New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-03
No. 93.
AN ACT

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= To incorporate the city of Natchitoche
= and provide for the government of Il
same.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senat
g and House OF Representatives of the Stat
F of Louisiana in General Assembly convened
i; That all that portion of land within the TO
J lowing boundaries, to wit: bounded on til
f east by Red river, including the left ban
! of said river; on the south by the lowe
= line of the land belonging to Auguste MAJ
r tin; on the north by a line beginning at Re
river, and running due west across the higI
est point of Badins Hill to Bayou Ides o
YaCo; thence on the west by a line runnin
due south until it intersects the southern
line, shall be known and distinguished b,
the name of the city of Natchitoches.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, ETC., Tha
to provide for the governmental the city o
Natchitoches, there shall be elected on tht
: first Monday in May of every year, by the
qualified voters Of said corporation from
among themselves, one mayor and six coun
GIlmen, with the powers and duties herein
after set forth.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the election Of the officers created by the
second section of this act shall be held
at the courthouse in said city, and be pre-
viOusly notified to the inhabitants by pub
lie advertisement at the door of the court
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city, which notice shall be given by the
mayor of said city, ten days before holding
| the election; and said election shall com
mence at six o'clock A. NJ and close at six
o'clock ?. NJ. Of the same day, and the said
election shall be conducted in all respects
| according to the laws of the State reguIat-
ing elections, and the returns to be made
and commissions issued according to the
| election laws Of the State, which may be in
force atsuch time.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
IN case of tie vote at said eIectit Il, or in
| case of the death or resignation of any of
the officers mentioned in the third section
of this act the clerk of the district court or
his deputy shall order an election in the
manner set forth in the third section of this
act, and plurality of votes at all elections
shall be sufficient
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted. etc., That
on. receiving their commissions of election
the mayor and cOunCilmen shall meet and
organize themselves into a body to be known
as the mayor and council Of Natchtoches."
and shall proceed to elect one suitable per
son to be assessor and collector of the city
taxes and licenses, and to elect treasurer
OF the city Of Natchitoches, who shall be
ex 0thciO secretary Of the city council.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the Mayor shall preside at all meetings of
city COUNCIL, shall call meetings ofthe coun-
Gil when he deems necessary, shall approve
all laws, ordinances and resolutions of
the city council, shall vote as other
members OF the council upon all ques-
tons, and shall be vested with the
same powers as are now exercised bv the
recorders of the city Of New Orleans. He
shall be committing magistrate, with full
power to examine and commit in all cases
arising under the laws of the State, for all
crimes, ottenses and 'misdemeanors against
the State in the same manner and to the
same extent as justices of the peace now
or hereafter may do. He is hereby
authorized and empowered to examine.
OF the laws and ordinances of the cor |
poration Of the city of Natchitoches, and
Otfenses against the same; and shall hold |
his court daily, from nine o'clock A. NJ I'M
III three GG'22ii2ck ?, NJ, or longer if neces-
sary. All fines collected by said MAYORS /
court under the provisions of this act, shall |
be paid into the treasury of the city of |
monthly.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc, That |
the mayor shall hold his office for the term
of one year from the first Monday in NAV.
eighteen hundred and seventy-tw0, or until
his successor shall have been elected and
duly qualified, and he shall be entitled to
and receive an annual salary to be fixed by
the city council, which shall be neither in
creased nor diminished during the term of
office in which it shall be established.
Sec. s. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
he mayor of the city of Natchitoches is
hereby authorized to appoint one court
officer who shall be at all times subject to
he orders OF The mayor; and said court
't1cer shall De empowered and authorized
o serve warrants, summons, search war
ants, attachments and mittimus issued by
he mayor in offenses against the State and
ity incorporation, and shall receive the
anne fees Tor such services as are by law
flowed to constables, to be paid by the
ity of NatchitOches.
SEC. y. Be it further enacted, ETC., That !
hat the mayor and city council and their
uly elected and qualified successors in
ttice, shall have perpetual succession; that Z
hey shall be capable of instituting and de- {
ending suits in all courts of this State, I'M
er the title of 'The Mayor and City Coun- 1
i of Natchitoches," and that citations and
Their legal process shall be served on the 1
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SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, ETC.. That I
le mayor and city council shall have full t
over and authority to make and pass such b
WIS and ordinances as are necessary and ]
roper; first, to regulate and preserve the b
aaCe and good order of the. city. and pro- Y
de for and maintain it's cleanliness and t
.lubrity, i'll a manner not inconsistent e
18th the laws of this State; second to adopt 0
i'd use a common seal; third, to b,lrChase p
I'D and convey, ALLEVIATE any estate, real
personal, to accept any gift, grant or a
heritance Of property for public or a
laritable purposes, to erect school, a.
arket and fire engine houses, and such Il
her buildings as may be for the public a
neft, and TO build a city workhouse; te
urth, to establish quarantine for the
election of the city against contagious n,
seases and epidemics; fifth to levy and TT
llect such annual and special taxes on the to
al and personal, movable and immovabIe to
operty of the city of NatchitOches as be
all be deemed necessary by them; pro. III
led, that SAID taxes shall in no one year ce
coed two per centum on tae assessed
lue of the reaIan personal estate within th
d city for the year for which the pa
essment Of taxes is made; sixth. to i'm 70
Sc an annual license tax on trades. pro tn
siOns and callings, said license to expire sa
the thirty-frst day of December in the M
IT In which it was obtained, and which ell.
snse tax shall be due and payable at the co
ce of the city treasurer from the first az
7 of January to the twenty-eigbtb dav off
February inclusive; seventh. to mn
the amount Of bonds to be gwen ir
the city officers from whom bonds are hu
uired; eighth, to organize aDnoinf and | aft