1822 - Edocs

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and Spanish languages, at the above mentioned place,
and said day, month and vear.
Signed
Signed
JOSE COPPINGER,
ROBERT BUGLER.
I do hereby certify and attest that the foregoing act
was solemnized in the presence of the illustrious assembly,
as well as of a number of private individuals convened
on the occasion, and of several officers of the army
and navy of the United States,
[Signed] JUAN DE ENTRALGO,
Gov't scribe and secretary of ike citxj council.
ORDINANCES.
By his Excellency Major General Andrew Jackson, Governor
of the Provinces of the Floridas, exercising the
flowers of the Captain General, and of the Intendant of
ihe Island of Cuba, over the said Provinces, and of the
Governors of said Provinces res/iectively :
That with a view to the preservation of the good order
and health of the town of Pensacola, I do
ORDAIN :
Sec. 1. That there shall be appointed by the Governor
annually, a chief officer to be called the Mayor, and six
subordinate officers to he called Aldermen, who shall form
a council and have and exercise all the powers necessary
to the good government of the said town.
Sec. 2. That the said Mayor and Council shall have
power by ordinance or otherwise to impose fines and forfeitures
for the infraction of their regulations, and appoint
such officers as they may deem necessary to enforce
their ordinances, and to levy such taxes as may be necessary
for the support of their town government.
Sec. 3. As the christain sabbath is observed throughout
the civilized world it is ordained, that in order to remove
any doubts which might be entertained with respect to
the powers of the Mayor and Council on this subject,
that the said Mayor and Council be authorized to make
any regulation for the due observance thereof, which they
may deem proper.
Sec. 4. In order to remove all doubts on the subject of
the limits of the said town of Pensacola, and its dependencies,
as well as to place under the immediate control of
the Mayor and Council, all the fountains or springs from
which the inhabitants are supplied with water, it is ordained,
that the incorporated limits of said town shall be
as follows : bounded to the south and east by the harbor,
to the west by the Western Lagoon, or Bayou Chico, and
to the north by a line running due east from Galves spring
to where such line will intersect the Eastern or Texas
Lagoon.