Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-07-05

1T shall be lawful for the Board Of Metro
poiitan Police, and they are here by author
fZed and directed to issue monthly to each
and every member, officer and emplOye of
the police, in payment for services rem
dered, q warrant for a sum sufficient 70 re-
alize in currency tire amount seyerally due
said members, officers and employees at the
annual rate, as is seycfally provihelf0r in
sections 22si, 2ss5 and a2s6 Revised Statutes
of l-70, provided that the amount due
each member, officer or employee Of said DO
lice force shall be subject TO the deductions
for neglect Of duty, disobedience Of orders,
etc, ordered by the Board Of Police Com
missioners, in accordance with section 2252
of the Revised Statutes of 1870.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That
for the purposes of securing uniformity in
the allowance for the amount Of discount
to which said police warrants may be sub
ected, the average discount of said war
rants in the city of New Orleans for the
last fifteen days Of each month is hereby
declared to be the allowance which shall
be given to each member, officer and en-
ploye of the Metropolitan Police force.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the sums allowed ~ discount to the men,
bers, officers and employees of the Metro
politan Police force shall be chargcable pro-
rata to the several corporations comprising
the Metropolitan Police district, and the
same shall become a debt against each Of
the said corporations, in addition to the
sum assessed and made final against said
corporations by the Board Of Police Com
missioners on the sixteenth day Of October,
1872, and that in any future assessments
made by the Board of Police Commissioners
against the sevral corporations comprising
the Metropolitan Police district. any dis
count to which said warrants may be SUBJ
ect shall. be legal and proper charge
against the said corporations comprising
the Metropolitan Police district 30 long a.
i. may be necessary to issue said warfsuts5
and no longer.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, etc. That
all warrants for discount issued to the
members and employees of the Metropolitan
Police force shall be and the same arc
hereby made receivable for all parish and
municipal licenses and taxes within tho
limits of the Metropolitan Police district,
to wit: the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson
and st. Bernard, and the cities Of New Or
leans and CarrofIton, and that any parish
or municipal officer who shall refuse to TO
ceive said warrants 80 issued for discount
as herein provided for the payment of taxes
and licenses due to either of said parishes
OF cities comprising the Metropolitan Po-
lice district shall, with his securities ON
his official bond, be liable in solido to TIE
party or parties offering therein in an re-
tual damages sustained by such party or
parties, and in exemplary damages for at
least double the amount of taxes or licenses
so refused to be received; provided, that
the allowance so issued in excess OF the
regular salary of the officers and members
Of the police force shall not exceed twenty
per cent Of such salary due.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, ETC., Ihat
whenever the Mayors of New Orleans ana
Carrollton and the police juries OF the par
ishes of st. Bernard and Jefferson shall pay
in money to the State Treasurer, a. pro.
vided by law, any portion Of the saao
amount chargeable against the ssid corPo-
ratiOns for police purposes and shall Dotiiy
the Board of Police Commissioners OF the
same, 1t shall be duty of the said police
commissioners to pay the said money, when
turned over to them, pro rata to the men,
bers, officers and employees of the said po-
lice force at the next monthly settlement
with the mehtfefs, officers and employees Of
the police; provided the money IN hand
shall be sufficient to pay not less than tan
per cent of the amount due each Of the
members, etc., of said police.
Sec. 6. BE it further enacted, etc, That
it shall be the duty of the Board of Police
Commissioners, in making their annual rc-
port to the Governor, to set forth state
mcnt of the amount of warrants issssed to
the members, officers, and employees u the
police force for discount under the prOTi-
sious of this act.
SEC. z. Be it further enacted, etc, That
oil acfa and mart nf acfs in crrpd iet With
the provisions of this act be and the same
are hereby repealed.
Sec. q. Be it further enacted. ETC., That
the Board of Metropolitan Police Connie
sioners shall have power and authority to
reorganize the police force Of The Metropolis
tan Police district by removing and dis
missing such officers and men az said board
may elect: provided, that the board shall
reorganize the force within thirty days
from and after the passage of this act.
Sec. Q. Be IL hifther enacted, ETC., That
this acs shall take effect from and after III
passage.
[SignedJ CHARLES w. LOWELL,A
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
[Signed1 &C. ANTOINE
Lieutt nant Governor and President q thu
Senate.
Approved March &c, 1873.
[SignodJ WILLIAM p. KELLOGG,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
WILLIAM WEEKS,
Assistant Secretary of State.
No. 81
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