The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-03-27
No. SO. AN act
TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF PINE
WILLIE, IN RAPIDES
PARISH,

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives, of
the State of Louisiana, ID General AS.
sembly convened, That the inhabi-
tants of the Town of Pineville, in the
Parish of Rapides, are her, by made a
body corporate aud polite, with per-
petnal succession, by the name and
style of the "Town of Pneville," and
as such can sue and be sued, plead and
be impIeaded, answer and be answer
ed, defend and be defended in any
court of law; shall possess the right to
have, hold, purchase, receive and en-
Joy any kind ofproperty, and the same
to sell, lease, farm and dispose of;
also, 20 have common seal, the same
to mend, alter or change at pleasure
SEC 2. Be it further enacted, etc,
That the limits and boundaries of said
Town shall be as follows, viz: com
mencing on the bank of Red river at
David's ditch ard running in a liue
parallel with the centre of the Harris
onhnrg road to the lake, thence in a
straight line to the back road, thence
along the back road to the United
States cemetery, thence west along the
United Estates cemetery wall to the
corner of said wall, thence north along
said cemetery wall and continued in "a
straight line until it reaches a point
one mile from the river, thence west
until it reaches the back line of Cheri
nos property, thence along said back
line in direction of Red river and con-
timed in straight line until it reaches
the bank of Red river.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That the municipal government of the
Town Of Pineville shall consist of n
Mayor and five Conncilmen, three of
whom, with the Mayor, shall consti-
tute quorum to transact business
No person shall be eligible to the Office
of Mayor or Councilman, unless he be
qualified elector and resident within
the limits of the said Town, and the
Mayor and Councilmen shall be elect
ed by the qualified electors of said
Town.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That on the first Monday of May of the
present year of 1873, and every two
years thereafter, the Mayor and Coun.
ciImen of said Town shall be chosen,
by ballot, and the persons thus chosen
shall continue in Office during the
term of two years and until ,eir
successors are elected and qualified
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted, etc,
That it shall be the dizzy oI the Justice
of the Peace for Pineville Ward to give
at least ten days notice, by posting uE
the same at two or more public places
in said Town, of the first election to bt
held under this act, and to appoint
three commissioners, qualified electors
i of said Town, to hold such election be.
! tween the hours prescribed by law
/ and the said commissioners, within
twentyfour hours after snch election
shall declare, over their signatures, the
names OF the persons who have beer
duly elected Mayor and Councilmen OF
said Town provided, that at Ill subse
qnent elections the Mayor shall give
notice of snch election.
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, etc
That the Mayor aud Councilmen shal
hold their meetings as often as once
every month at a time and place selec
ted by them aud at such other times AZ
they may think necessary, or ten OF
]. more electors of the corporation may
require; the Mayor shall preside at all
meetings of the Board of Councilnen
and in case of his absence or inability
to attend to the duties of his Office, the
senior Councilman shall preside at all
meetings of the Board and shall dis
charge the duties of the Office of Mayor
during such absence or inability, and
in the case of death or resignation OF
the Mayor, the Councilmen shall elecl
by BALLOT one of their body to I'll sucl
vacancy until the next ensuing election
SEC. Z. Be it further enacted, etc.
That the Mayor of Pineville shall be
and is hereby invested with judicia
powers, which shall only extend to the
cognizance of all cases arising under
the police regulations of said TowI
with authority to try summarily, al
parties who may be brought before hin
for violations of the police regulation.
of said Town, and his authority shall
extend to fine and imprisonment O
parties convicted before him, the fine
tn no case to exceed fifty dollars fol
each offence and the imprisonment no
to exceed twenty days, or 10 lieu o
imprisonment the parties may be sen
fenced to work on the public streets
for the same period of time, and il
shall be the duty of the Mayor to Sc,
that all the regulations and ordinances
of said Town are faithfully executed
that said Mayor and Councillnen shall
have power to pass any bylaws to
their own government and the govern
ment of the officers of said Town, ant
any regulations and ordinances in wri
ting, not inconsistent with the Consti
tuition and laws of the United States
or of this State, as they may deem
proper, in relation to the laying off u
said Town into streets, and the polic'
thereof, and in relation to public mar
kets, highways and sidewalks, and t,
disorderly houses. drinking saloons
gambling houses and nuisances gene
rally; to establish facilities for pro
lection against fire, watch and police
to levy and collect taxes and licenses
, to impose such fines and penalties fo
breach OF their bylaws, regulation
and ordinances, as they may thinl
proper, subject to the limitations o
this act; provided that no tax shall b
levied on the real estate or persona
property in excess of three mills OF
the dollar
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc,
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