New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-07

SQUARES. to regulate and make improve
ments to the streets and squares and Othe.
public property, and provide for lighting
and watering the same; to construct t
wharf within the corporate limits, and ny
the Wharfage dues thereon; to order anC
direct the ditching, 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 OF
| body corporate is necessary to be had, to
! purchase the same at a reasonable price
or to cause the same to b9 appropriated
according to the mode and formallties
prescribed by existing laws upon the sub
! ject, to regulate the proportions and to
make and repair all common drains, public
roads, levees, .causewaYs and bridges, to
determine the completion and pavement Of
| the Streets to fix the squaring, and to pre-
vent encroachment upon the stopping and
| obstructing OF the streets, public squares,
| sidewalks, levees, public roads or river
| banks of the city of NatchitOches, and to
order any object, whatsoever may be its
! value, which may incumber the said places
or prevent and eInbarass the free use of the
came, to be removed or sold for whom it
lay concern. in the same manner and
atty sucn advertisement as shall be re-
4uif3 by ordinance; tenth, to clear the
p9nks of Cane river, or other streams
With he limits of the city, and reopen
1 f such ahIeDt and natural drains as have
j Dee3 o9sei @ted by the owners cot adjacent
anu eioNehh, to determine what animals
s sild:t run "o large within the corporate
1lHlts, ana pr PR hit others from doing SO,
W III PounG az ~ FINALS running at large in
Violation o. Iie las and ordinances of the
clty' 10 TX t 4i' PeeRlties and fines which
animal ami so impoundedf all pay before the
up, and to pass laws e orIinencas for
the sale of said aninhas f., H. 10 .oa
days notice in newspapeT,,,r hT noeting.
twelfth to abate nuisances, st ,ras9 P 6oT,ssss
Of i'll fame, and cause the ARE o,od 49,
ishment of Migrants; thirteentha+d AZ o Ut
laws and ordinances, and to max a Tlr'r0O
Driations for the purpose of building pity
workhouse, and providing for the % wy Wy
ment of the same; fourteenth, to pass leTs
and ordinances imposing fine upon q
persons who shall conduct any business Oh
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 for retailing
| liquors, and to order the same to be closed
whenever the public safety and tranquility
| shall require it, and impose such. duties ami
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 deScrlp-
| 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 ard city council of Natchitoches
shall succeed to, and be invested with, all
the rights, property and possessions of the
town of Natchitocheso as previously incOr-
porated.
SEC. u. 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
any appropriation, it shall require vote of
the majority of the cOuncilmen and mayer,
and the affirmative and negative of each
vote shall be recorded on the minutes.
SEC. -, Be it, further enacted, etc, That
whenever the owner of the property in
front Of which sidewalk, banquette or
ditch shall have been ordered to be made,
filled 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 privi-
ISS6 On 5dlCl property 10 secure Jn6
payment.s0 due, which privilege shall hold
until Incorporation be paid; and in case
such owner shalt oe absent from or have no
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 pes cent interest upon
the amount paid
SEC. l4.s Be it further enacted efe.s That
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-otficio secre-
tarv of the city council, and as such he shall
keep minutes of the proceedings Of each
meeting, and he shall read all laws ordi-
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 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 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. 16. 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, |
fines and torftitures, 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 name"
pointed out by the laws and ordinances ci
the city, and to collect the same.
SEC. Is. Be it further enacted, etc, Thai
for the purpose of levying and collecting
5axes and licenses, the mayor and city
council are hereby invested with full power
% pass all laws not inconsistent with the
of the United States or of this
state, to compel the payment, by cOmpul-
0ry process, of all taxes or licenses which
nay be due, and they are hereby author
zed to confer on the assessor and collector
,Qwer sufficient to carry into effect the laws
md ordinances pertaining to the levyiDg
md collecting of such taxes and licenses.
SEC, 10. Be it further enacted, etc, That
rom and after the passage of this act the
covers of the police jury of the parish OF
tatchit0Ches shall cease and determine
within 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
'hich belong to said parish of Natchi-
Dches, and that the inhabitants and prop
rtv within the corporate limits of said city
Natchitoches shall be exempt from the
ayment of all parish taxes.
SEC. 70. Be 1t further enacted, etc, That
Il the laws and ordinances Of the mayor