The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-05-20

the Mayor may assign any Administrator
to another department., ad interim and the
same course shall be observed in case of
temporary absence or sickness. And all
officers herein provided for shall hold their
| offices until their successors are duly elect
ed, or appointed and qualified.
Sec. s. Be it further enacted, etc, That
section eight of said act be amended and
re-enacted to read as follows:
The Mayor shall be the chief executive
officer of the city. He shall keep his office
in the City Hall he shall affix the seal of
the corporation to all its official acts; when
the same shall he necessary he shall see
that the laws and ordinances be properly
and faithfully executed he shall be cx-otfl-
clio Justice and conservator Of the peace;
he shall call extra meetings of the Councl
whenever he shall deem the same necessary,
or whenever three members of the same
shall, in writing, stating the object thereof,
request him to do so he shall, from time
to time Law before the Council a full state
ment of the affairs of the city. 1t shall bo
his duty to report to the Council all officers
and persons employed by the city who tail
to perform their duty, or commit any act
for which they should be removed from
Office, and may in his discretion suspend
any such officer or employc until the action
of said Council, to whom he shall report
said suspension at their first meeting there
after. lie shall preside at the meetings Of
the Council, but shall have no vote therein,
except when there is tie, in which case he
shall have the casting vote; he shall have
the power to veto any ordinance or resolu-
ton or any specific appropriation not re-
H.. l., ,oct tha hyr
| in writing at or before the first regular
meeting of the Council thereafter, his rea-
| sons against the same otherwise he shall
sign all ordinances and resolutions passed
| in due form by the Council, and such ordl-
nances and resolutions shall thereupon have
the force of law; and five Administrators
voting for any vetoed ordinance, resolution
or appropriation shall pass the same, the
objections of the Mayor Notwithstanding;
he shall have general superintendencc over
the departments of administration, and shall
lay before the Council every month the
monthly reports hereinafter required to be
made to him by said departments. His
term of Office, when elected shall be for two
wears he shall receive a salary Of seven
thousand five hundred $4,000 dollars per
annum, payable monthly on his own war
rant countersigned by the Administrator Of
Public Accounts, and shall not be allowed
any other fec or compensation whatever;
he shall be permitted to appoint private
secretary and such other clerks as the
Council may authorize, whose salaries or
compensation shall be fixed by the Council,
and shall exercise all other powers hereto
fore vesting in the Mayor of the oity of New
Orleans under existing laws, not inconsist
ent or in conflict with this charter.
SEC. T. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the words "shall prescribe the mode and
form of keeping the corporation books and
accounts in every department created by
this act" be omitted from the duties of the
Administrator of Finance in the first sub
division of section nine of said act, and in
serted among those of the Administrator Of
Public Accounts, in the sixth subdivision
of section nine of said act.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the second subdivision of section nine Of
said act shall be amended and re-enacted to
read as follows:
Second-A Department of Commerce.
which shall have general superintendent
of all matters relating to markets, wharVes,
railroads, canals, weights and measures, the
fire department and manufactures, and shall
be vested with and perform such other tunc-
tions and duties as may, from time to time.
be prescribed by the Council.
Sec. G. 30 it further enacted, etc, That
the fourth subdivision of section nine of
said act shah be amended to read as fol-
lows:
Fourth-A Department of Improvements,
which shall have general superintendent
of all matters relating TO the streets, levees,
sidewalks, pavements, and the construction
and repair Of wharves, the construction and
repair OF: bridges, and the drainage of the
ci5y. and shall be vested with and perform
such other functions and duties as may be
prescribed by the Council.
Sec 7. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the thirteenth subdivision of section twelve
Of said act be amended and re-enacted to
read as follows
Thirteenth-To establish ferries and mar
ket places, and to farm out the same; and
to lease the wharves and landings; pro-
vided. that no ferry privilege exclusive OF
any or all similar grants shall be made ior
greater term than three years, and no lease
Of wharyes or landings shall be made tor q
term greater than ten years; and no such
lease of ferries or wharves can be made ex-
cept upon adjudication authorized and sub
sequentlv accepted and approved by tho
votes of five members of the Council,
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the Mayor and Administrators shall be re-
movable for malfeasance in office, gross
neglect of duty or disability affecting the
fitness of the occupant to fill and discharge
: the duties Of the position. Upon the pre-
ferring Of articles of impeachment by four
members of the Council, the accused shals
be suspended from Office and placed upon
trial, which shall take place within thirty
days; and on trials upon impeachment the
Mayor, when not himself upon trial, shall
vote as q member of the Council; and in
all. trials upon impeachment five members
voting in the affirmative shall sustain the
charge and remove the accused from Office,
otherwise he shall be restored and allowed
salary for the time OF suspension. All
other officers, clerks and deputies shall be
removable from office at the pleasure of The,
Council by a majority vote; and no con-
. tract shall be made for the services of any
! officer, clerk or deputy by which he shall
claim to serve or draw salary after removal
from office, or the abolishment Of the Office
by the Council; nor shall any annual sal.
f ary be construed to entitte the employe to
more than bis pay at the rate of So much
D per annum until discharged.
{ Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, etc., Thaa
, section twenty-first of said act be amended
: and re enacted to read as follows: That alb
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