New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-01
LAWS Of THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
AN ACT

To incorporate the town of Coushatta, in
the parish of Red River.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
Of Louisiana in General Assembly con
vened, That the resident citizens of the
United States within the following limits,
to wit: All that tract or parcel of land in
the parish OF Red River, commencing at the
mouth of COushatta bayou, up SAID
bayou to its intersection with BayOu
NichOla down said bayou to section thirty
seven, township twelve, range ten west:
thence east along said section line for the
distance of One-half Of one mile; thence
due south to Bayou Nichola; thence in a
straight line to the west end of Hays lane,
on the bank of Red river; thence up said
river to the place of beginning shall be
and are hereby created and made a eOrpO-
ration and body polite, with perpetual sue
cessiOn, by the name and style of the mayor
and cOunellmen of the town of COushatta,
and by that name they and their successors
shall forever be in law capable of suing and
being sued, of defending and being defend
ed, OF impleading and being implicated in
all courts or places of law, in all suits and
actions, and may have an official seal and
alter the same at pleasure, and shall have
the right OF purchasing, receiving BIZ dOna-
ton, holding and conveying any estate,
real or personal, for the use and benefit of
said town, and for raising money by tax for
the improvement of the town and mainten-
ance OF the police Thereof, and for the pur-
pose of making and keeping up the streets
and roads in and around the same, and Tor
all other improvements which said corpora
ton may deem necessary and proper.
SEC. = Be it further enacted, etc, That
the Governor of the State OF Louisiana
shall, immediately after the passage of this
act, appoint q mayor and five councilmen in
and for the said town of COushatta. and on
the day fixed by law for holding the general
election in November, eighteen hundred
and seyenty-twO, and every two years there
after, the mayor and COuncilmen shall cause
an election to be held for mayor and five
councilmen of said town.
SEC 3. Be it further enacted, ETC., That there
shall be elected or appointed, as the case
may be, mayor and five cOuncilmen for the
said town Of COushatta, and nOmOre, who
shall pass all laws and ordinances of 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 cOuncilmen over said veto; that
the said cOuncilmen shall have power to
pass all bylaws and ordinances, to regulate
the stationary anchorage and mornings of
vessels within their jurisdiction, to prevent
ana remove nuisances, to prevent the in
PRODUCTION of contagious or infectious
diseases within said town bv regulat-
ing the approach of vessels having
SICK on board, and the landing of the
sick, or articles calculated to Dro-
duce disease, to establish night watches
and patrols, and to erect lamps, and gere-
rally to pass any bylaws and ordinances
in writing not inconsistent with the cOnsti-
tuition and laws of the United States and of
this State, as they may deem proper in re-
latiOn to the public markets, streets, high.
ways, alleys, and sidewalks, and to diS0r
DERBY conduct and nuisances generally, or
anything whatever that may relate to the
COED government of said town; to impose
SUCH hnes and penalties for breach of their
bylaws and their ordinances as they NAV
think proper, not to exceed the sum of one
hundred dollars for single Offense, recov-
cradle before any court of competent iuris-
dictlon; to cause all Migrants, idle or disor-
DERBY persons, all persons of evil life or ILL
fame, and all such as have no visible means
of support to give security for their good be-
haviOr tor reasonable time, and in case OF
their inability or refusal to give security, to
cause them to work in the streets for a linn
tied time, not exceeding four calendar
months, unless such security sooner be
given; to regulate weights and measures:
to restrain and prohibit gambling; to close
up places Of business on Sunday, and to
estaDAsh ana regulate IRE companies.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the mayor and council shall have power of |
levying an ad valOrem tax upon all the |
lands, houses, stores and movable property |
within the limits of the said corporation: |
Provided, That the said tax shall not ex-
eeed at any time one dollar on the hun
dred; to tax billiard tables, taverns, mer-
camille houses, apOthecary shops, groceries,
and shops retailing spirituous
liquors, drays, carts, trades and professions,
fruit stands, oyster saloons, restaurants,
eating houses, lodging houses, livery
stables, bowling alleys, peddlers and hawk