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Codified Ordinances of Winfield, WV
Codified Ordinances of the Town of Winfield, West Virginia
CERTIFICATION
ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
ADOPTING ORDINANCE
EDITOR'S NOTE
COMPARATIVE SECTION TABLE
CHARTER
PART ONE - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART THREE - TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE - GENERAL OFFENSES CODE
PART SEVEN - BUSINESS REGULATION CODE
PART NINE - STREET, UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES CODE
PART ELEVEN - HEALTH AND SANITATION CODE
PART THIRTEEN - PLANNING AND ZONING CODE
PART FIFTEEN - FIRE PREVENTION CODE
PART SEVENTEEN - BUILDING AND HOUSING CODE
CHARTER
OF THE TOWN OF
WINFIELD, WEST VIRGINIA
   (EDITOR’S NOTE: The Winfield Charter was decreed by Putnam Circuit Court Judge F.A. Guthrie.)
Sec. 1       Corporate Boundaries
Sec. 2       Officers
Sec. 3       Powers of Town and Officers
Sec. 4       Appointments - Sergeant, Assessor, Superintendent of Streets
Sec. 5       Terms of Office
Sec. 6       Election Date
Sec. 7       Oath of Office
Sec. 8       Voter Qualifications
Sec. 9       Vacancy of Office
Sec. 10      Office Holder Qualifications
Sec. 11    Tied Votes
Sec. 12    Contested Elections
Sec. 13    Conduction of Meetings
Sec. 14    Permanent Record Requirements
Sec. 15    Minute Requirements
Sec. 16    Tied Voting Procedure
Sec. 17    Power of Council
Sec. 18    Authority to Enact Powers
Sec. 19    Levy Lawfully Chargeable
Sec. 20    Levy - Taxes
Sec. 21    Males to Work for Town
Sec. 22    Town License Procedures
Sec. 23    Sidewalk Requirements
Sec. 24    Sergeant to Collect Taxes - Fees
Sec. 25    Lien for Non-Payment Fees/Taxes
Sec. 26    Delinquent Fines, Penalties and Fees
Sec. 27    Failure of Sergeant to Collect Fee, etc.
Sec. 28    Powers of Mayor
Sec. 29    Recorder Duties
Sec. 30    Assessor Duties
Sec. 31    Compensation
Sec. 32    Town Residents Not Required to Perform County or State Duties
Sec. 33    Condemnation Procedures
SECTION 1 CORPORATE BOUNDARIES.
   The corporate limits and boundaries of the Town of Winfield , Putnam County, West Virginia, shall be as follows: beginning at the mouth of Ferry Branch, thence up said branch to a point at present, the upper back corner of the late Judge J.W. Hoge's garden; thence along the back line of said garden as now located, and leaving the same in a direct line to a point where said line would be intersected by a continuance of the lower boundary line of the property of J. T. Bowyer; thence in a direct line and with Bowyer's said boundary line to the Kanawha River, and thence up said river to the place of its beginning.
SECTION 2 OFFICERS.
   The municipal authorities of said Town shall be a Mayor, Recorder, and five Councilmen who shall be free-holders therein and who together shall form a common Council.
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