Grace v. Mayor of Hawkinsville

By an act of the General Assembly, approved December 8, 1882 (Acts of 1882-3, p. 243), the town of Hawkinsville was incorporated. By the 10th section of that act it was enacted : “That said corporation shall have and enjoy all the rights, privileges and powers incident to such corporations, not repugnant to the constitution of the United States, the constitution of this State, and the laws made in pursuance thereof; and said corporation, by their mayor and aldermen, shall have full power and authority to enact and enforce all ordinances, by-laws, rules and regulations, necessary for the good…