The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-02-22

,rono..d Amendment, which on motion
we're read section by section and adopted:
An Acr TO AMEND, AN ACT ENTITLED, AN
ACT TO AMEND THE SEVERAL ACTS hELA'
TIVE TO THE Police AND GovERnMENT
OF THE TOWN OF Baron ROUGE" Ar-
PROVED FEBauARY 18TH 1850.
sec. 1. Be il enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State Of Lo~isia~a ~
T,,xrai a,secrbly convened, That the act OF
iucorporation Of the town Of Baton Rouge.
approved February 18th, 1850, be 80 amen:
,led. that the Mayor Of said town shall hold
his office for two years from the beglnlng
of his term, instead Of one year, ~ now
provided-commencing at the next regular
election on the first Monday in April next
and until his successor shall have been duly
qualified.
wee. 2. Be II further enacted, &C., That the
sid mayor shall receive for his service"
salary not less than one THOUSAND DOLLARS
nor more than fifteen hundred dollars, ana
shall during the term Of his office he pron''
bited from holding, or discharging the func'
lions OF any other public office Of en'o'u'
snent. than that Of Mayor Of said town.
sec. 3. Be it further enaeted, IT,, That sa'd
M.vor shall at any time be liable t. he tenn
rorayily suspended from his office. for mall
sr,sance. or for violating in his official ca
nacitv. any of the laws Of the State OF Lou
isiana. or ordinances OF the Board OF Select.
.neu. That said power Of suspension shall
be vested in the board OF selcctmen. three
fourthx of the members Of said Board con.
xsnting. who in case Of said suspension. shall
appoint one Of their own members 10 act
a. Mayor pro tenn. At the next succeed.
inv term OF the District Court, OF the court
of the parish of Fast Baton Rouge, having
general criminal jurisdiction-a copy ot the
charge. against the said Mayor, duly cert'-
fed by the Mayor pro. tenn; and the C!ty
Clerk shall be presented to the District At
Yorpey or the Foreman Of the Grand Jury
of SAID parish,-and the said mayor may up
ON sueh charges, he prosecuted by ind'ct-
mrnt or information. according TO the laws
for criminal prosecution, IN force !" tn''
State. In case Of failure to indict IN the
part of the grand jury, or to ME an 'niof"a-
ton on the part OF the prosecuting attorney;
or in case OF verdict Of acquita'. the sal"
MAYOR shall lie Immediately restored To ms
functions. and receive his salary tor the 'ihe
during which he has been suspended. put
in case the charges Of malfea>ance ~ Once,
or of having officially violated any oil Inc
laws of the State or ordinances OF the Sc
lectmen. shall he sustained. aud verdict OF
guilty pronounced; the judgment Of the
court shall remove the SAID Mayor from his
office subject to an appeal to the supreme
Court accorlin. to the tenor Of the exist
ing laws.
sec. 4. Be ii further rnarted, Sr., That the
Board of Sslectmen shall have power To
divide the town into two or more sePerate
Districts. the place of holding the polls IN
each district to be designated by the hoard
Of seIectm~n and three commissioner to
he designated BY said board. shall hold the
election in each of said districts, and make
their return Of votes to the clerk OF the as
trict court OF the parish OF Fast BATON
Rouge, to be by hum certified to the boat"
of selectmen. And should one OF the com
missio,lers thus appointed fail to appear the
other two shall have power to appoint
third: and should but one or no one appear
the people present shall appoint the re-
cu;x;ie number Of commissioner. who sinai
fnlfil the duties incumbent Oh those regular
" appointed.
sec. 5. Beu further enacted, Sr., That eacl
representative district, shall elect tnre'
members of the board OF selectmen, resld'n'
ir their said district to be voted for by tn
.lector. Of the respective districts, and t
hold their Offices Tor the term now Prov
ded by law.
7. b, IL further enmtrd. &r., That every vo
fer for the office Of Mayor and other mum
cipal officers shall be required to vote with
in th.ir resucctive districts.
zee. T. Be- further sM,icd, Sc. That an
oualitied elcctor under the laws OF thu
State, shall be- a qualified voter tor mun'c'
nal Offices provided he shall have reside
ior SIX mouths within the limits OF the city
and the last thirty days thereof, within tn
District in when he offers to vote.
sec. 3. Bet fpythey enacted, &C., That TIL
act shall take effect from aud after ITS pas
sage.
On motion, the foregoing amendments
the city charter as whole, were u''anl
mou,ly adopted; and the attorney to tn
corporation, NJ i. w. Seymour, was ~
structrd tn prepare aud place IN he hands
our S~nators and Representatives.. cop
thereof, with the request that they Use
dellisence in having them acted upon all
1assed by the Legislature.
His honor, the mayor. reported to tn
board, that under the ordinances providin
therefor. he had sold the right Of colIectin
tn. Tax on the vegetable market, for on
wear from February the list inst, to NJ
Jas. s. Morgan, for the sum oil two hui
drcd and hfty-6ve dollars
TREAsuREKs REroKr.