New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-21
No. 81.
AN ACT

boundaries thereof, and for other pur
poses.
SECTION /. 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.
Giles, 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 body corporate
and polite in fact and law by the name and
style Ofthe 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. 2. Be it further enacted, etc. That
the Governor Of the State of Louisiana
shall Immediately after the passage of this
act appoint a 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 c0uneilmen 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 eOuncilmen 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
approach of boats having sick on
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, and 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-
coed the sum of one hundred dollars for
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 a reasona-
BILE time and in case of their inability or
refusal to give security, to cause them to
work on the streets for a 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
spirituous liquors, drays, carts,
trades and professions, fruit stands, oyster
saloons, restaurants, eating houses, livery
stables, bowling alleys, peddlers and hawk
ers, lumber yards, coal yards, butchers and
contractors, shows, menageries, museums
and theatres. At least one-half of said taxes
shall be appropriated exclusively to the
benefit and Improvement of tho 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 may
be, appoint, with the advice and consent of
the cOuncilmeu, 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
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. g. 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 |
the treasurer, collector and marshal, before !
they enter upon the discharge of their
duties. shall give a bond and such security
for the faithful performance of their duties,
as the mayor and councilmen may deem |
In such time as shall be provided for by the |
ordinances and bylaws of the corporation, |
after the receipt of his warrant for collect |
ing any tax which may have been levied |
ana ordered to be collected. collect the |
same and pay it into the hands of the treas |
urer; and for that purpose he shall have |
power ana means to enforce the payment of |
corporation taxes, fines and penalties inn |
posed by the mayor and eounciImen. |
whether Cd residents or nOn-residents, as |
are given to State tax collectors by the |
laws of this State to enforce the payment of |
State taxes, fines and penalties.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted. etc. That IL
shall be the duty of the treasurer of said |
town to receive and receipt for all moneys |
paid over to him by the collector; to keen |
an account of all receipts and expenditures |
in a well bound book, and to submit the
same to the mayor and cOuncilmen when
required, and no money shall be paid out |
by him except upon the warrant of the |
mayor.
SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, etc, That !
It shall be the duty of the secretary to |
record, in a well bound book, to be kept by |
him for that purpose, all the proceedings, |
bylaws, ordinances, etc, enacted by the |
mayor and cOunoilmen, and to cause the |
same to be promulgated, by posting them |
up IN two or more public places in SAID |
town, or by publishing in any newspaper |
published in said town.
SEC; H. BE it further enacted, etc, That |
t shall be the duty Of the marshal to attend /
inc meetings. OF the mayor and cOuncilmen, /
and do and perform all such duties as may /
be required OF him by the mayor and eoun- I
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