[No. 511.]

Boundary,

held.

AN ACT

To incorporate the Town of Waterloo, in the County of

Lauderdale.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That the town of Waterloo, in the county of Lauderdale, be and the same is hereby incorporated; and the corporation limits of said town shall embrace the east half of fractional section number one, of township number two, of range number fifteen, west; also the north-east portion of section twelve, township number two, range number fifteen, west, so as to include twenty-five acres of said sections.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That an election shall be Election; when held in the town of Waterloo, on the first Monday in March, 1854, and on the same day, annually thereafter, to commence at eleven o'clock, A. M., and close at three o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of electing seven councillors, inhabitants of said town, who shall serve for the term of one year, and until their successors in office are duly elected and qualified, which election shall be held by some justice of the peace and two freeholders of said town; and all subsequent elections shall be conducted and held by the intendant and any two councilmen, or in the absence of the intendant, by a majority of the councilmen, all persons in the corporate limits being entitled to vote, who are qualified to vote for members of the general assembly of this state; and on the day after the election, the councilmen shall meet and elect by ballot one of their number as intendant, who shall in said town, ex officio, be a justice of the peace within the limits of the same.

Qualification of voters.

Oath.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the intendant and councilmen, together with the constables and clerk which they are hereby empowered to appoint, shall severally, before they enter on the discharge of their duties, subscribe and take the following oath, to wit: "I, A. B., (as the case may be, intendant, councilman, clerk or constable,) do solemnly swear, that I will, to the best of my skill and ability, discharge all the duties incumbent on me, so help me God; " a certificate of which oath shall be filed with the records of the board; and it shall be the duty of the intendant to preside at all meetings of the councilmen, and preserve order and decorum, and in his absence or incapacity, any councilman may be called to the chair; and the said intendant and councilmen are here

by declared and constituted a body politic and corporate,
by the name and style of the Intendant and Council of
the Town of Waterloo, by which name they and their suc-
cessors in office shall be capable of suing and being
sued, of pleading and being impleaded in all manner of
suits, either in law or equity, and in general to do and per-
form all acts which are usually incident to bodies corporate;
to purchase, hold, use and dispose of, for the benefit of said
town, real, personal or mixed property to the value of ten
thousand dollars.

Name and style.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the intendant and To keep streets in councilmen, or a majority of them, are hereby invested repair, &c. with full power to keep open and in good repair the streets and alleys of said town, to preserve the peace and good order of the same, to fine for assaults and batteries, in any sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars, and the same to collect; to prevent and remove nuisances, to suppress gaming of every description, to establish night watches and patrols, and punish for neglect of patrol duty, to restrain or tax shows or exhibitions, and the sale of spirituous liquors in said town, and may impose a fine not exceeding fifty dollars for any violation of the by-laws for the purpose of carrying into effect the powers herein granted, and all other powers necessary for the good government of said town not inconsistent with the laws of this state.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That the intendant and special tax. councilmen shall have power to levy a tax on the inhabitants and property of said town to raise money for the purpose of properly governing and managing the affairs of said corporation, and that they shall, as soon as convenient after the election, elect by joint ballot a clerk, treasurer and constable of said town; and it shall be the duty of said clerk to issue all executions for fines and taxes which may be necessary, signing the same and delivering the same to the constable, whose duty it shall be to collect and pay over the same to the treasurer, which last named officers shall give bond and sufficient security to the intendant and councilmen before he enters upon the duties of his

office.

SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That the citizens of said corporation shall be exempt from road duty other than the Exemption. corporate limits before described.

SEC. 7. And be it further enacted, That the intendant and councilmen shall have power to remove from office the clerk, treasurer and constable, upon satisfactory reasons, and appoint others, and shall fix the salaries of such officers as in their judgment they may deem sufficient and if

and aldermen.

by them thought advisable, taking bonds from the clerk and constable for the faithful performance of duty.

APPROVED, February 14, 1854.

