New Orleans Republican., 1873-04-13

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fix the squaring and to prevent any en-,
crsachments upon or the stopping and
| obstructing of the streets, public squares,
| sidewalks, levees, public roads or river
| banks of the city of Monroe, and 70
| order any object. whatever may oe lIS
| value, which may cucumber the SAID faces
| or prevent and embarrass the Tree use VI
| the same, to be removed or sold, for ~Iolrl II At
| NAV concern in the same manner anu ai Ier
| such advertisement as shal! be regulfeu ny
| ordinance. r.
SEC. s. Be It further enacted, etc.. That
| the following paragraph shall be aoue" 70
| the ninth section of the aforementioned
| act, tO-wit: Twenty.frst-IO issue 10 an
! amount not exceeding ten per cent Vi Tue
| taxable valuation of the real ahd PERSONA
| prOpertv of the corporation the Donus Oh
| the c;tv of Monroe, in such form and under
| the yeiifcation and signature OF such offl'
! GERS as the mavor and council may deter
| mine in sums OF not less than one huhu[on
| dollars. nor more than one thousand doll
! lars. and running tor twenty nFe years.
| with interest coupons attached at the rate
| of eight per cent interest per annum
| thereon. which interest coupons snail pe
| made payable at any place or places Whlch
| the said mayor and council may dlrectr
| semfannualIy, on the first day of January
and July of each year, and as they pecoine
| due shall be receivable in payment OF city
| taxes and licenses; and the proceeds vi lhe
| sale of these bonds shall constitute ana De
set apart by the treasurer OK stlu Guy az
| special fund, for the building OF a wharf, OF
| a town hall. of q recorders otlce1 and city
| iail and market house, the purchase OF q
| steam engine, and the cleaning out ol
| Young's bayou, TO secure the proper drain'
| age of the city; and for the payment OF the
| interest aud pl incipal Of said bonds as they
| become due il shall be the imperative duty
| 1oi+v
| are hereby required, in the ordinance pro-
| yiding for the issue OF said bonds. to pro-
| vide. first, that an annual tax snail ne
| levied upon the real and personal estate OF
the corpOration of said city, according to
| existing or future State laws III such cases
| made and provided, which ordinance shaii
| he irrepealable till the redemption ot sald
bonds: second, that none OF sneTe pona1 t;,
| shall become due and payable nnth
the expiration OF i've years from
| the date of their issue; third, that
on the first dav Of January of each year,
after said period of five years One-twentleth
of the amount of the principal OF sad bonds
shall become due and payable; and fourth,
that the terms and conditions OF the retire.
nent and cancellation of sad bonds ana
J the payment of the interest coupons upon
those outstanding shall he fully and speci-
fically provided for in the ordinance author
| iZing their issue.
SgC. 7. Be it further enacted. etc, That
section nineteen of the aforementioned act
shall be SO amended and re-enacted as to
read as follows: That all fines collected by
the said recorders court, or by any eXecu-
tiy.. officers acting under the authority OF
the same and under its decree, shall be
paid TO the recorder, an exact account OF
which shall be kept by him, the amount OF
which fines shall he paid over by HIM 10
the eitv treasurer for each month, within
the fist five days of the succeeding month.
and.the treasurer's receipt taken thereof.
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted. etc. That
section twenty Of the aforementioned act
shall be so amended and re-enacted as to
read as follows: That said recorder shall
hold his court open ar a place provided by
the mayor and council. tor the dispatch OF
business daily; that he shall receive such
salary, not Itol he less than four hundred
dollars per annum as may by ordinance ne
fixed by the city council: and he shall. in
| addition to said salary, be authorized to
charge and receive, as committing magis.
trate, and from the accused, IN cases OF
| conviction for violation o! the city ord!.
| nances, such fees as are now or may here.
after be allowed to justices of the peace in
criminal matters, and he shall be entitled
to collect said fees in the same manner as
Justices of the peace now collect She.r ices
in criminal cases.
-
tie twenty first section y. the aiOremen-
toned act snail be so amended and re.
| enacted as TO read as follows: Tha: the juris-
dicti0n of said recorder shall not extend
beyond the corporate limits OF the city OF
Monroe. in any cases: that ne shat. hold his
office for the term Of two years, or until his
| successor shall have been duly appointed
and qualified: provided. tha: the Governor
| shall, immediately upon the passage OF this
act, appoint and commission under this
amended act, a competent resident Of the
| city OF Monroe rs recorder thereof. whose
term Of office shall expire on the first day
OF June. 1879.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted. etc. That
| section twenty-eight OF the aforementioned
act be 50 amended and Tc enacted as TO
| read AS follows: That the mayor OF the city
of Monroe shall give notice tor the space Of
! four weeks preceding any city election Of
said election in the Journals of said city. or
il there are no journals published therein
| bv posting in three public places in each
! ward to be established as hereinafter pro.
| yided for, and that the commissioners of
| election for each ward, after having counted
| the votes and returned them to the box,
shall make returns thereof. together with
| the hOx, to the mayor and city council, and
| shall deposit for safe keeping and Veritica.
| ton Of said returns duplicate and certi.
fed copy thereof with the clerk of the dis.
| trict iii and for the parish of Ouachita.
SEC. ii. Be it further enacted. etc, That
all real aud personal property within the
corporation of the city of Monroe, and all
persons, firms and corporations within the
said corporation be and the same are
hereby exempted from al! taxes and licenses
levied by the parish Of Olachita, from
and after the first day Of January. 1873;
provided, that the city Of Monroe shall be
Liable for the expenses in ali criminal cases
originating within its corporate limits; and
the clerk OF the district court and the
sheriff Of the parish OF 0uachita shall col
lect their feea IN such cases from the cOrpo
rate authorities OF the city Of Monroe, and
not from those of the parish OF Ouachita.
SEC. II. BE it further enacted. etc. That
all laws and parts Of laws il conflict with
the provisions of this act and On the same
subject matter. eIcep. the general laws OF
che State relative To municipal corpora
.ion.. be and the same are hereby repealed
and that this act take effect from and after
its passage.
:Signed) o. II. BREWSTER.
| Speaker Of the House Of Representatives
iSigned) p. B. $. PINCHnhCK.
Lieutenant Governor aEC1 !TesiGen: OK :h(
Senate.
i true copy.
y. q. DTSiOSDr.
Secretary cf StatH.