From township to city

The boundaries between the settlements of Careysburg, Bensonville, Crozierville and White Plains were fixed by an act of the legislature in 1916.

In 1921, the township was elevated to a city with the following local public officials specified by law: a mayor, one auditor, one recorder, one solicitor, one treasurer, one or more tax collector, one or more magistrate, one clerk, one or more street inspectors, one inspector of weights and measures, a “suitable number” of police officers and a seven-member council.

Also in 1921, the National Baptist Board of Foreign Missions of Louisville, Kentucky, received 200 acres of local public land for missionary and educational purposes (Acts 1921-22, pp. 40-41). Three years later, E. D. Hubbard of the Foreign Mission Board of the National Baptist Convention was granted 100 acres of local public land for similar purposes.

In 1933, the mandate of the Provisional Monthly and Probate Courts in Careysburg was extended to include all petty offenses.

Footnote: Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1916, p. 28; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1921-22, pp. 16-19; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1924-25, pp. 37-38; Acts 1924-25, p. 41; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1933, p. 4.