Town Incorporations
Town Acts
1816
1816 Vol. 1 -- Page: 72
Sequential Number: 043
Type: AN ACT,
Full Title: To incorporate
the town of Irwinton in
the county of Wilkinson.
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of Georgia in General Assembly
met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Solomon
Worrel, David Roland, Adam Hunter, Peter M'Arthur and William Beck, shall
be the Commissioners of said town, and that they, and their successors
in office, or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority to
pass all bye-laws and regulations which may be necessary for improving
and repairing the Public Square, Streets and Springs of said town, and
the promotion of public good -- Provided, that such bye-laws and
regulations shall not be repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this
state; and that no penalty thereby imposed, shall extend to corporal
punishment, (except on slaves or persons of color) -- And provided also,
that said Commissioners, shall not impose any poll tax upon the citizens
of said town, which shall exceed one dollar within the term of one year.
§ 2. And be it further enacted,
That the said Commissioners shall continue in office until the first
Monday in January eighteen hundred and eighteen, on which day, and on
the first Monday in every January thereafter, all the free male white
citizens of said town, who shall be entitled to vote for members of the
General Assembly, shall assemble at the Courthouse of said county, and
by ballot, elect five other Commissioners, who shall continue in office
for one year; and in case it should so happen, that such election should
not be held on the day required by this act, that the Commissioners then
in office, shall continue until such election may take place; at which
election, any two Justices of the Peace for said county, not a
candidate, shall preside -- Provided nevertheless, that said
Commissioners shall be re-eligible to said appointments.
BENJ. WHITAKER,
Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
WILLIAM RABUN,
President of the Senate.
D. B. MITCHELL, Governor.
Approval Date: Assented to, 4th
December, 1816.
1901
1901 Vol. 1 -- Page: 299
Sequential Number: 140
Short Title: ALLENTOWN,
TOWN OF, INCORPORATED.
Law Number: No. 268.
Full Title: An Act to incorporate
the town of Allentown, situated partly in the county of Laurens and
partly in the county of Wilkinson, and in the State of Georgia; to
define the limits of said town; to provide for officers to govern it; to
prescribe the duties and powers, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
authority of the same, That the town of Allentown, partly situated in
the county of Laurens and partly in the county of Wilkinson, is hereby
declared to be incorporated under the name and style of "mayor and
aldermen of Allentown," and as such shall be entitled to sue and be
sued, plead and be impleaded, and do such other acts as may be
authorized by this Act.
Sec. 2. Be it likewise enacted,
That the corporate limits of said town shall extend for three-quarters
of a mile in every direction from the center of the two public roads
that now cross each other at the village known as Allentown, on the
Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railway.
Sec. 3. Be it likewise enacted,
That the government of said town shall vest in a mayor and five
aldermen, and that until the election for said officers occurs, as
afterwards provided for in this Act, Dr. E. J. Denson
shall be mayor, and that P. W. L. Meadows, J. W. Allen, W. M. Allen, J.
T. Land and A. H. Rosar, Esqs., be aldermen of said town.
Sec. 4. Be it likewise enacted,
That on the second Wednesday in January, 1902, and annually thereafter
on the same day in each year, an election shall be held in said town for
five aldermen and one mayor, who shall hold their offices for one year,
and until their successors are elected and qualified. But no one shall
vote for or be eligible to the office of mayor or aldermen of said town
who is not qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly of
Georgia, and the certificates of the managers of said election shall be
sufficient without the persons elected to enter upon the discharge of
the duties of the office to which they have been elected.
Sec. 5. Be it likewise enacted,
That before entering on the duties of their offices the mayor and
aldermen so elected shall take and subscribe to the following oath: "I
do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully discharge all the
duties devolving upon me as mayor (or alderman, as the case may be) of
the town of Allentown, to the best of my ability, so help me God."
