New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-23

I To buildings as may be for the public
cenet and TO build a city wOrkbouse :
IoutI, to establish a quarantine for the
PPioteClon OF the city against contagious
uI11aSs and epidemios; fifth, to lew and
C IN such annual and special taxes on the
Ieal az personal, movable and immOvable
LIoRoir OF the city of Natchitoches as
SUI i1 deemed necessary by them; pro-
Nlueu' lat SAID taxes shall in no one YEAR
exceed wO per centum on the assnSso5
value othe real and personal estate within
sdlu GU. for the year for which the
assessHe OF taxes Is made; sixth, to i'm
pose an dual license tax on trades. Dro-
IeSsIons al callings, said license to expire
Oh tue uliiy-irst day of December in the
year IN WIN it was obtained, and which
II g. taA all be due and payable at the
once OF Ineity treasurer from the first
Jay VI IL JIaduuy to the twenty-eighth day
o. reOEu# Inclusive: seventh, to
! TX Ille anolts OF bonds to be given
OA INC GIIS. ocers from whom bonds are
Iol G 1lLou' el;hu, to organize, appoint and
uulIoI III auucUmiSsi0n a police force, and
70 ~ aPpoinL tany police officers as may
uo nc GoD'I 'tdiX their salaries and com
PIltSS' LII al Ulcers and others appoint
- 60 OYthem; to remove for sutfi-
oioltoJ ~ any the appOintees or officers
80 tems6yes, and to define the du-
ItGS 70 "9uch officers and apD0intees:
-l,L,uros - ty AID lay out streets, public |
S1+o u"io ., 40 ~ gulte and make improve
LII, reets and squares and other
49, ,--PptoIir, and provide for lighting
IItIu Tritbin le same; to construct |
~. " 40, ,.1'orf,-a corporate limits, and fix
5iroo+ +i,a Jitchi5 thereon; to order and |
80 a. o,TtinIi filling, opening, widen
"9 C - pf any of the streets |
poses the land Of u GtnoL puoHc pur-
body corporate is PIL1".o person of
purchase the same essay " gt nau, 10
or to cause the SAN ITaeonaOIe price,
according to the M ~ 1eAPloPIIateu
prescribed by existing "a auu IoI II
ject, to regulate the "" .,r uRon 'no Suo-
make and repair all cOp,,'O S SroHS anu 70
roads, levees, CausewaH,,I a. I ~ PIotio
determine the completion oIiusos' 70
the streets, to fix the SOU PdNGInenV Oh
vent encTOaChment upOn tSi an! 10 pre-,
Obstructing of the Streets LSGGPPLnS anu
sidewalks, levees, public GiIo squares,
banks of the city Of NatCh5SS OF river
order any object, whatsOeyteo, anu 70
value, which may iucumber taa{s DG us
or prevent and embarass the ttilu PcaCSS
same, to be removed or sold lsG oI Ine
may concern, in the same TnOlh IL
AFTER SUCH advertisements as 81 |
quired by ordinance; tenth, to Oe re-
banks of Cane river, or Othern Che
within the limits of the city, aneains
such ancient and natural drains open
been INSTRUCTED by the owners of aaVe
land; eleventh, to determine what am ,
shall run at large within the COrtlS
limits, and prohibit others from dOiIe {
to impound all animals running at larg
violation of the laws and ordinances of {
city, to fix the penalties and fines viii I
the owners thereof shall pay before
animal so impOunded shall be delivere
up, and to pass laws and ordinances TO
the sale of said animals, after tire
days notice in a newspaper, or by posting
twelfth, to abate nuisanCes, suppress house
of ll-fame, and cause the arrest and pun
ishment of Migrants; thirteenth, to enac
laws and ordinances, and to make apprC
prlatiOns for the purpose Of building a cit,
w0rkhOuse, and providing for the govern
ment OF the same; fourteenth, to pass law
and ordinances imposing a fine upon al
persons who shall conduct any business O
pursue any occupation for which a licens,
is to be collected, whenever such person
shall cOUduct such business or pursue salt
occupation without previously obtainin!
such license; fifteenth, to regulate the police
of theatres, public balls, taverns, places fO
shows and exhibitions, houses of public en-
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 anC
upon persons keeping sucl
places as they may deem necessary anC
proper; sixteenth, to regulate the proper gov
eminent of carts and. draws, carriages, ON
1ibuses and other vehicles Of every descrip
ton; seventeenth, to establish market
places, and adopt regulations by ordinances
governing said market houses and places.
SEC. IL. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the mayor ard city council Of NatchitOcheS
shall succeed to, and be invested with, al
the rights, property and possessions of the
town OF Natchltoches, as previously incOr
DOrated.
SEC. -. Be it further enacted, etc, That
he mayor and four councilmen, and nc
ess number, shall constitute a quorum to
transact business, but to levy any tax, toll
1r impOst, or to tx any license, or to make
my appropriation, it shall require a vote OF
5he majority of the CCuncilmen and mayer,
md the affirmative and negative Of each
vote shall be recorded on the minutes.
SEC. ID. Be it furth6r enacted, etc, That
whenever the owner of the property in
rOnt of which a sidewalk, banquette or
Itch shall have been ordered to be made,
iIled up, cleaned out or repaired, shall fail
% do so in the time required by the laws
md ordinances Of the corporation, toe
mayor and city council shall cause it
0 be done at the expense of the
'wner of the property, and the said
corporation shall have a special privi-
eye on said property to secure the
'aYment SO due, which privilege shall hold
ntil the corporation be paid; and in case
uch owner shall be absent from or have no
uthOrized agent living in the corporation or
arIsh of NatchitOches. or be unknown, the
shall have the right to proceed
2 rem against the property in the manner
Ointed ont by article 292 and seq, of the
ode Of Practice; and the corporation shall
9 entitled to eight per cent interest upon
ne amount paid.
SEC. II. Be it further enacted, etc, That
! case of the absence or inability of the
layOr to attend, the city council shall elect
ne of their number mayor pro tempore.
SEC, Is. Be it further enacted, etc, That
Ie treasurer shall be ex-OfiiciO secre-
lrV of the city council, and as such he shall
eep minutes of the proceedings Of each
eeting. and he shall read all laws, Ordi-
anCes and resolutions, and all other pro-
ceilings of the city council; he shall file all
lie bonds of the officers of the city and re-
'rd them in a separate book, and certified
pies of said bonds and Of all laws and or
nances shall be evidence in all courts of
lis State; he shall furnish, free of costs, to
e mayor Of the city certified copies of all
VS. and ordinances which impose a fine or
,nalty, or both, for their infractiOn, and
, shall do and perform such other duties
may be imposed upon him by the ordi-
lnces Of the city.
SEC. IS. Be it further enacted, etc, That
treasurer he shall keep a correct
count of all moneys received and
sbursed, he shall keep separate and apart
Dm each other all moneys received by tax
ion on real and personal estates, licenses,
es and fOrfeitures, and he shall exhibit
: account whenever required to do SO by