The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-05-24
Messrs. RenWsck,

by the Mayor, viz: Messrs. Renw;ck,
Hoffman and Conner.
After short recess the committee
reported the following ordinance to the
Council, which was adopted:
ORDINANCE NO. 354.
An ordinance fixing the salaries of the
several officers of the Mayor and
City Council of Monroe and pres
cribing the duties of certain officers.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
City Council of Monroe, That the
salary of the secretary and treasurer of
the city of Monroe, now 5000, be and
it is hereby fixed at the sum of
$500; that the salary of the city
attorney OF Monroe, now $500, be and
it is hereby fixed at $3.50; that the
salary of the city engineer for Ouachita
steam fire engine be. and it is hereby
fixed at the sum of 1920 per annum,
and that in addition to his duties of
city engineer, aforesaid, he shall be
subject to the duties of policeman of
the city, but shall receive no other
compensation than the sum above
mentioned, which is intended to cover
his services as engineer and policeman !;
that the salary of the police (night and
day. be and it is hereby fixed at the
sum of $50 per month, but it shall be
the duty of the Mayor to assign the
members of the police force to day and
night duty alternately, so that no
policeman can be made to do tZcty duty
longer than one month at time with
out change to night duty for such
length of time and vice versa that
the city ditcher shall in addition to
his services as such discharge and per.
form the duties of city sexton, and
that his salary for services rendered in
both capacities shall be and it is here
by fixed at the sum of forty dollars
per month.
Be it further ordained, That the
assessor and collector of city taxes and
licenses shall receive the sum of five
per cent on each and every dollar col
lected by him upon the tax and license
rolls of the city and turned into the
treasury thereof.
Approved. FIR. ENDoM, Mayor.
Ordinances Nos. 355 and $50, follow
ing, were introduced by Mr.. Renwick,
and after some amendments of Ordi-
nance No. 1855 both were adopted:
ORDINANCE NO. 355.
An ordinance requiring the city cotton
weigher to pay into the city treasury
six cents for each bale of cotton
weighed by him, for public roads
and free ferry purposes.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Mayor and City Council of Monroe,
That the city cotton weigher be and he
is hereby required to pay to the city
treasurer six cents for each and every
bale of cotton weighed by him, said
payments to be made at the end of
each month.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
That whatever fund arises as provided
for in Section LIST Of this ordinance shall
be paid into the city treasury and
shall be known as public roads and
free ferry fund, and shall not be used
for any other purpose than maintain
ing the free ferry and repairing the
public roads.
Section 3. Be it further ordained
That said public roads and free ferry
funds shall not be paid out, only on re-
commentator of the committee on
streets and landings, approved by the
| Mayor and City Council.
! Section 4. Be it further ordained,
That the city cotton weigher be and
| he is hereby required to enter into a
bond with good and solvent security
in the sum of $1,000, conditioned for a
lalSAAuA COlu pllduCc WIN the provisions
of this ordinance.
Section 5. Be it further ordained,
That the city cotton wejgher shall
keep book of record to enter each
and every bale of cotton weighed dur
ing each month, and shall have dupli-
cate certificates, one issued to purchaser
of the cotton and one retained by him.
self for reference by the city authori-
ties when required; and that nothing
in this ordinance shall be so construed
as to allow the city cotton weigher to
charge more than 25 cents for each bale
of cotton weighed by him.
Section 6. Be it further ordained,
That this ordinance shall take effect
from and after its passage.
ORDIN NANCE NO. 35G.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
City Council of Monroe, That from
and after the passage of this ordinance,
tho city cotton weigher is prohibited
from using his influence to induce
shipments of cotton or other produce
in favor of one line of public carriers
rs against another. And, further, that
said city cotton weigher is hereby pro-
hibited from receiving any pay or
emolument whatever from any public
carrier or carriers to induce shipments
of cotton orproducc on any line of pub