The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-03-21
Mayors court IF said town shall be evidence

| LII the COURTS OF This state.
SEC IL. Be ~ further enacted etc. That Til
treasurer shall hold his Office as aforesaid
give good and sufficient security for the faith
1 ful disbursement and correct account of al
| moneys he may receive, and be under tn
direction and control of said board, to whom
! he shall render an account and turn over. tn
funds IN his possession whenever 30 required
SEQ: H. Be ii further enacted, etc.. That
| shall be the duty of the assessor Of said tow
| to make out, in the months Of May and jun
OF each year, an assessment Of all the proper
ty, real and personal, within the limits Of sale
corporation and subject to taxation by thu
laws Of the State and to deliver the same
| after being exposed for and during ten days
as may be provided, for correction, to the
board, and to this end said clerk and exofficit
| assessor Is hereby vested with the authority
which Is now or may. hereafter be vested IL
State assessors, and shall be governed by the
same rules and regulations. 1t shall also be
his duty, whenever SO required, to make out
and deliver to said board O list of all persons
pursuing trades, occupations or professions
subject to license within the limits OF sale
town; for all which he shall receive such com
pensahon as said board may fix
SEC. 10. Be IL further enacted etc., That the
Mayor and Board of Selectmen of said town
OF Plaquemine shall have full and ample
power and authority to make and pass all
such laws, ordinances and regulations as may
be necessary and proper.
FirsATo establish, regulate and maintain
the peace and good order Of the town, and tc
provide for and preserve it's cleanliness and
sal1brity in such manner as may be consid-
cred best, not inconsistent with the laws OF
this State or of the United States.
Second 10 adopt a common seal.
Thrd-IO purchase and hold, ALLEVIATE and
convey any estate, real or personal; to accept
any gift, grant or Inheritance Of property for
market or fire engine houses; to build or es-
tablish wharf or wharves and to build a
corporation work-house.
Fomh-To establish d quarantine for the
protection OF the town against contagious
Fyh-To levy and collect such annual and
special taxes on all the property, movable
and 1mmovable, real and personal, not ex-
eempted by the law Of the State, within the
limits OF said town as shall be deemed neces-
shall In no one year exceed fifteen q5) mills
on the dollar of taxable property for the year
Tor which said assessments may be made
and to prescribe and enforce penalties for the
non-payment of the same.
Slrth-To impose an annual license tax on
all trades, professions. occupations or call
ings pursued within the limits Of said town,
as keepers or owners OF stores and shops or
stands Of all kinds, coffee-houses, beer sa-
looms, billiard saloons, or gaming saloons of
any Kind. warehouses, saw mills, lumber
yards, workshops of any and all kinds; drug
gists, physicians, attorneys and agents, ho-
tells, boarding houses and restaurants, livery
stables and stock yards peddIers and hawk
ers OF goods wares or merchandise, and all
trades, occupations or professions taxed by
the State, or whether SO taxed or not by the
State, and to fix such tax or license on the
same as may be deemed proper and necessa-
ry to the extent OF double the amount Of the
tax or license imposed by the State, and
which said license shall be due and payable
in the months OF May and June of each year,
ny yir an hp ;~1l,
each and every year.
sSeoenth-Io Tx the amount of the bonds to
be given by the town officers from whom
bonds are or may be required; to fix the
or compensation of all officers elected
or OF persons employed by them; to define
the duties and to fix the term Of office of such
officers as they may elect, and to remove for
cause any one of the officers or persons an
pointed by the said Mayor and board; to fix
their own compensate ion mot to exceed thirty
dollars year Tor each Selectman), and to i'm
pose such fines as they may deem proper
upon themselves for attendance of the
of the board
Etghth-To survey and lay out streets and
public squares, to regulate and makeimprove-
ments to the streets, squares and other pub.
the same; to construct or establish
: wharf or wharves within the corporate linn
It's OF said town, and to fix the wharfage dues
thereon; to order and direct the filling, open
ing, widening and continuing any of the streets
Dr. Grains OF said town, and II, for the above or
Individual or body corporate is to be had. to
purchase the same at reasonable price. or to
'ause same to be appropriated pursuant to
he mode and formalities Of law existing rel
tive to the same; to regulate the proportions
md to make and repair all common drains.
public roads, causeways and bridges: to de,
ermine the completion and pavement of the
treets and sidewalks; to prevent the ston-
ing, obstructing or encroaching upon any
II, sidewalk, levee public square, road or
ne, river W an ana bayou banks, and the naviga
limits OF said corporation, and to order any
bJect, no matter what may be it's value |
Which may cucumber said places or prevent |
he free use OF the same, to be removed or
old Tor whom it may concern in the manner
uired by ordinance.
N',th-Io clean and keep free from OBJ
truction the banks of the River Mississippi
nd of the Bayou Plaquemine, and to reg,Il-
te the 1 free use OF the same not inconsistent
Nth the laws OF the State and the United |
tates, within the limits of said town. and to
pen or cause to be opened such ancient
atural drains as may have been obstructed
y the owners OF adjacent lands.
.IenH-Io determine what animals NAV
un at large within the limits OF said town.
nd to prohibit others from doing 80 under
UGH penalties as may be necessary and
roper; to impound all animals running at
srge in said town in violation of the ord
ances and regulations of the same and to
K the penalties and fines which the owners
such animals shall pay before delivering
p the same to them, and to pass laws for
ie sale of such animals, if not reclaimed ,cE ned
'ithin such time as may be fixed.
EleoentITo abate nuisances, to suppress
ouses OF ill-tame, and to restrain and nro-
ibit gambling; to cause all Migrants, idle or
isorderly persons, al! persons of evil life or
l-fame, and all such as have no visible
leans Of support, to give security for their
ood be 9 !s?1 for reasonable time, or in
use OF IN inability or refusal on their part to
10 corporation workhouse, or on the streets
said town, for period not exceeding
xty days, or until such security be given.
IWe!fth-To make appropriations for. and
} erect corporation workhouse, and to pro-
de by suitable ordinances and regulations
n the efficient government of the same.
Ihirtee1,th-To establish patrols and night
atches; to erect street lamps, dig csterns
: wells, lay water pipes, build horse racks,
C., in any and all parts of said town they