New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-03-19
No, 80,
AN ACT
Revising and amending the Charter OF Doh
aldsonVilie.

Revising and amending the Charter OF Don
aldS0nVilie.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That the Inhabitants of the town Of Donald
souville, in the parish of Ascension, shall be
body polite and corporate by the name or
the town of Donaldsonville, and by that
name they and their successors shall be
known in law, and shall be capable OF suing
and being sued, and may have common
seal; and By the same name they shall pos
sess and have the power OF exercising all the
rights and powers Of municipal corpora
tionIsI not inconsistent, or contrary TO the
provisions of this act and the constitution
and laws Of this State AMI of the United
States.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc,
That the limits and boundaries or sad town
shall be rs follows: Beginning at the source
OF the Bayou Lafourche, thence down said
bayou four squares below Claiborne street,
10 the street laid eff by Il. r. Barrow. called
Division street; thence down said Division
street TO the lands Of ". C. Lawes; thence
across, in right line, the lands of W. G.
Lawes to the plantation Of Jacob Leman:
thence the upper line of Jacob Lemaut'sl
plantation to the Mississippi river; thence up
said river Mississippi to the place OF be-
girtuling.
SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the town of DoualdsonyilIe ehaii be and
is hereby divided into three wards; the
first ward to extend from the middle of
HOumas street to the middle of the Bayou
Laiourche; the second ward to extend from
the middle of Hcumas street to the middle
OF Lessard street, ard the third ward 10 X
tend from the last mentioned limits to the
upper line of Jacob Leman['s] plantation.
SIC. +. Be il further enacted, etc, That
| the government of the town Of Donaldson
vile shall be vested in one Mayor ana six
aldermen, two for cash ward, WAC, together,
shall form the Common Council OF Donald
| sonyille; three Aldermen, with Mayor. shall
constitute a quorum 10 transact business,
| and the MsvOr shat have vote only q q tie.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That
| Oh the first Saturday OF May, eighteen hun
dred and siXty-nine, and every year there
after at the ele elton precil lei S, one of which
| shall be established by the Town Council II
each ward, they shall DO chosen by ballot
by the citizens of the ward qualified to vote
by the laws Of this State and the United
states. and who shall be resident OF the ward
in which they offer to vote for tea days pre-
ceding the election: the Alderman baltoted
to each ward, and one Ma or, one treasurer,
one secretary, one constable, one collector
and one assessor, all of whom shall be resi-
ton, and who shall, when elected by a
majority of the votes of the whole town,
enter upon the discharge of the duties of
their respective offices on the next Satur-
day following their election. The Aldermen
shall be voters in the ward from which
they shall be elected.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted. etc, That
the Mayor, Aldermen and all officers OF the
town shall, before entering on the discharge
Of their duties, take and subscribe the
oath provided for all persons holding office
under the constitution of this State, and the
treasurer, secretary, constable, collector
and assessor shall be further held TO
furnish such security for the performance
of their respective duties, as the Council
may dee a necessary.
SEC T. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the Mayor and Aldermen, previous to each
annual election, shall give public notice Of
said election, by written bill, posted up in
public place of every ward of the town,
and at least ten deys before holding said
election.
FEC 8. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the Mayer and Aldermen shall appoint, be-
fore any municipal election, two commits
sioners of election in each ward, who shall
be sworn and qualified By any Jus
tice of the Peace to perform their
duties as such faithfully. The rules
Of conducting the election snail be agreeable
10 the laws Of the State for holding of cleo
ton, and the returns shall be made by said
commissioners to the Parish Judge of the
parish of Ascension, within twenty Jour
hours from the closing of 6he polls, and said
Parish Judge shall notify the officers elected,
within three days after the returns have
been received by said Parish Judge.
SEC. 'NlV' t9l, Be it further enacted. etc,
That the qualifications of the Mayor, Alder
men and all the officers Of the town, shall
be the same as are required for members of
the House of Representatives. in the General
Assembly Of the State.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That it shall be the duty of the Parish
Judge of the parish of Ascension, to order
the first election by posting up notices
OF election in public places of each ward,
at least ten days before said election.
and said election to be held on the
first Saturday of May, eighteen hundred and
slxty-nine, and agreeable with this net and
the laws of this State. and of the United
States; and the said Parish Judge is hereby
vested at this first election, with all the pow.
er5 granted to the Mayor and Aldermen, by
TINS act, to carrying out the said first cleo
ton, according to the section eight of this
act.
SEC. IL. Be it further enacted, etc., That
in the absence of the Mayor, one OF the
Aldermen shall be chosen to preside at their
meetings, pfov10ed quorum De present,
besides the presiding officer; and in case Of
sickness or absence from the town. the
Council shall appoint one q its own mem
bers to act as Mayor.
SEC. L. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the Mayor and Aldermen shall have
power and authority to lay and collect an
nualy tax ON all landed property and
buildings within the corporation; provided
the tax snail not exceed one per cent on the
whole of said landed property and buildings.
They shall have power to prohibit houses of
i'll fame and disorderly houses, and to i'm.
pose upon the same fine of not more than
ten dollars for each offense of this act ia
reference to such houses. They shall have
power to impose such tax as they may think
proper on q stores, wholesale and retail. or
retailers of spurious liquors or tavern
keepers. or keepers of billiard tables, groe
shops. restaurants, beer, wine shops, exhi.
billions, hawkers, peddlers, auctioneers.
boarding houses, livery stables, carts,