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LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI.
CHAPTER *233.
AN ACT to incorporate the town of Shieldsborougli, and for oil.fr purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, That an act entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Shieldsborougli, Pass Christian, and Biloxi, in the county of Hancock, and the act to which it is an amendment, both be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That the tract of Boundary, county lying east of the line beginning ou the shore of the Bay of St. Louis, where the line between sections ten and eleven, of township No. 9. south, of Range No. 14, west, comes to said shore, thence north to Jordan river, and bounded therefrom to the place of beginning by Jordan river and Bay of St. Louis, shall hereafter be known and designated as the town of Shieldsborougli.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That the free-Election of holders, householders, and inhabitants residingwithin selectmen, the said limits, shall, on the first Monday in August, biennially, after the first Monday in August 1850,
*	elect five persons, who shall be designated as the selectmen of the town of Shieldsborougli, a majority of whom shall at all times constitute a quorum to do business, and who shall hold their offices until their successors be elected and duly qualified.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That the select-0a[}) men, so chosen, shall, within thirty days after such election, meet and qualify by subscribing the oath prescribed by the constitution, and being so qualified, choose by ballot, from their own number, a president, whose duties shall be to preside and keep order at all meetings of the selectmen, to preserve the peace and good order, and regulate all police matters within said town, to see the by-laws, ordinances, and regulations, passed by the board of selectmen, duly executed, and who shall hold his office from and after his election as such president, for the term of two years.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the said board Time of0^ selectmen shall meet according to their own ad-meeting. journment or when duly summoned by the secretary of the board under an order of the president, and at
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such place as shall be designated in such an order: r'Provided, that such place of meeting shall be within
the limits of said corporation.
^;;-V Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That the board Incorpo-ji’of selectmen, of the town of Shieldsborougli. shall ration.
, ^be a body politic and corporate, under the name hnd jT style of the president and selectmen of the town of Shieldsborougli, and by that name, they and their successors shall have perpetual succession, be Capable in law to purchase, take, receive, hold, and enjoy, to the use of said town, real estate, in fee sim-‘f* pie or lesser interest, to the amount of ten thousand
•	dollars, and the same to lease, release, alien and con-vey, or otherwise dispose of the same ; and by that
.:J;'name, they and their successors shall be liable and ‘-‘capaple in law or equity, to sue and be sued, plead fv:and be impleadSd, in all manner of suit or suits, or actions, either in law or equity,_ and to do all other •.acts and deeds which are incident to bodies corpo-•■rate; they shall have power generally to make such ;•> by-laws, or ordinances, or regulations, in writing, not
•	^inconsistent with the laws of this State, as to them *shall seem necessary for the good government and
_general interest of said town, and the Same to put in execution, revoke, and alter or amend, as to them shall appear expedient; such by-laws, ordinances, and regulations, shall lie entered by the secretary of the board of selectmen, in a book by him kept for that purpose, and in all suits or actions arising under said by-laws, ordinances and regulations, said book shall be conclusive evidence of the existence of such by-laws, ordinances or regulations, which said by-laws, ordinances or regulations, shall be in force ten days after their passage, and after having beer, posted up for at least eight days, at three of the most public places in said town; and in all cases arising under such by-laws, etc., the presumption shall be, that such publication has been made, until the
•contrary be shown.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That the board of ^ppomt-selectmen of said town, shall have power to appointment ofof-and nominate all the officers they may deem neces-fcere. sary for the carrying into effect these by-laws, ordinances or regulations: to require the necessary securities from the different officers of said town ; they shall have power to suspend, remove, or revoke any such officer, by them appointed, either for misconduct, or other cause: Provided. that suclf officer shall first