Sec. 6. Be it likewise enacted,
That there shall be established in said town a police court for the
trial of offenders against the ordinances of said town, the presiding
officer of which shall be the mayor, or if said mayor be disqualified,
or for any other reason fails to preside, any alderman may preside and
hold said police court. Said mayor or alderman sitting as a police court
shall have power to punish for contempt not to exceed a fine of five
dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding ten days. Said court shall have
power to punish for a violation of the town ordinances by a fine not
exceeding twenty-five dollars, or imprisonment for not longer than forty
days.
Sec. 7. Be it likewise enacted,
That said mayor and aldermen shall have power to levy and collect a tax
of not exceeding one-half of one per cent. upon all property, both real
and personal, within the limits of said town; to prescribe a business
tax or business license, occupation tax and street tax; to provide for
the laying out and working of the streets of said town; to condemn land
for the purpose of laying out streets; to have and to hold real estate;
to appoint a marshal and deputy marshal, and all other powers conferred
on municipal corporations in title 7, volume 1, of the Code of 1895.
Sec. 8. Be it likewise enacted,
That in addition to the writ certiorari which either the judge of the
superior court of Wilkinson or Laurens county may issue, appeal may be
had from the decision of the mayor, or alderman presiding in said police
court, to the full board of aldermen, and when said appeal shall be
filed said judgment of the mayor shall be suspended, and said board of
aldermen shall hear the case de novo.
Sec. 9. Be it likewise enacted,
That all vacancies occurring in the offices of said town shall be filled
by the board of aldermen, the mayor having no vote in said board of
aldermen until there be a tie, in which event he shall vote, but shall
preside at the meetings of said board of aldermen.
Sec. 10. Be it likewise enacted,
That said mayor and aldermen shall have power to pass all ordinances for
the general welfare of the citizens of said town, to promote their
health and interest, and to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 11. Be it likewise enacted,
That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the
same are, hereby repealed.
Approval Date: Approved Dec. 7,
1901.
1904
1904 Vol. 1 -- Page: 674
Sequential Number: 228
Short Title: TOOMSBORO,
TOWN OF, INCORPORATED.
Law Number: No. 660.
Full Title: An Act to incorporate
the town of Toomsboro, in the county of Wilkinson; to provide for a
mayor and council, prescribe their powers and duties; to define the
corporate limits of said town, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority
of the same, That on and after the passage of this Act, the town of
Toomsboro, in the county of Wilkinson, be, and is hereby, incorporated
as a town, under the name of "Toomsboro."
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted by
the aforesaid authority, That the corporate limits of said town of
Toomsboro shall be as follows: Line running from foot of county bridge
at south end where it crosses Commissioner's creek, parallel with creek
east until it reaches first trestle of the Central of Georgia Railway
Company; then running south in line with creek until branch is reached,
said branch running west; said line running then until the original land
line between estates of W. F. Cannon and J. I. Deese is
reached, thence down said land line running north to Commissioner's
creek line running east parallel with creek until it intersects with
first described line at county bridge. The same being boundary of said
town at previous incorporation.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That
the municipal authorities of said town shall be a mayor and five
councilmen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate, by the name of
the town of Toomsboro, and by said name may sue and be sued, plead and
be impleaded, purchase and hold real estate necessary to enable them to
better discharge their duties, and needful for the good order,
government and welfare of said town, and by said name shall also have
perpetual succession.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That
from and after the passage of this Act, that H. A. Hall, of
said town, be, and is hereby, appointed and constituted mayor of said
town, and W. H. Freeman, J. T. Hobbs, M. W. Pournell, P.
