New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-27
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
AN ACT

No. 30.
! AN ACT
10 amend and re-enact sections two, ST.
and fourteen of an act entitled an &C
to Incorporate the town OF Plaquemine
in the parish of Iberville, approve,
February 20, 1867.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senat
and House Of Representatives of the Stat
Of Louisiana in General Assembly con
vened, That the second section of an &C
entitled an act to incorporate the town o
Plaquemine, in the parish OF Iberville
approved on the twentieth day of February
1867, be amended and re-enacted to read al
follows, to wit:
Sec BE it further enacted. etc, That
the inha bitants residing within the sale
limits of the town of Plaquemine art
hereby declared body polite and corpo
rate. by the name and sty lie of mayor and
selectmen of 1.-THE town of Plaquemine
and by that name they and their sue
cessors shall forever be in law capable OF
sueing and being sued, of defending and
being defended, of impleading and being
implicated in all courts or places of la v
whatsoever, and in all manners of writs
or actions, and may have an official
SEAL and alter the same at pleas.
ure, and shall have the right OF
purchasing, receiving by donation, hold
ing and conveying any estate. real and per-
sonal, for the use and benefit OF the said
town, and OF raising money by tax, and
by the establishment OF ferries and tolls,
and of farming and leasing them out to the
highest bidder, for the improvement of the
town and maintenance of the police thereof,
and for the purpose OF making and keeping
up the levees and roads in and around
the same, and for the erection and re-
of lip mi no
ton of other works which the said corpora
ton may deem necessary for the use OF said
town, and real and personal property
within the corporation of the town Of
Plaquemine, and all persons, firms and
corporations within the said co poration be
ard the same are hereby exempted from all
taxes aud licenses levied by the parish of
lberville from and after the first day of
January, 1876; provided that the town of
Plaquemine shall be liable for the expenses
in all criminal cases originating within it's
corporate limits, and the clerk Of the dis
trict court and the sheriff of the parish of
Iberville shall collect their fees in such
cases from the corporate authorities of the
town OF Pla9uemlne, and not from the
parish of Iberville."
And that section six of the said act be
and re-enacted to read as follows,
to wit:
"Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the mayor of the said town be, and he is
hereby invested and clothed with all the
powers and attributes of a justice of the peace
for all criminal matters originating within
the limits of said corporation, which shall be
the bounds Of his jurisdiction, and shall
have exclusive jurisdiction therein; and it
shall be his duty to sign or veto all by laws
and ordinances passed by the board of
selectmen of said town; but in case of a
veto by said mayor the selectmen, by
vote OF two-thirds, may pass bylaw or
ordinance in opposition to the veto. and
The same so passed shall be law without
5he signature OF thu mayor; that it shall be
his duty to see that all the bylaws and
ordinances are faithfully executed. The
mayor and any two selectmen shall form a
quorum for the transaction OF business
The board of selectmen shall meet on their
'wn adjournment or at the call of the
mayor, and may fine each other for non.
attendance and neglect of duty in a sum
lot exceeding twenty dollars for any single |
'tiense; that the said mayor and select
men shall have power from time to time to |
'ass any bylaws and ordinances IN writing,
lot inconsistent with the laws and constitu-
ions of this State and the United States,
IS they may deem proper in relation |
. public markets, levees, streets alleys, |
own; to cutting canals and bitches for |
rains, OF filling them up, or keeping in |
rider, and improving the same; in relation
o disorderly conduct and nuisances in gen
raj; to town watch and patrol: to |
7harves and ferries, or anything whatsoever
hat may concern the good government |
nd police Of said town; to make, ordain
nd impose such fines and penalties for
reach OF their bylaws, rules and Ordi
ances as they shall think proper, but not
, exceed the sum OF fifty dollars for
single. ptfense, to be sued for and recov-
red before the mayor, the amount of all
nd fees SO recovered to be put into the
easury of said Incorporation for it's use
nd benefit The mayor shall preside at
Il meetings OF the board of selectmen, and
eclde questions OF order arising therein,
ut shall not be entitled to a vote in their |
roceedings, and shall receive a salary, to
> fixed by said board, provided no extra
additional compensation be allowed for
'esiding at the mayors court in criminal
alters"
And section fourteen of said act be
nended and re-enacted to read as follows,
wit:
'Sec. IA. Be it further enacted, etc, That
shall be the duty of the may or and select
en- to choose a town constable, who shall
tend the mayors court and the meetings |
the board OF mayor and selectmeD, and
rye such citations, subpoena and writs,
arrants, judgments and orders as the |
ayers court and the board of mayor and
lectment are authorized to issue by this
t, and to do and perform, all and singu-
r, the duties imposed by law upon consta-
es in this State, for which he shall receive
fixed salary, to be determined BY the |
ard of mayor and sel.ctmen, in lieu of
fees and emoluments of every kind ana |
scrption whatsoever
SEC. ,. Be it further enacted, etc., That |
laws or parts of laws contrary to and in |
nt1ict with the provisions of this act are |
reby repealed, ana this act shall take |
ect from and after the first day of Jan
~, 1876.
Signed) MICHAEL HAHN,
Speaker of the House of Representatives. {
Signed) c. c. ANTOINE,
eutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
true copy: I
y. DURAND, liz
Assistant Secretary of State
Received in the office of the Secretary of
tie April "A, 1875. The foregoing act hav- l
been presented to the Governor of the
tie of Louisiana for his approval, and
having been returned by him to the
lee OF the General Assembly in which it
yinated within the time prescribed by
constitution Of the State of Louisiana.
become law without his approval. S
N. DURAND, b
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