The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-03-18
Town Council Proceedings.

bfn'cn net Monday evening at 7:3(
at the Court House, pursuant TO adj
jourEment. Present: r. Il. Hill
Mayor: B. F. Oheal, Joe Benjanin
}. NJ. Montgomery, L. e. Smith and
M. Belcher, members, and I. n
Draden Secretary and ex -oflicio As.
SCISSOR.
Moved and seconded, That the
minutes of the last meeting of this
body he adopted. Carried.
The Committee appointed by the
MayCs' at last meeting to draft an
ordinance defining the dates of
Marshal, together with snch other
ordinances as may be needed, re-
ported the following ordinances:
ORDINANCE NO. L,
Relative to Section Is, of the Char
ter Of the Town of Benton.
Section l. Duty. Be it Ordain-
ed by the Mayor and the Council of
the Town of Benton, La, That it
shall be the duty of the Town Mar
shall TO attend every Court that shall
be held by the Mayor, and all meet
ings of the Town Council, and to
preserve order, and wait upon them
during every session; to execute all
Nrlts, orders and process, verbal or
written, emenating from the same,
and to do.and perform all other du-
ties that may be required of the
Marshal by law.
The Marshal shall, moreover, be
keeper of the prison or Jail cell pro-
vldcd 10y the Council, and shall BY
all lawful means preserve the peace.
and appreLend all disturbrrs thereof,
and other public offenders.
Section ?. DEPUTIES. The Mar
shall is authorized and vested with
the power to call for the aid, and
command the services, of every able
bodied male inhabitant of the town
of Benton to preserve the peace
when threatened, or to assist him in
making arrest or conveying. priso-
ners to the lookup, and every person
so called upon by the Marshal, who
shall refuse to render such assist
ance, may be punished by fine at the
discretion of the Mayor, not to ex-
coed ten dollars.
Section 3. BONDS. The Marshal
shall take all persons arrested imme
diately before the Mayor, provided,
however, that in all cases where ar
rests are made at night, or at any
time when Impossible for the offend
ers to he brought Immediately be.
fore the Mayor, for good and suffi-
cient canse, it shall be lawful for
the Marshal to lock said offenders
up in the prison kept for such pur-
pose; provided, however, that any
person. who may be arrested charged
with violating any of the city ordi-
nances may, upon making personal
promises to the Marshal not to fur
ther violate the law, be entitled to
furnish bond signed with approved
security for his appearance before
the Mayors Court, in sum not less
than twenty nor more than one hun
dred dollars, at the dissection of the
Marshal, aud releases upon bonds
must only be made after the bonds
are made out and signed.
Section 4. DUTIES. In case the
Mayor shall not appear, or in the
event of bis sickness, death, resig-
nation, absence, inability, or failure
to act, the Marshal shall forthwith
notify the Town Council, aud report
all the facts according to section six
of the Town Charter.
Section 5. The Marshal shall
have charge of all persons, prisoners
or convicts, who may be sentenced
to pay fines, or work upon the pub
lie roads or streets. He shall keep
them strictly in bis charge, and con-
stantly with him until they shall be
fully discharged, or by actually pay
ing the full amount Of fine and costs
for which he may have said persons
in his custody.
Section 6. The Marshal shall COL
lect all taxes, licenses, fines, dues
and costs chargeable to him, and
pay the same into the Treasury daily
all such collections, and take receipt
for the same, which receipt must
state the specific items so paid over.
He shall render full and itemized
report atevery meeting of the Coun-
Gil, if called for, and no warrant for
pay of fees or salary shall be drawn,
or allowed to the Marshal until ali
monies which may have come into
his hands, OK chargeable to his col
lection, aud neglected or lost, shall
have been fully paid into the Treas
ury. And after due notice and de-
mand upon him by the Council or
the Mayor he shall still he or STAND