To authorise the Corporate Authorities of the City of Mobile to regulate wharves and wharfage in said city.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That in order to change the present system of wharfPowers of mayor age in the city of Mobile, and to substitute dockage charges on vessels in lieu of charges on produce and merchandize, the mayor, aldermen and common council of the city of Mobile shall have power and authority to obtain, by contract, the property in or the control of the wharves and wharf property of the city of Mobile, so far as the same may be practicable, and shall have power, if necessary, to issue city bonds for purchase money for the same not having more than four years to run, and not bearing a rate of interest exceeding six per cent. per annum, which bonds and interest shall be paid out of said property and its proceeds, and no other property of the city shall be taxed for the payment of said bonds, or interest on the same.

SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, That in order to accomplish said purpose, if found practicable the said corporation of Mobile shall be authorised to appoint, in such mode and manner as it may provide, a board of trustees, who shall be charged, under the control and supervision of said corporation, with the carrying into effect of said wharf arrangement, with power to purchase, contract for, arrange and compromise in the name and behalf of the city with all owners of wharves and wharf property, and to make all suitable agreements to accomplish the object aforesaid so far as the same may be found practicable and expedient, under such ordinances and regulations as said corporation may from time to time prescribe.

SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the said board of trustees shall be placed in charge of all such property as may be acquired, or the control of which may be obtained under the authority of this act, to be managed, regulated and controlled by them, to be improved, kept in repair and disposed of as they shall think best, and as shall be provided by the city ordinances; and all revenues to be raised there

from shall be applied by said board to pay all expenses, improvements and repairs, and from the same they shall pay all interest on such city bonds as shall be issued under the authority of this act, and they shall provide also out of the same a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of said bonds.

nue.

SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That said board of trus tees shall have power to raise a revenue from such wharves May raise reve. and docks as may be under the control of the said corporation, by establishing and collecting a rate of dockage and wharf charges to be paid by all ships, vessels, steam boats, steam ships and crafts of all description trading to, at and from the port of Mobile, the bay of Mobile, and the rivers and streams emptying into the same, all of which shall be sanctioned by proper ordinances of said city.

superintendant.

SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, That said board of trus- Appointment of tees shall have power to appoint a proper person as superintendent of wharves, whose duty it shall be to collect and pay out all moneys under the control of said board, to keep said wharves and docks in repair, and attend generally to the execution of the acts of said trustees; said superintendent shall give bond, payable to the mayor of the city of Mobile, in the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office; the said board of trustees shall also appoint all such clerks and agents as may be needed, the compensation of all of which, as well as that of the superintendent, shall be fixed by the corporate authorities; said board shall make return Board to report in detail of all its accounts and transactions to the mayor of the city as often as required, not less than once in each year, and in all things be subject to the control of the corporate authorities of said city.

to the mayor.

SEC. 6. And be it further enacted, That in order to enable special tax. the corporate authorities of the city of Mobile to carry into full effect the arrangement contemplated in this act, said corporate authorities shall have power to levy a special tax on the real estate in the city not exceeding the rate of onetenth of one per cent., which tax shall be collected by the city tax collector, under such powers, rules and regulations as are provided by law for the collection of other city taxes on real estate, and paid over by him as fast as collected to the trustees aforesaid; and it shall be the duty of the said trustees to appropriate the money thus received to the building of wharves over such slips as are now or may hereafter become the property of the city, or in the construction of a levee or levees, under such regulations and upon such plans as may be prescribed by the city authori

ties; and in no case or event shall the money thus collected be appropriated to any other use or purpose whatever. APPROVED, February 16, 1854.

To amend the Charter of the Northern Bank of Alabama, at Huntsville.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That the directors of the Northern Bank of AlabaSalary of presi- ma be and they are hereby authorised to fix the salary of

Medical board established.

the president.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That the prohibition contained in the charter of said bank against paying out the bills of foreign banks, be and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, The notes thus paid shall not be of less denomination than ten dollars: Provided, That the provisions of the second section of this act shall continue in force for the period of two years only. APPROVED, February 17, 1854.

To establish a Medical Board in the County of Choctaw.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Alabama in General Assembly convened, That in addition to the medical boards now established by law, there shall be one established in the county of. Choctaw; said board shall be governed by the same rules, laws and regulations, in every respect, as those now prescribed for the government of other medical boards of this state.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That J. A. Russell, J. T. Foster, S. Walton, A. S. Hannon and A. J. Curtis are hereby constituted said board, to be styled the Medical Board of Physicians for the County of Choctaw.

APPROVED, February 2, 1854.