C. Lord and J. A. Ashley, all of said town, be, and
they are hereby appointed and constituted councilmen of said town; the
mayor and councilmen to hold their respective office until their
successors in office are duly elected and qualified, as hereinafter
provided.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That
on the second Saturday in September, 1904, and annually thereafter on
the same day and in the same month, an election shall be held in said
town for a mayor and councilmen thereof, said election to be under such
supervision, rules and regulations (not inconsistent with the laws
regulating county elections) as the council may prescribe.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That
all persons who have been bona fide residents of said town for three
months next preceding an election held therein, and who are qualified to
vote for members of the General Assembly, shall be allowed to vote at
any election held in said town.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That
the mayor and councilmen and such other officers of said town as
hereinafter provided for, shall after election or appointment to his
office, and before he shall enter upon the duties thereof, take and
subscribe the following oath (which may be administered by any officer
authorized by the Code of Georgia to administer oaths): "I do solemnly
swear or affirm, that I will faithfully discharge all duties incumbent
upon me as mayor or councilmen or other officers of the town of
Toomsboro, according to the best of my ability; so help me, God." Said
oath with the certificate of the officer administering the same, shall
be filed with the officer entrusted with the records of said town.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That
the mayor and councilmen shall have power and authority to elect such
marshals, clerks and other subordinate officers as may be deemed
necessary for carrying on the powers herein granted, and to prescribe
the duties and compensation of such officers, and require of them such
bonds as they may deem necessary, payable to such town in its corporate
name.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That
the council of said town shall have power therein to lay off,
close, open and keep in good order and repair, roads, streets and
sidewalks, for the use of the public or any citizen thereof; to prevent
injury or annoyance to the public or individuals from anything dangerous
or unwholesome; to protect places of divine worship in and about the
premises where held; to abate or cause to be abated, anything which, in
the opinion of the majority of the whole council, shall be a nuisance;
to protect the property and person of the citizens of said town, and to
preserve the peace and good order therein, and for this purpose to
appoint, when necessary, a police force to assist the marshal in the
discharge of his duties; to provide for the annual assessment of taxable
property therein, which, in no event shall be greater than one-fourth of
one per cent. of the value of the taxable property; to adopt rules for
the regulation and government of its own body. The council shall have
power to make and pass all needful orders, ordinances and by-laws not
contrary to the Constitution and the laws of Georgia; to carry into
effect the foregoing enumerated powers and all others conferred upon
said town, and to this end may prescribe, impose and enact reasonable
fines, penalties and imprisonments in the town prison, if there be one,
for a term not exceeding twenty days.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted,
That the said town shall have the power and right to organize work-gangs
and to confine at labor therein, for a term not exceeding twenty days,
persons convicted of violating the ordinances of said town; provided,
that said penalty shall be inflicted only as an alternative for failure
or refusal to pay fine imposed for such violation.
Sec. 11. Be it further enacted,
That the mayor of said town shall have the authority to bind over, or
commit to jail, offenders against any criminal law of Georgia, whenever,
in the course of investigation before him, a proper case therefor shall
be made out by evidence.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted,
That said mayor and councilmen shall have the power to elect a mayor pro
tem., who shall perform the duties of the mayor when, from any cause, he
can not be present to perform the duties of his office; also to fill any
vacancy that may occur in the office of the mayor or councilmen or any
subordinate office of said town.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted,
That the mayor of said town shall be chief executive officer thereof; he
shall see that the ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations of the
council are faithfully executed; he shall have control of the police of
said town, and may appoint special police when he may deem it necessary;
he shall have the power to hold his police court for the trial for the
offenders of the ordinances of said town at any time he may fix, and the
defendant shall have the right of appeal to the whole council upon such
terms as may be provided for by ordinance; he shall have power to issue
executions for all fines, penalties imposed by him, costs imposed by
him, or he may require the immediate payment thereof; and in default of
such immediate payment he may imprison the offender as hereinbefore
provided.
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the board of councilmen shall have power
and authority to levy and collect taxes on all professions, trades,
business, occupations, theatrical exhibitions, shows or other
performances within the town; on all peddlers, venders of medicines,
itinerant traders, salesmen or soliciting agents, hotels,
boarding-houses, livery-stables and transportation companies, and on the
bowling-alleys, skating rinks, pool or billiard tables, and on all other
games kept or played within corporate limits of said town; to grant
license for the same and to regulate them by ordinance.
