New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-10

AN ACT

To order the payment and to provide tbs
means for the payment of the estimate
and appOrtinnment of the expenses of the
Board OF Metropolitan Police, assessed
and applicable to the cities, parishes and
police juries within the Metropolitan
Police District. and to more fully define
the duties OF the State Treasurer.
SECTION l. Be it enacted By the Senate
| and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened
That the Councils of the cities of New Or.
leans, Jefferson City and Carrollion, and
the police jnries OF the towns of Algiers
and Gretna, and of the parishes of Orleans,
Jefferson and St. Bernard, shall promptly
| pay and provide the means Tor the prompt
payment of the proportion of expenses a9-
| plicabie to the said cities Of New Orleans.
Jefferson City and Carrollton, and the police
juries of the towns of A'giers and Gretna,
and of the parishes OF Orleans, Jefferson
| and st. Bernard, according to the estimate
| ana app0rti0nments made by Board of Com
| missiouers of Metropolitan Police. and
| which are now binding upon them.
SEC. 2. b it further enacted, etc, That
the said cities, towns, police juries and
parishes shan promptly pay and provide
means for the payment of all such future
| estimates and appointments applicable to
them, when such estimates and apportion-
ments shall become biuding upon them.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc., That
it shall be the duty of the treasurers of the
citles of New Orleans, Jefferson and Carroll
ton, and the treasurer of the parish of
Orleans, right bank. parish of Jetferson,
RICH. bank, parish of Jefferson, left bank
and the parish OF 81. Bernard, TO pay
over to the State Treasurer all sums of
money received on account of the sum due
and owing to the Metropolitan Police Board,
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same; and IN the event of any Of the afore.
said lreasureTs failing to comply with the
foregoing provisions, they shall be deemed
guilty OF misdemeaDor in office, and shall
be liable to fine not exceeding five hun
dred dollars, Or Imprisonment not more than
thirty days.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, etc, That
it shall be the duty OF the State Treasurer
to notify in writing the Board of Metropoli-
tan Police. within FIVE days after the receipt
OF any moneys from the treasurer of any of
the municipal corporation and Police Juries
within the Metropolitan Police District, the
sum receieei and from whom, and it shall
be his DUTY TO pay over all such moneys
when demanded OF him by the board, in &C
cordance with section twenty eight of an
act entitled an act to amend and re enact
an act entitled an act to establish a Metro
politan Police District and to provide for the
government thereof approved September
fourteenth, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight and approved March eighth,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-niue.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That
ali ordinances resolutions, or other acts
passed by said Councils of the city of New
Orleans, Jefferson City and Carrolton and
the Police Juries OF the parish of Orleans,
right bank. parish Of Jefferson, right bank.
parish of Jefferson, left bank, and the par
ish of St. Bernard, passed after the passage
of this act shall be null and void, unless
the proportion of expenses applicable to
said cities, towns, Police Juries and parishes
within the metropolitan Police District and
now binding on them be paid, or means
provided for the payment of the same, and
for the future ali said ordinances, resolu.
tons and other acts shall be null and void |
unless payment is made or means are pro. |
vided tor the payment of such expenses |
from the day they become binding on said |
cities, towns! Police Jurles and parishes.
SEC. 6. Be i. further enacted. etc. That |
this act shall take effect from and after ira
passage.
(Signed) MORTIMER CARR.
Speaker Of the House of Representative. |
(Signed) OSCAR J. DUNN.
Lieutenant Governor and President of the |
Senate.
Approved March 30, 1870.
(oignned) f. c. WARMOTH,
Governor OF the State OF Louisiana. |
A true copy:
GEO. E. BovEE,
Secretary of State