New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-12
LANs o. IFE sIATE q l0gsIANA
PuBLIsHEp BIZ AUTHoRITY.
AN ACT .

To incorporate the city Of Natehitoches,
and provide for the government OF the
same.
SECTION J. Be it enacted By the Senate
/ and House of Representatives Of the State
/ Of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That all that portion of land within the fol-
/ lowing boundaries, to wit: bounded on the
east by Red river, including the left bank
Of said river; on the south by the lower
line of the land belonging to Auguste Mar
! tin; on the north by line beginning at Red
river and running due west across the high
est point Of Badin's Hill to Bayou Ides or
| Yaco; thence on the west by line running
due south until it intersects the southern
4 line, shall be known and distinguished by
the name Of the city Of Natchitocbes.
SEC. .. Be it further enacted, etc, That
! to provide for the governmental the city Of
/ NatehitOches, there shall be elected on the
/ first Monday In May of every year, by the
! qualified voters Of said corporation from
/ among themselves, one mayor and six cOun-
eilmen, with the powers and duties herein
/ after set forth.
/ SEC. 3. BE it further enacted, etc. That
/ the election Of the officers created by the
second section of this act shall be held
| at the courthouse in said city, and be pre-
viOusly notified to the inhabitants by pub
| lie advertisement at the door of the court
house and two other public places in said
city, which notice shall be given by the
mayor Of said city, ten days before holding
the election; and said election shall com
mence at six o'clock A. NJ. and close at six
o'clock p M. of the same day, and the said
election shall be conducted in all respects
according to the laws Of the State regulat-
ing elections, and the returns TO be made
and commissions issued according to the
election laws Of the State, which may be in
force at such time.
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in case Of tie vote at said election, or in
case of the death or resignation of any of
the officers mentioned in the third section
of this act the clerk of the district court or
his deputy shall order an election in the
manner set forth IN the third section of this
act, and a plurality Of votes at all elections
shall be sufficient
SEC. ). Be it further enacted, ETC., That
on receiving their commissions of election
the mayor and eouncilmen shall meet and
organize themselves into body to be known
as the mayor and council of Natehitoches,"
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 Eatcbitoches, who shall be
ex Ofiicio secretary of the city council.
SEC g. BE it further enacted, etc, That
the Mayor shall preside at all meetings of
city council, shall call meetings of the cOun-
ell 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 Ques-
tiOns, 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 cases
arising under the laws of the State, for all
crimes, oftenses and misdeIneanors against
the State 10 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
pOration of the city of Natchitoches and
Offenses against the same; and shall hold
his court daily, from nine o'clock A. NJ, I'M |
til three o'clock p. NJ, or longer if neces-
sary. Ali lines collected by said mayors
court under the provisions of this act, shall |
De paid into the treasury Of the city of |
Natchitoches monthly.
SEC. Z. 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-twO, 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 9. BE it further enacted, etc, That |
-he mayor of the city Of Natchitoches is
hereby authorized to appoint one court
officer, who shall be at al times subject to
lhe orders of The mayor and said court
officer shall be empowered and authorized
70 serve warrants, summons, search war
ants, attachments and mittimus issued by
he mayor in offenses against thesState and
'ity incorporation, and shall receive the
anne fees for such services as are by law
allowed to cOnstables, to be paid by the
,ity Of NatehitOches.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
hat the mayor aud city council, and their
luly elected and qualified successors in
'tt1ce, shall have perpetual succession; that
hey shall be capable of instituting and de-
ending suits in all courts of this State, un-
Ter the title Of "The Mayor and City Coun-
il Of Natchitoches," and that citations and
ther legal process shall be served on the
mayor
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, etc, That
be mayor and city council shall have full
over and authority to make and pass such
AVIS and ordinances as are necessary and
roper; first, to regulate and preserve the
eace and good order of the city, and pro-
ide for. and maintain its cleanliness and
alubrity, in manner not inconsistent |
18th the laws of this State; second to adopt |
nd use a dOmmon seal; third, to purchase,
old and cbnyey, ALLEVIATE any estate, real
r PERSONAL, to accept any gift, grant or
lheritanca Of property for public or
purposes, to erect school,
aTket and fire engine houses, and such |
Their buildings as may be for the public
enetit, and to build a city workhouse {
'urth, to establish a quarantine for the
rejection Of the city against contagious ]
seases and epidemics; fifth, to levy and
al ioT +oxr
al and personal, movable and immovable /
rOperty Of the city of NatchitOches as /
lall be deemed necessary by them; pro- |
ded, that sand taxes shall in no one year
tceed two per centum on the assessed
llue of the real and personal estate within {
i'd city for the year for which the !
Of taxes is made; sixth, to inn
Jse an annual license tax on trades, pro- [
ssi0ns and Callings, said license to expire &
i the thirty-trst day Of December in the I
sar in which it was obtained, and which G
,ense tax shall be due and PAYABLE at the G
ice Of the city treasurer from the first 4
ay Of January to the twenty-eighth day q
February inclusive; seventh to U
( the amount of bonds to be given t
Z the city officers from whom bonds are /
quired; eighth, to organize, appoint and a
inform and commission police force, and q
appoint as many police officers as may / q
necessary; to fix their salaries and COM b
,nsation Of all officers and others appoint e
or elected by them; to remove for sufi- e
ent cause any of the appointees or officers a
ected by themselves, and to define the du- o
IS of all such officers and appointees:
nth, to survey and lay out streets, public &
uares, to regulate and make improve v
ents to the streets and squares and other b
l9he property, and provide for lighting a
~ watering the same; to construct a \
naII within the corporate limits, and fix s.
AZ wharfage dues thereon. IN order and a