Sec. 15. Be it further enacted,
That said corporation shall have and enjoy all the rights, powers and
privileges incident to such corporations and not repugnant to the
Constitution and laws of the United States and of this State.
Sec. 16. Be it further enacted,
That the board of councilmen shall have power and authority to establish
quarantine regulations against all persons who have been exposed to
smallpox, yellow fever, or any other contagious or infectious disease,
or against infected locality; to enforce and make effective such
regulations to establish a pest-house or camp of detention, within or
without said town, and to cause the removal hereto and detention therein
of all persons afflicted with such diseases or who have been in infected
localities or exposed to such diseases. Said board shall have power in
its discretion to allow such persons to remain on its premises as
provided by themselves, where such persons at their own expense, provide
suitable and sufficient guards, to successfully quarantine such
premises. Said board shall have power to require all persons within said
town whether resident or transient, to be vaccinated whenever in the
opinion of the said board the same shall be advisable. It shall have
full power to enforce such regulations and to provide penalties for
their violation. If the pest-house or camp of detention is located
beyond the corporate limits of said town, the town authorities shall
have the same jurisdiction over it so long as it is used for these
purposes, as it were within corporate limits. Said board of councilmen
shall have authority to appoint a board of health and such other health
officers as may be necessary to carry out and enforce the above
regulations, and all such other sanitary or health regulations as may be
prescribed by the board of councilmen. The powers, duties and
compensation of such officers to be prescribed by the board of
councilmen.
Sec. 17. Be it further enacted,
That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the
same are, hereby repealed.
Approval Date: Approved August 15,
1904.
1905
1905 Vol. 1 -- Page: 787
Sequential Number: 248
Short Title: DANVILLE,
TOWN OF INCORPORATED.
Law Number: No. 628.
Full Title: An Act to incorporate
the town of Danville, in the counties of Wilkinson and Twiggs, in the
State of Georgia; to define its limits and to prescribe its municipal
powers and privileges, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. The General Assembly of
Georgia do enact, That the town of Danville, in the counties of
Wilkinson and Twiggs, be, and the same is, hereby incorporated, and that
the corporate limits shall extend one half mile in all directions from
the Macon, Dublin and Savannah railroad crossing, in front of I. N.
Maxwell's store.
SEC. 2. That the government of said
town shall be vested in a mayor and three councilmen; that W.
R. Haynes be, and he is, hereby appointed mayor of said
town, and J. N. Holloway, J. B. Johnston and L. C.
Miller be, and are, hereby appointed councilmen of said
town, to hold their offices until the first election of mayor and
councilmen, on the first Wednesday in September after the passage of
this Act, and until their successors are elected and qualified as
hereinafter provided for, and that on the first Wednesday in September,
and annually thereafter, elections of mayor and three councilmen shall
be held, who shall hold their offices for one year, and until their
successors shall be elected and qualified. All persons residing within
the corporate limits, who shall have resided therein six months
immediately preceding the day of election, and who are entitled and
qualified under the laws of the State to vote for members of the General
Assembly, shall be qualified voters and entitled to vote in said
election, which shall conducted as elections for members of the General
Assembly; and the certificate of the managers recorded on the records of
said town shall be sufficient authority for the person receiving the
highest number of votes to enter upon the discharge of their duties,
after taking and subscribing an oath to faithfully discharge all their
duties as mayor and councilmen, as the case may be.
SEC. 3. That said corporation may
have and use a common seal, shall be capable of taking, purchasing,
holding and selling property, real or personal, for any municipal
purpose, and by that name may contract and be contracted with, may sue
and be sued. Said mayor and council shall have all power necessary to
pass ordinances, not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of said
State; for the maintenance of good order, and for the suppression of
disorder or vice of any kind whatever in said town, and for the proper
police protection of the citizens of the town and government of same,
and to appoint a marshal and such other police and town officers as may
be necessary, and to remove them at any time for cause. That all males
between the years of sixteen and fifty shall pay a street tax of three
($3.00) dollars per annum, and that said person taxed shall be given the
privilege of working said tax out on the streets of Danville, at the
price of fifty cents per day.
