New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-11

| AN ACT
To remodel and renew the charter. extend
| and define the boundaries. and to limit
| and the better to define the duties and
| powers Of the corporate authorities of the
! town of Homer, parish of Claiborne, and
to repeal all conflicting laws or parts of
! laws.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
| of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
| vened, That the tract of land lying in a
! square and extending two miles on each
| and every SIDE, in the centre of which is the
| northwest corner of the public square of the
| town OF Homer. in the parish of Claiborne,
| be and the same is hereby constituted q
| town corporote and body polite. by the
name and style of the mayor and seiectmen
OF the town OF Homer, and by that name they
and their successors shall forever be in
law, capable of suing and being sued, of
defending and being defended, and Of i'm
pleading and being implicated, in all courts
or places of law, in all suits and actions,
and may have an official seal, and alter
the same at pleasure, and shall have the
right OF purchasing, receiving by donation,
holding and conveying any estate real and
personal, for the use and benefit of said
town; and for 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 within the corporate limits of the
same, and for all other improvements
which SAID corporation may deem neces-
sary and proper.
SEC. >. Be it further enacted, etc, That
there shall be an election held on the first
Monday Of April next for mayor and select
men aud town marshal for the said town
OF Homer, which election shall be held and
conducted by the mayor of said town, as
n hnavr .lDxl
which election all citizens residing within the
limits of said corporation, and who are en-
titled to vote for members of the General
Assembly, shall be allowed to vote; and
every year thereafter, on the first Monday
IN April of each year, there shall be an
election for mayor and selectmen and town
marshal OF said town, which shall be held and
conducted by the mayor as heretofore pro-
ylded for, unless it shall be otherwise pro-
vided for by the corporation laws. The
present lncumbents of said town of Homer
shall hold their offices until the said first
Monday of April, 1874 and unit their sue
cessors shall have been elected and duly
qualified, and the present mayor of said
town shall give ten days notice of every
election to be holden by him, whether it be
a regular election or to ill vacancies, which
notice shall be published by two insertions
IN each and every newspaper published in
said town. And all elections for officers of
said corporation shall commence at 10 A.
81. aud close at 4 2. ri. of the same dav:
and in case the mayor refuse or neglect to
hold any election for the government of
said town of Homer, whether it be gen.
eral or special election, any one of the 40.
leotmen may do so; and if they refuse. then
the justice of the peace for the seventh
ward of the parish of Claiborne, holding
his office within the corporate limits of said
town Of Homer, may hold said elections.
which shall be conducted in all other re-
spects. except the provisions of this act or |
the provisions of town ordinances regulat- |
ing the same, as other elections of this |
State.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted. etc. That |
there shall be five selectmen elected for |
said town OF Homer, and no more, who |
shall pass all laws and ordinances for said |
town, subject to the approval or veto of the |
mayor; but such veto shall not negative |
amy law or ordinance which may be passed |
oy the unanimous vote of four of the select
men.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
in case of the absence of the mayor or any
OF the selectmen, for more than one month |
from said town, their places shall be deemed |
vacant, and may be filed according to the |
provisions of this act
SEC 5. Be it further enacted, etc. That
the mayor of said town OF Homer be aud |
e hereby invested with all powers and du-
ties OF . justice Of the peace for all civil
and criminal matters originating within the