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A Bill
; To lie entitled “All Act to re-iucorpo-
rate the Town of Thomasville as the
City of Thoinnsville ; to confer addi
tional powers on said corporation, and
to codify, amend and supercede all
previous acts incorporating the Town
of Tlioninsville, and grant a new char
ter to said Town under the name of
the City of Tlioninsville, and for other
purposes.
Section I. lie it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of Georgia, in General Assembly met,
and it is hereby enacted by authority
of the same; That from and after the
passage of this Act, the corporation
heretofore known as the Mayor and
Council of the Town of Thoinnsville
he and it is hereby rc-incorporatcd
under the name and stylo of the “City
of Tlioninsville,” and by that name
shall he and is hereby invested with all
the rights, powers and privileges inci
dent to a municipal corporation, nud
all the powers, rights, titles, property,
easements and hereditnmcncs hereto
fore belonging or in anywise apper
taining to the said Mayor and Council
of the Town of Thomasville, as a cor
porate body', shall be and are hereby
vested in the City of Thomasville ns a
corporate body, and the City of Thom
asville as such body corporate is
hereby made responsible for all the
debts, liabilities and undertakings of
the said Mayor and Council of the
Town of Thomasville as a hotly corpo
rate.
Section II. He it further ennclcd
by the authority aforesaid; That the
government of said city shall be vested
iu a Mayor and eight Aldermen; The
present Mayor and Aldermen shall
continue in office as such until the
expiration of the term for which
they were elected and until their suc
cessors are elected and
ssWUmvb and
powers, and duties hereby confei
on the Mayor and Aldermen of the
City of Thomasvillo.
Section III. Be it-further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That the
corporate limits of said City of Thom
asville shall extend one mile iu every
direction from the Court House in
said city; and shall also extendi for
police purposes only, so us to include
all the laud embraced iu the new cem
etery for colored people and for a dis
tance of two hundred yards around
and outside of the fence enclosing said
cemetery, and also so us to include all
that territory embraced within the
following boundaries, to-wit: bounded
on the .North by the corporate line.
West by the Tallahassee road, Jiast
by the Magnolia road, and South by
n straight line drawn from the North
West corner of the “old Lightfoot
place” on the Tallahassee road by the
Southern boundary of the lands of
the Connecticut Industrial School to
the Magnolia road. These extensions
to be subject to the same police regu
lations, and under the same police
jurisdiction as the oily proper, but
not subject to city taxes, uor the resi
dents thereof entitled to vote in uny
city election.
.Section IV. 13c it further cuacted
by the authority aforesaid; That an
election shall be held in said City on
the Third Tuesday in January 181)0,
and annually thereafter, for (V Mayor
and eight Aldermcu to serve for one
year and until theft- successors arc
clcfttcd and qualified. .Said election
to be held at the Court House iu said
City, under the supervision of a Jus
tice of the Peace of the fi37th District
G. M. and two freeholders, or of three
freeholders resident in said city. The
polls shall be opened at 8 o’clock a.
in., and closed at 5 o’clock p. m. city
time. Np one shalj be cutitcd to vote
iu said election or any municipal
election in said city ppless he is a
duly registered voter of ,said city,
.Said election to be conducted in all
respects os elections for members of
the General Assembly in said state,
except that only two lists of voters
and two tally sheets need be kept nud
except as herein provided.
.Section V. Bo it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That the
Treasurer of said City shall be ex-
officio Registrar of said city, and shall
open his books of registration on the
first Monday in October 1889, and
annually thereafter on the same day
ami shall keep them open until six
o’clock p. m. on tho first Monday in
December next thereafter at his office
in said city, every day, Sundays ex
cepted, from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. and
be shall register all male persons who
apply in person, and not by proxy,
within the time prescribed, and who
will take and subscribe the following
oath which said Treasurer is hereby
authorized to administer, to-wit: “You
do solemnly swear that you have
attained the age of twenty one years,
that you are a citizen of the United
States, that you have resided in this
state l'or the past twelve mouths and
in the county of Thomas for the past
six months, that you have paid all
state and cotiuty taxes required of
you since the adoption of the Consti
tution of 1877, except for this year,
that you have never been convicted
of a felony or larceny, that you have
resided in the corporate limits of the
city of Thomasville for the past six
months and have paid all taxes legally
required of you, including street tax
ttnd any license tax, and have consid
ered this city your home lor that
length of time, so help you God.”