SEC. 4. That said mayor and council
shall have power to establish a mayor's court for the trial and
punishment of offenders against the ordinances of the town, the
punishment being limited to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, or
imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or to work upon the streets or
public works of said town for any length of time not to exceed thirty
days, at the discretion of the mayor, whenever the laws, rules or orders
of the council, or the ordinances of said town, have been violated.
SEC. 5. That the sale of
spirituous, malt, and other intoxicating liquors shall never be licensed
in said town, and the sale thereof shall be forever prohibited therein.
SEC. 6. That the mayor shall have
full power to issue warrants for any offense against the laws of said
State committed within the limits of said town, and shall have power to
compel the attendance of witnesses, and to examine them under oath, and
to admit any offender to bail as provided by law, or to commit him to
jail for violation of the laws of this State, and to admit to bail or
commit to the guard-house for the violation of the ordinances of said
town.
SEC. 7. That the mayor and council
shall have power to tax all shows, auctioneers, sleight of hand
performances and gift enterprises in said town as they may deem just and
proper.
SEC. 8. That the mayor and council
shall have power to prescribe "fire limits" in said town, and to
prescribe the plan of building and the kind of material to be used in
the building of houses within said fire limits.
SEC. 9. That the mayor and council
shall have power and authority to do any and all things that are usually
done by corporations of like character in this State, which are not
contrary to the Constitution and laws of this State, or the United
States, or in conflict with this Act.
SEC. 10. That all laws and parts of
laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby repealed.
Approval Date: Approved August 22,
1905.
1906
1906 Vol. 1 -- Page: 1091
Sequential Number: 322
Short Title: TOOMSBORO,
TOWN OF, CHARTER AMENDED.
Law Number: No. 495.
Full Title: An Act to amend an Act
entitled "An Act to incorporate the town of Toomsboro, in the county of
Wilkinson," approved August 15, 1904, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. Be it [Illegible Text]
by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby
enacted by the authority of the same, That on and after the passage of
this Act section 2 of said Act be stricken and the following be
substituted in lieu thereof, and the same to be known as section 2, to
wit: "Be it further enacted by the aforesaid authority, That the
corporate limits of said town of Toomsboro shall be as follows:
Beginning at the run of Commissioners creek at the public bridge near Cannon's old
mill, running down said creek in an easterly direction until it comes to
the first treastle where the Central of Georgia Railway Company crosses
said creek, thence south along the old line until it reaches the branch,
thence southwest to a point on the land line between the lands of Mrs.
I. O. Hall and Mr. J. M. Boone, being 150 yards from where the
public road leading from Toomsboro to Dublin crosses said line, thence
along said original line west to the corner of the Jim
Duggan lot, thence around the line of said lot until it
comes back to said original line, thence along said line running a
westerly course until it reaches Commissioners creek, thence down the
run of said creek to the starting point at the public bridge."
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That the words "second Saturday" in September,
1904, and "annually" between the words "the" in the first line and
thereafter in second line of section 5 of said Act, page 675, be
stricken and the following words be substituted in lieu thereof: First
Wednesday in January, 1907, and biennially, so when said section shall
be amended it will read as follows: "Be it further enacted, That on the
first Wednesday in January, 1907, and biennially thereafter on the same
day and in the same month an election shall be held in said town for a
mayor and councilmen thereof, said election to be under such
supervision, rules and regulations (not inconsistent with the laws
regulating county elections) as the council may prescribe."
