New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-18
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SEC 16. Be it further enacted, etc, That
as treasurer he shall keep correct account
of all moneys received and disDursed he
shall keep separate and apart from each
other all moneys received by taxation on
real and personal estate licenses, fines and
forteitures, and he shall exhibit his accounts
whenever required to do SO by the Mayor
and City Council.
SEC H. 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 dis
charge of his duties as soon as he receives
his commission or appointment from the
Governor. and qualities according to law
and he shall be vested with the same power
as is now exercised by the recorder of the
city of New Orleans. He shall be commit
ting magistrate, with full power to examine
and commit in all cases arising under the
laws of the State, for all crimes, otfenses
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 EN-
powered to examine, try and sentence per-
sons for violations of the laws and ordi-
nances of the corporation of the city OF
Monroe, and offenses against the same.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
all fines collected by said recorders court,
and under the decree of the same, shall be
paid into the city treasury monthly.
SEC. 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 may, by ordinance of
the City Council, be fixed, not to be reduced
during the time of his office; and he shall,
in addition, be authorized to charge and re
ceivc such fees, as committing magistrate,
as are now or may hereafter be allowed to
justices of the peace of this State; and shall
be entitled to collect said fees i'll the same
manner as 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. % 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 allowed 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. -. Be it further enacted, etc, That
for the purpose of levying and collecting
taxes and licenses, the Mayor and City
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 collector power
sufficient to carry into effect the laws and
ordinances pertaining to the levying and
collecting of such taxes and licenses.
SEC. Do 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. q. 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 failure or neglect to
elect the municipal officers thereof, it is
hereby declared that all officers elected
under this act shall remain in office until
their successors are duly elected and quail
fed.
SEC. %. 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 antil their
successors shall have been duly elected and
qualified; and shall order an election under
this act as soon as he is notified of its pass
age and approval by the Governor
SEC. %. 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.
(Signedl GEO. w. CARTER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Signed) OSCAR j. DUNN,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved May 4. 1871.
(Signed) H. C.. WARMOTH,