The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-02-07
Laws Of the State of Louisiana
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
SESSION OF 1873,
No. ITO.
An Act

~ oi'iiio wi pH1dOS pliNlitSSS 10 tilG
Inhabitants Of the city of Baton
Rouge, in the parish OF East Baton
Rouge, and II, provide for the gov
ernment of the affairs thereof, and
to repeal an act entitled "An act to
amend the several acts relative to
the police and government of the
city of Baton Rouge" approved
: April ,, 1855, and to repeal an act
to provide for the government of
the city of Baton Rouge, approved
March 8, lS5G,a I'd to repeal all acts
amendatory thereto.
NECTION l.. Be it enacted by
~ the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the State OF Lou
isiana in General Assembly con
vened. That all that portion of
the parish OF East Baton Rouge
within the following described
limits, to-wit: Commencing at ii
point Oh the Mississippi river, at
the mouth OF Bayou Grasse. and
running due east a distance OF two
miles, and running due south IA
distance of one and a half miles,
thence due west TO the MissiSsip
pi river and bounded west by the
Mississippi river, shall constitute
the city Of Baton Rouge, and all
the iullabitaots thereof shall be d
body corporate to be known as
tile city of Baton Rouge, and by
that name they and their success
sors snail be known in law, and
shall be capable of suing and be
ing sued, and OF posecating and
defending in all courts and in all
actions and matters hattver,
ann shall have d common sea-, ,an.l
may alter and change the Sa;ne at
pleasure, and by the sa.ne name
,hey shall be capable OF holding
and conveying any estate, real
81 personal, for the use of said
corporation, under the restrictions
and limitations herein set forth,
and upon the first organization OF
the Council as herein provided,
shall be vested with all powers,
rights, privileges and immunities
Incident to 4 municipal corpora
| tiCn and neces s,ry to the propel
government OF the same.
See. 2. Be it further enacted
etc, That the government OF the
city of Baton Rouge and the ad
ministration Of its affairs Shall bt
vested in a mayor, three admins
traitors, to-wit one of finance
lone OF improvements and com
merce, one OF police, correctio,
and charities, aud three council
men, with administrative and exc
cutive functions !; said mayor al
minlStrators and cOuncilinen shall
be appointed and elected as here
Iinatter provided, and shall form
the council of the city of Batol
Rouge. The Governor shall, b,
and with the advice and conSen
OF the Senate, appoint the mayor
three administrators aud council
men, who shall hold their office
until the first Monday in April
1874 OF until their successors ar
elected and qualified. Tho counci
shall appoint annually two az
praisers, who shall exercise execu
tive functions only as hereinatte
provided. On the first Monda.
in April, 1874, there shall be a
election for administrators
: finance, police, correction am
chari les and one councilman a
large, and every two years there
after, aud on the first Monday /
April, 1879, there shall be an elet
ton for mayor, administrators 9
improvements and commerce an
two councilmen, and every tW
years thereafter said mayor, at
miniStrators and one councilman
when elective, shall be elected
large and two councisnen by thel
respective wards by the qualisie
voters of the city Of Baton Roug'
/, in accordance with the electio
laws of the State. ns.
Sec. 3. Be it further enactet
ETC., That Oh the second Monda
> following the day of their electlo
or appointment the council sha
hold its first, meeting in the w
Hal, at which the mayor, adml
: istrators ofdepartments aud coul
cilmen having presented and hle
n their certificates of election or a
pointment and qualifications,
!, herein provided, shall enter upe
> the discharge of their duties I
specified in this act, aud their pr
decessOrs shall turn over to the
Q. all books. papers. property, none
8 and accounts pertaining TO tue
offices and to the city OF Batt
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