New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-10

ed or elected by them; to remove for sutfi-
cient cause any of the appointees or officers
elected by themselves, and to define the du-
ties of all such officers and appOintees;
ninth, to survey and lay out streets, public
SQUARES to regulate and make improve
ments to the streets and squares and other
public property, and provide for lighting
and watering the same; to construct
wharf within the corporate limits, and TX
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 OF 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 price.
or to cause the same to be appropriated
according to the mode and formalltles
prescribed BY existing laws upon the sub
ject, to regulate the proportions and to
make and repair all common drains, pubhc
roads, leyees, causewaYs and bridges, to
determine the completion and pavement OF
the streets, to fix the squaring, and tospre-
vent encrOachment upon the stopping and
Obstructing OF the streets, pu6hc squares,
sidewalks, leyees, public roads or river
banks of the city OF Natchitoches, and to
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
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
such ancient and natural drains as have
been obstrucUed by the owners CT adjacent
land; eleventh. to determine what animals
shall run at large within the corporate
limits, and prohibit others from doing so,
to impOund all animals running at large IN
violation of th6'laws and ordinances OF the
city, to fix the penalties and fines which
the owners thereof shall pay before the
animal so impounded snail be delivered
up, and to pass Jaws and ordinances tor
the sale of said animals, after three
days notice in a newspaper, or by posting;
twelfth, to abate nulSanCes, suppress houses
of ill-fame and cause the arrest and pun
ishment Of Migrants; thirteenth, to enact
laws and ordinances and to make appro-
priatiOns for the purpose of building a city
workhouse, and providing for the govern
ment OF the same; fourteenth, to pass laws
and ordinances imposing fine upon all
persons who shall conduct any business or
pursue any occupation for which a license
is to be collected, whenever such persons
shall cOuduct such business or pursue said
occupation without previously obtaining
such license; fifteenth, to regulate the police
of theatres, public balls, taverns, places for
shows and exhibitions, houses of public en-
tertainment, saloons and shops for retailing
liquors, and to order the same to be closed
whenever the public safety and tranquility
shall require it, and impose such duties and
regulations upon persons keeping such
places as they may deem necessary and
proper; sixteenth, to regulate the proper gov
eminent of carts and drays, carriages, ON |
nibuses and other vehicles of every descrip- |
ton; seventeenth, to establish market |
places. and adopt regulations by ordinances !
Crny ,ir5fr soiA ,nArIYat hOrIcpG and 111nonc
SEC IL. Be it further enacted, etc, That |
the mayor ard city council of NatchitOches |
shall succeed to, and be invested with, all }
the rights, property and possessions of the I
town of NatchitocEes, as previously incor. |
pOrated.
SEC. II. Be it further enacted, etc, That |
the mayor and four cOunCilmen, and no !
less number shall constitute a quorum to }
transact business, but to levy any tax, toll |
OR impost, or to fix any license, or to make |
any appropriation, it shall require vote of |
the majority of the councilmen and mayer, |
and the affirmative and negative of each |
vote shall he recorded on the minutes.
SEC. -. Be it further enacted, ETC., That |
whenever the owner of the property in |
front of which a sidewalk, banquette or
ditch shall have been ordered to be made, |
filled up, cleaned out or repaired, shall fail
to do so in the time required by the laws
and ordinances of the corporation, the |
may or and city council shall cause it
to be done 1T the expense of the
owner of the property, and the said
shall have a special privi- |
lege on said property to secure the
payment so due, which privilege shall hold
until the corporation be paid; and in case
such owner shall De absent from or have no
agent living in the corporation or
parish of NatchitOches, or be unknown, the
shall have the right to proceed |
in rem against the property in the manner
pointed out by article 292 and seq, of the
Code of Practice; and the corporation shall |
be entitled to eight per sent interest upon
the amount paid.
Sec IA Be it further enacted, etc. That
in case of the absence or inability of the
mayor to attend, the city council shall elect
one of their number mayor pro temp0re.
SEC. l5 Be it further enacted, etc, That ;
the treasurer shall be ex-officio secre-
tary of the city council, and as such he shall
keep minutes of the proceedings of each
meeting and he shall read all laws, ordi-
lances and resolutions, and all other pro-
ceedings of the city council he shall file all
the bonds of the officers Of the city and re-
cord them in a separate book, and certified
copies of said bonds and of all laws and Or
finances shall be evidence in all courts of
5his State; he shall furnish, free Of costs, to
The mayor of the city certified copies of all
avs ana ordinances winch impose a uQ6 or
penalty, or both, for their infraction, and
ne shall do and perform such other duties
as may be imposed upon him by the ordi-
lanccs of the city,
SEC. IS. Be it further enacted, etc. That
as treasurer he shall keep d correct
account of all moneys received and
lisbursed, he shall keep separate and apart
rom each other all moneys received by tax
alton ON real and personal estates, licenses,
and fnpEnIt1IpaE and bn chon nvI,iht+
lis account whenever required to do so by
he mayor and city council
SEC. II. Be it further enacted, etc., That
t shall be the duty of the assessor and col
eCtor to assess tbs taxes on real and per-
onal estate iii the city, in the manner
pointed out by the laws and ordinances of
he city, and to collect the same.
SEC. 49, Be it further enacted etc, That
OF the purpose of 1evying and collecting
axes and licenses, the mayor and city
0unCil are hereby invested with full power
0 pass all laws not inconsistent with the |
constitution of the United States or of this
state, to compel the payment by compul-
DRY process, of all taxes or licenses which
nay be due, and they are hereby author
zed to confer on the assessor and collector
over sufficient to carry into effect the laws
nd ordinances pertaining to the levying
nd collecting of such taxes and licenses.
SEC. l9. Be it further enacted, etc, That
rom and after the passage of this act the
overs Of the police jury of the parish OF
IatChitoChes shall cease and determine |
within said city Of Natchitoches, and the
mayor and the city council shall possess all
be powers within said corporation which
ave been heretofore exercised by the police
Try, except so far as it relates to public
uildings and property within said city
'hieh belong to said parish of Natchi-
Dches, and that the inhabitants and prop
rtY within the cnrnnrate limits of sid civ