Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-08-03
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Council of Shreveport desires to
use any particular patented pave
ments for the purposes of paving or
improving the streets or any parts
OF the streets of said CITY, then the
Council of said city is hereby au-
thorized by resolution OF ordinance
to fix the price to be paid for such
pavement, and to let the same under
contract to the license or assigns of
said patented pavement.
Sec. Is. Be it further enacted, etc.
That all paved and unpaved streets
in the city of Shreveport shall be
Kept in repair by the city, and all
paved banquettes shall be kept in
repair by the owners of real prop
erty fronting thereon.
,.5 Sec. 10. BE it further enacted, etc,
That no administrators of depart
j ment or other officer of the corpora
, ton, or person in the employ of the
i, corporation, shall be directly or in
directly Interested in any work,
business, OF contracts which IL paid
or to be paid by the city OF an as
sessment levied by the Council, nor
in the purchase of any real estate
belonging to the corporation, Or
which shall be sold for taxes or as
sessments, or to be the surety of
any person having work, contract
or business with said city, for the
performance of which security may
be required, nor shall he be a surety
on the official bond to be given by
any other administrator of depart
nIent. Any administrator offending
againg the provisions of this article
shall be liable to both actual and
exemplary damages, recoverable
upon his bond, and against him and
his sureties in solido, and he and
they shall also be SO liable to both
actual and exemplary damages for
any other malfeasance or corruption
in Office Of which he may while in
office be guilty, and which may be
ascertained by the judgment of any
court OF competent civil jurisdiction
in a suit upon said bond against
ouch administrator and his sureties, /.
fifthe name and on behalf of the.
city of Shreveport
Sec. ~. Je IL furtherenacted, etc.
That the Council shall hold req
ular meeting on some stated. day of
every week. Their sessions shall
be public; their proceedings shall
be duly recorded, and shall be pub
ifshed IN an official Journal selected
by them: three members shall be
requisite to constitute II quorum
for doing business; no ordinance
levying tax making an appropri-
ationover FIVE hundred $500 dol
lars or providing for The p,lrchas-
nTS or sale of real estate shall be
passed except by the majority of
the council, nor shall final vote
oirthe same be taken except at a
regular1 meeting, subsequent to
previous regular meeting, at which
the same shall have been intro
duced and passed to its second
reading, and the said ordinance
together with the vote on the same,
and the names of the members vo-
ting yea OF nay, shall be published
in the official journal except in case
OF invasion, pestilence OF munda-
BE it further enacted, etc, That
no administrator of department
shall be qualified to take his seat
or to exercise the functions of the
Office to which he shall have been
appointed until he shall have piyen
bond in the sum of five thousand
dollars with solvent and sufficient
securities resident in the State of
Louisiana for the faithful perform
ance of his duties the solvency and
snfficiency of which bond and sure
ties shall DO determined in the
manner herein to wit: That with
in thirty days Of receiving his GER
tiicate of appointment or election,
said member of Council shall APP
pear before judge of any court
of record in this State with his
bonds and sureties, and it, shall be
the duty of the Judge of said court
to examine and question under
oath the surehes so offered. and
the said Judge shall decide rs to
the sufficiency and solyencv of the