The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-04-05

government.
BOUNDARIES OF CORPORATIONS
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives. Of the State of
Louisiana. II, General Assembly convened,
That all of that district of country contained
within the following limits, to wit: From
where the half mile line running north through
section thirty-tive (35) would strike If con-
tinued, Cross bayou on the north or west bank;
thence south on said line to the centre Of sec
ton two ~; thence east to the half mile cor
ner of section six Co., township seventeen az,
range thirteen n3) west; thence north to the
northwest corner OF said section six (6);
thence east on the township line to the east
bank of Bayou Pierre; thence along said
the centre of said river to point on the
north bank of Cross bayou at it's junction
with Red river; thence up the north bank of
said bayou to point OF starting, shall be in
cIuded within the corporate limits of the
city of Shreveport.
STYLE AND POWERS OF CORPORATION.
SEC. 2. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That
the inhabitants of the city of Shreveport, laid
out as above, are hereby constituted and de-
clared to be q municipal corporation and body
polite, in fact and In law, by the name and
style of the CITY of Shreveport" and by the
same name shall have perpetual succession.
shall be capable of sueing and being sued de-
Tended and being defended, impleading and
being implicated, in all courts and places
whatsoever; shall be capable of acquiring,
receiving, holding, farming, leasing or con-
and without the limits of the city, and may
have and use common seal.
CONVENIENTLY WHOM VESTED AND HOW
ELECTED.
SEC g. Be Il further enacted, etc., That
the government of the city of Shreveport and
the administration of it's affairs shall be
vested in q Mayor and eight trustees, and
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appointed as hereinafter provided, and shall
| form the Council of the city of Shreveport
The Governor shall, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate, appoint the Mayor
and the eight trustees, who shall hold their
offices until the first Tuesday after the first
Monday of November, A. d. 1875 OF until
their successors are elected and qualified. On
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in
November after the passage of this act, and
every two years thereafter, there shall be an
election for the Mayor and eight trustees,
who shall hold their offices until their success
sors are elected and qualified. The polling
places, one in each ward, shall be
designated and the commissioners appointed
by the Mayor for the holding of said cleo
ton, and he shall give ten days previous no.
tice of the day on which said election is to be
held by publication in the official journal of
the city. The Mayor shall be elected at large
by the qualified voters Of the city of Shreve-
port as constituted by this act, and the sew
eral trustees by the qualified voters Of their
respective wards, as hereinafter designated
The Mayor and trustees, before entering
upon the duties of their offices respectively,
shall take and subscribe before any officer au-
thorized to administer oaths the oath pre-
scribed by article 100 of the constitution of
this States, that they will faithfully perform
the duties and discharge the obligations i'm
posed upon them by this act.
DIVISION OF WARDS.
SEC 4. Be 1t further enacted etc, That the
said city of Shreveport as herenbefore de-
fined, shall be and Is hereby divided into six
wards, as follows, to wit: Ward No. shall
Cross bayou, run thence along the centre OF
said street to the point where the eastern line
of the Texas and Pacific Railroad crosses
said street; thence northeast to Red river;
thence in a westerly direction, along the
bank of Red river and Cross bayou, to the
point of beginning. Said first ward shall
be entitled to two trustees, who shall be
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