The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-04-01
ORDINANCES
-idopteA by the To,c,s Council Of the Tocn o.
Bet.ton, La, March Is, 1897.
ORDINANCE NO. |.

! DtNtoU, IT,, HuFtH ID, 1871
ORDINANCE NO.
Relative to Section 10, of the Charter of the
Town of Benton.
Section |. Duty. BE it Ordained by the
Mayor and the Council of the Town of Benton,
La, That it shall be the duty of the Town
Marshal to attend every Court that shall he
held by the Mayor, and all meetings of the
Town Council, and to preserve order, and wait
upon them during every session; to execute
all writs. orders and process, verbal or writ
| ten. emanating from the same, and to do and
perform all other duties that may be required
! of the Marshal by law.
The Marshal shall moreover, he keeper of
the prison or Jail cell provided by the Council,
and shall by all lawful means preserve the
| peace, and apprchend all disturbcrs thereof,
| and other public offenders.
Sec.2. DEPUTIES. The Marshal ia author
| lied and vested with the power to call for the
! aid, and command the services of every able
| bodied male inhabtant of the town of Benton
| to preserve the peace when threatened, or to
assist him in making arrest or conveying pris
| Oners to the lookup, and every person so called
upon by the Marshal, who shall refuse to
render such assistance. may be punished by
| fine at the discretion of the Mayor not to ex-
| coed ten dollars
Sec. B BoNDs. The Marshal shall take all
| persons arrested Immediately before the
! Mayor. provided, however, that in all cases
where arrests are made at night, or at any
| time when impossible for the offenders to be
| brought Immediately before the Mayor, for
! good aud sufficient cause it shall be lawful for
| the Marshal to lock said offenders up in tho
| prison kept for snch purpose; provided, how
! ever, that any person who may be arrested
| charged with violating any of the city Ordi-
| nanccs may, upon making personal promises
| to the Marshal not to further violate the law
be TITLED to furnish bond signed with approx
| ed security for HE appearance before the
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| nor more than one hundred dollars, at the dis
| cretion of the Marshal, and releases upon
bonds must only he made after the bonds are
made out and signed.
Sec. t. DUTIES. In case the Mayor shall
! not appear. or III the event of his sickness,
death, resignation, absence, inability, or fail
ure to act the Marshal shall forthwith notify
| the Town Council, and report all the facts &C
cor'lins to Section of the Town Charter,
| Sec 5. The Marshal shall have charge of
! all persons, prisoners or cOnvicts, who may be
| sentenced to pay fines work upon the pub
| lie roads or streets. He shall kcek them strict
ly in his charge, and constantly with him until
they shall be fully discharged, or by actually
paying the full amount Of fine. and costs for
| whice he may have said persons i'll his custody.
Sec. s. The Marshal shall collect all taxes,
licenses, fines dues and costs chargeablc 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 paid over. He shall render a full and
| itemizcd report at every meeting of the Coun-
ell, if caled for. and no warrant Tor pay of fees
or salary shall be drawn, or allowed to the
Marshal until all monies which may have come
into his hands, OF chargeable to his collection,
and neglected or lost, shall have been fully
paid into the treasury. And after due notice
| and demand upon him by the Council or the
Mayor he shall still be or stand charged with
default, the said Marshal may be declared sils
pended from office by the Council, and the
Clerk employed to perform the duties of Mar
shall until Marshal may be elected or ap
pointed by the Council.
Sec. 7. The Marshal is hereby enjoncd and
required to receive into his custody and keep
ing all prisoners sentenced by the District
Court las we'll as by the Mayor of the Town OF
Benton) to work upon the public roads OF
streets, provided arrangements be made witt
the Sheriff or the Police Jury and to make
due report to tho Sheriff for the Parish anC
State convicts time. &c.
Sec. 8. The Marshal shall inspect all streets
allies, lots, and premises for sanitary purpO
ses, as often as he may deem necessary, moi
less than once a month from November ! tt
May |, and once every ten days from May tt
November !, and at his discretion order tn,
owners or occupants of any lot, residence Of
premises, to remove, haul off, or clean an,
filth sink or privy, or remove any dead animal
by the owner of the premises or the owner o
the animal, if to be found, and upon refusal o
|
premises, the Marshal shall take such persons
as refuse to obey his request before the Mayor
to be fined not less than one nor more than til
dollars and cost and order the Marshal to re
,, move the dead animal, or cause the premise
. to be cleaned at the expense of the town, no
, to exceed in cost the fine SO imposed
Sec 9. If the Marshal, while in attendanc
on the Mayors Court, or meeting of the Tow
/. Council, shall refuse to execute any lega
, order of the Mayor, he shall be held to be il
contempt of Court, and by the order of tn
Mayor, suspended and imprisoned i'll the ja
, not exceeding ten days.
: Sec. 10. The Marshal shall, i'll addition t
+ the duties prescribed, and when not othcrwi'
engaged be subject to the orders OF the Stree
and Improvement Committee or Commission
cr, and assist and work upon such works
when not otherwise engaged.
ORDINANCE NO. ?.
q Relative to Section 10 of the Charter Of til
! Town of Benton.
8 Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Counc
: of the Town OF Benton La:
y Sec. |. That 1T shall he unlawful for an
r store keeper, saloon or any person engaged
t the sale of general merchandise, or liquors, I
! game room, to sell any goods, or do any bus
\ ness such as gambling of any kind on Sunda,
as prescribed by the State law and any perso
who shall sell, give way, or do any cuisines
prohibited by law on Sunday, shall be fine
e not less than $40 nor more than $50, and in
prisoned not less than ten nor more than fit
days, at the discretion of the Court, and it
- made the duty of the Marshal to appreheI
any violations of this Ordinance.
ORDINANCE NO. 3.-LICENSE.
IL BE 1t Ordained, &c, That the Licenses
is fixed as follows: For Retail Liquor Dealer
It 500; Merchants, as graded by the State, s.
is $40; Hotels $40, Physicians, S.; Attorne,
e at Law, $, Butchers and Market Stalls, s:
} Editors, s.; Dentists, s.; Photographers, :;
o Patent Rights, s.; Telephone Lines, s.. f
press Companies, s.; Peddlers, not less thu
s., as fixed by the State Shows, Theatcr
&c, not less than s., as fixed by the Stat
- Fakes, Banking Games, &c , not less than s
as fixed by the State Patent Medicine Dea
ers, not less team s., as fixed by the State.
n r. b. HILL. Mayor.
rs THOS. N. BRADEN, Secretary and
'e cx-of1icio Assessor.
Succession SHYP.