city, from the time the same are so assessed or imposed, How enforc- which lien shall be enforced by the council in the same ed. Prohibition of Shows. Bonds of Sergeant and Treasurer. Mayor; his powers, du ties and compensation. manner as the lien for taxes for county purposes is now enforced. The lien aforesaid shall have priority over all other liens, except that for taxes due the State.' 29. The council may prohibit any theatrical or other performance, show or exhibition, which it may deem injurious to the morals or good order of the city. 30. The council shall have power to require and take from the Sergeant and Treasurer bonds, with sureties satisfactory to the council, in such penalty as it may deem sufficient, except that as to the Sergeant it shall not be for a penalty less than five thousand dollars; and said bond shall be conditioned for the true and faithful performance of his duties as sergeant, and for the collecting and accounting for and payment of the taxes, fines and other monies of the city which shall come into his hands, or which it shall be his duty to collect, at such times and to such persons as the council may order. The Treasurer's bond shall be conditioned for the true and faithful perfor mance of his duties as treasurer, and that he will faithfully pay over and account for all monies that shall come into his hands as treasurer, when and as he shall be thereto required by the council. 31. The Mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the city, and shall take care that all by-laws, ordinances and orders of the council are faithfully executed. He shall be ex-officio a conservator and justice of the peace within said city, and shall, within the same, exercise all the powers and duties vested in justices, except that he shall have no jurisdiction as such in civil cases. He shall have control of the police of the city, and may appoint special police officers whenever he deems it necessary; and it shall be his duty especially to see that the peace and good order of said town are preserved, and that the persons and property therein are protected; and to this end he may cause the arrest and detention of all rioters and disorderly persons in said city before issuing his warrant therefor. He shall have power to issue execution for all fines, penalties and costs imposed by him, or he may require the immediate payment thereof, and in default of such payment he may commit the party in default to the jail of Kanawha county until the fine or penalty and costs shall be paid, to be employed during the term of his imprisonment, as hereinafter provided, but the term of imprisonment in such case shall not exceed thirty days. He shall, from time to time, recommend to the council such measures as he may deem needful to the welfare of the city. He shall receive a compensation for his services, to be fixed by the council, which dor imp in these poses is t rity ove rothery ➡m injur and reties may de not bet said b formas and Sand shall not be increased nor diminished during the term for compensa 32. The duty of the Recorder shall be to keep the journal Recorder; his of the proceedings of the council, and have charge of and duties and preserve the records of the city. He shall attend the mayor tion. in all examinations, receive and issue his orders, swear witnesses and perform all the duties of a clerk in the council and mayor's court. In the absence of the mayor he shall have all the authority of that officer, and shall exercise the functions of the office of mayor. He shall receive a compensation for his services, to be fixed by the council, which shall not be increased nor diminished during the term for which he shall have been elected. his duties, 33. It shall be the duty of the city Sergeant to collect Sergeant; the taxes, fines and other income and revenue of the city, as liabilities specified in his bond, and to account for and pay the same and compento the treasurer at such time as the council may order. sation. And it shall be his duty, at least once in every six months, during his continuance in office, and oftener if thereto required by the council, to render an account of the taxes, fines and other claims in his hands for collection, and return a list of such as he shall have been unable to collect by reason of insolvency, to which list he shall make oath, that he has used due diligence to collect the same, but has been unable to do so. The council shall, if it be satisfied he could not have collected the same by use of due diligence, allow them. But it the council shall be of opinion that by use of due diligence on the part of said sergeant he could have collected the same, or any part thereof, then he shall be charged with such as he might have collected. The said sergeant shall do and perform all other acts pertaining to the office of sergeant of a corporation, and of a police officer and constable within said city, and as such shall have the same powers, duties, fees and liabilities as are by law prescribed to a constable. He shall for his services receive such compensation as shall be fixed by the council. 34. All monies belonging to said city shall be paid over Treasurer. to the treasurer, none of which shall be paid out by him except as the same shall have been apportioned and ordered to be paid by the council; and the said treasurer shall pay the same upon the certificate of the recorder, or, in his absence, upon the certificate of the mayor. Treasurer. 35. If the said treasurer shall fail to account for and pay Motion over all or any monies that shall come into his hands, when against thereto required by the council; it shall be lawful for the council, in the corporate name of the city, by motion_before the Circuit Court of Kanawha county, after ten days previous notice, to recover from the treasurer and his sure Motion against Sergeant. Exemption from road ties, or their personal representatives, any sum that may be due from said treasurer to said city. 36. If the sergeant shell fail to collect, account for and pay over all the taxes, fines and other revenue of the town in his hands for collection, according to the conditions of his bond, it shall be lawful for the council to recover the same by motion, in the corporate name of the city, before the said Circuit Court, after ten days notice, against the said sergeant and his sureties, or any or either of them, his or their executors or administrators. 