New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-16

| an receiving their commissions OF election
| +ha MAYOR and councilmen shall meet and
| organize themselves into body to be known
| as the ''mayor and council OF Natchltoches,"
| 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 Natchitochea, who shall be
ex otficio 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-
| 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-
| tions, and shall be vested with the
| same powers as are now exercised by the
recorders Of the city Of New Orleans. lie
| shall be committing magistrate, with full
power to examine and commit in all cases
arising under the laws Of the State, for all
| crimes. Otfenses 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 Tor violation
| Of the laws and ordinances OF the cor
| poration Of the city Of Natchit0ches, and
! Otfenses against the same; and shall hold
| his court daily, from nine O'Clock A. M, un-
! til three o'clock p. NJ, or longer if neCes-
| sary. Ali fines collected by said mayor g
court under the provisions OF this act, shall
| be paid into the treasury Of the city OF
| NatchitOches monthly.
SEC. Z. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the mayor shall hold his Office for the term
| Of one year from the first Monday in May,
| eighteen hundred and seventy-two, or until
| his successor shall have been elected and
duly qualified, and he shall be entitled to
and receive an annual salary to be liked by
| the CITY council, which shall be neither in
creased nor diminished during the term OF
office in which it shall be established.
SEC. 8. 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 ohe 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 0ffenses 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. g. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| that the mayor and city council, and them
duly elected and qualified successors in
office, shall have perpetual succession; that
| they shall be capable Of insdtuting and de-
Tending suits in all courts OF this State. I'M
| der the title Of "The Mayor and City Coun-
| ell 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 1ulI
power and authority to make and pass such
| laws and ordinances as are necessary and
proper; first, to regulate and preserve the
| peace and geOd order of the city, and pro
| vide for and maintain its cleanliness and
| salubTity, in manner not inconsistent
! with the laws Of this State; second to adopt
and use a common seal; third, to l'urchase,
hold and convey, ALLEVIATE any estate real
or personal, to accept any gift, grant or
Inheritance Of property TOR public or
charitable purposes, to erect school,
market and fire engine houses, and such
/, other buildings as may te for the public
benefit, and to build a city workhonso :;
fourth to establish a quarantine for the
| protection 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 immovable
propcrtv of the city OF Natchit0ches as
shall he deemed necessary by them; pro-
vided, that SAID taxes shall in no one year
exceed two per centum on the assessed
| value, of the real and personal estate within
| said CITY for the year Tor which the
assessment of taxes is made; sixth, to i'm
pose an annual license tax on trades, pro
| LESSONS and callngs, said license to expire
on The thirty first day Of December in the
year III which it was obtained, AND which
license tax shall be due and payable at the
| office of the city treasurer from the IfSt
dav Of January to the twenty-eighth day
Of February inclusive; seventh, to
fix the amount of bonds to be given
by the city officers from whom bonds are
| requircd: eighth, to organize, appoint and
T. = a
to appoint az many police officers as may
he necessary: to fix their salaries and com
| ppnsatiOn Of all officers and others appoint
ed or elected by them; to remove tor suth
Gent cause any Of the appoint6cs or officers
elected by themselves, aud to define the du
| ties of all such officers and Apprentices
ninth. to survey aud lay out streets, public
sunares, to regulate and make improve
inents to the streets and squares and other
! public property, and provide tor lighting
and watering the same: to construct q
wharf within the corporate limits, and tiI
the wharfage dues thereon; to order anC
direct the ditcbing, filing, opening, widen
ing and continuing OF any of the streets
and II for the above or other public pur
poses the land OF any private person OF
BODY corporate is necessary to be had, tG
nurcbase the same at reasonable price
or to cause the Same to be appropriated
according to the mode and tormalltleE
prescribed BY existing laws upon the SUB
iect. to regulate the proportions and t
make and repair all common drains, pubh(
roads, levees, causewaYs and bridges, Il
determine the completion and pavement O
the streets, to fix the squaring, and to pre-
vent, encroachment upon the stopping anC
obstructing of the streets, public squares
sidewalks, levees, public roads or river
banks of the city OF NatchitOches, and t.
order any object, whatsoever may be It'll
value, which may incumber the said place!
or prevent and embarass the free use OF The
same, to be removed or sold for whom 1
NAV concern. in the same manner an(
after sucn advertisement as shall be re
uuired by ordinance; tenth, to clean TIT
banks Of Cane river, or other stream
within the limits Of the city, and reope1
such ancient and natural drains as hav'
been INSTRUCTED by the owners oil adJacen
land; eleventh, to determine what animal
| shall run at large within the cOrporat
limits. and prohibit Others from dong SO
to impound all animals running at large u
violation Of the laws and ordinances OF tn
CITY. to fix the penalties and fines Whlci
the owners thereof snail pay before tn
animal 50 impOunded shall be delivered
M. and to pass laws and ordinances 10
the sale of said animals, after tire
davs' notice in a newspaper, or by posting
twelfth, to abate nuisances, suppress mouse
of ill-fame. and cause the arrest and pun
ishment OF Migrants; thirteenth, to enac
laws and ordinances, and to make app!rc
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