New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-16


limits, and prohibit others from doing so,
to impound 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 snail 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 nuisances, suppress houses
of ill-fame, and cause the arrest and pun
ishment of yagrants; thirteenth, to enact
laws and ordinances, and to make appro-
priatiOns for the purpose of building city
workhOuse, and providing for the govern
ment Of the same; fourteenth, to pass laws
and ordinances imposing fine upon ali
persons who shall conduct any business or
pursue any occupation for which 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 tor 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
governing said 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 NatchitOches, as previously lncOr-
pOrated.
SEC. 70. 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
the majority of the councilmen and mayer,
and the affirmative and negative of each
vote shall be recorded on the minutes.
SEC. ID. 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,
filed up, cleaned out or repaired, shall fail
to do so in the time required by the laws
and ordinances of the corporation, the
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 a special priv
lege on said property to secure the
payment so due, which privilege shall hold
until the corporation be paid; and in case
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authorized agent living in the corporation or
parish of Natchitoches, or be unknown, the
corporation 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 cent interest upon
the amount paid.
SEC. IA. Be it further enacted, etc, That
in case of the absence or inability of the
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one of their number mayor pro tempore.
SEC. l5 Be it further enacted, etc, That
the treasurer shall be ex-ofhcio seere-
tary of the city council, and as such he shall
keep minutes of the proceedings of each
meeting. and he shall read all laws, oTdi-
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
copies of said bends 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 fine or
penalty, or both, for their infraction, and
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 q correct
account of all moneys received and
discussed, he shall keep separate and apart
from each other all moneys received by tax
alton on real and personal estates, licenses,
fines and forfeitures, 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., That
for the purpose of ievyinc 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 eompul-
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. l9. 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 Natchitoches, 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-
t0ches, and that the inhabitants and prop
erty within the corporate limits of said city
of Natchitoches shall be exempt from the
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
are posted at three public places in said
town.
SEC. q. Be it further enacted. ETC., That
no inconvenience may arise in the admins
tration of the affairs of the city of Natchi-
toehes in consequence of a 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. % 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. D. 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
upon 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 if |
any officer elected shall refuse or fail to I
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 I'LL such vacancy shall be ordered |
and held in accordance with the provisions |
IF this act.
SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, etc, That |