Worth County GaArchives History .....Act to incorporate town of Shingler (in part) August 16 1912 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Harris Hill harrishill@starband.net October 1, 2003, 9:05 am ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA 1912 PART III.--CORPORATIONS TITLE I. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. 1912 Vol. 1 -- Page: 1272 Sequential Number: 294 Short Title: SHINGLER, TOWN OF, INCORPORATED. Law Number: No. 510. Full Title: An Act to incorporate the town of Shingler, in the County of Worth, State of Georgia; to prescribe and define its corporate limits; to provide for the election of a Mayor and Aldermen of said town; to prescribe their duties, powers, qualifications, and manner of their election; to ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Page: 1273 provide for the government of said town of Shingler, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the town of Shingler, in the County of Worth, State of Georgia, be, and the same is hereby incorporated under the name and style of the town of Shingler. [Sidenote: Shingler, town of, incorporated.] SEC. 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That said town of Shingler in its own right and under its own name as the town of Shingler, shall have and use a common seal, and under said name and style of the town of Shingler, shall be capable in law to have, hold and enjoy, both for its own use and for corporate purposes, any and all real and personal property, of every nature, kind, character or description, either within or without the corporate limits of the town of Shingler, and under said name and style shall be capable of suing and being sued, pleading and be impleaded in any Court of law or equity in the State. [Sidenote: Charter rights.] SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That the corporate limits of the town of Shingler shall be as follows: Of the area of one mile square, the exact center of which area of one mile square shall be at a point on the center of the railroad tracks where the Summer and Dooly public road intersects or crosses the Gulf Line Railway, in said town of Shingler, and the same embracing a part of lots of land Nos. 446, 428, 429 and 447 in the 7th district of Worth County, Georgia. [Sidenote: Corporate limits.] SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, That the municipal government of said town shall be vested in a Mayor and four Aldermen, and such other officers as they may elect. Gordon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Page: 1274 S. Summer shall be Mayor of said town of Shingler, and J. J. Dupriest, J. H. Trammell, J. A. Garratt, J. J. Young shall be Aldermen of said town of Shingler until their successors are chosen and selected as hereinafter provided. On the second Monday in January, 1913, and biennially thereafter, an election shall be held in the Council chamber, or at such other place in the said town of Shingler, previously selected by the Mayor and Aldermen, for the purpose of electing two Aldermen for the term of two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified, and on the second Monday in January, 1914, and biennially thereafter there shall be likewise held an election for two Aldermen who shall likewise hold for the term of two years, and until their successors are elected and qualified. That on the second Monday in January, 1913, and annually thereafter, there shall also be held an election in the Council chamber, or at some other place in said town of Shingler previously selected by the Mayor and Aldermen, for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the term of one year, and until his successor is elected and qualified. The officers so elected shall at the next regular meeting of the Mayor and board of Aldermen following said election, be sworn in by the Mayor, or any other officer duly authorized by law to administer oaths. Said oath shall be taken and subscribed in the book of minutes in which are kept the proceedings of the town Council, and said oath shall be as follows, towit: "I do solemnly swear and affirm that to the best of my ability I will perform all the duties of Mayor (or Aldermen as the case may be) in the town of Shingler for the term to which I have been elected, so help me God." Immediately on taking and subscribing this oath, they shall enter on the discharge of their respective duties, and if for any reason any of said officers are not so sworn in at that time, they may be sworn in at any subsequent time. [Sidenote: First Mayor and Aldermen.] [Sidenote: Election of Mayor and Aldermen.] [Sidenote: Oath of Mayor and Aldermen.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Page: 1275 SEC. 5. Gordon S. Summer as Mayor, and J. J. Dupriest and J. H. Trammell as Aldermen, shall hold office until their successors are elected at the election to be held on the second Monday in January, 1913; and the other Aldermen, to- wit: J. A. Garratt and J. J. Young shall hold office until their successors are elected at the election to be held on the second Monday in January, 1914, and qualified; provided, that at any time a vacancy occurs in the office of Mayor and Aldermen, by death, resignation, or otherwise, the remaining Aldermen, and Mayor, acting together, may select some qualified citizen of said town to fill such vacancy so occasioned until the next regular election, at which time there shall be elected his successor to fill his unexpired term. [Sidenote: Terms of officers.] [Sidenote: Vacancies, how filled.] Additional Comments: This is a portion of this act of incorporation. The full text may be viewed at http://chiron.gsu.edu/cgi-bin/homepage.cgi?style=&_id=944ef333-1075024055- 5132&_cc=1 J(ohn) J(abez) Dupriest was born abt 1874 in Ga., died August 6, 1947 in Worth Co. He was s/o Robt. M. Dupriest & Nancy Elizabeth Morris. He is buried at Hillcrest cemetry in Sylvester. Married Ada Victoria Patton Dec. 22, 1897 in Schley Co. John Hagood Trammell married John Jabez Dupriests's niece, Catherine Will "Kattie Will" Hill, d/o Josiah S. Hill and Martha Elizabeth Mattie Dupriest. He was born Dec. 25, 1885 and April 9, 1959 in Duval Co., FL. He was a druggist by trade. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 6.7 Kb