New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-29
Secretary State
No. 80.
AN ACT


To authorize the council of the CITY o
Shreveport to levy police tax; to regu
late levies OF taxes, the proceedings Of
tax suits and jurisdiction of the parish
court for the parish of Caddo in reference
thereto; to define and punish forgery il
certain cases; to authorize the funGing Of
the floating debts; to consolidate, limit
and provide tor the debt of the city OF
Shreveport, principal and interest: to au
thorize tax for the support of the city
! government; and to establish fiscal
| agency. defining its duties, and for the
better enforcement of the collection of all
taxes, and other purposes.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
| and House of Representatives of the State
! of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
| vened, That the council of the city of
| Shreveport be and he is hereby authorized
| and empowered to levy and assess police
tax additional to all taxes levied in month
of January, 1874. for the purpose of defray-
ing the police expenses of the year ending
December 81, 1874 and any deficiencies in
the revenues of the city arising from the
over receipts of police warra ats for city
taxes.
SEC. 2. BE it further enacted, ETC., That
said levy shall be made and assessed ac-
cOrding to the assessment rolls homologated
by the city council during the current year
tCfo WAlCu IoI ILLS pun pOSc, anu dill luluTc
official reference thereto shall be denomi-
mated the assessment rolls for 1873.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the tax herein before authorized shall not
exceed one half of one per cent Of the as
sessed valuation of the real, personal and
mixed property according to the rolls.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
said levy be made, any provision of section
eleven of act No. SO of 1871, to the contrary
n wi h sranIinu which iS barahv rpnaa1aI
so far as it may conflict with any provision
of this act.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, ETC.. That
the administrator OF public accounts shall,
as soon as practicable after the passage of
this act, cause to be made out the bills re-
Quired for the collection of the tax, which
shall be signed by him. or person or
persons authorized by him so to do; or
he may consolidate the additional police
tax, herein authorized, with the former city
tax levies. and make and remake bills for
the same either together or separately; all
bills whether of the present or said former
levies for the year 1873 to be signed by the
administrator of public accounts, or by q
person or persons authorized by him so to
do.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted. etc. That
the said bills for additional police tax shall
be collected from March |. 1874 to July 81,
sued together with OF separately from the
other city taxes for the year IS7 81 provided
no additional fee shall be allowed to the
sheriff or the clerk for the fact of their be-
ing separate bills for different properties of
the same person; but the taxes OF each de-
linquent may be embraced in a single suit.
win but one fee to the clerk and sheriff for
their respective services. No eriers fee
shall be allowed in any tax suit hereafter
SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, etc That
if at any time any assessments made by or
under authority of the council of the
CITY of Shreveport shall be declared or be
come void and without effect by reason of
quirement relative to the imposition of
council shall have full authority and power,
by ordinance or otherwise, to make a new
assessment thus becoming or being declared
null and void, and 10 place the tax bills or
certlned accou40fn court and obtain judg-
ment thereflfs eleer publication for the
length OF tiue md tn the manner provided
Tor the eoileceiea yf city taxes, it being the
true intent a1d meaning Of this law that the
city of Shreveport shall not lose the right
10 coiiect annual taxes by reason or on ac-
count of any legal informality after legal
notice to the delinquent for ten DAYS.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted etc That
no money shall be received or collected nv
the city of Shreveport by any department,
unless. an order. bill or recent for the same
shall have been made ont by the adminis-
traitor of the proper department E and
signed, countersigned by him. or nv
some person authorized BY him; and no |