New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-19

| mayor and city council shall cause il
| to be done at the expense of the
owner Of the property, and the said
corporation shall have a special priv
| 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 nc
| authorized agent living in the corporation OF
| parish of NatchitOches, or be unknown, the
| corporation shall have the right to proceed
| in rem against the property in the manner
| pointed out by article 1872 and seq, OF The
| Code Of Practice; and the corporation shall
| be entitled to eight per cent interest upon
! the amount paid
SEC. a. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
| in case Of the absence or inability of the
mayor to attend, the city council shall elect
one of their number mayor pro tempOre.
SEC. Is. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| the treasurer shall be ex-otficio 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
| ceedings of the city council; he shall file all
| the bonds Of the officers Of the city and re-
| cord them in a separate book. and certified
copies of said bonds and of all laws and Or
| dinances shall be evidence i'll 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, AID
he shall do and perform such other duties
as may be imposed upon him by the ordi-
nances Of the city.
SEC. Is. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
as treasurer he shall keep q correct
account of all moneys received and
disbursed, he shall keep separate and apart
from each other all moneys received by tax
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
lector to assess the taxes OH 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 ievyinG 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 levying
and collecting of such taxes and licenses.
SEC. l9. 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-
t0chGs, and that the inhabitants and prop
erty within the corporate limits of said city
of NatchitOches 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 mayor
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. y. Be it further enacted, etc. That
no Inconvenience may arise in the admins
trati0n of the affairs of the city Of Natchi-
toches in consequence of failure or neglect
to elect the municipal officers thereof, it is
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, CT
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 is 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 seyenty-twO, or as soon here
after as 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 be ordered
and held III accordance with the provisions
of this ac%
SEC. %. Be it further enacted etc, That
the right OF appeal shall exist in all cases
where fixed penalties and forfeitures shall
be decreed under the provisions Of this
act. to the parish court OF the parish of
NatchitOches in the manner and under this
same fcrmaiities as in the ca s"sOf appeal
and such appeals shall be tried in prefer
eRce to appeals in ordinary cases.
SEC. "a. Be it further enacted. etc, That
all laws OF parts OF laws liz conflict with
this act. and on the same subject matter,
except the general laws of the State rela-
tive to municipal corporations, be and the
same are hereby repealed,
(Signedl o. ii. BREWSTER.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(Signed) ?. B. S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
Senate.
Approved July }, 1872
(Signed) II. c. WARMOTH.
Governor of the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
f. j. HEBRON,