New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-25
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Niue Iot ana MAINTAIN It's cleanliness and
%salubrity, in a manner not inconsistent
with the laws of this State; second. to adont
and use a common seal; third, to b~urcbase
hold and convey; ALLEVIATE any estate, real
or personal, to accept any gift, grant OF
inheritance of property for public OF
charitable purposes, to erect school,
market and fire engine houses, and such
other buildings as may be for the public
benefit, and TO build a city wOrkhOuse
fourth, to establish a quarantine for the
protection OF the city against contagious
diseases and epidemics; fifth, to levy and
collect sucEf annual and special taxes on the
real and personal, movable and immOvable
property OF the city of NatchitOches as
shall be 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
sald city for the year for which the
assessment of taxes is made; sixth. to i'm
pose an annual license tax on trades, pro-
LESSONS and callings, said license to expire
on the ~thlrty-htst day of December in the
year ID which it was obtained, and which
license tax shall be due and payable at the
once OF the city treasurer from the first
uay OF January 10 tue twenty-eighth day
of February inclusive; seventh. tn
fix the amount of bonds to be given
by the city officers from whom bonds are
required; eighth, to organize, appoint and
uniform and commission a police force. and
to appoint as many police officers as may
be necessary; to tx their salaries and com
pensatlOD OF all officers and others appoint
ed or elected by them; to remove for suff-
Gent cause any of the appOintees or officers
elected by themselves, and to define the du-
ties OF all such officers and apDOintees:
ninth, to survey and lay out streets, public
squares, to regulate and make improve
ments to the streets and squares and other
public property, and provide for lighting
and watering the same; to construct a
wharf within the corporate limits, and fix
the wharfage dues thereon; to order and
direct the ditching, filling, opening, widen
ing and continuing of any of the streets,
and If for the above or other public pur-
poses the land of any private person or
body corporate is necessary to be had, to
purchase the same at a reasonable price.
or to cause the same to be appropriated
according to the mode and fOrmalities
prescribed by existing laws upon the sub
ject, to regulate the proportions and to
make and repair all common drains, public
roads, ~levees, causeways and bridges, etO
determine the completion and pavement of
the streets, to fix the squaring, and to pre-
vent enCTOaChment upon the stopping and
obstructing Of the streets, public squares,
sidewalks, ~levees, public roads or river
banks of the city OF NatChitOches and to
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value, which may incumber the said places
or prevent and embarass the free use of the
to be removed or sold for whom it
may concern, in the SAME name and
after such advertisement as shall be re-
quired by ordinance; tenth, to clean the
banks of Cane river, or other streams
within the limits of the city, and reopen
such ancient and natural drains as have
been INSTRUCTED by the owners Of adjacent
land; eleventh, to determine what animals
shall run at large within the corporate
limits, and prohibit others from doing so,
to lmpOund all animals running at large in
violation of the laws and ordinances of the
city, to fix the penalties and fines which
the OwLers 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
,shment of Migrants; thirteenth, to enact
and ordinances, and to make apprO-
pTiatiOns for the purpose of building a CITY
w~OrkhOuse, and providing for the govern
nent OF the same; fourteenth, to pass laws
ordinances imposing a fine upon all
persons WHIT shall conduct any business or
pursue any occupation for which a license
S to be collected, whenever such persons
shall Conduct such business or pursue said
occupation without previously obtaining
3uch license; fifteenth, to regulate the police
If theatres, public balls, t~averns, places for
and exhibitions, houses of public en-
lertainment, saloons and shops for retailing
and to order the same to be closed
whenever the public safety and tranquility
hall require it, and impose such duties and
equations upon persons keeping such
as they may deem necessary and
sixteenth, to regulate the proper gov
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houses and other vehicles of every descTip-
ion; seventeenth, to establish market
Dlaces. and adopt regulations by ordinances
governing said market houses and places.
Sec. IL. Be it further enacted, etc, That
he mayor ard city council of NatchitOches
hall succeed to, and be invested with, all
he rights, property and possessions of the
OF NatchltOches, as previously inc0r-
SEC. u. Be it further enacted, etc, That
he mayor and four cOuncilmen, and no
number, shall constitute a quorum to
business, but to levy any tax, toll
T impOst, or to fix any license, or to make
ny appropriation, it shall require a vote of
he majority of the cOuncilmen and mayer,
nd the affirmative and negative of each
shall be recorded on the minutes.
SEC. l3. BE it further enacted, etc, That
yhenever the owner of the property in
,Ont Of which a sidewalk, b~anquette or
itch shall nave been ordered to be made,
He'd up, cleaned out or repaired, shall fail
D do so in the time required by the laws
ordinances of the corporation, the
lay or and city council shall cause it
} be done at the expense of the
wner of the property, and the said
OrpOratiOn shall have a special privi-
'ge on said property to secure the
ayment so due, which privilege shall hold
ntil the corporation be paid; and in case
lch owner shall be absent from or have no
lthorized agent living in the corporation or
arIsh of NatchitOches, or be unknown, the
)rpOratiOn shall have the right to proceed
rem against the property in the manner
Ointed out by article 292 and seq, of the
ode of Practice; and the corporation shall
g entitled to eight per cent interest upon
he amount paid.
SEC. IA. Be it further enacted. ETC., That
case of the absence or inability of the
to attend, the city council shall elect
ne Of their number mayor pro tempOre.
SEC. ID. Be it further enacted. etc, That
le treasurer shall be ex-oficio secre-
Try of the city council, and as such he shall
eep minutes of the proceedings of each
and he shall read all laws, Ordi-
ances and resolutions, and all other pro-
of the city council; he shall file all
Re bonds of the officers Of the city and re-
Drd them in a separate book, and certified
,pies of said bonds and Of all lave and or
nances shall be evidence in all courts of
lis State; he shall furnish, free of costs, TO
le mayor of the city certified copies of all
WIS and ordinances WHICH impose a fine or
or both, for their infraction, and
shall do and perform such other duties
may be imposed upon him by the ordi-
inces of the city.
SEC. Is. Be it further enacted, etc, That
treasurer he shall keep q correct
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