The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-04-22

! Relative to Section 10 Of the Charlton of =.
Town of Benton, defining crime and otfeno cue
and fixing penalties and punishmeuts fn,,
| the same LUZ
Section l. Whoever shall resist. onnos,
| assault, beat, strike or wound any on;can
other person duly authorized while Sc rv;u VI
any process or order, or while in the lawfni
discharge OF any duty incumbent upon hin, va
an official employe or guardian of the roll
for the town of Benton, La. ssall, upon cons
Viction before the Mayor, be tined in a sum
not exceeding 3 w or Imprisoned not ex.asJ
| ing one hundred days or both at the dspra,
ton of the Mayor.
Sec. ,. All persons, who not having yisih,.
means of support, live without empl0vmnrt
all persons wandering abroad and lodging il,
| groceries, taverns, beer houses, market placss
sheds, barns, uninhabited buildings, or in Tho
open air. and not giving good account of
| themselves; all persons wandering abroad
and begging or who go about from door to
door or place themselves in the streets. biub
| ways, passages or other places to beg or 20
ceive aims; habitual drunkards who shall
abandon, neglect or refuse to aid in the SIM.
| port of their families and VIII. NAV he cnn,
planned of by their families, shall be deemed
Migrants, and it shall be the duty of the Town
Marshal or policeman to apprehend, arrest
and take all such persons before the Mayor
for the purpose of examination, and if The
| Mayor be satisfied by the confession of the Of
| fender or by competent testimony that he il
a vagrant within the description aforesaid, he
shall make certificate and judgments for ex
| ecutiOns; if such vagrant be proper object of
charity, he may be ordered and assisted to
some place of refuge provided by the town. or
| to the Charity hospital, and il such vagrant
be not an object of charity he shall be com
mitted as a vagrant under Section 954 State
| revised tutes) and sentenced to the parish
or town Jail for time not exceeding ninety
| days, and said sentence to Imprisonment NAV
| be reduced two days for every one DAYS work
of ten hours upOn the streets or public works.
See. 3. Whoever shall willfulIy discharge
ire arms, pistols or curse within the ineorpo.
rate limits, carry concealed weapons upon his
person, such as fire arms, brass or other
knucks, slung-shOt, Bowie knife, dirk or any
| other dangerous weapon, commit an assault
engage i'll a quarrel and affiay, use loud and
| boisterous language such as may be calculated
| to disturb the peace, or use valgar or Drofane
| language on the streets or in public places, or
| IN hearing of any peaceable citizen; cruelty
! anu numerically abuse by overburden or mis-
| use or shall beat, wound or name without
good cause any domestic animal, horse mule
COW or OK within the incorporate limits. and
whoever shall make public display OF any kind
not authorized by law, by which a crowd is
drawn together to the detriment of the pnblc
peace, or whoever shall wantingly and mis-
| ehlevOusly obstruct the public streets or cross
| ings IN any manner detrimental to the public
| welfare, or whoever shall attempt or presist
| in conducting any manner of business upon
| the street crossings, passways or vacant lots,
| wherein license tax or permit is requested
from the town of Benton, or whoever shall
wantingly destroy or damage, OF cause to be
real or personal effects of any kind whatever
of another person, or that of any incorporation
or belonging to or claimed by the public, or
| whoever shall after being warned not to do so
by the Mayor, town Marshal or health officer,
street Committee or Commissioner, presist and
n at nr 70 no Yfno
in the streets. alleys or bitches any waste filth
trash or any matter calculated to Obstruct or
render such streets, alleys or bitches unclean
impure or tend to bar its free use, whoever
shall board, swing on or get upon any moving
| car upon leaving the station for the purpose
of amusement or for the purpose of riding up
or down the track and alighting from such
moving train, or whoever shall drive or ride at
an unusual fast speed after being once notified
not to do so. All such persons shall be deem
| ed Offenders, and dsturbers of the peace and
good order of the town Of Benton, and it is
made the duty of the town Marshal to appre-
| bend all such offenders forthwith and sumari
~ take them before the Mayor, and upon con-
viction any and all of such offenders shall DO
fined Lot exceeding 500 and Imprisonment in
default of fine not exceeding one hundred days
and allowed an additional day off for each day
worked upon the streets. And that all Ordi-
nancGs and parts Of Ordinances III conflict
| herewith are hereby repealed, and that this
| Ordinance take effect from and after its
passage.
ORDINANCE NOS.
Relative to Section 10 of the Charter of the
Town of Benton, La.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Council
of the Town of Benton, La,
Section L. That it shall be the duty Of the
I Mayor to appoint three persons from the mem
| bers of the Town Council who shall be known
as the Street and Improvement Commission
NIT fnn tn mir md
audit all claims to be paid by the Council
Sec. 2. The said Committee or Commission
ers shall be a standing Committee and shall
hold and perform all the duties prescribed to
it during the full term of the Council of the
Town of Benton
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of said Commits
sloners or Committee as soon they are ap-
| pointed ny the Mayor TO take charge of all
public works, Improvement of the streets,
| walks, alleys and bitches and all other work
to be done by the Town Of Benton, and as a
| whole direct and lay off all work to be done,
and order the same to be done by the town
Marshal or other hands or contractors, and
the town Marshal shall be subject to the
orders and under the control Of said commits
sioners when not otherwise engaged.
Sec. 3. They shall have and are hereby
vested with the power to purchase any and all
TOOLS material lumber, nails and anything
necessary including hauling, freight and pay
of labor, which they may deem necessary to
carry Cd ana complete any improvement upon
the public streets, alleys, bitches or public
highways not to exceed the money apprOpri-
ated by the Town Council for such purposes,
and all bills approved by said committee or
Commissioners shall be allowed and paid by
the Town Council
Sec. a. The Commissioners shall act as
whole in laying off ordering whose work
shall be done, or in fixing any place or specif-
cation for the same, but the work may be
overlooked and directed and be under the
charge Of any one of said Commissioners as
agreed upon among themselves, and it shall
also be the duty of the said Commissioners or
Committee to act as a whole in ordering any
material or approving any claim to be paid by
the Council, and they shall make full report
to the Council of their wark and acts when
called for by the Council And that all Ordi-
nances and parts of Ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed, and that this
Ordinance take effect from and after its
passage.
ORDINANCE NO. 6.
Relative to Section 10 of tho Charter of the
Town of Benton, La.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Council
oil the Town of Benton, La,
Section |. That tho sum of $500 be, and the
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