New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-24
LAWS OF THE STATE or LOUISIANA
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
No. l32.
AN ACT 49,"

and to repeal all acts Incorporating til
town of Franklin and all acts amendator
and supplemental thereto.
SECTION L. Be it enacted by the Senat
and House of Representatives Of the Stat
Of Louisiana in General Assembly convened
That the resident citizens of the Unite
States within the following limits, to vii
All that tract or parcel of land in the paris
of ST. Mary beginning at point on tn
west bank Of the Bayou Teche east Of B. {
Smiths store, thence to the line between 3
G. Smith and 7. j. Foster, out said line t
I. j. Fosters property, thence in a west
ward direction for stake at twenty acre
from the beginning point on said Bayo1
Teche, thence north and northeast at tn
distance OF twenty acres from the Bayo,
Teche until w. p. Aliens south line be
tween said w. P. Aliens and Mrs. Simeon
Smith is reached, thence east on said line tt
Runk's line, and thence down the line divid
ing Runk from the Franklin cemetery to tn,
Bayou Teche, thence down the Bayou Tech.
to the point of beginning. That survey
shall be made by the parish surveyor. anC
the lines established by him, under the super
vision of the mayor of said town of Franklin
and the same be filed and recorded in the re-
corder's office of the parish of st. Mary, shall
be and they are hereby created and made a
corporation and body polite, with perpetual
succession, by the name and style of the
mayor and common council of the town OF
Franklin, and by that name they and Their
successors shall forever be in law capable
Of sueing and being sued, of defending and
being defended, Of impleading and being
implicated, IN all courts or places of law, in
| all suits and actions, and may have an of
fetal seal, and alter the same at pleasure
and shall have the right of pure hasing, re
ceiving by donation, holding and conveying
| any estate, real or personal, for the use and
benefit Of said town, and tor raising money
by tax for the improvement of the town
and maintenance OF the police thereof, and
| for the purpose OF making and keeping up
| the streets and roads in the same, and fol
all improvements that may be deemed
necessary.
| SEC. ,. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
| the present mayor and council, appointed
by his Excellency William Pitt kellogg,
Governor of the State Of Louisiana, shall
continue and remain IN Office until the Sec
ond Monday in January, 1876. and until
their successors are elected, commissioned
and qualified according to this charter.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the mayor and council shall by resolution
order an election for one mayor and five
cohncilmen thirty days previous to eaid
general election in 1876 for State officers,
and every four years thereafter, which
shall be promulgated by publication in the
official journal Of the town of Franklin or
by notices posted in six public and cOnspic-
uOus places of said town, and said resolution
shall be certified to by the mayor and Sec
the registrar of the parish Of st. Mary thirty
days previous to said election.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the registrar of the parish of ST. Mary ehall
proceed to register all voters within the
corporate limits OF the town Of Franklin in
accordance with the registration and cleo
ton laws of the State of Louisiana; that he
shall appoint two commissioners to hold
said election, and that he shall provide and
keep separate book for the registration of
all votes for the town of Franklin. and that
all votes cast for mayor and cOuncilmen
shall be numbered aud deposited by said
commissioners in a ballot box to be pro-
vided by said registrar, which box ard all
books. stationery, ETC., necessary fer the
registration and conducting all municipal
elections in the said town shall be paid by
order of the mayor and council out of the
treasury of the said town of Franklin.
Sec. 5. Be 1t further enacted, etc, That
all votes deposited as aforesaid shall be
counted and returned by the registrar in
the same manner as IN all State and parO-
chial election; that said returns shall be
canvassed by the returning board of cleo
tons in conformity with the laws of the
State as to other election returns, and the
persons receiving the highest number of
votes for mayor and council shall be COM
nissiOned by the Governor within thirty
days.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the mayor and council shall, before enter
ing upon the discharge of the duties of
their respective offices, be commissioned by
the Governor of the State of Louisiana,
and shall take the oath prescribed by arti-
hxyv,1 y,n1 nC<
State, which oath shall be filed in the office
OF the Secretary of State. and shall remain
in office for the term OF five years and until
their successors are elected, commissioned
and qualified according to this charter.
SEC. I. Be it further enacted. ETC.. That
the mayor and council for the said town of
Franklin shall pass all laws and ordin ances
for said town subject to the approval or
veto of the mayor, but such a veto shall not
negative any law or ordinance which may
be passed by majority of the cOuncilmen
over said veto. That the said mayor and
council shall have power to pass all by
laws and ordinances, to remove nuisances, to
prevent the introduction OF contagious or in
fictitious diseases within said town, to es-
tablish night watches and patrols and to
erect lamps, and generally to pass any by |
laws and ordinances in writing not incon |
Bistent with the constitution and the laws |
they may deem proper. in relation to the |
pubilc markets, streets, highways, alleys |
and sidewalks, and to disorderly conduct |
and nuisances generally, or anything what |
ever that may relate to the good govern |
ment OF said town; to impose such fines and |
penalties for breach of their bylaws and |
ordinances as they may think proper, not |
70 exceed the sum of one hundred dollars
recoverable before any court of competent
nJISdipfIOn. al iIla |
tisorderiy persons, all persons of evil life
,r i'll fame, and all such persons as have no
visible means OF support to give security
or their good behavior for reasonable
ime. and in case of their inability or re-
usal to give security, to cause them to
work in the streets for a limited time, not
exceeding four calendar months, unless
uch security sooner be given, and to close
Up places of business on Sundays.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
he mayor and council shall have power of
ewing an ad yal0rem tax upon all the
ands, houses, stores and movable property |
within the limits of the said corporations;
provided the said tax shall not exceed at
my time one dollar on the hundred; to tax
Willard tables, taverns, mercantile houses,
pothecary shops, groceries, c0tfeehouses
md shops retailing spirituOus liquors.
rays, carts, trades and professions, fruit
lands, oyster saloons, restaurants, eating
louses, lodging houses, livery stables, bow.
ing alleys, peGdlers and hawkers, lumber
ards, coal yards, butchers and contractors,
hOws, menagerles, museums and theatres ,
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted. ETC., That
hs mayor shall, within twenty days after
he prom ulgation of this charter, and within
wenty days after he is elected, commits
Toned and qualified, appoint with the adj
ice and consent of the councilmen, suitable |
ersons to fill the offices of secretary, treas
rer, assessor, collector and marshal of said
who shall mold their offices dur
ng the pleasure of the mayor, and the