The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-01-31
SESSION OF 1878,
An Act

NECIlON l. BE it enacted by
~ the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives OF the State Of Lou
isiana in General Assembly con.
yened, That the inhabitants of
the town OF Keachi, in the parish
OF DeSoto, be and they are hereby
made a body corporate and polite
by the name OF the town. of
keachi, and as such can sue and
be sued, plead and be impleaded.
shall possess of right a common
seal, and shall have the power
the same to amend, alter or change
at pleasure.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That that portion Of land
laying in the parish Of DeSoto,
starting at the store house of VIII.
liam G. Spelker,and running north
to the Keachi graveyard, inclad-
ing the SAME, one-half mile south,
One-half mile east, one-half mile
west, from said starting point,
shall constitute the limits and ex
tent ofthe corporation Of the town
of Keachi.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted,
etc, That the municipal govern.
IneDt OF the town of keachi shall
consist OF a mayor and five coun.
cilmen, and three of whom, with
the mayor, shall constitute a quo
rum for the transaction of bust
ness. No person shall be eligible
to the office of mayor and council
man unless he be a qualified cleo
tor, and reside within the limits
OF said corporation, and the may
or and conncilmen shall be chosen
BY the qualified voters Of said
town, as hereinafter provided for
in this act.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted,
etc, That the mayor and council
men shall be elected on the third
Saturday in March and on the
first Saturday in January of each
succeeding year, us folio VS., to-
wit !: All legal voters within the
bounds OF said corporation shall
meet at some public (place) within
said town, aud shall then and
there proceed to elect by ballot a
mayor and five councilmcn, who
shall when elected, constitute a
board for the government of said
town of keachi, for the year next
ensuing their election or until
their successors he elected and
qualified.
Sec. 5. Be it farther enacted,
ETC., That the first election for
officers of said town
shall be held by the nearest justice
Of the peace or acting magistrate,
who shall give not less than FIVE
days notice Of said election by
public advertisement.
See. 6. Be it further enacted.
etc, That said mayor and council
men before entering upon the
duties Of such, shall take the oath
prescribed by Q article ninety
nine of the constitution and as Il
board for the government OF said
town; shall have and possess the
following powers, to wit First to
levy tax upon all taxable prop
cry within the limits of said cor
poration, not to exceed the
of the parish tax on said
property; second, to impose fines
for all branches of this act of in
corporation or OF by laws not to
exceed fifty dollars, and the same
to sue for aud collect for the use
of said town
Sec. Z. Be it further enacted,
ect., To remove all nuisances, tax
all pays aud the retailing OF spir-
itous liquors, billiard tables, and
every other species of games pro-
hibited by law, in such sums as
to them may seem justand proper.
Sec. s. Be it further enacted,
etc, TO appoint a secretary, treas
urer aud collector, and such other
officers as may be necessary for
the administration OF said town,
and require bond for the faithful
performance of their duties us the
board may from time to time pre-
scribe.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That the said mayor shall
have the power to suppress all
riot or unlawful assemblies, af-
trays or tumults. and all breaches
OF the peace, and to arrest all Of
tenders in the same way that a