Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-06-28

$50 ,,1,no.e aud collect levee fees or wharf
Iie' ,non all steamships, steamboats, and
ssaa afber water craft landing within the
ut; Sn of said city, and generally to make
I N reoulations rs they may deem necessary
a. the benefit Of said city.
i' Co. IL. BE it further enacted, ETC., That
a. MAYOR shall preside at all meetings OF
~ city council, call meetings OF the coun.
~ when he deems it necessary, and shall |
'a,e upon all questions as other members |
Stbe council and it is further provided, |
.hat in case of the absence or inability OF
re- MAYOR to attend, the city council shall
i"ct one of their members mayor pro tenn
Ssc 10. Be it further enacted, etc, That
hsmayor and four councilmen, and no less
.rmber, shall constitute quorum to trans
Nv W. business; but to levy any tax, toll or
;mpost, or to fix any license, or to make
.ny appropriation, it shall required vote
of the majority of the cOuncilmen and
MAYOR and the Affirmative and negative of
such vote shall be recorded in the minutes
of the council.
Sec. 49, Be it further enacted, etc., That
vbeueyer the owner or owners of the prop
ertv i'm front of which a sidewalk or ditch
.baIl have been ordered to be made, filled
nm. cleaned out or repaired, shall fail to do
40 in the time required by the laws and
ordinances of the corporation, the mayor
and councilmen shall cause it to be done at
the expense of the owner or owners of the
property, and the said corporation shall
have special privilege ON said property to
secure the payment for work so done, which
privilege shall hold until the corporation be
paid; and in case such owner or owners
shall be absent from or have no authorized
agent living in the city of Kenner, or par
r. Iaa no rtulnnwn the MAYOR
aud councilmen shall have the right to pro-
coed in rem against the property in the
manner poi ted out by article 292 and seq.
of the Code of Practice, and the corpora
ton shall be entitled to eight per cent in
terest upon the amount until paid.
Sec. 90 Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the MAYOR and councilmen shall have the
power to levy an ad yalorem tax upon all
the lands, houses, stores, shops and nova
BILE property within the limits ofthe city OF
Kenner; provided, the said tax shall not
exceed in any one year one dollar on the
one hundred dollars, for hepurpose OF sup
plement ing State or other aid iii maintain
ing flee schools within the corporate limits
of the said city, in accordance with the
laws of this State on that subject provided,
also, that the board of school directors of
the parish of jefferson, left bank, shall
have and exercise the same control orjuris-
dicticn over the public schools in the said
city limits as before the passage of this act.
Sec. II. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the mayor of the city of Kenner shall be
ex officio Justice of the peace within the
corporate limits of said city, and he is here
by invested with all the powers that are or
may be delegated by the laws Of the State
of Louisiana to Justices of the peace he
may hold his court daily, and for all such
services as justice of the peace he shall be
entitled to charge and receive the same fees
as are allowed by the laws of the State OF
Louisiana to Justices of the peace.
Sec %. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the marshal of the city of Kenner shall be
and is hereby invested with all the powers
and duties of constable under the laws OF
the State of Louisiana, and shall receive
the same fees for such services as are allow
ed by the laws Of the said State to consta
bles.
Sec. %. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the mayor of the city of Kepner, as justice
of the peace, and the marshal OF sad city
as constable, are here hereby invested with
sole control and jurisdiction over all that
territory designated by act of the General
Assembly No. SO of the year 1872, as the
second Justice ward of the parish OF Jeffer
son, left bank, State of Louisiana, lying
adjacent to but not included within the cor
poration limits of the city of Kenner by
this act and it ia further provided, that al
that part of the said act No. SO of the veal
1S72, creating and regulating the secont
jutices ward of the parish of Jefferson, lef
bank, is hereby abrOgated and repealed.
Sec "a. Be it further enacted, ETC., Tha
all moneys paid into the city treasury from
whatever source, excepting only that ac
ruing from special tax, shall be deeme,
general fund, and shall be subject to al
warrants made in the manner herein pro
yided.
Sec. 25. Be it further enacted ETC., Tha
all work or furnishing done for and b.
order Of the corporation of the city OF Ken
ner exceeding in value or amount the sun
of fifty dollars shall be subject to contract
under such laws and regulations as may b
enacted by the mayor and council men o
the said city.
Sec. 26. Be it further enacted, etc. Tha
all the taxes assessed and levied by virtu
of this act on the property, real or personal
of any person or persons, residents or mol
residents, or corporations, are hereby de
clared to be lien and privilege upon SAT-
property, to date from the first day of Apri
of each year from which they may be as
sessed, any alienation thereof or incum
brance thereon notwithstanding, and sal
lien OF privilege shall exist in favor of tn
city of kenner for the respective amount o
taxes assessed until the same shall be full,
paid, and the same shall be paid in prefer
ence to all mortgages and incumbrance
other than taxes due the State of Louisi
ana; and if the license tax, as herein pro
vided, is not paid by the person or person
liable therefor OIL or before the twenty
eighth day of February in each and ever.
year the city of Kenner, upon affidavit
made nv either the MAYOR or any one of tn
councilmen thereof that said tax, common
" known as a license, has not been PAL
by the person or persons liable therefor
shall have a lien in the nature of a lessor
privilege upon the personal property of tn
person or persons so in default, and on az
plication made, a writ of provisional seiz
ure shall issue out of any court of compe
tent jurisdiction in favor of said city, an
said property SO seized Professionally shal
be sold in satisfaction of said tax.
Sec. "a. Be it further enacted, ETC., Tina