members of council, shall have power to punish for contempt, and require the attendance of witnesses under the same rules and regulations as obtain in the justice's courts of this State.

SEC. IX. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That for the transaction of all business, except as is otherwise provided in this Act, the mayor and three members of council shall constitute a quorum, and the vote of four members of council, or of three members of council with the concurrence of the mayor, shall decide any question which may come before the council.

SEC. X. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council of said town shall have authority and power to call out, or provide for calling out, each and every male person subject to road duty under the laws of this State who reside within the corporate limits of said town, who

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shall be compelled to work on the streets and sidewalks of said town for the number of days in each year as are now fixed by the road laws of this State; and when any person, subject to such street or road duty, shall have been duly notified according to the road laws of this State to work on said streets by the marshal, or other persons or officers on whom the by-laws of said town may devolve this duty, and after such notification shall in any way make default by failing to appear at the time and place specified in said notification, or by failing to work, as required by the present road laws of this State, or in any other manner shall make default in relation thereto, such party shall be notified to appear before the mayor and council to show cause why he should not be fined for such default, and at the time appointed the mayor and council shall try the said defaulter, and, if found guilty of such default, they may impose a fine on such defaulter for such default to the same extent that the Road Commissioners of this State may fine defaulters under the present road laws of this State; which fine or fines, if not paid immediately or within such time as the mayor and council may fix, such defaulter may be, by the order of the mayor and council, imprisoned in the calaboose of said town, or on the streets and public works of the town, for a period not exceeding two days for each dollar of the fine imposed. Said mayor and council shall have power to fix, by ordinance, a commutation tax or sum of money, which, when paid by the person liable to work on the streets, shall exempt such person from any other road or street duty for the year for which it is paid; but no person shall have the right to relieve himself from the penalty of default, as aforesaid, by paying or offering to pay such commutation tax without the consent of the mayor and council.

SEC. XI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council shall elect annually, at the first regular meeting of council in July, a mayor pro tem., whose duty it shall be to act as mayor in all cases in the absence of the mayor, and a clerk and a treasurer, and shall also at the same time, or as soon thereafter as practicable, select and appoint three assessors who shall be freeholders of said town, and a marshal; and all of said officers shall hold their offices under the rules and regulations of the council of said town. And said mayor and council may also appoint a special policeman or policemen to serve as an assistant or assistants to the marshal when in their judgment such appointment is necessary, to be discharged when the emergency has passed, and to be

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compensated as the mayor and council shall determine, and while such appointees are on duty they shall have the same authority in preserving order and be charged with the same duties as the marshal.

SEC. XII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the salaries of all of the officers of council shall be fixed at the first regular meeting in April each year previous to the election of mayor and councilmen, on the first Monday in June, and shall not be changeable during the term of the succeeding council, and the salaries or pay of the marshal and the assessors shall be fixed at same time, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

SEC. XIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the mayor and council of said town of Hampton shall have power to levy and collect an ad valorem tax not to exceed one per cent. upon all the taxable property within the corporate limits of the town made taxable by the laws of this State. The valuation of property subject to taxation shall be assessed by three assessors, whose selection and appointment is hereinbefore provided for; and the said assessors shall have the power to adopt as their appraisement the valuation placed on property by parties making returns to the receiver of tax returns of the county, or require the tax-payers to make returns to them, under oath, of all his taxable property. Should a difference arise between the assessors and any tax-payer concerning the value of property given in, the assessor shall have the power to assess the same at their valuation, but any tax-payer who may be dissatisfied with the assessment of his or her property shall have the right of appeal to the council under such rules and regulations as they may prescribe.

SEC. XIV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person shall fail or refuse to pay the tax imposed by this Act or the ordinances enacted in accordance therewith, either ad valorem or special, the clerk of said town shall issue an execution which shall be signed by him and bear test in the name of the mayor. Said execution shall bind all the property which said defaulting tax-payer owned in said town on the day that his property is bound for State and county taxes in the year in which it is returned for taxation. Such execution shall be directed to and enforced by the marshal of said town, and said marshal shall levy said execution upon the property of the person against whom it shall issue, and seize said property and advertise and sell the same at the time and place and in the manner now provided by law for sheriff's sales for State and county taxes; and, after having sold said property, said marshal

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shall make titles to the purchaser and place him in possession in as full and complete a manner as the Sheriffs of this State may do. For each fi. fa. so issued the clerk shall be entitled to fifty cents cost, and the marshal shall receive the same fees as by law constables of this State are entitled to for levies, and the same commission for selling as are received by the Sheriffs of this State.

