The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-06-24

of all moneys received and disbursed he
shall keep separate and apart from each
other all moneys received by taxation on
real and personal estate, licenses, fines and
forfeitures, and he shall exhibit his &C.
counts whenever required to do so by the
Mayor and City Council.
SEC. IT. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the Governor shall, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, appoint and
commission a competent person, citizen of
the city of Monroe, who shall be recorder
of said city.
SEC. IS. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
said recorder shall enter upon the discharge
of his duties as soon as he receives his
commission or appointment from the Gov
ernor, and qualities according to law; and
he shall be vested with the same power as
is now exercised by tne recorder of the city
of New Orleans. He shall be committing
magistrate, with full power to examine and
commit in all cases arising under the laws
of the State, for all crimes, offenses and
misdemeanors against the State, in the same
manner and to the same extent as justices
of the peace now or hereafter may do. He
is hereby authorized and empowered to en-
anime, try and sentence persons for viola
tions of the laws and ordinances Of the cor
poration of the city of Monroe, and offenses
against the same.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
all zines collected by said recorders court,
and under tho decree Of the same, shall be
paid into the city treasury monthly.
SIC. 20. BE it further enacted, etc, That
said recorder shall hold his court open for
the dispatch of business daily; that he shall
receive such salary as may, by ordinance of
the City Council, be fixed, not to be re-
duced during the time of his office; and he
shall, in addition, be authorized TO charge
and receive such fees, as a committing ma
gistratc, as are now or may hereafter be
allowed to justices of the peace of this State:
and shall be entitled to collect said fees in
the same manner rs justices of the peace of
Ouachita parish now collect their fees in
criminal cases.
SEC. 81. Be it further enacted. etc. That
the jurisdiction Of said recorder shall not
extend beyond the corporate limits of the
city of Monroe in any case, and that he
shall hold his Office for the term of two
years from the first of May, 1871, or until
his successor shall have qualified.
SEC. 20. Be it further enacted. etc. That
in the event Of death, removal. absence, in
ability to act, or disqualification of said re-
corder, from any cause, one of the justices
Of the peace residing in the CITY of Monroe.
selected by the Mayor and City Council,
shall perform the duties of said recorder,
and shall, during said time, receive the
same compensation and salary as are allow
cd to said recorder.
Sec. %. Be it further enacted, etc, That
said recorder shall be authorized to draw
his salary, to be fixed by ordinance Of the
City Council, monthly, upon his own war
rant.
\ SEC: "a. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
It shall be the duty Of the assessor and COL
lector to assess the taxes on real and per-
sonal estate in the city in the manner
pointed out by the laws and ordinances Of
the city, and to collect the same.
SEC. rs. Be it further enacted. etc. That
for the purpose of levying and collecting
taxes and licenses, the Mavor and Citvv
Council are hereby invested with full
power to pass all laws, not inconsistent
with the constitution of the United States
or Of this State, TO compel the payment by
compulsory process, of all taxes or licenses
which may be due; and they are hereby
authorized to confer on the assessor and col
iector power sufficient to carry into effect
the laws and ordinances pertaining to the
levying and collecting Of such taxes and
licenses.
SIC. 70. BE it further enacted, ETC., That
all the laws and ordinances of the Mayor
and City Council shall have effect two DAYS
after publication in a newspaper, or after
certified copies of them are posted at three
public places in the city.
SEC. .27. Be it further enacted. etc That
no Inconvenience may arise in the admins
tration Of the affairs Of the CITY of Monroe
in consequence OF o failure or neglect to
elect the municipal officers thereof, it is
hereby declared that all officers elected
under this net shall remain in Office until
: their successors are duly elected and quail
fled.
SEC. 1s. BE it further enacted, etc, That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage, and the officers elected under the
same Shall hold their offices until the first
Monday in May, A. ID. 1872, or until their
successors shall have been duly elected and
qualified and shall order an election under
this act as soon rs he is notified of its pass
age and approval by the Governor.
SIC. 90. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all laws or parts Of laws in conflict with this
act, and on the same subject matter, except
the general laws of the State relative to
municipal corporations, be and the Same
are hereby repealed.
(Signed) GEO. W. CARTER,
Speaker OF the House of Representatives.
(Signed) OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved Nay 4, 1871.
(Signed) II. C. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
Gro, E. BoyEE,
Secretary Of State.
No. 1O3.
AN ACT e
Defining the obligations Of the city of New
Orleans to be redeemed as part of the
floating debt, under the provision of sec
ton forty, act No. Z, approved March 16,