New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-16

| mayor and city council shall cause it
to be done at the expense of the
| owner of the property, and the SAID
corporation shall have special PRIV
lege on said property to secure the
payment 30 due, which privilege shall nol0
until the corporation be paid; and IN case
such owner shall be absent from or have no
authorized agent living in the corporation or
parish of Natchitoches, or be unknown, tine
corporation shall have the right to proceed
IN rem against the property in the manner
pointed out By article 292 and seq, OF tne
Code of Practice; and the corporation shall
be entitled to eight per cent interest upon
the amount paid
SEC. IA. Be it further enacted. etc, That
| in case of the absence OF inability of the
mayor to attend, the city council shall elect
one Of their number mayor pro temp0re.
SEC I5 Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the treasurer shall be eX-otficiO secre-
tarv of the city council, and assuch he shall
keep minutes of the proceedings OF each
meeting. and he. shall read all laws, ordl-
| naDces 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 separate book, and certified
| copies Of said bonds and of all laws and Or
| dinances shall be evidence in all courts OF
this State; he shall furnish, free OF costs, TO
| the mayor of the city certified copies OF all
| laws and ordinances which impose nne or
| penalty, or both, for their infraCt10n, anu
| he shall do and perform such other duties
| as may be imposed upon him by the ordi-
nances of the city.
| SEC. l6. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| as treasurer he shall keep correct
account of all moneys received and
| disbursed, he shall keep separate and apart
| from each other all moneys received by tax
alton on real and personal estates, licenses,
faT4ai411rps and he shall exhibit
his account whenever required TO do so by
| the mayor and city council.
| SEC. II. 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 Is. Be it further enacted, etc.4 That
| for the purpose of IeyyinG 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 Gompul-
| sorry process, of all taxes or licenses which
may be due, and they are hereby author
lied 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 49, Be it further enacted, etc, That
| from and after the passage of this act the
| powers of the police jury of the parish OF
| NatchitOches shall cease and determine
within said city of Natchit0Ches, and the
mayor and the city council shall possess all
| the powers within said corporation which
have been heretofore exercised by the police
Jury, except so far as it relates to public
buildings and property within said city
| which belong to said parish of Natchi-
toches, and that the inhabitants and prop
erty within the corporate limits of said city
of Natchitocbes shall be exempt from che
| payment of all parish taxes.
SEC. 20. 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 the official journal of
| the parish or after certified copies of them
! ,,I3 .osted at three public places in said
| town.
SEC. 81. Be it further enacted etc, That
| no Inconvenience may arise in the admins
| tration of the affairs of the city OF Natchl-
| toChes 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 until their sue
| cessors are duly elected and qualified.
SEC. o. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| this act shall take effect from and after its
passage, and the officers elected under the
! former charter shall hold their offices until
| the first Monday in May, A. ID. one thou
sand eight hundred and seVenty-two, or
| until their successors shall have been duly
| elected and qualified. and the clerk OF the
court shall order an election under this act
| as soon as the same is promulgated, and the
| officers elected at said election shall enter
| uDon the discharge of their duties on the
first Monday Of May, one thousand eight
| hundred and seventy two, or as soon here
after as they may qualify; provided, that II
any officer elected shall refuse or fail to
| qualify within thirty days from the date OF
| his election, the office for which he was
| elected shall be deemed vacant, and new
election to fiji such vacancy shall be ordered
and held in accordance with the provisions
Of this act.
SEC. %. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the right of appeal shall exist IN all cases
| where fixed penalties and foriciture5 shall
be decreed under the provisions Of this
act, to the parish court of the parish Of
Natchitochcs in the manner and under the
| same formalities rs in the ca sol appeal
| and such appeals shall be tried III prefer
| enoe to appeals in ordinary cases.
SEC. "a. Be it further enacted, etc, Thai
all laws or parts Of laws in conflict with
this act and on the same subject matter
except the general laws Of the State rela
tive to municipal corporations, he and the
Same are hereby repealed,
tSigned) o. II. BREWSTER.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) ?. B. S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President Oh the
Approved July 5. 1872.
| (Signed] II. G. WARMOTH,
Governor of the State of louisiana
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