New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-03-19
LAWS OF LOUISIANA.
No. 6g.l
AN ACT
THOS. L. MAXWELL,
!; Of the House of Representatives.

| AN act
| TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO AMEND AN
| ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN
OF FAEMERvILLE IN THE PARISH OF UNION, AP-
| PROVED THE EIGHTEENTH OF FEBRUARY, EIGHTEEN
HUNDRED AND FIFrY-TWo, And TO REPEAL AN
ACT TO AMEND THE FIFTEENTH SECTION OF THE
AFORESAID ACT APPROVED THE TENTH OF MARCH,
EIGHrEEs HUNDRED AND FlFTY-THREE, APPRoyED
THE TIHIRTIETH OF APRIL, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
AND FIFTY-THREE.
SECTION l. Be it enacted By the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the State Of Lo1sisi-
ana in General Assembly concerned That an act
entitled an act to amend an act entitled an act
to incorporate the town of Farmervile in the par
ish Of Unon,'' approved the eighteenth of Febru-
airy, eighteen hundred and ffty-two, and to repeal
an act to amend the fifteenth section of the afore
said act approved tenth of March, eighteen hun
bred and ifty-three, approved tlrtieth Of April,
eighteen hundred and fifty three, be amended and
re-anacted so as to read as follows: That within
ten days after any such election, the mayor and
aldermen shall meet and take the constitutional
oath of office, and the said mayor shall preside
over that and all subsequent meetings, and they
are hereby authorized and empowered to ordain,
and establish, and cause to be carried into execu
ton all such ordinances, bylaws, rules and regu-
atons, and to appoint all such officers as they
may deem eXpedient for the government and regu-
lation of said corporation, not inconsistent with
the Constitution and laws of the United States and
Of this State and they shall have power to levy
and collect tax for the use of corporation, upon
all taxable property within said corporation
which tax shall not exceed one hundred and fifty
per cent. on the State tax; and they shall have
power to suppress houses of i'll fame and disor-
DERBY houses. to remove nusances, to tax all
shows, plays, gaming tables, grog-sheps and gro
ceries. They shall have power to impose fines for
breaches of their ordinances, rules and regulations,
which shall not exceed fifty dollars, for the use Of
said corporations and in the absence of the mayor,
the aldermen shall elect president, pro teinpore,
from among themselves to act in his place. and in
all cases, the mayor and two aldermen shall con-
stitute quorum to do business, and the aldermen
shall appoint clerk, whose duty shall be to keep
a faithful record of all the proceedings of their
meetings, and to make public their ordinances by
advertising the same in some newspaper in said
town. or posting copies of them in two or more
public places in said town. And no person shall
be mayor or alderman unless he be qualified
voter residing in said corporation. And from and
after the passage of this act, the mayor of the
town of Farmervilie, shall be made ex-otfiCio
justice of the peace, and be commissioned by the
Governor, and shall have jurisdiction over all
cases arising from any breach of theslaws regula-
tions and ordinances of said corporation, and to
have full power to imprison, not exceeding three
days. and to collect any fines assessed by the same
without regard to the residence of the person SO
offending. .-..
(Signcd) J. B. ELAN,
Speaker pro tenn. of the House of Representatives
(Signed) ALBERT VOORHEES,,
Lieut. Governor and President Of the Senate.
Approved March 2, 1866.
(Siened) j. MADISON WELLS,
@.- Governor oftle State of Louisiana.
a true copy:
]. d. HARDY,
Secretary of State .-