Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1878-03-23

, Granting corporate privileges to the inhaf
Il itants of the tswn OF Napoleonville, i
the parish of Assumption, ana to proyid
for the government ofthe affairs thereof
! SEcnuN /. Be it enacted by the Senat
and house of Representatives of the Stat
of Louisiana in General Assembly conven
! ed, That all that portion Of the parish o
| Assumption within the following describes
limits, to wit. Commencing at the poin
on Bayou Lafourche, at the lower line o
the Elm Hall plantation, now ,elonging Il
Robert n. Sims, and running sonth forty
eight and a quarter degrees, west seven
teen hundred and eighty-eight feet, thence
south f0rty-three degrees, east to the At
takapas canal, and thence following said
Attakapas can to Bayou Lafourche, ana
said Bayou Lafourche to the starting
point, shall con -titute the town OF Napo
Ileonville, and all the inhabitants thereof
shall be a,body corporate to be known al
the town of Napoleonville, and by that
name they and their successors shall be
known IN l-w, and shall have the right
and be capable of 81 lug and being sued, o.
prosecuting and of defending in all courts
and in all actions and matters whatever
and shall have a common seal, which they
may alter and change at pleasure. and By
the same name they shall be capable 0i
holding, purchasing and conveying any
estate, real or personal. for the use OF said
corporatiOn, under the restrictions and HIM
itations herein set forth !, and upon the
fist org ganization Of the Council, IS herein
pr. vided, shall be vested with all powers,
! rights, privile es and immunities incident
/ to municipal corporation and necessary
to the pIopSr government of the same.
SEC. 2 Be it further enacted, etc., That
the government of the town of Napoleon
vile, and the administration of its affairs,
shall be vested in Mayor and four CouI-
lcilmen, to be app inted or elected, as
hereinafter provided, and shall form the
Council of the town of Napoleo vile. Any
two of said Councilmen, with the Mayor,
shall form and constitute quorum for the
Transaction of any business. The Governor
shah, by and with the advice and consent
Of the senate, appoint the Mayor and the
four Councilmen who shall hold their OF
fees until the first Monday in April, 1879,
or until their successors are elected and
qualified. On the first Monday in April
1879, there shall be an election for the
Mayor anu four Councilmen,s and on the
same day every year thereafter, for the
same purpose. Said Mayor and Council
men snall be elected at large by the quail
tied voters of the town of Napoleo vile, in
accordance with the election laws of the
aI sith H., laz 3ne Ss,,.r
Gil may prescribe.
svo ps1 f,,,+ber aro.4od Oh 1ba+
on he second Nonslav f,,lIosv;ss, fba ,far nf
tha;r ..Iect;n, oy ar,I,.,;.,tn,a,t tba eo1,nc;l
sbaiI hold its t,,,st maat;Y,rr 81 tbe conr,-
bonsa in sa;d town mill q ,ozv,, baII ha
arac, ed or anofber nIscs. of roaetine- he no
Iected, at which the Mayor and Councilmen
having ARE sntad and t;isI their cert;firatfs
of ,,lretioa or annointlnepts and onalif;ea-
t;o, bers;n Troy1laj shall antar 7,n,,, tha
dischargs ftheir snties as snecified in this
s,.t and tbe;I. nraSaaessa,.s sball f,,rn over
- ,a,, III had-s ,,,.a,,art,
and accounts narta ;,i;ng r. tha toyvn II
Nanoleonv;lla
n,
DEC. :: De IL AHrsns. enacteu, e.c;, Ina
tne os 1ne mayor auu
i.eh ~ snaia 20 90 ioLo"s iney snai pe
cielzehs ahd quaiheu electors, III accord-
ance Win the laws ot the osate, anu resi-
q es ol tue Gown OF y Napoieohsiiie olie year
~, W an sieceton " appolnsiiient enes
span Y peiore entering upon tne uuties oi
!h5ir olnees, respeetlseiy, taAe peiors e ails
Judge, justice oI tle peace, OF otner olhcers
;sh af aSs,n,n ia, ta oa.,, rs.,,,;re.i +,
art;ela ifs, of tle ~ f.,s
siso that thsv ti,,.
bos, ,,;rad md viii fs,sb ,,ors,,.,
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DEC, .. be u iurener enacted, elc., = nat
shouid : = vacancy oce ar at any tlme alter
u. the nrst Monuay N Ahfli, lofs, ~ enc oI-
nee OF mayor or Conhcl!ineh, " aeaIii
eslgnation, failure 70 qualIfy OF olherWist
more than SIX months preceulhe the ex.
piratlon of ms term OF ofilce, the Council
shaii, AZ thelr nrsI meeting after ne occur
renee OF SAD vacancy, Q der an eject OIL
ceesser Go MI the same ior tRe mex
pired term Tor winch SAID Mayor or Coun
Gilman was elected, OF which notice shall
Q given IN the offeiIl Journal OF 5he town
ten days prior to said election; Prortdsa
tnat al vacancies occurring by death. res
lgnatlon, failure TO qualify or otlcrwlse,
pflos 20 the ifst Aioiuay III april 1913,
shah De nilea Dy appointment Dy the
GoVernof, MS provided III section three OF
TINS act. III case OF vacancy III the oifice
Oh mayer, OF IN case OF his Illness pr tenn
porary aDsence,Ihe Couneliinen SHALL 80 eet
Oae 0 OF tneir NUMBER, Who sisah aet Us
hayor pro teHt'ofe until s..ecessnr IS
nuly appointed! or tiecleu. anu auiisiLed,
OF during SAID sickness VI absence
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the Mayor shall be chief executive oi the
town. He shall keep his office iu the town I
ball, when erected, aud until then In such I
place as may be provided Hc shall affx