SEC. XV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said mayor and council shall have power and authority, in addition to the ad valorem tax hereinbefore provided for, to levy and collect a tax upon factors, brokers and vendors of lottery tickets, upon agents or managers of gift enterprises, and upon all other persons exercising, within said town, any profession, trade or calling or business of any nature whatever. They shall also have power to levy and collect a tax upon all billiard tables, pool tables, ten-pin alleys or nine-pin alleys, and all tables or alleys of any other kind used for the purpose of playing with balls or pins, or both, within said town, and upon all contrivances of whatever kind used for the purpose of gaming or carrying on a game of chance by selling cards, tickets or numbers, or turning a deal or wheel, or by pitching rings at sticks or knives, or by pointing out cards, pictures or photographs, or by using any other artifice or contrivance whatever. They shall also have power to levy and collect a tax, in such sum as they may see proper, upon all circuses, sleight of hand performances, tricks of legerdemain, theatrical exhibitions and other shows which may exhibit in said town, such taxes to be for each exhibition. Any and all of the taxes provided for in this section, if not voluntarily paid, may be collected by execution, levy and sale, as provided for the collection of taxes in section 14 of this Act.

SEC. XVI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said mayor and council shall have power and authority to establish police rules and regulations; to license, regulate and control all businesses, callings or performances, permanent or temporary, carried on or attempted to be carried on in said town; and to pass all such laws and ordinances, not in conflict with this charter and the laws of this State, as they may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this charter, and to provide therein for such license fees and taxes, and such fines and penalties as they may deem proper; provided, nevertheless, that the fines and penalties prescribed in such ordinances shall not exceed the punishments named in section 7 of this Act.

SEC. XVII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said mayor and council shall have power and authority

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to enforce the collection of all fines and forfeitures, and all other debts or demands that may become due and owing to said town of Hampton, or its corporate authorities, by execution, levy and sale, in the same manner as is provided for the collection of taxes in section 14 of this Act.

SEC. XVIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerk shall perform and discharge all clerical duties assigned him by the council, and all duties imposed upon him by this Act. The treasurer shall receive all moneys due the city from any and all sources, and pay the same out upon the orders drawn by the council, said orders being countersigned by the mayor, or in his absence by the mayor pro tem. The said treasurer shall keep a book which shall at all times be subject to inspection by the council, or any person holding an order upon him, which book shall show what amount of money remains in his hands and from what sources received, and what moneys have been by him disbursed, and upon what account, and shall preserve all orders by him paid off as vouchers for disbursements, and he shall do and perform all other duties relative to the finances of the town that may be assigned him by the ordinances of the council.

SEC. XIX. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the marshal and special policemen shall, in addition to the duties hereinbefore imposed upon the marshal, perform such other duties in the sphere of their duties, as may be assigned them by the council, in consonance with the provisions of this charter, and ordinances of council, not inconsistent herewith.

SEC. XX. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the treasurer and the marshal shall each give a bond, with two or more good securities, to be approved by the council, the treasurer in the sum of five hundred dollars, and the marshal in the sum of five hundred dollars, made payable to the mayor and council of the town of Hampton, and their successors in office, and conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties; and each shall take an oath that he will, to the best of his skill and ability, perform the duties of his office. Such bond must be given and oath taken by each of said officers before he enters upon the duties of his office, and the principal and sureties thereon may be sued on such bond for any default in reference to the finances of the town made by the officer giving said bond, as soon as said default shall be ascertained, and recovery can be had and enforced as upon other judgments rendered by the courts of this State; and any

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officer who shall fail to pay over any funds in his hands belonging to the town, according to law and the ordinances of council, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the new Code of Georgia.

SEC. XXI. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the marshal shall not retain in his hands any funds by him collected for said town for more than one week, but said marshal shall pay over to the treasurer any and all money collected by him for the town within one week from the date of the collection, and, upon failure to do so, shall be subject to removal at the discretion of the council; and the said marshal, the clerk and the treasurer, upon failure to comply with any duty assigned them by this charter, or the ordinances consistent therewith, may be removed from office by the council, and they shall also be subject to removal for any misconduct or malfeasance in office, and there shall be no appeal from the decision of council upon any question of removal.

SEC. XXII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any fi. fa. shall issue, as provided in this charter, and shall be levied, and the property levied on shall be claimed by a third person, such claimant may interpose his claim thereto; and if the fi. fa. be for taxes, such claim shall be interposed in the manner now provided by law for claims under tax fi. fa. for State and county tax, and if the fi. fa. be for fines or forfeitures, or any other demand due the town, such claim shall be interposed under the ordinary claim laws of this State. In either case the claim shall be returned to and heard in Henry county Superior Court.

SEC. XXIII. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any ordinance or by-law that may be passed or adopted by the said mayor and council in conformity to this charter shall be of force and take effect from and after the same shall have been published in two public places in said town for five days, or after one insertion in a newspaper published in said town.

SEC. XXIV. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.

Approval Date: Approved August 26, 1891.

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