The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1881-08-26
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
MAYORS OFFICE

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rington. Abscnt-W. Z. Renwick, S
Meyer.
Reading of minutes of last meeting
dispensed with.
Mr.. Garrett introduced tho following
ordinnccs, Nos. 13i and 1875, which, on
motion were adopted:
ORDINANCE No. asa.
An Ordinance to provide the manner
in which sales shall be made of all
the unredccmed property, which had
been sold to "The Mayor and City
Council of Monroe" prior to the
adoption of the Constitution of 1879,
for unpaid taxes and licenses due tho
City Of Monroe, and to which the
said political corporation had a title
at said time; and to provide for the
final sale, after tho period for rcdcmp-
ton shall have expired, of all prop
crty hereafter purchased by said
corporation at tax sales, which shall
not have been redeemed according to
law and ordinance.
UHcrcus, The ordinance of tho Con-
stltution of 1879, for tho "Relief Of
Delinquent Taxpayers" extended the
time for the redemption of all property,
to which the State of Louisiana or any
political corporation had, at the time
of the adoption of said Constitution,
title basel upon a sale for unpaid
taxes and licenses till the first day of
January, 1881; and
Whereas, Tho said Constitutional
ordinance provides that: In the event
the principal of said taxes and licenses
is not paid by said time, the interest,
penalties, costs, fees and charges there
i'll before remittcu shall revive and
attach to tho property upon which the
taxes and licenses arc due, and such
property shall then be- sold in the
manner to be provided by law, and
the title of tho purchases shall be full
and complete and
Whereas, The Legislative Act No.
lO7 of 1850, provides for tho sale Of
only such property as had been for
feitcd to or sold to tho State Of
Louisiana; and
Whereas, BY the charter Of the City
Of Monroe, The Mayor and City
Council of Monroe are vested with
the manner i'll which all property
shall be sold, for unpaid taxes and
licenses due TO said corporation, and to
provide for the final sale or other dis
posal Of I'LL property, once sold to said
corporation at tax sale and not re-
deemed according to law and
Whereas, Prior to tho adoption of
said Constitution, said Political Cor
poration had purchased, at tax and
license sales under constitutional laws
and legal and constitutional ordinances,
sundry parcels and lots of property,
sold for unpaid taxes and licenses, to
which the said Political Corporation
had valid titles at the time of the
adoption Of said Constitution; and
Whereas, Some of said parcels or lots
Of property have not been redeemed,
either as provided by said constitu-
tional ordinance or as provided by the
ordinances of "Thc Mayor and City
Council of Monroe;" therefore
SECTION 1. Be it ordained, by
The Mayor and City Council of
Monroe, That the collector of tho city
taxes and licenses of the City of Mon
roe is hereby vested with full power
and authority to sell all tho property,
to which tho Mayor and City Coun-
Gil had title ON tho first day of Janu-
airy, eighteen hundred and eighty, ac-
iuired at any tax collectors sale, for
unpaid taxes or licenses Or both, which
has not been redeemed, either accord
ing to the ordinances of said Political
Corporation or according to the con-
stitutional ordinance for tho relief OF
delinquent taxpayers.
SEC. 2. BE it further ordained, etc.,
That said property shall be sold
separately, as bought by said Political
Corporation, but all errors in the de-
scription thereof, or in the name of the
person to whom originally assessed
may be corrected in the new advertise
mcnt and the sale and decd may be
made under the correct name and
description.
SEC 3. BE it further ordained, etc,
That said sales shall be made as soon
after the taking effect of this ordinance
as practicable, and after advertisement
in one newspaper publishcdin the City
of Monroe, once q week for thirty on
tire days, at the principal front door OF
the room in which the Civil District
Court of the State of Louisiana is held
and on the days and within the legal
hours for judicial sales as then pro.
vidcd by law.
SEC. 4. BE it further ordained, cite.
That said sales shall be made by said
tax collector, nj public auction, to tho
highest bidder, without appraiscmcnt,
for whatever each separate parcel OF
property will bring, payable, on tho
spot, in lawful money of the United
States subject nevertheless to all taxes
which have or shall have become duo
to said city on said Spcciiic prOpcrty