37. The said city, and the taxable persons and property therein, shall be exempt from all expenses or liability for and poor tax. the construction or repairs of roads or bridges, or other taxes for county or township purposes, (except free school tax,) outside the corporate limits of said city, for any year in which it shall appear that said city shall, at its own expense, provide for its own poor and keep its streets in order. Rights reserved. Duties of Council. Duties of Council. 38. All rights, privileges and properties of the said city, heretofore acquired and possessed, owned and enjoyed by any act now in force, shall continue undiminished and remain vested in said city under this act; and all laws, ordinances, acts and resolutions of the council now in force, and not inconsistent with this act, shall be and continue in full force and effect, until regularly repealed by a council elected, as provided under this act. 39. The council shall adopt all needful and just ward regulations, whether general or special, for the good of the citizens thereof; it shall authorize street expenditures in the several wards, as equity and justice shall demand, and may authorize the collection of a special tax in any ward of the city, for a specified purpose within such ward, when requested so to do by a majority of the voters thereof. Whenever, in the opinion of the council, it becomes necessary to lay off said city into more than three wards, the said council shall so lay it off, and apportion the councilmen of said city so that each ward shall be equally represented in the council. 40. The council shall provide for the employment and safe keeping of persons who may be committed for default in payment of fines, penalties, or costs under this act, and who are otherwise unable to discharge the same, by putting them to work for the benefit of the city; shall keep on hand an ample supply of necessary material for the same, and shall provide all necessary tools, implements, fixtures and facilities for the immediate employment of any and all of such persons; shall fix a reasonable rate per diem as wages to be allowed every such person, until such fine and costs against him are discharged; and the recorder shall keep 41. This Act shall, at all times, be subject to modifica- Act amendtion or repeal, at the pleasure of the Legislature. CHAPTER 63.-AN ACT for the relief of the securities of Passed February 17. 1871. able. WHEREAS, William Roach, late sheriff of Wyoming county, Preamble, is largely in arrears to this State, and is insolvent; And whereas, some of the sureties of said Roach are also insolvent, and none of them persons of large means; therefore, Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: debtedness That the Auditor be directed to ascertain the exact in- Auditor to debtedness of the said William Roach, as such sheriff, to ascertain inthis State, and the proportion thereof which should be paid of William by each of his sureties, to be ascertained by dividing the Roach, late sum of such indebtedness by the whole number of such sheriff of sureties. Upon such proportion of said indebtedness being county, etc. Wyoming so ascertained, any one or more of such sureties may pay into the treasury of this State his proportion of said indebtedness, and thereupon he shall be released from all further liability to this State, growing out of the said indebtedness. CHAPTER 64.-AN ACT authorizing the county of Kanawha Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That the county of Kanawha, through the properly con- Authority to stituted authorities, is hereby empowered and authorized to purchase. purchase the capital stock of the Elk River Bridge Company, at its original cost, for the purpose of making the same a free bridge. CHAPTER 65.-AN ACT to amend Section ten of Chapter Passed February 17, 1871. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: That so much of section ten of chapter one hundred and Part of chap fourteen of the acts of 1869 as imposes a tax on steamboats, ter 114 recarrying passengers of one half cent per passenger per mile pealed. for each passenger carried is hereby repealed. Graded .school. Failure to dis of the State school fund from the State Auditor on the order of the county Superintendent, who shall collect all school taxes levied in the district; and pay out the same on the written order of the board of commissioners, and who shall give a bond satisfactory to said commissioners in the sum of one thousand dollars. The said treasurer shall hold his office for a period of one year from the first Tuesday in April, and until his successor is elected and qualified, and shall have the same compensation, as is now by law allowed for the collection and disbursement of school monies. He shall make a full and satisfactory settlement with the commissioners at the close of his term of office, and turn over all books, papers and monies in his hands belonging to the district to his successor as soon as the said successor is qualified. 4. Said commissioners shall take the necessary steps, for the establishment of a graded school in said district, which school shall be put in operation on or before the first day of November, 1871, and shall be kept in operation at least six months in each year thereafter. 5. Failure to perform any of the duties enjoined by this shall subject the offender to the same penalties as is now inflicted by law, for the offense upon similar officers. charge duties act, Time to qualify. Sale under deed of trust to pass all company at time of sale. CHAPTER 69.-AN ACT extending the time of Joseph Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: CHAPTER 70.-AN ACT relating to sales made under deeds of trust, or mortgages, by railroads, or other internal improvement companies in this State. Passed February 18, 1871. Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia: 1. If a sale be made under a deed of trust, or mortgage, executed by a railroad or other internal improvement comproperty own-pany in this State, on all its works and property, and there ed by railroad be a conveyance pursuant thereto, such sale and conveyance shall pass to the purchaser at the sale, not only the works and property of the company, as they were at the time of making the deed of trust or mortgage, but any works which the company may, after that time and before the sale, have constructed, and all other property of which |