The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1897-04-29

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Relative to Section 10 of the Charter If n.
Town of Benton, defining crime and ofsno sue
and fixing penalties and runishments e.
the same. "l
Section l. Whoever shall resist. on,o,.
assault, beat, strike or wound any offirar
other person duly authorized while serv;nu
any process or order, or while in the lawEi
discharge Of any duty incumbent upon him VI
an official, employee or guardian of the r;oas
FOR the town of Benton. La, shall. uno, i,gas
Viction before the Mayor, be fined in a snn,
not exceeding 800 or imprie oned not excasd
ing one hundred days or both at the discra
ton of the Mayor.
See. .. All persons, who not having v;s;h,,
means of support, live without employment
all persons wandering abroad and lodging in
groceries, taverns, beer houses, market nisea.
sheds, barns, uninhabited buildings, or in H.
open air, and not giving good account If
themselves; all persons wandering abroad
and begging or who 60 about from door Ia
door or place themselves in the streets. b;ch
ceive aims; Eabitual drunkards who sbai,
abandon, neglect or refuse to aid in the ann.
port Of their families, and who may be com
planned of by their families, shall be deemad
Migrants, and It shall be the duty of the Town
Marshal OF policeman to apprehend, arrest
and take all such persona before the MAYER
for the purpose of examination, and if The
Mayor be satisfied by the confession of the of.
fender W BY competent testimony, that he ia
6 Vagrant within the description aforesaid hs
shall make a certificate and judgments for ar.
ecutiOns; if such vagrant be q proper object Of
charity, he may be ordered and assisted to
some place of refuge provided BY the town y.
to the Charity hospital, and if such vaprant
lie not an object Of charity he shall be com.
mitted as q vagcant under Section 954 State
revised statutes) and sentenced to the parrish
or town Jail for . time not exceeding ninetv
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.
Sec. ). Whoever shall willfully discharge
fire arms, pistols or curse within the incorpo
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 in IA quarrel and atflay, use loud and
bOisterOus language such as may DO calculated
to disturb the peace, or use Vulgar or profaue
language on the streets OF in public places, or
in hearing of any peaceable citizen; cruelty
and numerically abuse by overburden or mia
use or shall beat, wound or name without
good cause any domestic animal, horse, mule
cow or OK within the incorporate limits, and
not authorized by law, by which a crowd ia
drawn together to the detriment of the pnbho
peace, or whoever shall wantonly and mis-.
chievously obstruct the public streets or cross.
ings in any manner detrimental to the public
welfare, or whoever shall attempt or presist
III conducting any manner of business upon
the street crossings, passways or vacant lots,
wherein a license tax or permit is requested
from the town Of Benton, or whoever shall
wantingly destroy or damage, or cause to be
destroyed or damaged, any property, building
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
w Cavnp phaI of hahn
by the Mayor, town Marshal or health officer,
street Committee or Commissioner presist and
continue to east, throw or cause to be placed
in the streets. alleys bitches any waste, filth,
trash or any matter calculated to Obstruet or
render such streets, alleys or bitches unclesn,
impure or tend to bar its free use, or whoever
shall board, swing on or get upon any moving
ear upon leaving the station for the purpose
Of amusement or for the purpose Of riding up
or down the track and alghting 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 disturbers of the peace and
good order Of the town of Benton, and it 10
made the duty of the town Marshal to appfe-
bend all such offenders forthwith and sumari
~ take them before tie Mayor and upon con-
victOn any and all of such offenders shall be
fined not exceeding 500 and imprisonment In
dsfault Of fine act exceeding one hundred days
0uu ssAAO GU Ga SsOOAtlOH0l Oby Oh lOE odCu udy
worked upon the streets. And that all Ordi-
nances and parts of Ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed, and that this
Ordinance take effect from and after it,
passage.
ORDINANCE NOS.
Relative to Section 10 Of the Charter 4 To
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
Mayor to appoint three persons from the mem
hers Of the Town Council who shall be known
as the Street and Improvement Commission
| ers and Committee to examine approve md
audit all claims to be paid by the Council
Sec. 2. The said Committee or Commission
ers shall be q standing Committee and shall
hold and perform all the duties prescribed TO
it during tie full term Of the Council OF tho
Town Of Benton. ~.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of said Commits
sioners or Committee as soon az they are ap-
pointed by the Mayor 10 take charge Of oil
public works, Improvement Of the streets,
walks, alleys and bitches and all other work
to te done by the Town Of Benton, and as .
whole direct and lay off all work to be done,
and order the same to be done by the town
Marshal or o:ha- hands or contractors. and
the tom Marshal shall be subject to the
| orders end under the control Of said commits
| sioners when not otherwise engaged.
Sec. 8. They shall have and are hereby
vested with tie power 10 purchase any and all
| tools, material, lumber, nails and anything
necessary including hauling, freight and pay
of labor, which they nay deem necessary to
| carry on and 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,
ard all bills approved by said COMMITTEES Or
Commissioners shall be allowed and paid BY
the Town Council.
| Sec. 4. The Commissioners shall act a. .
whole IN laying off or ordering whose WORK
shal. be done, or in fixing any place or speeith-
cation for the same, but the work may Do
overlooked and directed and be under the
charge OF any one of said Commissioners e
agreed upon among themselves, and it shsn
also be the duty Of the said Commissioners OF
Committee to act 40 a whole in ordering any
material OF approving any claim to be paid Dy
the Council, and they shall make q full report
| to the Council of their work and acts wnen
called for by the Council And that all Ordi.
| nances and parts of Ordinances in eonnies
herewith are hereby repealed, and that tn is
Ordinance take effect from and after hS
passage.
ORDINANCE NOS.
Relative to Section 10 of the Charter OF INC
Town of Benton, La.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Counch
OF the Town of Benton, La, -.
Section /. That the sum Of $500 be, and tne
tax and the 10 mill levy tax on assessed prop.