New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-17

| as the mayor and council of NatChit0ches,
| and shall proceed to elect one suitable per
| son to be assessor and collector of the city
| taxes and licenses, and to elect a treasurer
| Of the city of Natchiteches, who shall be
ex otticio 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 of the coun.
| ell 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-
tlODs, and shall be vested with the
same powers as are now exercised by 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, otenses 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.
try and sentence persons for violation
OF the laws and ordinances of the cor
poratiOn of the city of Natchitoches. and
0ttenses against the same; and shall hold
his court daily4from nine o'clock A. NJ un-
til three O'Clock 2. NJ, or longer if neces-
sary. All fines collected by said mayors
cOure under the provisions OF this act, shall
NatChltOches monthly.
SEC. 7. 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 seyenty-two, or until
his successor shall have been elected and
daily qualified, and he shall be entitled to
and receive an annual salary to be fixed by
the CRY 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
the mayor of the city of Natchitoches is
hereby authorized to appoint one court
officer, who shall be at all times subject TO
the orders of the mayor; and said court
officer shall be empowered and authorized
to serve warrants, summons, search war
rants, attachments and mittimus issued by
the mayor in otfenses against the State and
city incorporation, and shall receive the
same fees for such services as are by law
allowed to constables, to be paid by the
city OF NatchitOches.
SEC. 9. BE it further enacted, etc, That
that the mayor and city council and their
duly elected and qualified successors in
office, shall have perpetual succession; that
they shall be capable of instituting and de-
tending suits in all courts of this State, IN
der the title of "The Mayor and City COun-
Gil OF NatchitOches," and that citations and
other legal process shall be served on the
mayor.
SEC 10. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the mayor and city council shall have tuII
power and authority to make and pass such
laws and ordinances as are necessary and
proper; first, to regulate and preserve the
peace and good order Of the city, and pro-
vide for and maintain its cleanliness and
salublity, IN d manner not inconsistent
with the laws of this State; second to adopt |
and Use a common seal; third, to J. urchase, !
hold and convey, ALLEVIATE any estate, real |
or personal, to accept any gift grant or |
Inheritance of property for public or |
charitable purposes. to erect school, |
market and fire engine houses, and such |
other buildings as NAV he for the public
benefit and 10 build q CITY workhouse
fourth to establish a quarantine for the
OF the city against contagious
diseases and epidemiCs; fifth, to levy and
collect such annual and special taxes on the
real and personal, movable and irnmoyabIe
of the city of Natchitochps as
shall be deemed necessary bv them: pro-
7ided, that sad taxes shall in no enc wear
exceed two per centum on the assessed
7alue Of the real and personal estate within
aid city for the wear for which the !
of taxes is made: sixth. to i'm
pose an animal license tax on trades. Dr0-
essions and calllngs. said license to exDire
n the thirty-tirst day Of December in the
ear in which it was obtained, and which
license tax shall be due and DayabIe at the
tiice Of the CITY treasurer from the first
lay of January to the tWentv-eighth day
f February inclusive: seventh. TO
& the amount Of bonds to be given
~ the city officers from whom bonds are
equired; eighth, to organize. appoint and
inform and commission a police force. and
o appoint as many police officers as NAV
e necessary; to fix their salaries and com
ensUtion Of all officers and others appoint
d or elected by them; to remove for suifi-
lent cause any Of the app0intees or officers
leCted by Themselves and to define the du-
les OF all such officers and app0intees;
inth, to survey and lay out streets. public /
luaras, to regulate and make improve
rents to the streets and squares and other
ublic property, and provide for lighting {
nd watering the same: to construct
harf within the corporate limits, and fix
re Wharfage dues thereon to order and {
rect the ditChing filling, opening, widen {
Y and continuing OF any Of the streets,
nd if for the above or other public pur- {
1ses the land Of any private person or [
5dY corporate is necessary to be had, to {
urGhase the same at a reasonable price t
: to cause the same to b8 appropriated S
'c0rdlng to the mode and tOrmalties
by existing laws upon the sub s
Ct to regulate the proportions and to
AXE and repair all common drains, public
$ds, Ievee5, causeways and bridges, to
'termiue the completion and pavement Of
e streets, to fix the squaring, and to pre-
mt encroachment upon the stopping and
of the streets. public SQUARES.
1ewalks, levees, public roads or river
inks of the city of Natchitoches, and to
der any object, whatsoever may be its =
.lue, which may incumber the said places