New Orleans Republican., 1872-05-23
No. 81.
AN ACT

To incorporate the town of Evergreen, in
the parish of AvOyelles, defining the
boundaries thereof, and for other pur-
poses.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
vened, That all that portion or district
known as Evergreen in the parish OF AyOy.
elIes, contained within the following limits:
beginning at point IN the centre OF Hill
street, opposite the residence known as b.
B. HudsOn's, and from this given point to
include and comprise Oneimile square. be and
the same is hereby created a body corporate
and polite in fact and law by the name and
style of the town of Evergreen, and by the
same name shall have perpetual succession,
shall be capable of suing and being sued,
and of prosecuting and defending in all
courts all actions and matters whatever;
may purchase and receive by donation and
hold property of all kinds within and with
out the limits OF the town; also may have
and use a common seal.
SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, ETC.. That
the Governor of the State of Louisiana
shall Immediately after the passage of this
act appoint mayor and five cOuncilmen
in and for the said town of Evergreen,
whose term of Office shall be for the period
of one year, dating from the first Monday
of April, A. D. 1872, or until their success
sOrs are elected and qualified; and every
year thereafter there shall be an election
for the said officers by the qualified voters
of the town of Evergreen at large.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the mayor and five councilmen who shall be
elected or appointed, as the case may be,
shall pass all laws or ordinances for said
town, subject to the approval or veto of the
mayor; but such veto shall not negative any
law or ordinance which may be passed by
four of the cOunci1men over said veto; that
the said cOuncilmen shall have power to pass
all bylaws and ordinances to regulate, pre-
vent and remove nuisances; to prevent the
Introduction of contagious diseases with
in said town by regulating the
board and the landing of the sick or
articles calculated to produce disease; to es-
tablish night watches and patrols and to
erect lamps, and generally to pass any by
laws and ordinances, in writing, not incOn-
sistent with the constitution and laws of
the United States and of this State as they
may deem proper in relation to public mar
kets, streets, highways, alleys and side
walks, aid to disorderly conduct and nui-
sances generally, or anything whatever that
may relate to good government of said
town; to impose such fines and penalties
for breach of their bylaws and their Ordi-
nances as they may think proper, not to ex-
ceed the sum of one hundred dollars for a
single Offense, recoverable before any court
of competent Jurisdiction to cause all va
grants, idle or disOrderly persons, all per-
sons of evil life or ill-fame and all such as
have no visible means of support to give Sc
curity for their good behavior for reasona-
BILE time and in case of their inability or
refusal to give security, to cause them to
work on the streets for limited time, not
exceeding four calendar months, unless such
security sooner be given; to regulate
weights and measures; and to make such
ordinances as they may deem necessary for
the good government and municipal regula-
ton of the said town.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the mayor and council shall have power of
levying an ad valOrem tax upon all lands
houses, stores and movable property within
the limits of said corporation provided,
the said tax shall not exceed at any time
one dollar on the hundred to tax billiard
tables, taverns, mercantile houses, apothe-
cary shops, groceries, cofeehouses and shops
retailing spirituous liquors, drays, carts,
trades and professions, fruit stands, oyster
saloons, restaurants, eating houses, livery
stables, bowling alleys, peddiers and hawk
ers, lumber yards, coal yards, butchers and
contractors, shows, menageries, museums
and theatres. At least one-half of said taxes
benefit and Improvement of the streets and
sidewalks of said town of Evergreen.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the mayor shall, within ten DAYS after his
election or appointment, as the case NAV
be, appoint with the advice and consent Of
the councilmen, suitable persons to fill the
offices of secretary, treasurer, assessor, col |
lector and marshal of said corporation, who
shall hold their offices during the pleasure
of the mayor, and the mayor shall fill any
vacancy in said offices within ten DAYS after
it occurs, in the same manner as above pro-
vided, and any two or more of said offices |
may be consolidated, except the treasurer
and collector, which shall not be conferred |
on the same person.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc, That |
the mayor and council shall hold their Of |
fees for one year, and until their successors
are duly elected or appointed, as the case |
may be, and qualified. and that before en-
tering upon the discharge of the duties of
their offices, they shall take the oath pre-
scribed by article one hundred OF the con
stitution of this State, which oath shall be
fled in the Office of Secretary of State.
Sec, 7, Be it further enacted, etc., That