§ 7-81-402. Ordinance Procedure
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 approbation, to return […]
§ 7-81-403. Fines for Violation of Ordinances — Lien of Judgment
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 so recovered, shall constitute a […]
§ 7-81-404. Confinement for Violation of Ordinances
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 misdemeanor.
§ 7-81-305. Mayor’s Control of Finances
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 the money expended since the last […]
§ 7-81-306. Clerk as Acting Mayor
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 another election.
§ 7-81-307. Duties of Clerk
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 meetings […]
§ 7-81-308. Copies of Records as Evidence
A copy of any record or ordinance made and certified by the clerk shall be prima facie evidence of its contents in all courts.
§ 7-81-309. Sanitary Inspector
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 inspector shall, during such inspector’s term […]
§ 7-81-401. Form of Ordinances — Effective Date
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 effect ten […]
§ 7-81-301. Filling of Vacancies
The mayor has the power to fill vacancies occasioned by sickness, absence, or other disability of any town officer.