New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-24

front of which sidewalk, banquette or
ditch shall have been ordered to be mace,
| filled up cleaned out or repaired shall 1ail
| to do go in the time required by the laws
| and ordinances Of the corporation. the
| mayor and city council shall cause it to be
| done at the expenses of the owner of the
| property, and the said corporation shall
| have special privilege on said property to
secure the payment so due. which privilege
| shall hold until the corporation be paid;
and in case such owner shall be absent
| from or have no authorized agent living in
| the corporation or parish of NatchitOches,
or be unknown, the corporation shall have
| the RICH. to proceed IN rem against the
properly in the manner pointed out by ar
ticle 292 and seq of the Code Of Practice,
and the corporation shall be entitled to
eight per cent interest upon the amount
paid.
SEC. H. Be it further enacted. etc, That
in the case OF the absence or lnablilty OF
the mayor TO attend. the city council shall
elect one OF their number mayor pro ten
pore.
SEC. Is. Be it further enacted, ETC., Ihat
the treasurer shall be eX-OtticiO secretary or
the city council, and as such he shall keep
minutes Of the proceedings OF each meet
ing; and he shall read all laws, ordinances
and resolutions, aud all other proceedings
of the city council; he shall file all the
bonds OF the officers of the city and record
them in separate book, and certified copies
of said bonds and of all laws and ordinances
shall be evidence in courts ut this State; he
shall furnish, free of costs, to the mayor
OF the city certified copies OF all laws and
ordinances which impose fine or penalty.
or both for their intraction. and he shall do
and perform such other duties as may be
imposed upon him By the ordinaces OF the
city.
SEC l6. Be- it further enacted. etc. That
as treasurer he shall keep correct account
of all moneys received and disbursed; he
shall keep separate and apart from each
other all moneys received by taxation on
real and personal estates. licenses. fines
and forietures, and he shall exhibit his
accounts whenever required to do so By the
mayor and city council.
Sec II. Be it further enacte l, etc, That
it shall be the duty of the assessor and col
lectOr to assess the taxes on real and per-
sonal estate in the city in the manner
pointed out by the laws and ordinances of
the city and to collect the same.
SEC. Is. Be it further era 3ted, ETC., Tha
for the purpose of levying and collecting
taxes and licenses, the mayor and city
council are hereby invested with full power
to pass all laws not Inconsistent with the
constitution Of the United States. or of this
State, to compel the payment by cOmpul-
sorry process of all taxes or licenses which
may be due, and they are hereby author
lied to confer on the assessor and collector
power sufficient To carry into effect the
laws and ordinances pertaining to the levy
ing and collecting of such taxes and Ii.
CenseS.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, etc, That
from and after the passage of this act, the
powers of the police jury of the parish of
NatchitOches shall cease and determine
within the said city of Natchitoches, and
the mayor and the city council shall possess
all the powers within said corporation
which have heretofore been exercised by
the police jury, except SO far az it relates
tot public buildings and property within
SAID city which belong to said parish of
Natchitoches, and excepting so far as it |
relates to the levying and collecting of |
parish licenses and taxes within the cor.
pOrate limits of the said city of Natchi- !
tJches. |
SEC. 20. Be it further enacted, ETC., That |
all laws and ordinances Of the mayor and |
city council shall have effect two days after !
publication in the official journal of the
parish, or after certified copies of them are |
posted at three public places in said town.
SEC. 81. Be it further enacted, etc, That
this act shall take effect from and after its
passage, and the officers elected under the
former charter shall hold their offices until
the first Monday in May, A. d. 1875, or
until their successors shall have been duly
and qualified; provided. that if
any officer hereafter elected under the pro-
visions of this act shall refuse or fail to
qualify within thirty days from the date of
his election, the office for which he was
elected shall be deemed vacant, and a new
election to fill such vacancy shall be ordered
and held in accordance with the provisions
Of this act
SEC. %. Be it further enacted etc.. That
The right of appeal shall exist in all cases
where fixed penalties and forfeitures shall
De decreed under the provisions of this act
20 the parish court Of the parish of Natchi-
.)ches in the manner and under the same
ornalities as in the cases of appeal, and
uch appeals shall be tried in preference to
appeals in ordinary cases.
SEC. 3d. Be it further enacted. etc. That
VII laws or parts of laws in conflict with
his act and on the same subject matter,
Except the general laws of the State relative |
o municipal corporations, be and the same
re hereby repealed.
(Signed) MICHAEL HAHN,
speaker of the House of Representatives.
fSigned) &. G. ANTOINE,
Governor and President of the |
Senate.
A true copy:
2. G. DEsLoNDE.
Secretary of State