Any person who shall take the said
oath nnd shall swear falsely in so
doing, shall he guilty of false swear
ing and shall, on conviction therefor,
be punished as prescribed iu section
4810 of the Code of 1882, each person
so registering shall give the street,
block and number or other designation
of his residence ill said city, which
shall he refolded along with his name
in the book kept by the registrar for
that purpose. That said Registrar
shall publish once in each week while
the hooks are open an nlplmbeticnlly
arranged list of the persons so regis
terod, and alter the hooks arc closed
said list. shall be published at least
three successive times in the paper or
papers of said City doing ' the city
printing and said Registrar shall fur
nisli the Superintendents of election
with at least three copies of said list.
No candidate for any city office shall
be eligible as a Superintendent or
mannger of said election.
Section VI. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That no
one shall be eligible to the office of
Mayor or Alderman who is not a reg
istered voter of said city. That the
Superintendents of such election shall
declare those persons receiving the
highest number ot votes for Mayor
ana Aldermen duly elected, and fur
n one tally si
with the ballots under seal to the City
Cicrl, and the other tally sheet mid
list of votes to the Ordinary of Thomas
County. Tho persons so elected must
present themselves at the Council
Chamber within ten days and take ail
oath before tho out-going .Mayor, or
any officer authorized to administer an
oath, faithfully to discharge the duties
of Mayor or Alderman, as tbu case
may he.
Any one desiring to contest any
election shall file u notice of coutcst
with the Ordinary within throo days
after said election, setting fortli nil the
grounds for contest, and upon pay
ment of n fee of ten dollars (810.00;
in advance, the Ordinary shall cause a
copy of said notice to he served by the
sheriff or his deputy on the contcs-
tecs and give notice at the same time
to both parties of the lime and place
of hearing, not later than ten days
irom the date ol said service. T'ho
ordinary is authorized to hear and
determine the .contest (with right of
ccntiorari to the Superior Court.) The
costs to be paid by die losing parly.
Section 7. 13c it tunher enacted by
the authority aforemid, That in
case ol vacancy in the office of Mayor
the aldermen sljal) elect one of their
own number as Mayor tor the unex
pired term; and in case ol a vacancy
in the board of Aldermen the remain
ing members shall elect a citizen of
said city fo'fill such vacancy for the
unexpired term.
Section 8. Be it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, That should
the Mayor or any member of the board
of Aldermen or any officer of said city
be gpilty of any malpractice in office
or any abuse of the powers confided to
him, the Mayor or Aldermen, or a lull
board of aldermen, may arraign any
such offender and punish him by re
moval from office and by fine or im
prisonment; any one or all of said
punishments, the fine not to exceed
one hundred dollars nor imprison
ment sixty days. The Mayor
and Aldermen, for cause, may
suspend, fine or remove irom office or
suspend from pay and duty any officer
of said city elected or appointed by
them.
Section 9. Bo it further enacted by
tho.-authority aforesaid: That said
Mayor and Aldermen shall have
power at any regular .meeting
to elect a clerk, a treasurer, a marshal,
policemen, chaingnng keepers and
guards, a sexton or cemetery keeper,
and a superintendent of water works
and other public works, and suuli
other officers as they may deem neces
sary; to regulate the time, mode nud
maimer of electing each and all of said
officers,, to’fix their fees and salarios,
take their bonds and prescribe their
powers and duties. They shall also
have power to provide for the appoint
ment of a city attorney, a health ot-
ficcr, and a board of health, and to
prescribe their powers and duties.
.Section 10. Be it further enacted
by the authority nforesaid: That said
Mayor and each of said aldermen shall
be ox-officio a Justice of the Peace,
and shall have full power and author
ity to issue warrants for the arrest of
any person charged with tho commis
sion of an offence against the laws of the
State within the limits of said city,hear
testimony under oath as to tho guilt
or innocence of the party accused, to
commit to jail, or the guard-house of
said city, or to require bond with good
ami sufficient security, if the oflcnce
is a bailable one, for the appearance
of the accused before any court au
thorized by law to try and determine
the case.
