New Orleans Republican., 1872-11-28

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| 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. N. and close at six
o'clock p NJ. 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.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
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. 5. Be it further enacted, etc, That
on receiving their commissions of election
the mayor and councilmen shall meet and
organize themselves into body to be known
as the "mayOrand council Of NatchltOches,
and shall proceed to elect one suitable per
son to be assessor and collector OF the city
taxes and licenses, and to elect treasurer
of the city Of Natchit0ches, who shall be
ex otfco 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-
Gil 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-
ti0ns, 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, 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
pOration of the city of Natchitoches, and
otfenses against the same; and shall hold
his court daily, from nine o'clock A. NJ, un-
til three o'clock p. NJ, or longer II neces-
sary. All 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 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
office in which it shall be established.
SEC 8. 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 mayor in offenses against the State and
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same fees for such services as are BY law
allowed to cOnstabless to be paid by the
city Of NatchitOches.
SEC 9. 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 instituting and de-
Tending suits in all courts of this State, I'M
der the title of "The Mayor and City C0un-
Gil of Eatchitoches," and that citations and
other legal process shall be served on the
mayor.
SEC 10. Be il further enacted, etc, That
the mayor and city council shall have tull
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
salubrity, in manner not inconsistent
with the laws of this State; second 20 adopt
and use a common seal; third, to Purchase,
hold and convey. ALLEVIATE any estate, real
or personal, to accept any gilt, grant or
inheritance of property for public or
charitable purposes, to erect school, |
market and fire engine houses, and such |
other buildings as may be tor the pubic |
benefit and 10 build city workhOuse; ;
fourth, to establish a quarantine for the
protection OF the city against contagious
diseases and epidemiCs; fifth, to levy and |
collect such annual and special taxes on the
real and personal, movable and ImmOvabe !
property OF the city OF NatchltOcnes as
Shall be deemed necessary by them; pro
yided, that SAID taxes shall in no one year
exceed two per centum ON the assessed
value Of the real and personal estate within
said city Tor the year for which the |
assessment of taxes Is made; sixth, to i'm |
pose an annual license tax on trades, pro
tessions and callings, said license to expire |
on the thirtv-frst day Of December in the |
year in which it was obtained, and which !
license tax shall be due and payable at the |
office of the city treasurer from the first |
day of January to the twenty-eighth day |
of February inclusive; seventh, TO |
fix the amount of bonds to be gwen |
by the city officers from whom bonds are |
required; eighth, to organize, appoint and |
uniform and commission ponce force, and |
to appointas many police officers as may
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pensation Of all officers and others appoint |
ed or elected by them: to remove for suifi- |
cient cause any of the appointees or officers |
elected by themselves. and 20 define the du- |
ties OF all such officers and appointees; |
ninth, to survey and lay out streets, public |
squares to regulate aud make improve |
ments to the streets and squares and other |
public property and provide for lighting |
and watering the same: to construct a |
wharf within the corporate limits, and fix |
the wharfage dues thereon; to order and |
direct the ditching, filling, opening, widen |
ing and continuing of any Of the streets, |
and if for the above or other public pur- |
poses the land Of any private person or
body corporate is necessary to be had, to |
purchase the same at a reasonable prce. |
or to cause the same TO be appropriated |
according to the mode and fOrmalitles |
prescribed by existing laws upon the sub |
ieCt, to regulate the proportions and 70 |
make and repair all common drains, public |
roads, levees, causeways and bridges. to |
determine the completion aud pavement OF |
the streets, to fix the sQuaring; and to pre- |
vent encroachment HpUn the stopping and |
obstructing Of the streets, public squares, |
sidewalks, levees, public roads or river |
banks of the city OF Natchitoches and 10 |
order any object, whatsoever may be its |
value, which may incumber the said places |
or prevent and embarass the free use Of the |
same, to be removed or sold for whom it |
may concern, in the same manner and |
after sucn advertisement as shall be re- |
Quired by ordinance; tenth. to clean the |
banks Of Cane river, or other streams |
within the limits of the city. and reopen |