New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-09
LAWS OF IHE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
AN ACT


fine it's limits, and provide for its bet
ter police and municipal government.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
OF Louisiana in general assembly con
vened, That all of that district of country
contained within the following limits, to
/ wit: From where the half-mile line running
/ north through section thirty-fve (35) would
strike, if continued, Cross bayou on the
north or west bank; thence south on said
line to the centre of section two (2); thence
east to the halfmile corner section six 10y,
township seventeen IN, range thirteen OBJ,
west; thence north to the northwest corner
of said section six; thence east on the town
ship line to the east bank of Bayou Pierre;
thence along said bayou across Red river;
thence up east bank of Red river to point
opposite the north bank of Cross bayou;
thence across Red river to the northwest
bank of Cross bayou; thence up the north
bank of said bayou to point of starting,
| shall be included within the corporate limits
Of the city of Shreveport.
| SEC. ,. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| the inhabitants of the city of Shreveport,
laid ont as above, are hereby constituted
and declared TO be a corporation and body
polite in fact and law, by the name and
style of 'the city of Shreveport" and by the
| same name shall have perpetual succession;
| shall be capable of suing and being sued,
| and of prosecuting and defending in all
courts all actions and matters whatsoever:
may purchase, receive by donation. and
hold property of all kinds, within and with
out the limits of the city; also may have
| and Use a common seal
| SEC. 3. Be it further enacted. etc. That
| the government of the city of Shreveport
| and the administration of its affairs shall
| be vested in mayor and four admins
| traitors to wit: one of finance, one of I'M
| prOyements, one of public accounts one of
assessments, and said mayor and admins
| traitors shall be elected or appointed as
| hereinafter provided, and shall form the
| Council of the city of Shreveport. The
Governor shall, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, appoint the Mayor
| and the four administrators, who shall hold
| their offices until the first Monday of No
vember, 1872, or until their successors are
| elected and qualified. On the first Monday
| of November 1872, there shall be an cleo
| ton Tor administrators of finance and assess
| menrs, and every two years thereafter, and
on the first Monday of November, 1873,
| there shall be an election for mayor the
administrators of improvements and pub
| lie accounts; and every two years thereafter
| said officers, when elective, shall be elected
at large by the qualified voters of the city
of Shreveport as constituted by this act.
The Mayor and administrators, before en-
spectively, shall take and subscribe before
the court having probate jurisdiction in the
parish of Caddo, or before the judge thereof
in chambers, the oath prescribed by article
one hundred of the constitution of this
State. and will faithfully perform the duties
and discharge the obligations imposed
upon them by this act, and, with the
exception of the Mayor, shall moreover
give bond, as hereinafter more particularly
prescribed and directed.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc, That
on the second Monday following the day of
their appointment or election the Council
shall hold its first meeting at the usual
place of such meeting until a city hall shall
be erected, when the meeting shall be held
there, at which the Mayor and administra-
tors of departments elect, having presented
and filed their certificates of election and
qualification as herein provided, shall enter
upon their duties as specified in this act,
and their predecessors shall turn over to
them all books, papers, property, money
and accounts pertaining to their offices and
to the city of Shreveport.
SEC 5. Be it further enacted, etc, That
should a vacancy occur at any time after
the first day of January, 1872, in the office
of mayor or administrator of department
by death, resignation or otherwise, more
than three months preceding the expiration
of his term of office, the Council shall, at
their first meeting after the occurrence of
said vacancy, order an election fer d sue
cessOr to fill the same, of which notice shall
be given in the official Journal ten days
prior to said election; provided, that all
vacancies occurring by death, resignation
or failure to qualify prior to the first day of
January, 1873. shall be filed by appoint
ment by the Governor, as provided in sec
ton four of this act In case of vacancy
in the Office of mayor, or in the case of his
illness or temporary absence, the admins
traitor of the department of finance shall
act as ayOr pro tempOre until a successor
is duly appointed or elected and qualified,
or during said sickness or temporary alb
sence. In case of vacancy or similar tenn
pOrary disability occurring in the Office of
any administrator the Mayor shall designate
another administrator to act in his stead, ad
interim. And all officers herein provided
for shall hold their offices until their sue
cessors are duly elected and qualified.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That |
the Mayor shall be the chief executive of
ticer of the city; he shall atfix the seal of the
corporation to all of its official acts; he shall
see that the laws and ordinances be prop
erly and faithfully executed he shall be ex-
officio justice and cOnsorvator of the peace; |
he shall have general supervision of all |
matters relating to the discipline and eff |
ficiency of the police, the protection of the |
public and the private property, the preser
walton of public order and peace, and the |
enforcement of the city ordinances relative |
thereto, the houses of refuge and DIRECTION, |
and lighting the city; he shall call extra |
meetings of the Council whenever he shall
deem the same necessary, or whenever three |
members of the same shall in writing, stat
ing the object thereof, request him to do so;
he shall from time to time lay before the
Council a full statement of the affairs of |
the city. 1t shall be his duty to report to
the Council all officers and persons en-
ployed by the city who fail to perform their
duty, or commit an act for which they
should be removed from office, and may in
his discretion suspend any such officer or
employe until the action of said Council to
whom he shall report said suspen-
after; he shall preside at the meetings
of the Council, but shall have no vote
therein except when there is a tie, in which
case he shall have the casting vote; he
shall sign and publish all ordinances and
resolutions passed in due form by the COun-
Gil, and such ordinances and resolutions
shall thereupon have the force of law; he
shall have general superintendent over
the departments OF administration, and
shall lay before the Council every month
the monthly reports hereinafter required
to be made to him by sal. departments
His term of office when elected shall be for
two years. He shall receive a salary of
twelve hundred dollars per annum, pay
able monthly on his own warrant, coun-
by the Administrator of Public
Accounts, and such percentum of the
ines assessed against offenders against the
city ordinances as the Council may direct.
he shall be permitted to appoint clerk. at
such a salary as the Council NAV authorize,