New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-23

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!, city, which notice shall be given BY th
r mayor OF said city, ten days before holdin
} the election; and said election shall con
| mence at six o'clock A. NJ and close at 81
o'clock t. M. of the same day, and the sal
election shall be conducted in all respect
according to the laws of the State regulat
ing elections, and the returns to be mad
and commissions issued according to tn
election laws of the State, which may be i
force at such time.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc, Tha
IN case OF tie vote at said election, or il
case Of the death or resignation OF any o
the officers mentioned in the third sectiol
of this act the clerk Of the district court o
his deputy shall order an election in tn
manner set forth in the third section of thi
act, and plurality of votes at all election
shall be sufficient
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc, Tha
on receiving their commissions of electIo1
the mayor and cOuncilmen shall meet ant
organize themselves into a body to be known
as the mayor and council Of Natchitoches, ,
and shall proceed to elect one suitable per
son to be assessor and collector of the CITY
taxes and licenses, and to elect a treasurer
of the city Of Natchiteches, who shall be
eX otfcio secretary of the city council.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the Mayor shall preside at all meetings OF
city council, shall call meetings of the coun-
| eli when he deems necessary, shall approve
| all laws, ordinances and resolutions of
! the city council, shall vote as other
members OF the council upon all queB-
! tons, and shall be vested with the
same powers as are now exercised by the
| recorders OF the city of New Orleans. He
! shall be committing magistrate, with full
| power to examine and commit in all eases
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 empowered to examine.
try and sentence persons for violation
OF the laws and ordinances of the cor
poratlon of the city of Natchitoches, and
oHenses against the same; and shall hold
his court daily, from nine o'clock A. NJ I'M
til three o'clock p. M, or longer if neces-
sary. Ali fines collected by said mayors
court under the provisions of this act, shall
be paid into the treasury of the city of
Natchitoches monthly.
SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the mayor shall hold his office for the term
Of one year from the first Monday in May,
eighteen hundred and seventy-tw0, or until
his successor shall have been elected and
duly qualified, and he shall be entitled to
and receive an annual salary to be fixed by
the city council, which shall be neither IN
creased nor diminished during the term Of
office in which it shall be established.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the mayor of the city of NatchitOches is
hereby authorized to appoint one court
officer, who shall be at all times subject to
the orders of The mayor; and said court
officer shall be empowered and authorized
to serve warrants, summons, search war
rants, attachments and mittimus issued by
the mayer in Ottenses against the State and
city incorporation, and shall receive the
same fees for such services az are, by law |
allowed to constables, to be paid by the |
city of Natchitoches.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc, That |
that the mayor and city council, and their |
duly elected and qualified successors in |
office, shall have perpetual succession; that |
they shall be capable of institutng and de-
Tending suits in all courts of this State IN
der the title Of "The Mayor and City Coun-
Gil of Natchitoches," and that citations and
other legal process shall be served ON the
mayor.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, etc. That
the mayor and city council shall have full
power and authority to make and pass such
laws and ordinances as are necessary and |
proper; first to regulate and preserve the
peace and good order of the city, and pro
vide for and maintain its cleanliness and
salubuty, IN q manner not inconsistent
with the laws of this State; second TO adopt
and use common seal; third, to yurchase,
mold and convey, ALLEVIATE any estate, real
II personal, to accept any gift, grant or
Inheritance of property for public or
charitable purposes, to erect school, |
market and fire engine houses, and such
,ther buildings as may be for the public
benefit, and TO build q city workhOuse:
ourth, 10 establish quarantine for the
protection of the city against contagious
diseases and epidemics; fifth, to levy and
Ollect such annual and special taxes on the |
cal and personal, movable and imm0vable
property OF the city Of NatChit0Ches as
hall be deemed necessary by theus pro
ided. that SAID taxes shall in no oHe year {
xCoed two per centum on the assessed
alue of the real and personal estate within
aid city for the year for which the ]
ssessment Of taxes is made; sixth, to i'm !
ose an annual license tax on trades,, pre- I
7ssions and callings, said license to expire s
II the thirty first day CT December in the I
ear in which it was obtained and which | 8
cense tax shall be due and payable at the c
flee of the city treasurer from the first a
ay of January to the tWenty-Gighth day q
February inclusive; seventh, TO Z
K the amount of bonds to be gwen Il
y the city officers from whom bonds are h
eqUired; eighth, to organize, appoint and a
anu COMMISSION d ponce luEG6t anu | *
appoint as many police officers as may q
e necessary; to fix their salaries and com b
ensation Of all officers and others appoint e
or elecSed by them; TO remove for sutti g
emit cause any of the appointees or officers a
ected by themselves, and to define the du- o
es of all such officers and appointees;
nth, to survey andelay out streets, public u
Iuares, to regulate and make improve "
ents to the streets and squares and other b
lblic property, and provide for lighting a,
Id watering the same: to construct a | =
hart within the corporate limits, and fix | Sc
q wharfage dues thereon; to order and al
rect the ditching, filing, opening, widen el
z and continuing Of any Of the streets,
I'd if for the above or other public pur- al
ses the land Of any private person or u
,dy corporate is necessary to be had, to e.
lrchase the same at reasonable price. Il
to cause tho same to be appropriated ga
cOrding to the mode and torrnalities
escribed by existing laws upon the sub 81
=, to regulate the proportions and to
AXE and repair all common drains, public Ii
ads, levees, causeways and bridges, to
termine the completion and pavement of
e streets, to fix the sQuaring and to pre-
Mt encroachment upon the stopping and
OF the streets, public squares,
lewalks, levees, public roads or river
nks of the city of Natchitoches, and to
Ter any object, whatsoever may be its
lue, which may incumber the said places
prevent and embarass the free use of the
ne, to be removed or sold for whom it Il