New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-05


in which case he shall have the casting
| vote. He shall sign and publish in the Off.
cial journal all ordinances and resolutions
passed in due form by the council, and sach
ordinances and resolutions shall thereupon
have the force of law. He shall have gen.
eral superintendence over the depart
ments OF administration, and shall lay
before the council every month the
monthly reports hereinafter required to
be made to him by said department; his
term of office, when elected, shall be for
| two years; he shall receive a salary of If
teen hundred dollars per annum, payable
| monthly on his own warrant, cOunters1gned
by the auditing clerk. and shall not be al
lowed any other fee or compensation what
ever; he shall be permitted to have clerk
| if the council so authorize, whose salary
| shall be feed by the council; and shall eL
ercise all other powers heretofore vesting
in the mayor Of the city of Baton Rouge
under existing law not inconsistent or in
conflict with this act.
Be it further enacted, etc. That in the
administration of the government and at
| fairs of this city there shall be, in addition
| and subordinate to the executive powers OF
the mayor, three separate departments,
| and the heads of which shall be known as
the administrators of said departments, and
shall have the administration and special
| control OF the same, subject to the inita-
| tons imposed by this act or other laws, or
| the ordinances and resolutions OF the coun-
| Gil, to wit:
| First-A department of finance, which
| shall have general superintendent OF all
matters relating to the finances OF the city
of Baton Rouge, and the receipt and dis
| bursement of the same: shall receive and
collect all moneys, bills receivable, dues
and assets belonging to the corporation,
and shall deposit the same daily in such
banks as the council shall direct, keeping a
| separate account for each specific fund or
| account of deposit as made; shall keep cor
| rect accounts OF all Indebtedness Of the
| city, and make all disbursements for ac-
| count of the same by checks on said bank,
| ments unless the claim, bill or account for
the same shall have been first audited and
| authorized by the council, and the warrants
therefor duly numbered, indOrsed and
| filed in said departments; shall keep correct
account of the resources, revenues and dis
bursements Of the corporation, which shall
at all reasonable times be open to the in
spectiOn of the mayor and members of the
council; shall regulate the collection of and
collect all taxes, licenses and dues which
may be imposed by the council; shall pre-
scribe the mode and form Of keeping the
corporation books and accounts in every
department created by this act; shall ap-
praise and keep the books Of appraisement
open to public inspection previous to March
|, in each and every year. for thirty days,
for the correction and adjustment of ex-
cessive and erroneous appralsements, after
which date the appraisements as made
to stand as final and he shall, before
exercising any of the duties Of bis Office,
whether elected or appointed to the same,
execute bond in the sum of five thousand
dollars with solvent and sufficient sureties
for the faithful performance of his duties,
and he shall be vested with and perform
such other functions and duties as may be
from time to time prescribed bv the council,
and shall exercise all other powers hereto
fore vesting in the city treasurer, assessor
and collector of the city of Baton Rouge I'M
der existing laws not inconsistent or in con-
fict with this act.
SecOnd-The department of improve
ments and commerce shall have general
superintendent of all matters regulating
the markets, weights and measures, manu-
features, railroads, wharves and landings;
shall keep correct account of and collect
all wharfage dues which may from time to
time be levied by order of the council up
on steamboats,, tlatboats, or any other
kind of water crafts landing at the city
wharves or landings, and upon all goods,
wares and merchandise, lumber, coal or
other material of whatever nature
which shall have been landed upon
any of the wharves, levees or land
ings belonging to the city of Baton Rouge. |
He shall pay such collections daily into the
treasury of the city. This department shall |
also have general superin .endence of all |
matters relating to streets, sidewalks, pave
ments, levees, wharves and landings, GENE |
terles, parks, and the construction, cleaning |
and repairing the same; the construction, |
cleaning and repairing of bridges and the |
drainage of the city; the construction and !
repairs Of hospitals, asylums, house Of cor F.,
gines, city hall, and all other buildings |
owned by or under control of the city for
its own benefit and use, and shall be vested |
with and perform such other functions and
duties as may be prescribed by the council.
ThHd-A department of police, charities,
and correction, which shall have the gen
eral superintendent of all matters relative
to the INDECENT poor Of the city, the hosp-
tails and asylums of the city and house of
nance and regulations as shall from
time to time be prescribed by the
and shall be invested with and
perform such other functions and duties
as may be prescribed by the council. This
department shall have general supervision
Of all matters relating to the discipline and
Of the police, the protection Of
public and private property. the preserva-
ton Of public order and peace; Of the en-
gines and apparatus for distinguishing con-
dsgrations, and of the working force there
ot; the lighting of the city, and the enforce
hent Of the city ordinances relative thereto:
and shall be vested with and perform such
other functions and duties as may be pre-
scribed from time to time by the council
The regular police force Of the city of
Baton Rouge may be organized and main
aimed, If necessary, at the rate of one pa
rolman to each and every one thousand
strators OF said department.. The extra
orce shall be as numerous as may be
ieemed necessary by the council to main
am ORDER and preserve the peace upon
lection and other notable days. The
ERIN OF service Of extra police force
hall not exceed ten days upon one and the
anne commission. The force shall, regular
md extra, be appointed by the administra-
or OF said department, by and with the
They shall be healthy, temperate
and able-bodied men, and OF good
moral character They shall be dressed
n uniform suit of clothes, and wear
held, as prescribed by the council, ex-
osed upon the left breast of the coat,
which shall be their commission for exc
utlng and enforcing their duties They
n"h' oaIn me"oer VI Inc force. De paid
lxty dollars per month, and one police
uit of clothes for every six months service;
rovided, that if any member of the force
hall voluntarily leave the service or is dis
Missed for cause before said term of six
lonths' service, he shall charged with the
osts of such uniform suit of clothes, and
he amount thereof deducted from his
lonthly pay, OF he may be held before
ompetent court for the crime of embezzle-
lent, and punished in accordance with the
wv in such cases made and provided The I
ouncil shall have authority to pass and en-
,rce all necessary bylaws for the purpose ]