§ 7. [Appointment of chief of police and other officers.]

   The council shall appoint a sergeant or a Chief of Police, as determined and designated in the sole judgment of the council, and such other officers as may be requisite who shall qualify as provided by law, and give bond in such amount as the council requires. Those appointed shall be conservators of the peace, and shall have the same powers and perform the same duties within the corporate limits of the town and to a distance of one mile beyond the same. They shall perform such other duties and receive such compensation as the council prescribes, and shall hold office during the pleasure of the council.

(Acts 1977, ch. 118, § 1)

§ 8. [Reserved.]

Editor’s note:

   Section 8 of the town charter, as amended by Acts 1970, ch. 221, and Acts 1970, ch. 482, was repealed by Acts 1977, ch. 118.

§ 9. [Additional powers of council.]

   In addition to, and supplementary of the powers conferred upon towns and town councils by general law, the town of Brookneal and its council shall have the powers set forth in the following sections of this Charter.

§ 10. [Operation of waterworks.]

   The town is empowered to acquire, establish, enlarge, maintain and operate such waterworks and systems as the council deems necessary for the purpose of providing an adequate supply of water to consumers within the corporate limits of the town and within such adjacent territory as the council deems it expedient or proper to serve at such rates as the council prescribes, any or all of which rates the council may alter at any time without notice.

   The council may discontinue serving water to any consumer who defaults in payment for such service within the time prescribed by the council for the payment thereof, for so long as such default continues.

§ 11. [Sewer services.]

   The town is empowered to establish, construct, enlarge and maintain such sanitary sewer lines and sewerage disposal systems as the council deems necessary or expedient, and when the health or development of an area demands, after a public hearing and ordinance duly enacted, require owners or occupiers of real estate within the corporate limits of the town, which fronts or abuts on any such sewer line, to make connection with and use the same; and shall have power to assess and collect reasonable fees and rates for making sewer connections and for sewer services, the reasonableness of which the council shall be the sole judges. Sewer service may be discontinued for default in payment for such service within the time prescribed by the council for payment thereof, for so long as such default continues.

§ 12. [Acquisition of property; purposes.]

   The town is empowered to acquire by purchase, condemnation or otherwise property, real or personal, either within or without its corporate limits, as the council deems necessary for the purpose of establishing, enlarging, maintaining, or operating its water system, sewer system, and for streets, sidewalks, roads, rights-of-way and recreational purposes.

§ 13. [Regulation of motor vehicles and traffic.]

   Insofar as not expressly prohibited by general law, the town is empowered[:]

   (a)   to control and regulate the operation upon its streets and alleys, of motor vehicles carrying passengers or freight for hire, and to require the owners or operators of such carriers to provide and maintain within the town, suitable terminals for the convenient loading and unloading of passengers and freight;

   (b)   to regulate the fares to be charged by operators of taxicabs or other motor vehicles operating from established stands within the town, for carrying passengers within its corporate limits, and to require that the drivers of such vehicles be of such moral character as meets with the approval of the council; and,

   (c)   to prescribe rules and regulations with respect to motor traffic of all kinds, within the town, and the parking of motor vehicles on its streets and alleys.