New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-25
No. Ga.
80 ACT

Secretary OF State.
AN ACT NO. o.
Entitled an act to incorporate the town of
Harrisonburg, in the parish of CatahOu-
la, and fixing the boundaries of the same.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
vened, That the inhabitants of the town
of HarFisonburg, in the parish of Cata-
houla, are hereby created and made body
corporate with perpetual success ion, under
the name and style of HarrisOnburg, and
by that name they and their successors
shall be known in law, and be capable of
suing and being sued, plead and be i'm
pleaded defend and be defended in all
courts and places whatsoever; also TO hold,
purchase, possess, enjoy and retain to them
and their successors all and every kind of
property whatsoever; provided, the same
shall be for municipal purposes, and they
NAV have and use a common seal.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the corporate limits shall be as follows: Be-
ginning at the mouth of Seargent's bayou,
on the Ouachita river, thence up said bayou
TO the dividing ridge; thence along said
ridge to the head of HaTrisOn's Spring
branch; thence on direct line to the north
thence along the north side of said proper
ty to the northeast corner; thence on a
direct line to the southwest corner of the
Spencer property; thence along the line of
said property to the Ouachita rivers thence
up said river to place of beginning.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc, That
on the first Monday in April, in each and
every year, between the usual hours of
holding elections, the qualified voters resid-
ing within the said corporate limits shall
elect mayor and three cOuncilmen to ad-
minister the affairs of the said corporation
for the ensuing year, and until their success
sOrs are elected and qualified and it is
hereby made the duty Of the sheriff of the
parish to give at least ten days notice, by
having the same printed IN the parish paper,
if there be ore, and if notA to be posted up
at the courthouse door, and to appoint three
commissioners, qualified voters of said town,
TO hold such election and the said commits
si0neTs shall, within twenty-fo hours after
said election, post over their signatures at
the courthouse door in said town the names
of the persons who have been duly elected
mayor and councilmen of said town.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
for all elections after the first the mayor
and eOuncilmen of said town shall, pre-
viOus to any election for members of their
body, appoint three persons, qualified
voters, residents within said town, as COM
missioners to hold said elections; and said
mayor and cOuncilmen shall fix the place
and manner of each annual election; and
for the purpose of filling vacancies in their
body, they shall fix the time, place and
manner of holding the election, and in all
cases ten days notice shall be given before
holding any election: it shall be the duty
of the commissioners to preside at the same,
and to certify in writing over their own
signatures the result thereof, and within
twenty-fOur hours after closing the polls to
file such certificate with the clerk of the
mayor and cOuncilmeD, who shall forthwith
notify the persons SO elected.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc, That
before entering upon the duties of THAR
offices, the mayor and councilmen shall
take the constitutional oath of office: and
the said mayor shall preside over all their
meetings, and they are hereby empowered
to ordain and establish all such ordinances,
bylaws, rules and regulations, and to ap-
point all such officers as they may deem ex
pedient for the government of said town,
not inconsistent with the constitution of the
United States, and of this State; and they
shall have power to levy and collect tax
for the use of said corporation upon all tax
able property within said corporation, not
to exceed in amount One-half the State and
parish tax upon said property. They shall
have power to prohibit houses of ill-tame,
and disorderly houses; to remove nuisances;
to tax all shows, plays, gaming tables, grog-
shops and Hquer dealers; they snail have
power to impose fines for breaches of their
ordinances, rules and regulations, not TO ex+
coed fifty dollars, and imprisonment
not to exceed thirty days. either on
both as they may deem just; and in
case of the temporary absence of
the mayor, the cOuncilmen shall elect
president pro tempOre from among them
selves, to act in his place, and in all cases,
the mayor, or in.his absence the president
pro tempOre and two councilmen shall con-
stltute quorum to do business; and the
mayor and councllmen shall appoint clerk
whose duty it shall be to keen a faithful
record of the proceedings Of their meetings,
and to make public their ordinances by adj
vertising the same in the parish paper, if
there be one; If not, to post copies in two
public places within said corporation
limits; and no person shall be a mayor or
councilman unless he be qualihed voter
within said corporation.
SEC. o. Be it further enacted, etc., That the
mayor shall have power, and it IS hereby
made his duty, to suppress all riots, rows
and unlawful assemblies, atfrays and
tumults, and he shall have power to cause
to be arrested, and brought before him for
trial, under regulations Of the mayor and
cOuncilmen, all offenders against the rules,
ordinances and regulations of said corpora
ton, the mayor shall be ex OtfciO justice of
the peace, with jurisdiction within said cor
pOrate limits, and shall be commissioned by
the Governor accordingly.
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all persons living within said cor
porate limits be exempt from all road tax.
except such as may be imposed by the
mayor and councilmen of said corporation.
Sec g. Be it further enacted, etc, That
said corporation shall own and control ali
ferries within said corporate limits. and
snail have power to lease the same to the
highest bidder from time to time, and for a
length of time not to exceed two wears.
SEC g. Be it further enacted, etc. That
the State tax collector shall be ex officio
corporation tax collector for said corpora
ton, and shall receive the same percentage
for collecting said tax that he does for col
leeting the parish tax.
SEC. III. Be it further enacted etc, That
the mayor OF said town shall receive as
compensation for his services the same fees
as are allowed by law to any Justice of the