New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-05-31
No. no.
AN ACT

AN ACT
To incorporate the town of Pleasant Hill,
LOUISIANA, defining the boundaries there
OF. and for other purposes.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
OF Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That all that portion or district of the town
of Pleasant Hill, situated partly in the par
ish of De Soto and partly in the parish of
So bine, comprising one mile square, with
the storehOuse of Davis g. Armstrong as a
CENTRE be and the same is hereby created
body corporate and polite in fact and
law by the name and style of the town of
Pleasant Hill, and by the same name shall
have perpetual succession, shall be capable
of suing and being sued and of prescott
ing and defending in all courts all actions
and matters whatsoever, may purchase and
receive by donation and hold property of
all kinds within and without the limits Of
the town, also may have and use a COM
mon seal.
SEC 2 Be it further enacted, etc., That
the Governor of the State of Louisiana
shall, Immediately after the passage of this
act, appoint a mayor and five councilmen
in and for the said town of Pleasant Hill,
whose term of office shall be until the first
Monday in November, 1874, or until their
successors shall be duly elected and quail
fed.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the mayor of said town of Pleasant Hill
shall be ex officiO justice of the peace OF
said town. and shall have full and complete
jurisdiction throughout ward number seven
of the parish of Sabine, and ward number
seven of the parish OF De Soto, and the
mayor of said town, with any three Of the
councilmen, shall constitute quorum tor
the transaction of business. No person
shall be eligible for the office of mayor or
councilman unless he be qualified elector,
and reside within the limits of said cOrpO
ration.
SEC. a. Be it further enacted. etc., That
an election shall be held fer mayor and
counc;lmen Of said town of Pleasant Hill
on the first Monday OF November, 1874,
and every two years thereafter all the legal
voters of said town within the corporate
limits of the same shall meet at some place
as NAV be designated by the mayor and ex-
Otficio magistrate OF said town, and shall
then and there proceed to elect by ballot
mayor and five councilmen, who shall hold
| their offices for the next two years, or until
their successors are elected and qualified.
The said election shall be held after ten
days notice by public advertisement. and
shall be presided over by the mayor Of said
| town of Pleasant Hill.
SEC 5. Be it further enacted, etc, That
| the said mayor and councilmen shall have
the following power, 10 VIII:
First-TO lay a tax on all taxable prop
erty within the corporate limits, not to ex-
| coed the State tax upon the came property
Second-To impose fines for all breaches
| OF this law, or any ordinance passed by said
| board, not to exceed fifty dollars, and to
| sue for and collect the same for the use of
| said town.
Third-To pass all bylaws and ordi-
| nances to regulate, prevent and remove
futr
contagious diseases within said town; to es-
| tablish night watchers and patrols, and
| generally to pass any bylaws and ordi-
| nances not inconsistent with the constltu.
| tiOn and laws of the United States and OF
this State as they may deem proper in rela-
| ton to public markets, streets, alleys and
| sidewalks, and to disorderly conduct and
| nusances generally, or anything Whatso-
| ever that may relate to the gooo govern
ment of said town.
| Fourth-To impose taxes on the sale OF
| spirituous liquors. by retail, and any
species of plays or games not PROMPTED
| by law.
| Fifth-To elect a treasurer, secretary,
constable and such other officers as may De
| necessary for the administration of said
| town. and to require from them bond and
| their duty, and the constable so elected
for said town of Pleasant Hill shall have
| full jurisdiction throughout ward number
seven of the parish of Sabine, and ward
number seven OF the parish of De Soto,
| and the term of office of said constable and
other officers shall be fixed and regulated
by said board.
SEC s. Be 1t further enacted. etc, That
the mayor, ceuncilmen and other officers OF
said corporation may receive such compen-
sation for their services as may be deter
| mined bv said board.
SEC. l. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
nothing in this act shall be SO construed as
repeating the act creating the offices OF JUS
tice of the peace for ward number seven
parish of Sabine, and ward number seven,
parish of De Soto.
SEC. g. Be it further enacted. etc.. Tha,
this charter is hereby granted for and dur
ing the term of fifty years.
SEC. 9. Be it further enacted, etc., That
this act shall take effect from and attel
its passage.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
| ISigned) C. c. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
| Senate.
| Approved May %, 1874.
lSigued) WILLIAM P. KELLOGG,
Governor of the State OF Louisiana
A true copy:
| ID q DrSrONDE