The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-01-24

| places and to farm out the same.
Eleyenth-To require the proprietors OF
any ground to enclose the same, and to regu-
| late the form and height of enclosures.
! Twelth-To impose fines upon any person
! or persons who shall maliciously break or
| take off from the door or other part of the
house within the city limits any kpeeker,
knob, bell handle or other fixture, or mali
eiously destroy or defaee any sign or door
| plate put up by the owner or tenant to de-
note his or their place of abode, business, or
occupation.
Thirteenth-To cause writs to be made by
the police officers at all inns, boarding
houses, taverns, vessels or crafts of any kind,
to ascertain if there be in such places any
destitute or sick persons, that they may be
conveyed If necessary to the city hospitals,
| or to sucllupther place as the mayor or city
council may establish for their reception.
Fourteenth-To establish jails, houses Of
| and to make such regulations for their gov
eminent and administration as they may
deem necessary and proper.
Fifteenth-TO organize the different offices
created by this act, appoint subordinate Off
GERS and clerks for the same, and to exact
and require from all officers, and all other
persons so whom they may give contracts
and undertakings, such bonds and security
for the faithful performance of their duties
as they may deem proper and necessary, and
to require evidence of the solyency and suffi-
cheney of their said sureties.
Sixteentl--To impose and collect fines for
the benefit of the city against all persons
transgressing its ordinances and regulations,
and to imprison said transgressors IN case of
non-payment of said fines; provided, the
said fines shall not exceed fifty dollars for
each and every cortravention, and said i'm
prisonment shall not exceed ten days.
Seyenteenth-To levy an equal and uni
form tax for the purposes of this act upon
all property, real and personal, in said city,
under appraisement thereof, to be made in
the manner said council shall prescribe, and
to provide for its collection.
Eighteenth-To divide the city into wards
and school districts, and to increase or sub
divide the same from time to lime as the in
terests of the public may require.
Nineteenth-To impose any license tax
they may think proper, on peddlers and
hawkers, travelling exhibitions, and upon
the sale of spirituous liquors.
Sec. IL. BE it further enacted, etc., That
all real and personal property in the city of
Donaldson, whether owned by individuals
or corporations, shall, for the purposes of
this act, be liable TO taxation, subject to the
exemptions specified by this act.
Sec. II. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the term "real property, as used in this act,
shall be construed to include land and all
kind erected upon or affixed to the same;
that the term g personal property shall be
construed to include all household furniture,
moneys, goods, capital, ehattels, notes, bonds,
mortgages, or any other obligations, public
stock and stock in corporations, moneyed or
otherwise, and any general property which is
not real and taxable under this act.
Sec. Is. There shall be board of up
praisers consisting of the administrators of
Improvement and commerce, and police
charities and correction, whose duty it shall
be, Jointly with the administrator of finance
to appraise annually all the real and personal
property belonging or appertaining to in
diyiduals or corporations in the city of Don
aldson. They shall receive no extra COM
pensatiOn for such service.
Sec. Il. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the following shall, for the purposes of this
act, be exempt from taxation:
First-All property, real or personal, ex-
empted from taxation under the constitu-
ton and laws of this State, or the laws of
the United States.
Second-All property, real or personal,
belonging to this State, or the United States,
or the corporation of the city of Donaldson.
Third-Any building erected for the use
of q college or school, Incorporated acad-
envy, or other Incorporated seminary of
learning; every building for public wor-
ship, and the several lots wherein such
DultllllSS art tOScJHcE Will tUc
furniture belonging to the same provided.
that the exemption from taxation of any
building erected for the use of college,
school, academy, or other Incorporated SEM
mary of learning, and of any building of
public worship, shall not extend to, or APP
ply to, any such building or premises, I'M
less the same shall be exclusively used for
such purposes, and unless the same shall be
exclusively the property of an Incorporated
or religious society.
F0urth-Every pOorhouse, almshouse,
cemetery, house of industry and any house
belonging to company incorporated for
the reformation of offenders or for the re-
fuge of the poor. and the several lots of
ground whereon such houses are situated,
together with the furniture belonging to the
same, and all halls and edifces of Masonic,
Odd Fellows and other charitable societies.
Fifth-All real and personal property of
any public library.
Sixth-Household furniture to the value
of one thousand dollars.
Seventi-All bonds issued by the city of
Donaldson.
Sec. Is. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the owner or holder of stock in any incor-
porated company taxed upon its capital
shall not be taxed as an individual for such
stock, and where stocks held by the State
or by the city are exempted from taxation
said exemption shall be for the benefit of
said State or city, and not for the benefit of
the institution or the corporation in which
said stocks are held, or individual.
Sec. Is Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the council shall, for the purpose of this act,
once at regular meeting in the month of
December and not oftener in each and every
year, lay an equal and uniform tax upon all
real and personal property in said city as
prescribed, and under the limitations inn
posed, in this act for the ensuing year, which
said taxes shall be due and payable at the
office of the department of finance from the
first day of March to the thirtieth day of
October, inclusive, and, at its first regular
meeting in December, and, on the same day
thereafter. shall impose an annual
license tax as herein prescribed; said license
to expire on the thirty-tirst day of December
in the year in which it was obtained, and
which license tax shall be due and payable
Mt the office of the department of finance
from the first day of January TO the twenty
eighth day of February, inclusive.
See. "a. BE it further enacted, ETC., That
the council shall, once in every twelve
months, before fixing and deciding upon the
of taxes and licenses to be as
sessed for the ensuing year, cause to be
made out a detailed estimate exhibiting the
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