CHAP. 193.--An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of chapter 315 of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Cape Charles, in the county of Northampton, approved March 1, 1886.

§4. The mayor and councilmen shall constitute the
council of the said town, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum to do business, and all the corporate powers of the said town shall be exercised by the said council or under its authority, except where otherwise provided for by law. The mayor shall be president of the council, and shall have all the rights, powers, and privileges conferred upon such officer by the general laws of this state for the government of towns of less than five thousand inhabitants. He and the other members of the council shall each be clothed with all the power and authority of a justice, in civil matters, within the corporate limits of the said town and in criminal matters within the said limits and one mile beyond the same. All fines, penalties, or imprisonments for violation of the by-laws or ordinances of the said town, or the laws of this state, shall be recovered before or enforced under the judgment of, the said mayor or councilmen, as the case may be, and for that purpose, he, or either of them, may issue process in the same manner as a justice and for such services shall be entitled to the same fees as a justice for like services performed. The mayor shall have no vote in the council, except in case of a tie vote. All vacancies which may occur in the offices of mayor or councilmen shall be filled by the said council. The mayor and councilmen shall hold their respective offices for a term of one year from the first day of July next succeeding their election, and until their successors are elected and qualified. Quorum. Shall have powers of a justice.