New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-03-11
No. SO.
AN ACT

To extend the corporate limits of the town
OF Homer, parish of Claiborne; to amend
and re-enact sections one, two, three,
four, five, seven, eight, nine, ten and
eleven, and to repeal sections six and
twelve of act No. Ill, approved March
-, 1850, entitled an act to incorporate
the town of Homer, in the parish OF Clai.
borne, and to repeal all other acts and
parts of acts incompatible with the proyi
sions of this act.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly convened,
That the first section of act No. Ill, to in
corporate the town of Homer, approved
March Is, 1850, be amended and re-enacted
80 as to read as follows: That the tract of
land lying in q square, the center of which
il the northwest corner of the southeast
quarter of the southeast quarter Of section
twenty-three. in township twenty-ene
north, of range seven west, in the parish
OF Claiborne, and extending one mile on
each side, embracing the town of Homer,
be enlarged as follows: By commencing at
the southeast corner of said tract of land,
and running thence due east six hundred
yards, thence due north nine hundred
yards, thence due west six hundred yards
to the original corporation line, which addi-
ton, with the original tract Of land, shall
tory OF the town of Homer, and all the in
habitants residing within said limits shall
continue to constitute q municipal corpora
ton and body polite, by the name and
style of the mayor and selectmen of the
town of Homer, and shall by that name be
capable of suing and being sued, and con.
tracing and being contracted with, of pur-
chasing or receiving by donation, holding
and conveying any estate, real or personal,
for the use and benefit of said town, and
shall have all the powers necessary and
proper for carrying out the purposes for
which the corporation was originally
created. They shall have power of raising
money by taxation for the purposes of said
corporation on the real and personal prop
erty situated therein; and also, of raising
money for corporation purposes by license
professions of every kind and de-.
ecriptiop, upon which the State
levies license tax, provided that the tax
upon the property shall not exceed one per
cent on the assessed value thereof, and the
license tax on trades and occupations and
professions shall not exceed the license tax
levied by the State.
the second section of said act No. Ill shall
be amended and re-enacted 60 as to read as
follows: That all citizens who are entitled
to vote for members of the General Assem-
bly, OF Claiborne parish, aud who have been
bona fde residents of said corporation for
thirty days Immediately preceding any
election held therein, shall be entitled to
vote at all elections by the people of said
corporation. for their municipal officers;
men of said town ehall be held annually on
the first Mondsy in May, by three COM
missioners, qualified voters Of said town,
appointed by the mayor and select.
men Of said town for that purpose.
who shall also hold elections to fiji
vacancies, and who shall take an
oath before the mayor, clerk Of the
district court or any justice of the peace,
to faithfully discharge their duties as COM
days they shall open the polls at eight
o'clock A. NJ and close at four O'Clock p.
NJ, at which time they shall make up
statement of the returns under oath, and
deliver the same to the mayor and select
men, who shall declare the result, and the
officers thus declared elected shall enter
upon the discharge of their duties as such
within ten days thereafter by taking the
oath of office before the clerk of the dis
trict court. mayor, or any justice of the
peace, which oath shall be filed by the clerk
of the board of mayor and selectmen.
When the office of mayor becomes vacant,
it shall be the duty of the selectmen, or any
one of them, to order an election to fill said
vacancy, after giving ten days notice there
be conducted In the same manner as the
annual election, except that the returns
shsll be made to the selectmen, who shall
declare the result. That when vacancy
uccurs in the Office of any selectman, the
NAV or shall order an election to fill sad
vacancy by giving ten days notice thereof
bv public advertisement, which shall be
conducted In the seme manner, except tnat
That should Q vacsny occur in oil the
Offices, any justice in and for ward number