New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-30
LAWS OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
REGULAR SESSION OF 1878,

parish OF MOr0nOu5e, anu 10 repeal an act
entitled an act to incorporate the town of
Bastrop, in the parish OF MOrehouse. ap-
proved on the twenty fourth day of Feb.
ruary, 1852, and all acts amendatory
thereto.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con vened,
That the resident citizens of the United
States within the following limits, to wit:
Taking the centre of the courthouse in the
town Of Bastrop, in the parish of Morehouse,
as a centre, thence north One-half mile.
thence west one half mile. thence south
one mile, thence east one mile, thence north
one mile, thence west one half mile to the
place of beginning; shall be and they are
hereby created and made a corporation and
body polite, with perpetual succession, by
the name and style of the mayor and
coucilmen of the town of BastrOp,
and by that name they and their successors
shall forever be, in law, capable of suing
and being sued, of defending and being
defended. of impleading anu being i'm
pleaded, in all courts or places of law, in
all suits and actions. and may have an Off
cial seal and alter the same at pleasure,
and shall have the right Of purchasing, re-
ceiving by donation, holding and conveying
any estate, real or personal, for the use and
benefit of said town, aud for raising money
by taxation for the improvement of the
town and maintenance OF the police thereof,
and for the purpose of making and keeping
up the streets and roads in and around the
same. and for all other improvements which
said corporation may deem necessary and
proper.
SEC. 9. Be it further enacted. etc., That
on the first Monday IN June, 1875, and every
year thereafter, three commissioners, to be
appointed by the mayor and cOuncilmen,
snail hold an election for mayor and five
councilmen for said town, and said election
shall be held at such place in said town as
may be designated by previous notice.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted. etc, That
the mayor and three councilmen shall form
a quorum tor the transaction OF all bust
ness, and majority of the cOuncilmen
present shall be necessary and sufficient
for the passage of any law, ordinance or
appropriation. and any law, ordinance or
appropriation having received a majority
OF the vote of the councilmen present. and
the approval of the mayor, shall be bind
ing on the corporation. But if the mayor
shall oppose the action of the majority he
shall state his objections Immediately, and
then the matter. whatever it may be, shall
again come before the council for discussion
and vote, and if the same shall receive the
votes of four councilmen it shall become a
law notwithstanding the disapproval of the
mayor, and he shall sign the same.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the mayor and councimen shall have
power to pass any such bylaws and ordi-
nances as they may deem proper not in
consistent with the laws of this State, in
relation to the streets. highways, alleys and
sidewalks, and to disOrderly conduct and
nuisances generally. or anything whatever
that may relate to the good government of
said town, and to impose such fines and
penalties for breach of any of the by
laws or ordinances of said town as they
may think proper, not to exceed one hun
dred dollars fine for any single Otfense and
imprisonment not to exceed thirty days foI
any single offense, and to enforce the pay
ment of fines by imprisonment, not to ex-
coed thirty days: to cause all Migrants, idle
or disOrderly persons, all persons of evil
life or ill-fame, and all such as have no
visible means OF support. to give Sc
curity for their good behavior for
reasonable time, and in case
security required. to cause them to work
on the streets for limited time, not to ex-
coed three calendar months, unless such
security be sooner given: to regulate
weights and measures; to restrain or pro
hibit gambling; to close up places Of bust
ness on Sundays or pubic DAYS when
deemed necessary, and to establish and
regulate fire company; to establish night
watches and patrols; to erect street lamps
lay water pipes, dig clsterns and wells,
build horse racks, ETC., at any points in said
town they may deem proper, and to expro
pirate property for the public use IN accord
ance with the laws of the State, and finally,
to pass ana enforce any law or Ordinanc
for the good government, police, health,
comfort, pleasure and safety of said town
that they may deem proper not in conflict
with the constitution and laws of the
United States and of this State.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, etc., That
the mayor and councilman of said town
shall have the power OF levying and col
lecting an adj valorem tax upon all the
lands and real estate, and stores, and all
immovable property, OF whatever kind
it may be, situated within the limits
of said corporation, except such as may be
specially exempted by law; provided, the
said tax shall not exceed, for any one year,
the per centum allowed by State law for
municipal corporations to assess; and to
further tax, by license, billiard tables,
taverns. private boarding houses, mercan-
tile establishments of every kind, apothe-
shops retailing spiriuuous liquors, drays.
carts, trades and professions, fruit stands,
restaurants, confectioneries, eating houses,
livery stables, bowling alleys, peddlers and
brokers, mills, lumber yards, butchers, con-
tractors, shows, menageries, museums,
theatres and thespians; and further, to levy
a license upon any business whatever,
which may or may not have been men
toned herein, unless the same be expressly
exempted by law; and, at least one half Of
all said taxes and licenses shall be ex-
pended in opening. repairing and improving
the streets and sidewalks of said town OF
BastrOp
SEC g. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the mayor shall, within at most two DAYS
after the election or appointment, as the
case may be, appoint with the advice and
consent of the council, suitable persons to
fill the offices of secretary, treasurer, as.
SCISSOR and collector and marshal of said
corporation, who shall hold their offices dur
ing the pleasure of the mayor, and the
mayor shall ill any vacancy in any of said
offices within ten days after it occurs in the
same manner as above provided, and any
two of said offices may be given to one per-
son except the treasurer and collector.
SEC. 7. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the mayor and councimen shall hold their
offices for one year, or until the time for the |
next regular election and until their sue
cessors are duly elected or appointed. as
the case may be, and qualified and that be- |
fore entering upon the discharge of the du |
ties of their offices they shall take the oath |
prescribed by article one hundred of the |
constitution of the State. which oath shall |
be filed in the office of the Secretary of |
State. |
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc, That !
the treasurer and collector before they enter
upon the discharge of the duties of their of
fees, shall give d bond for such an amount
and with such security for the faithful per-
of their duties as the mayor and |
council may deem sufficient payable to the
mayor and cOuncilmen of said town. and
the said collector shall, within such time as
shall be provided for by the by laws and
ordinances OF the corporation, after the |
adoption by the council of the assessment