New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-05-08

IPUBLHHED BY AUTHORITY.
No.. 1873.

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AN ACT
|. TO incorporate the town Of Providence, u
| the parish Of Carron, and. to repeal al
laws in conflict with this act. se'aa rsT94s .
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representative of the State
| OF Louisiana in General Assembly conven.
| ed, That the following tract or parcel of
land in the parish Of Carroll shall be the
boundary limits Of the town of Providence;
that it shall be surveyed by the corporate
authorities of said town, and the residents
within said limits shall be and are hereby
made body polite, and are incorporated
under the name of the town of Providence,
| with the right to sue and be sued, prose-
| cute and defend, in any and all courts, all
| actions and matters pertaining to said
town, purchase or receive by donation and
| own any property, personal or real, within
or without the limits of said town, raise
money by taxation for the maintenance
| and government of the town, the enforce
ment of its police regulations, and for all
| necessary improvements, to wit: That
| certain district of country lying on
| the west bank of the Mississippi
river in said parish, the boundary lines
| of which shall commence on the
margin of the river, not more than four
hundred, not less than three hundred yards
north of the Grant canal running westward
| ly in q direct line to point one hundred
Yards northwest of the dwelling house of
| +. M HolbrOok, thence to and across Lake
| Providence directly to point on the south
| bank Of said lake opposite the western
| boundary of the property owned and occu
| pied by Mrs. Adline N. Larch, thence south
| five hundred yards, thence in a straight
| line to point on the west bank Of the river
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| thence to the point of beginning. In COM
pliance with this act the cOuncilmen of said
| town shall have an accurate survey made
| as soon as practicable after their induction
| into office and cause q map of survey to be
| executed by q competent surveyor, and
shall define the boundary lines of the said
| town by the adoption OF the said map, and
| the certificate of survey of said surveyor.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That
| the government of said town of Providence
| and the administration of its affairs shall be
| vested in q mayor and five councilmen,
| whose term Of Office shall be for two years.
| SEC. 3. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That
| the Governor Of the State shall Immediately
| after the passage of this act appoint a
| mayor and five councilmen in and for said
town of Providence, the same to be ap-
pointed from among the inhabitants within
| said corporate limits, to hold office until
| their successors are elected and qualified,
| and on the first Monday in November, A. D..
| 1874, and on the first Monday in No
| vember every two years thereafter,
| an election shallbe held in said town
| for a mayor and five councilmen, the
| said election to be proclaimed by the
| mayor with a public notice in the official
l journal of the town for twenty days before
said election, the said election to be super
| yised by the supervisor of registration of
| the parish: that at said election the voters
| and all the officers shall be required to be
citizens of the Unitedl States and OF this
| State. and to have had actual residence
| within the corporate limits Of said town TOR
| ten DAYS prior TO the election.
SEC. a. Be it further enacted, ETC.. That
| the mayor and five councilmen shall hold
| their meetings as often as once every month,
| at time and place they may select, the
mayor presiding, and at such meetings a
| majority of said councilmen shall constitute
| q Quorum for the transaction OF all business;
1 that in case of the sickness or other neces-
| sary cause of absence of the mayor, the
councilmen may elect their chairman from
| their number at any regular meeting, at
winch time it will require three councilmen
besides the chairman to constitute a quo
rum.
SEC. 5, Be it further enacted, etc., That
| the board of councilmen shall have power
| to mass all bylaws and ordinances for said
| town, which bylaws or ordinances shall be
subject to the approval or veto, which J
must be made lbyl the mayor in writing be-
| fore the next regular meeting after the one
| in which the law or ordinance IS passed oy
| the board; if the mayor should not act on 1t
| before the next regular meeting, it shall be
| spread on the minutes of the board, and
| become a law. In case of the veto OF any
| law, on the part Of the mayor. 1T may be
| adopted over said veto by four of the coun
| cilmen. That all laws and ordinances thus
| passed by the mayor and councllmen shall,
| on PRONUNCIATION IN the official journal OF
the parish, be binding and in force in said
| town, where they are not IN conflict with
| the laws of the State, or OF the United
States, nor with the constitution thereof.
| The council shall have power to pass all
| ordinances deemed necessary Tor the ponce
| regulations and cleanliness of the town; Tor
| keeping clean the banks of the river, and
| regulating the landing OF trading or other
boats, in their limits; for protecting and
preser' ing any levees deemed necessary Tor
| The welfare of the town; to prevent and re-
move any nuisance; to prevent the produc-
| ton of any contagious or infectious diseases
within said town, by establishing quaraa-
| tine or otherwise, as the mayor and cOun-
| cilmen deem proper and expedient. That
ali their laws and ordinances shall take eff
| feet from and after their being spread upon
minutes OF the board Dy inc secretary anu
approved by the mayor in writing on said
minutes and after one publication in the
official journal of, the town, provided there
is journal published in said town at the
time. They shall be empowered to- es-
tablish by laws, and may impose such fines
and penalties for the violation of their Or
| dinances or bylaws as they may think
proper, the fines not to exceed one hundred
| dollars. to be recovered before any court of
competent jurisdiction. and the imprison-
ment not to exceed thirty days for any one
| ottense. They shall have power to prohibit
Migrants and idle persons without any visi-
| BILE means of support, or persons of i'll fame
or evil life from remaining in the town, and
may pass laws requiring such persons to give
bond with good security for their behavior
fox a reasonable length of time, or in case of
their inability or failure to give such secu-
,ity, to make them work upon the streets
in chain gang or otherwise, not exceeding
three calendar months for each otfense.
They may also prohibit banking games or
cause all business houses to be closed on
Sundays or electisn days; to establish and
regulate fire companies, and all their by
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