Section II, licit further enacted
by the authority aforesaid: That said
Mayor and Aldermen shall have full
power and authority to levy and col
lect a tax upon all nnd every species
of property in sajd city subject
to state tax, upon hanking and
insurance capital employed in said
city, upon brokers and factors, upon
each and every business, calling, trade
ami profession carried on in said city,
upon billiard mid pool tables, bowling
alleys, bank, insurance, telegraph
and express agencies in said city; to
tax all theatrical performances, shows
and exhibitions for gain, or any kind
of profit, in said city; to tax all itin
erant traders or peddlers, all vendors
of patent medicines, drugs, hooks, nos
trums or devices of any kind, all so
‘icitors or canvassers selling goods,
wllrcs or merchandise by sample at re
tail or to consumers. All of said
taxes (except the tax on real or per
sonal property, which shall be ad-
v.iloicm and not exceeding one-half
of one per cent, for ordinary current
expenses) shall he in the nature of a
license, which must he ptiid iu ad
vance of doing business or lurrying on
the trade or occupation, or canvass
ing, or offering for sale any of tho ar
ticles above set forth. And the said
1 Mavor and Aldermen shall provide by
■for tfio punishment Sf ntl
parties required to take out license,
who do or attempt to do any business
lieforc taking out such license and
complying fully with all requirements
of said Mayor and Aldermcu made
with rcfcrcnco thereto.
Heetion 12. Bo it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid: That said
Mayor and Aldormen shall have full
power and authority to prevent any
parly from encroaching upon the
streets, alleys nud sidewalks, or plac
ing-ririy obstruction in, on or over any
strcqtsr, 'alley or sldcwnlk, and to re
move, nr cause to be removed, any
such encroachment, whether building,
porch, steps, signs or whatever it may
tie, nlrcndy erected, and to prevent
and abate any nuisnnee in the public
squares, parks, streets, lanes, alleys,
sidewalks ot said city, now dedicated,
or that may ho dedicated to public
use, or on the premises of any person
in said cijy; Jo establish a market or
markets, £111(1,regulate the same, and
reguluto-ut what places and within
what hours fresh meats, lisli, fowls
tnrt game may he sold at said mar
ket or other places iu said city, and
what licouse shall be paid for
such articles, to license and regulate
illl hotels and hoarding Iiqiiscsj to pre
vent the erection and mnintciiai-e in
said city of butcher pens; slaughter
houses, tan yards, ldacksmfth shops,
wood working mills, sawmills, grists
uijllk', forces ami chimneys, except by
the permission of said Mayor and Al
dermen, and to cause the "removal of
any and all such establishments when
ever they- become.'-dungertms to the
health and weltard bf-tHctitizons, onf
dan^iJu the liens or [.rofib'rty, or both;
of others, or hoc-omc nuisances; to
cause all lots or premises to be
the roughly rtlruinedj and ,;t<n this cud
n Vt jditchtSHjk draulj or till up
dcinftr, |crov£tjqiii, pijs i i ^lj£c | hcs or
ponds; at the cxpcifle Of .t^qjy.jperjor
■owners thereof, wheu they, after rea
sonable notice, fail to do so. Said ex
pense to he collected as city taxes arc
collected. To license ‘ana^ regulate
drays, hacks, oiijtiilmsses, wagons and
vehicles making .1 business of hauling
for hire pr-gajii, any nrtufa, on mate
rial of any kind m saincity.'Provided
this clnuso shall not apply: to any farm
products brought to said city Iry the
producer thereof,for salcor barter. To
regulate,control and licenso all livery,
feed anti sale -Stables, -pumps, wells,
fire , engines. , fiese f or engine
companies; ' to"'require a license
from all ftqqtjobceifiq and also to
collect a commission on all goods sold
at auction 1 oPthHcommis-iou iu said
town, and to fix tho amount ot license
and to issue’4^ withhold license as to
them may seetn,best.
