The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1894-09-01
Imp.,..tant to Towns.

Important to Towns.
The citizens and officials of the
towns in this parish will do well to
acquaint them selves with the follow
ing law passed at the last session of
the Legislatures:
! Sec. BE it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana, That
the incorporated cities and towns of the State |
through their Mayor or any other person
right to demand and have paid over to them
by the Police Juries of their respective
parishes, all the licenses collected annually !
ty the parishes on all businesses, trades. !
professions and occupations carried on with |
in said cities and towns, less the criminal
and public school expenses, and all other
expenses, paid out of the parishes on account
of cities and towns.
Sec 2.-That each city town taking
advantage of this act, shall be required to
tlefray all expenses occurring from or grow
ing out of the prosecution OF crimes. onences
and misdemeanors committed within its
Corporate limits, also all expenses for rum
ming, conducting and maintaining the pub
lie schools in its corporate limits and all
other expenses paid by the parish on account
| of the city or town.
Sec. 3.-That the city or town wishing to
take advantage of this act, shall apply
through its Mayor or any person authorized
| Police Jury of the parish at its first meeting
of each year, and the Police Jury shall grant
| the demand and shall at that meeting advise
it's collector and treasurer of the demand,
| instruct them that all taxes, licenses and
| other monies collected, by the parish
on all properties, businesses, trades, profess
| ions and occupations, situated or carried on
| within said cities towns, shall he kept
separate from all other funds> and not paid
| out except as herein provided.
! Sec. 4.-That the Clerk of fhe District
Court of theSparish shall keep record of
! expenses occurring through his Office to the
| parish on account OF the city town, and
the Sheriff of the parish shall keep record
of such expenses occurring in his ONCE:
The President of the School Board shall
keep record of the expenses for running,
conducting and maintaining the public
schools of the city or town.
| Sec. 5.-That at the second meeting of the
Police Jury of the year succeeding the re one one
| parish shall present to the police Jury
statement certified to by the Treasurer of
the amount of taxes, licenses and other
monies collected by him on all properties,
businesses, trades, professions and occupa-
| tions, situated or carried On within the limits
of the city or town for the preceding year,
and the Police Jury shall order warrant
| drawn the treasurer of the parish in favor
| of the Mayor of the city or town for the
amount of the licenses collected by the
| parish aforesaid, less the collectors and
treasurer's per centage on same as that of
the State and parish, and less the amounts
| of criminal and public school expenses and
other expenses paid out of the parish on
account of said city or town for that year.
The criminal expenses shall be based upon
the statement of the Clerk of the Court and
of the Sheriff made in writing under oath,
and the public school expenses be based upon
a statement made in writing under oath by
the President of the School Board of the
parish; provided that all expenses of what
ever nature paid out by the parish on account
Of the city or town taking advantage of this
on properties situated in said city town
and out of monies other than licenses col
lected from said city or town; and if these
amounts be not sufficient then the license
sufficient amount thereof is to be taken &c
make up the deficiency and the balance OF
the license is to be paid over to the city OF
town, and provided further, that any surplus
remaining from the taxes and other monies
other than licenses collected by the parish
from said cities towns, shall be used b,
the parish they deem proper.
Sec. 6-That under the head of crimina
, expenses in this act, shall also be included
the fees and charges of magistrates and cons
tables and other expenses growing out OF ant
attending the prosecution before magistrate
s of oHcnses and misdemeanors committed
within the corporate limits of said city O
town, and the magistrates and constable
, shall be required to keep seperate accoun
of these expenses: and the Clerk of the Polic
Jury shall also keep seperate account o
the amounts paid out by the Police Jury TO
such services, and account OF all othe
2 expenses not above provided for which shall
be paid out by the parish on account of salt
city or town. Under the head of crirnina
= expenses shall also he included pro rata o
expenses of cities and towns for building
, maintaining and repairing the jails ann cour
house belonging to the parishes, the pro rat
! to be fixed by the Police Jury.
1 Sec. IF the amounts collected by tn
t parish from the city or town are not sutclen
to pay the criminal, public school expense
and other expenses of the Guy or town Pai'
out by the parish, the parish shall have tn
| right to refuse to grant the city or town tn
4 privilege of this act for another year an
/ shall continue to refuse until it has bee
shown by city or town to the satisfaction O
the Police Jury that the taxes, licenses AM
1 | other monies collected by the parish fror
the city town on account of accumulate
of property and business otherwise ar
sufficient, provided that no parish shall hav
the right to refuse any city or town applying
under this act, until by an actual test unde
| it of one year it is shown that the expense
| of the city town to the parish are NOR
t than the taxes, licenses and other monte
collected by the parish from the city or town
Sec. S.-That this act shall not apply t
2 taxes collectep for leveee purposes.
Sec. o.-Be it further enacted, ETC., Iha
all laws parts of laws in conflict with tn
1 ! provisions of this act, be and the same ar
, hereby repealed.
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