New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-26
LAWS OF LOUISIANA.
.No1as.l
AN ACT

X 4 T. Is
No 1861
SUPPLEMENTAL 70 AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT
TO INcoRPoRATE THE CITY OF cARRoLIToN,
APPROVED MARCH SEVENTEENTH, EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINE
SEC i Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the STATE OF
Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That all taxes levied BY the mayor and council
of the city Of Carrollton according &c % la a,
collector I'll said city, from the first OF Jam
nary iii each wear, and the said city shall have
sneeial lien and privilege on all property
assessaa. 10 secure the payment OF the taxes,
Will, fhe interest and costs due to be paid by
preference before any mortgage or claim what
ever on said property, from the moment OF
recording the tax bill in the mortgage Office Of
tie parish of Jefferson. When the controlled
AZ bills for amy year have been placed in the
the Official journal Of said city, notify the tax
payers that they are due and payable in his
Office, and if not paid, will be recorded on the
FIRST Monday in May ensuing, at the cost o.
sdelinquents. On the first Monday in May o.
each year the collector shal hand over tc
recorder Of mortgages for the parish Of Jeffer.
son all unpaid bills for taxes Of the previous
year, to be recorded, and it shall be the dut.
Of the recorder to enter them in his books
without delay, and return them to the col
hector with q note of record, and his cost
marked on each bill. The recorded bills shall
bear interest at the rate of eight per cent. per
annuIn from the day they were due, and the
collector shall collect the interest and costs
from the tax payer. When the said mayor
and council find it necessary to sue delinquent
tax payers, or to sue for unpaid bills for pub
lic works, the collector shall file the bills in
the court having jurisd iction, and the justice
of the peace Or clerk of the court, as the case
may be, shall, by an advertisement published
IN the official journal Of said city, cite all the
dehnausnts 70 appear within twenty days from
the first insertion Of said advertisement, and
answer to The demand contained in the bill
filed No petition shall be necessary, but the
bill fled shall be considered petition, and
The advertisement shall be considered a cita-
hon, and no other service of citation shall be
necessary The advertisement shall contain
The name of the court, the names of all de
fanlteEs, and the amount claimed from each
ALI other proceedings in the suits shall be reg
nIar and aecording to law, and each defaulter
shall pay tWeIt five cents for costs OF the
citation hEs advertisement, and all other costs
ia the suit, together with the fees Of the atto1-
ney employed by the council to attend to the
suits. .
SEC 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
recording and noting tax bills, or bills foI pub
Lie works due said city, the recorder shall be
entitled to twenty-five cents fol- each bill re-
corded, and no more.
X SEC, 5. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all shanitfs, nofaries and other persons are for
hidden to pass or execute any act for the sale,
transfer, exchange o. mortgage Of any real
estate o. other property situated within said
city, unless the State and city taxes due on the
same be FIRST paid, to be shown BY the col
lector i receipt or certificate to that purpose
and the sheriff, notary on other person VIC
lating the provisions OF this section shall, upon
4 conviction thereof, be fined in q sum not less
than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred
dollars for each offense, to be recovered by TIL
State fer the nse of the public schools Of sale
city, before any competent tribunal
SEC. 4. Be 1t further enacted, etc, Tha
the mayor, councilmen and officers Of sail
city shall continue III office until their sue
cessors have been elected and qualified accord
ing to law.
Size. 5. Be it further enacted ETC., Tha
sections sixteen and seventeen of an act en-
titled IAN net to incorporate the city of Car
rollton, approved March seventeenth, eighteen
hundred and ffty-nine, and all other laws o.
parts Of laws inconsistent with the provisions
Of this act, be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, etc, That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage.
{Signed) j. B. ELAN,
Speaker pro tenn. Of the House Of Representa-
tives,
(Signed) ALBERT VOORHEES,,
Lientenant Governor and President of the
Senate. 5 II III s @
Approved March 81, 1886
(Signed9 .. MADISON WELLS,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy
q. H HARDY,
Secretary Of State.