New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-09-19
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Is sixteenth. eiI. provide by ordinance
Proper fSF the GRADE dung e s city IT U when to the
proprietor neglects to do the same in all
cases where in its opinion the health of the
city requires It, and &c cause to be fenced
in all property within certain limits, to be
fixed by an ordinance of the city; and in
order that this may be effectually done, it
shall designate the work generally to be
done, and direct the City Surveyor to give
notice in writing to each property holder to
fill up or fence their lots, as the case may
be, within certain specified time, not less
than three months from the service of such
notice; Provided, That in case the proprie-
cor of any lot shall be nonresident, said
notice shall be given by publication for
three months in the city journal, giving in
said notice the number of the lot to be filed
or fenced, with the boundaries of the square
in which the same Is situated; aud If, after
the expiration of the time given in said
notice, the filling or fencing shall not have
been done, the City Surveyor shall report
the same to the Council, who may cause the
work of filling up said lots, or fencing the
same, as the case may be, and after such
notice as 1t may determine, in the official
journal, to be adjudicated by contract to
the lowest bidder, subrogating the contract.
property thus fenced and filled; and the
certificate of the Surveyor that the work
has been done, when duly audited by the
Controller and being recorded in the Mayors
office Of the parish, shall constitute aud
create lien in favor of the contractor, on
said property, for the amount of the bill,
with eight per cent interest from the date of
recording until paid.
Seventeenth-To cause to be removed or
abated all nuisauces, and to ordain and es-
tablish any and all police regulations con-
sistent with the laws of this state, for the
preservation of the health and property of
the citizens, for the well ordering of the
affairs Of the corporation, for preventing
the stcppage or obstruction of the streets,
side walks, levees, roads or public places
within the limits of the corporation.
Eighteenth-To open, widen, straighten,
extend or improve any street, road side
walk or public place, or to change, alter, re-
pair or enlarge the levee, build or improve
the wharves in front of the city; provided,
that whenever, for any of these purposes,
private property is to be taken, encroached
upon or used, the Council shall previously
have given thirty days notice of its inten-
ton in the officiol journal of the proposed
improvements, and appropriation of private
property, and subsequently pursue such
course as shall be prescribed hereafter.
Nineteenth-To pass an ordinance over
the veto of the Mayor by two-thirds of the
votes of all the members elect OF the Coun-
Gil; provided, that any ordinance remaining
unsigned by the Mayor after the next regu.
lar meeting of the Council, if i've days shall
have interviewed since the passage shall be-
come valid without his signature, unless the
same shall have been returned with his veto;
and provided further, that a majority of all
the members of the Council shall be neces-
airy to constitute quorum.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, etc, That all
city taxes, except levee dues, shall be pay
able at the office of the City Treasurer, from
the first Monday OF March to the first Mon
day of September of each year, of which
the taxpayers shall have notice in the of.
fetal journal, and in such manner as the
Council shall determine; that on the first
Monday of September Of each year the
Treasurer shall publish a list Of all unpaid
tax bills in the official journal for twenty
days. notifying the delinquent taxpayers
that unless the same shall have beeu paid
before the expiration of twenty days, with
interest at tine rate of eight per cent per an
mum, from the frst Monday of September
preceding, and twenty-five cents for
cost of advertising, the same shall
be put in suit in o court of
competent jurisdiction, which said court
shall be warned by the city Council, and
should any tax bill, at the end of said TWEEN
ty days, remain unpaid, the Treasurer shall
file said tax bills in the court so named by
the Council and shall, upon exhibiting the
assessment roll and fling copies of the pa
pers in which said notices we're printed, at
once have judgment entered up in favor of
the city, and against said delinquent tax
payer, for the amount of the taxbill. with
interest SIS hereinbefOre named, and TWEEN
ty.five cents cost of notice and cost of suit,
which costs of court are hereby limited at
one dollar on each taX-bill, and which judg-
ment thus rendered, when signed by the
Judge, shall be valid and eXecutable, with.
out any further formalities in obtaining the
same. The Treasurer shall also cause to be
recorded in the the office of the Mayor of
the parish, all tax bills which remain un.
paid on the fourth Monday of September,
each year, as showing recorded line upon
the property subject to the taxation: Pro-
vided, That for each bill thus recorded, the
Mayor of the parish shall receive ten cents,
and the further sum of fifteen cents for
each cancellation, aud giving certificate
Tor the same, which fees for re
cordiug aud cancelliug shall be taxed as ad-
ditional costs in all suits brought upon said
tax bills, and the mayor of the parish, or
any notary who shall pass an act of sale of
property within the limits of this corpora
ton without requiring to be exhibited to
him proof that the city taxes have been
paid for five years past due, shall be liable
on his official bond to the city of Jefferson
for all taxes which may not at the time of
passing the act have beer paid, together
with the accumulated interest and costs
and the Mayor of the city OF Jefferson shall
record no act of sale which shall not certify
to the fact that all taxes due the city of JEFF
feeson for the preceding five years have
been pail or the fact of payment shall be
shown by the certificate Of the Treasurer of
the city of Jefferson that there remain no
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title to which is sought to be recorded, un.
der like penalty.
f SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
whenever the Mayor and Council shall be
DESTROYS of opening, Strengthening, widen
ing, or extending any street, sidewalk, or
public place. should it become necessary for
such purpose, to appropriate or use any
property belonging to individuals, it snail
pursue the f flowing course:
First-Shall cause public notice to be
given in the city journal for one month OF
the nature of the proposed Improvements
aud IN one newspaper in the city OF New
Orleans.
Second-It shall then by petition, ann ex
ing at least three copies of the ne wspapel
in which said notice was inserted, and Q
plat of survey made by the City Surveyor,
under directions of the Council. of the
property proposed to be appropriated, ad
dressed to the District Court, requesting the
appointment of three disinterested persons,
competent Jurors in said district, which said
Commissioners shall be appointed by the
Court and sworn by the Clerk of the Court
to faithfully discharge the duties Of their
appointment.
Third-Said Commissioners shall, as 5ooI
after their appointment as practicable, re
pair to the place of the contemplated expro
priation, aud make an assessment and valua
ton of the property, part of which is thu;
sought to be thus appropriated, as also the
lots, lands, and premises adjacent thereto,
giving their full cAsh value as thew are and