Section' 13. Bedt further enacted
’If- •. : •
by the authority aforesaid: That said
Mayor and) Aldermen shall havo full
power mid authority to open, lay out,
curh, pave nnd drain streets, alleys or
lanes, or to widen, straighten or other
wise enlarge or improvo streets,'alleys
and lanes in said city; to purchase,
improve and beautify public squares
or parks in said city. And said Mayor
and Aldermen shall lmvo full power
nnd authority to condemn private,
properly for streets, lanes, alleys, pub
lic squares or parks, or for laying sew
er or water pipes, in tho same manner
us railroad companies are authorized
to do under the general railroad law
of Georgia, as contained in the Code
of 1882.
Section 14. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That said
Mayor and Aldermen shall have the
exclusive right to grant license to sell
liquors (spirituous, vinous or malt) in
said city, to say whether such liquors
shall or shall not be sold, to fix the
amount to be paid for license
to prescribe such regu-lations
for the keeping and manage
ment ot places where liquors are sold
as may seem fit, to grant or refuse
license to any applicant, as may seem
to them best, to punish by fine or im
prisonment, or work on the public
works of said city, any person selling
without license (each sale to constitute
a separate offense) or otlrerwisc vio
lating any ordinance, rule or regulation
of said Mayor and Aldermen, and to
withdraw such license at any time for
a violation of the ordinances, rules or
regulations passed by said Mayor and
Aldermen, to require a bond in such
sum as they may deem best from each
party taking license, to keep a decent
and orderly house and observe the or
dinances, rules and regulations pre
scribed by said Mayor and Aldermen,
tlic giving of such bond to be a condi
tion precedent to doing business. They
shall have power *0 license, regulate
and control billiard, pool and bagatelle
tables, bowling alleys, ten pin or nine
pin alleys, and to refuse and revoke
license upon proper case made by any
citizen injured or annoyed by the man
ner in which any such table or alley is
used, or house selling liquor is con-
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ducted.
Section 15. Be it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That said
Mayor and Aldermen shall have full
power and authority to prevent horses,
mules, cattle, hogs, sheep,.goatr,dogs,
and lowls from uinning at large in said
city, or any portion thereof, and to
prevent and prohibit the keeping of
hogs in the city limits, or regulate the
manner in which they must be kept, if
allowed to remain, and shall lmvc full
authority to take up and impound any
such animal or fowl and remove hogs
from the town, and punish all owners
of such animals who refuse to obey
any ordinance passed by said Mayor
and Aldermen to carry this authority
into effect.
Section 1G. Be it farther enacted
by the authority aforesaid. That the
said Mayor amt Aldermen arc hereby
authorized and empowered to pass all
such ordinances and rules ami regula
tions as may seem to them necessary
or pro|ier to prevent tho iimlntair.ance
ot any liopso of ill fame, assignation
or prostitution within said city and
to punish for any violation of any
such ordinances, rule or regulation,
by fine or imprisonment or wurk on
the public wurk«, or removal and ex
clusion front said city. Any one or
more or all said punishments may Iro
included in one sentence,
.Section 17. Hu it further enacted
by til., authority aforesaid: That said
Mayor ami Aldermen shall havo full
power and authority to establish and
regulate a city police, and to elect
Chiet ol Police uud such other officers
and members of tho Police force os
may scum to thorn necessary. The
marshal of said city and any member
of said police force, shall have author
ity to arrest, without warrant, any
person acting in a disorderly nrannor
or disturbing the peace and good or
der of said city, or committing or at
tempting to commit any crime in said
city or suspicious characters and
coniine them, or cause thorn
to be confined, in the guard house of
said city or the common Jail ofsaid
county to await their trial oj exami
nation.
Soctiou_18. Be it further cuacteil
by the authority aforesaid.' Thit it
shall he the duty of every person
owning property iu said-city, cither
in his own right or as agent of anoth
er or in nay' fiduciary capacity, to
make annual returns thereof, under
oath, to the city clerk, in such form
and upon such blanktlrs said Mayor
aud Alderman may prescribe, for tax
ation, and upon failure or refusal of
any person to make such returns the.
clerk shall hmkitftlhfreturn for taxa
tion of sqM fiegomand property .hall
he double tajpxl os now nrcscribed
. Cofitfnfted on 4th page,
To continue until
Closed OUt. , ; ’
Our remnant table
is f*ul of choice BAR-
gains, and will be all
Summer. ..
Still left, a few
of our 3 3-4 cts. Ging>-
hams, worth 10 cts.
Levys