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That a new section to be known as section
seventeen be added to said Act, and said section to read as follows:
"Section 17. Be it further enacted, That the board of councilmen shall
have power and authority to levy and collect a per capita tax for
working the streets in said town on all male inhabitants thereof between
the ages of sixteen and fifty, said tax not to be less than two dollars
per annum on each such inhabitant as aforesaid; also to levy and collect
a special tax of 2 1-2 per cent. on the valuation of all real estate
abutting upon any street petitioned to be laid off and when so laid off
or for improving any sidewalk or building sewers or cutting any ditch
for drainage, etc. Any real estate abutting on said sidewalk, sewers or
ditch shall be liable for this special tax.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That
section 17 of said Act be known and numbered as section 18.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That
all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same
are, hereby repealed.
Approval Date: Approved August 17,
1906.
1910
1910 Vol. 1 -- Page: 928
Sequential Number: 222
Short Title: McINTYRE,
TOWN OF, INCORPORATED.
Law Number: No. 506.
Full Title: An Act to incorporate
the town of McIntyre, in the county of Wilkinson, to define the
corporate limits thereof; to
provide for the election of
officers; to prescribe their powers and duties; to provide for the
laying off and opening up of streets in said town; to provide for the
working of the streets and roads of said town; to provide for the levy
and collection of taxes and licenses, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by authority of
the same, That the town of McIntyre, in the county of Wilkinson, be and
is hereby incorporated under the name of McIntyre, by which name it may
be sued, plead and be impleaded.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That
the corporate limits of said town shall extend one-quarter mile in every
direction from the depot of the Central of Georgia Railway Company, as
now located in said town, said depot being made the center of said town.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That
said town shall be officered and its corporate affairs directed and
controlled by a mayor and four councilmen, whose terms of office shall
be for one year, and who shall be elected by the qualified voters of
said town. Any person residing within the corporate limits of said town
ninety days prior to the time of an election, and otherwise qualified to
vote for members of the General Assembly, shall be eligible as a town
elector. The first election under this Act for mayor and councilmen
shall be held on the first Saturday in October, 1910, and annually
thereafter. Said election shall be held under such rules and regulations
as may be prescribed by the mayor and councilmen, which regulations
shall not be in conflict with the law governing the election for members
of the General Assembly. The mayor and councilmen shall hold their
offices for one year, or until their successors are elected and
qualified. The following officers are hereby appointed for said town who
shall hold office until their successors are elected as above
authorized: Mayor, J. E. Hollomon; councilmen, W.
W. Walden, H. Price, Jr., A. Temples and C. E. Todd.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That
said mayor and council shall elect one of the councilmen clerk, and may
also elect a marshal and pay such clerk and marshal such compensation as
they may fix prior to such election.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That
said mayor and council shall have authority to lay off new roads and
streets, discontinue old roads or streets, cause the roads and streets
to be worked by the residents of the town subject to road duty under the
law in force for working roads in said State and county, and to levy
such road tax as they may deem best for the interest of said town. Said
mayor and council shall have authority to make such by-laws, rules and
regulations, or ordinances necessary for the government of said town and
the peace and good order thereof, and to fix license fees for the
transaction of any and all business done in said town, which are not
inconsistent with the laws and the Constitution of this State; to punish
by fine or imprisonment, or both in the discretion of the mayor, who is
hereby clothed with authority to try offenders against the ordinances of
said town, and is hereby empowered to punish such offenders by a fine of
not more than $50.00 or by work on the public roads or streets of said
town for not more than thirty days, either or both of such penalties.
The said mayor and council shall have the right and authority to fix the
costs in all cases of violation of the ordinances of said town, and upon
conviction, said costs shall be taxed against the offender so convicted.
SEC. 6. The said mayor and council
shall have the right and authority and are hereby empowered to levy
taxes upon all property in said town for the support of the government
of said town not to exceed one per cent. of the value of said property,
and they shall fix the compensation of the mayor and council and all
employees of said town.
SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, That
all laws in conflict with this Act be, and the same are, hereby
repealed.
Approval Date: Approved August
15th, 1910.
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Documents, Digital Library of Georgia
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