New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-09

| limits. and prohibit others from doing 50,
| to impound all animals running At large Ia
violation Of the laws and ordinances OF the
/ city, to fix the penalties and fines which
! the owners thereof shall pay before the
| animal SO impOunded shall be delivered
| up. and to pass laws and ordinances for
/ the sale of said animals, after three
/ DAYS notice in a newspaper, or by posting;
twelfth, to abate nuisances, suppress houses
| of ill-fame, and cause the arrest and pun
| ishment of Migrants; thirteenth, to enact
/ laws and ordinances, and TO make apPr0-
| Driations for the purpose Of building city
| Workhouse, and providing for the govern
ment OF the same; fourteenth, to pass laws
/ and ordinances imposing line upon all
persons who shall conduct any business or
/ pursue any occupation for which Licenses
| is to be collected, whenever such persons
/ shall eOuduct such business or pursue said
occupation without previously obtaining
/ such license; fifteenth, to regulate the police
/ of theatres, public balls, taverns, places for
| shows and exhibitions, houses Of public en-
| tertainment, saloons and shops for retailing
/ liuuors, and to order the same to be closed
/ whenever the public safety and tranquility
| shall require it, and impose such duties and
regulations. upon persons keeping such
! places as they may deem necessary and
| proper; sixteenth, to regulate the proper gov
/ eminent of carts and dFays, carriages, ON
nibuses and other vehicles Of every deseTip-
| ton; seventeenth, to establish market
! places, and adopt regulations by ordinances
governing said market houses and places.
/ SEC. II. BE it further enacted, etc That
| the mayor and city council Of Natchitoches
| shall succeed to, and be invested with, all
the rights. property and possessions OF the
| town of Natchitoches, as previously lncOr-
porated.
SEC. H. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| the mayor and four eOuncilmen, and no
| less number, shall constitute quorum to
/ transact business, but to levy any tax, toll
| or impost, or, to fix any license, or to make
| any appropriation, it shall require vote Of
| the majority of the cOuncilmen and mayer,
and the affirmative and negative of each
| vote shall be recorded on the minutes.
| SEC. Is. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| whenever the owner of the property IN
| front of which a sidewalk, banquette or
ditch shall have been ordered to be made,
! filed up, cleaned out or repaired, shall fail
| to do so in the time required by the laws
mayor and city council shall cause it
| to be done at the expense of the
owner of the property, and the said
| corporation shall have a special priVi
| lege on said property to secure the
| payment so due, which privilege shall hold
until the corporation be paid; and in case
| such owner shall be absent from or have no
| authorized agent living in the corporation OF
| parish of Natchitoehes, or be unknown, the
| corporation shall have the right ia proceed
| in rem against che property in the manner
! pointed out BIZ article 292 and seq, of the
| Code of Practice; and the corporation shall
be entitled to eight per cent interest upon
| the amount paid.
SEC. IA. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
in case of the absence or inability of the
mayor to attend, the city council shall elect
| enc of their number mayor pro tempOre.
SEC. Is. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the treasurer shall be ex-Oficio secre-
tary of the city council, and as such he shall
keep minutes of the proceedings of each
| meeting, and he shall read all laws, ordi-
nances and resolutions, and all other pro
oeedings of the city council; he shall file all
the bonds of the officers of the city and re-
cord them in separate book, and certified
copies of said bonds and of all laws and or
dinances shall be evidence in all courts of
this State; he shall furnish, free. of costs, to
the mayor of the city certified copies of all
laws and ordinances which impose fine or
penalty, or both, for their infraction, and
he shall do and perform such other duties
as may be imposed upon him by the Ordi-
nanees Of the city.
SEC. 16. Be it further enacted, etc, That
as treasurer he shall keep correct
account of all moneys received and
disbursed, he shall keep separate and apart
alton on real and personal estates, licenses,
fines and fOrfeitures, and he shall exhibit
his account whenever required to do so by
the mayor and city council.
SEC. IL. Be it further enacted ETC., That
it shall be the duty of the assessor and col
leetor to assess the taxes on real and per-
sOnal estate in the city, in the manner
pointed out by the laws and ordinances of
the city, and to collect the same.
SEC. Is. Be it further enacted, etc, That
for the purpose of levyinG and collecting
taxes and licenses, the mayor and city
council are hereby invested with full power
to pass all laws not inconsistent with the
constitution of the United States or of this
State, to compel the payment, by compul-
sorry process, of all taxes or Licenses which
may be due, and they are hereby author
lied to confer on the assessor and collector
power sufficient to carry into effect the laws
and ordinances pertaining to the IeVying
and collecting of such taxes and licenses.
SEC. IS. Be it further enacted, etc, That
from and after the passage of this act the
powers of the police jury of the parish OF
Natchitoches shall cease and determine
within said city of NatchitOches, and the
mayor and the city council shall possess all
the powers within said corporation which
have been heretofore exercised by the police
jury, except SO far as it relates to public
buildings and property within said city
which belong to said parish Of Natchi-
tOches and that the inhabitants and prop
erty within the corporate limits Of said city
Of NatohitOches shall be exempt from the
payment of all parish taxes.
Sec. 20. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all the laws and ordinances of the mayer
and city council shall have effect two days
after publication in the official journal of
the parish, or after certified copies of them
are posted at three public places in said
town.
SEC. q. Be it further enacted, etc, That
no inconvenience may arise in the admins
tration of the affairs of the city of Natchi-
toehes in consequence Of failure or neglect
to elect the municipal officers thereof, itsis
hereby declared that all officers elected
under this act shall remain until their sue
cessors are duly elected and qualified
SEC. %. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage, and the officers elected under the
former charter shall hold their offices until
the first Monday in May, A. d. one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-two, or
until their successors shall have been duly
elected and qualified, and the clerk of the
court shall order an election under this act
as soon as the same promulgated, and the
officers elected at said election shall enter
upon the discharge of their duties on the
first Monday of May, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy two, or as soon here
after az they may qualify; provided, that if
any officer elected shall refuse or fail to
qualify within thirty days from the date of
his election, the Office for which he was
elected shall be deemed vacant, and new
election to fill such vacancy shall he ordered
and held In accordance with the provisions
of this act
SEC. %. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the right OF appeal shall exist in all cases
Il L.