New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-06

t-PS ASdtLoI VI dIl OHcefS ana OJnGrS appoint
| ed or elected by them; to remove for sutfi-
Gent cause any of the appointees or officers
| elected by themselves, and to define the du-
| ties OF ali such officers and appointees;
ninth, to survey aud lay out streets, public
| squares, to regulate and make improve
ments to the streets aHd 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 ditchingr filing, 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 reasonable price,
or to cause tie same to b9 appropriated
according to the mode and fornaIitiss
prescribed by existing laws upon the sub
ect, to regulate the proportions and to
make and repair all common drains, public
roads, leyGe5, Causewags and bridges, to
determine the completion and pavement Of
the streets, TO fix the sguaring, and to pre-
vent encroachment upon the stopping and
Ob5truCtlng OF the streets, public squares,
sidewalks loyees, public roads or river
banks of the city OF NatChit0cIes, and to
order any object whatsoever NAV be its
value, which may in9umbel the said places
or prevent and embarass the fIae use of the
same, to be removed or sold f0l whom If
may concern, in the same mal41er and
after sucn advertisement as shall be re-
quired by ordinance; tenth, to cleah the
banks of Cane river, or other STREAMS
within the limits Of TIE city, and reopen
such ancient and natural drains as have
been DISTRACTED by the owners OF adjacent
land; eleventh, to determine what animals
shall run at large within the corporate
limits, and prohibit others from doing so,
to ilnpound all animals running at large in
violation of the laws and ordinances OF the
city, to fix the penalties and fines which
the owners thereof shall pay before the
animal so impOunded shall be delivered
|. up, and to pass laws and ordinances for
the sale of said animals, after three
days notice in newspaper, or by posting;
twelfth, to abate nuisancee, 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 city
workh0use, and providing for the govern
ment of the same; fourteenth, to pass laws
and ordinances imposing a 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 Conduct such business or pursue said
occupation without previously obtaining
such license; fifteenth, to regulate the police
Of theatres, public balls, tayerns, places for
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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
nlaRac and nADFNt paO o+ iDV,S INV NT6inanpaG
governing Baid market houses and places.
SEC. II. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the mayor and city council Of Natchitoches
shall succeed to, and be invested with, all
the rights property and possessions of the
town Of Natchltoches, as previously incOr
pOrated.
SEC. II. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the mayor and four cOuncilmen, and no
less number, shall constitute q 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 counciImen 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 banquetto or
ditch shall have been ordered. to be made,
filed up, cleaned out or repaired, shall fail
to do so in the time required by the laws
and ordinances Of the corporation, toe |
may or and city council shall cause it
to be done at the expense of the
owner of the property, and the said
corporation 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 pc absent from or have no
agent living in the corporation or
parish of AatchitOches, or be unknown, the |
shall have the right to proceed |
IN rem against the property in the manner |
pointed ont by article 292 and seq, OF the |
Code Of Practice; and the corporation shall |
be entitled to eight per cent interest upon |
the amount paid.
in case Of the absence or inability of the /
mayor to attend, the city council shall elect !
one of their number mayor pro tempore.
Sec. Is. Be it further enacted etc, That |
the treasurer shall be ex-OtficO 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, 0rdi-
nances 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 I
copies Of said bonds and of all laws and or
linances 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
avs and ordinances which impose a fine or
penalty, or both, for their infraction, and
re shall do and perform such other duties
as may be imposed upon him by the ordi-
lances of the city.
SEC. l6. Be it further enacted, etc, That
as treasurer he shall keep q correct
account of all moneys received and
lisbursed, be shall keep separate and apart
rom each other all moneys received by tax
ltion on real and personal estates, licenses,
ines and fOrfeitures, and he shall exhibit
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 the taxes on real and per
onal estate in the city, in the manner
pointed out by the laws and ordinances of
he city, and to collect the same.
Sec. l8 Be it further enacted etc, That
or the purpose of IeVying and collecting
axes and licenses, the mayor and CITY
ouncil are hereby invested with full power
o pass all laws not inconsistent with the
constitution of the United States or Of this
tate, to compel the payment, by compul-
Dry process, Of all taxes or licenses which |
nay be due, and they are hereby author
sed 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. 10. Be it further enacted, etc, That
rom and after the passage of this act the
overs OF the police jury of the parish of
latchit0ches shall cease and determine
Iithin said city of NatchitOches, and the
mayor and the city council shall possess all
he 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
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