Title 7, Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities

If the number of votes cast in favor of incorporation equals the majority of persons entitled to vote in the election, the county election commission shall immediately forward a certified copy of the certificate to the secretary of state.

Upon receipt of the certified copy of the certificate by the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall copy it in a well-bound book and index the certified copy of the certificate. The secretary of state shall then return the certificate to the register of the county with …

(a) The register shall copy the certificate, together with the certificate of the secretary of state, in the charter book in such register's office, which shall complete the incorporation. (b) The register shall be entitled to the regular recording fees received for recording cor…

The fees of the sheriff shall be two dollars ($2.00), of the county clerk one dollar ($1.00) each, and the secretary of state two dollars ($2.00) for the services directed to be performed in this part.

(a) Upon the registration of the certificate, the petitioners and their successors and all other voters of the town shall be incorporated and be vested with the right conferred by this chapter, and none other, it being the intention not to confer upon the corporation the powers o…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to alter, repeal, or amend the general laws for organizing municipal corporations or taxing districts in this state.

The legislative power of the town shall reside in the voters of the town properly assembled at a convenient place, and such assembly shall be known as the “town assembly.”

The first meeting of the assembly shall be called upon proper notice signed by at least five (5) of the voters and posted in three (3) conspicuous places in the town. Subsequent meetings shall be held at such times as the assembly may determine.

The mayor shall, when such mayor deems it necessary, or when five (5) voters request it in writing, call a meeting of the assembly, and the business of the meeting shall be restricted to matters set out in the call.

At the first meeting of the assembly, there shall be elected a chair and secretary, who shall act until the election of mayor and clerk. The assembly shall be the sole judge of the qualification of its members.

Upon the assembly coming to order, the chair shall take a list of the voters present, and the clerk shall record them. The meeting shall then proceed to the election of a mayor, who shall qualify by announcing to the assembly that such mayor will faithfully, impartially, and hone…

(a) The assembly shall then proceed to elect a clerk and a sanitary inspector. (b) The terms of all officers shall be for one (1) year, or until their successors are appointed and qualified. (c) All elections shall be by viva voce vote upon the call of the roll, and shall be held…

(1) The town assembly of each of the towns has powers by ordinance to:(1) Assess, levy, and collect taxes on all property and privileges taxable by state law, and fix the rate of taxation on the property and privileges, which shall in no case exceed fifteen (15) mills on the doll…

The mayor has the power to fill vacancies occasioned by sickness, absence, or other disability of any town officer.

The mayor has the power to suspend any officer for misconduct in office or neglect of duty, reporting the mayor's action, with reason for the action, in writing, to the next meeting of the town assembly, by whom final action shall be taken.

The mayor shall take care that all of the ordinances are duly observed and respected.

The mayor has the power and jurisdiction and shall exercise the functions formerly exercised by a justice of the peace, but only for the preservation of peace within the corporate limits and the trial of offenses against the town ordinances.

The mayor shall receive and hold all the moneys and property of the corporation, audit and pay all bills incurred by the corporation, but shall have no power to issue any negotiable paper. The mayor shall make, in writing, to each meeting of the assembly, an itemized statement of…

In case of the absence, resignation, or inability to act of the mayor, the town clerk shall take the mayor's place until the next regular meeting of the assembly, when another mayor shall be elected, if the assembly shall deem the mayor's absence sufficiently long to warrant anot…

It is the duty of the clerk of the assembly to attend each meeting of the assembly, to keep in a well-bound book a full and complete record of the acts and doings of the assembly, to file and safely keep all papers and records belonging to the corporation, to issue notice of the …

A copy of any record or ordinance made and certified by the clerk shall be prima facie evidence of its contents in all courts.

It is the duty of the sanitary inspector to thoroughly and carefully inspect the premises of each resident of the town, and to remove and abate all nuisances at such times as the assembly may prescribe, and to perform such other duties as the assembly may impose. The sanitary ins…

All ordinances passed by the assembly shall begin by an enacting clause as follows: “Be it enacted by the mayor and town assembly of (fill in blank with name of town),” and shall at the end of the act state the time when the ordinance is to take effect, otherwise it will take eff…

No ordinance shall become a law without having been passed at two (2) separate meetings by a majority of all the votes of the town and signed by the mayor. It is the duty of the mayor to carefully examine all ordinances passed, and should any of them not meet such mayor's approba…

The violation of any ordinance or law of the town shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), recoverable before the mayor of the town upon warrant issued as for the recovery of the debt before a judge of the court of general sessions. The judgment, when s…

Any town incorporated under this chapter has the power to erect and maintain a calaboose or workhouse for the confinement and detention of persons violating any ordinance of the corporation. A person who fails to pay any fine and costs imposed by the corporation commits a Class C…