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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-03-12

And all elective officers shall enter
upon the duties Of their .espective
Offices Immediately after receiving
their commission from the proper
State authorities and taking the
prescribed oath of Office of which
proceeding due record shall be
made upon the minutes Of the
council.
In csse q tie for Mayor or any
Councilnen q new election for said
Office or Offices shall be Immediate
ly ordered, of which thirty days
previous notice shall be given in
one of the newspapers published
in the town. No one shall be ell
gible for Mayor or Councilmen
who is not duly qualified elector
and who has not been an actual
resident in said town during three
consecutive months previous to his
election.
Every person shall be permitted
to vote who is a qualified elector
under the general laws of the State
and who has resided three months
within the corporate limits imme.
diately preceding the election.
Immediately after their quali6-
cation, the Council shall hold their
first meeting at the Town Hall, OF
such other place as may be selec-
ted, at which time the Mayor and
Councilmen having presented and
filed their commissions or certif-
Gates of election and oath of Office
as herein provided, shall enter up.
on the discharge of their duties a
specified in this act, and their
predecessors shall render to them q
final report and turn over tc
them all books, papers, property,
moneys and accounts pertaining
to their respective Offices, and the
of Town Ct. Msrtinsville, La
The Town Council shall at its
first meeting after theft election
and qualification to Office, elect q
Mayor pro tempore Of the council
who shall act as Mayor in case o.
the absence, refusal or inability o.
the Mayor to act; and in case Of
. vacancy occasioned by his death
resignation or otherwise. act a
Mayor for the unexpired term and
have the same powers and receive
the same fees and compensation d
the duly elected Mayor.
Should q vacancy occur ut any
time in the Offices of any Council
men by death, Resignation or other.
wise, more than six months pre-.
ceding the expirstioK of Their
term of Office the Council shall al
its first meeting after the occur.
ance of said vacancy, or a. soor
thereafter as practicable, order ar
election to fiA the same, of which
due notice shall be given IN one q
the newspapers published in til
town thirty 1907 days prior to said
election.
DUTIES AND PowBRs OF OFFICERS.
The mayor shall be the. chief ex.
ecutive of the town; he shan sfiz
the seal Of the corporation to al
his official acts; he shall counter.
sign all warrants drawn ep the
treasurer or fiscal agent; he shall
see that the laws and ordinances
are properly and faithfully execu.
ted; he shall have jurisdiction ovel
offences, misdemeanors and viola.
tons of all ordinances sdopted BY
the Council and committed within
the town limits of said town, and
shall have power to enforce I'll
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-03-12

on said roll in the same manner
as provided for ststs and parish
taxes, and shall keep one in his
own Office. He shall collect all
said taxes, in the same manner
and at the same time in which
state taxes shall be due and col
lectable. He shall collect all IL
censes levied by the town at the
same time and in the manner pres
cribed by the Stats for the collec-
ton Of licenses, and shall have for
the enforcement of the collection
of said taxes and licenses all the
remedies and rights provided by
the State for the collection of state
taxes and licenses. He shall make
all special assessments levied by
the Town Council on all or any
portion of porperty within the cor
porate limits of said town, for
special purposes, not inconsistent
with the laws of the State of Lou
isians, and shall collect all levies
and assessments made by the
Council for building of sidewalks
or banquettes, the opening, WIDEN
ing, grading, Strengthening, paving
or repairing the public squares and
other improvements, in accordance
with the powers granted in this
charter. He shall keep correct Sc
perate accounts of all licenses,
taxes, special taxes and assess
ments, carry the amount thereof in
seperate columns on the town tax
rolls. he shall give receipts for
all taxes, levies, assessments and
licenses, on the blank receipts fur
nished him by the town, and shall
receipt to the Mayor for all such
blanks, and be held accountable
for same. He shall make q month
ly settlement with the Town Coun-
I'll, in such manner as they shall
by ordinance direct be shah daily
deposit with the fiscal agent of the
town, the different amounts collec-
ted. specifying each different levy
or assessment and take receipts for
same which shall be his vouchers,
said amounts so deposited to be
subject to warrants countersigned
by the Mayor
The Town Council may and shall
have power to q elect or appoint a
Town Attorney, who shall hold his
Office until the expiration of the
term Of Office of the members of
the Council by whom he was cleo
ted or appointed, it being the true
meaning and intention of this sec
ton that each incoming or new
Council have the right of electing
il own officers and'employees.
The Town Attorney shall be IL
censed in law, and shall be the le-
gal adviser Of the Corporation in
all matters in which legal advice
may be necessary; he shall repre-
sent the corporation in all Judicial
proceedings and actions to which
it may have an interest, and shall
in all cases, when required by the
Town Council, furnish q written
opinion If the legality or the con-
stitutionaity of the law or ordi-
nance to be submitted TO, or pend
ing before the Council, or as to
any question involved in the dis
charge of the duties of the respec-
tive officers of the Corporation,
provided, that the Town Council
shall have the authority to employ
such additional attorney or attor-
neys as they may deem necessary
in important cases.
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places. and in all matters Whatever;
may take, hold, purchase, lease
grant and convey and acquire by
purchase, grant, donation or other
wise such real and personal or
mixed property or estate, as the
purposes of the corporation may
require within or without the linn
its thereof, and may make. have
and use corporate seal and change
and renew the same at pleasure;
provided, that the limits of said
corporation may be hereafter ex-
tended by the addition of other
territory to the same on complying
with the provisions of the consti-
sutton and laws or this State rel
alive thereto.
OFFICERS AND THRIR ELECTION.
The municipal government of
the town of st. Martinville, La,
and the administration of its at
fairs shall be vested in a Town
Council consisting of a Mayor and
five Councilmen. Half of the
number of the full number of coun-
cilmen and the Mayor, or in the
absence of the Mayor, a majority
of the Councilmen shall constitute
q quorum for the transaction of
business.
The other officers of the corpo-
ration shall be a Secretary, who
shall also be Treasurer, and town
tax collector, and such other off,
GERS or agents as the Town Coun-
Gil may from time to time direct,
who shall be appointed by the
Town Council and shall hold their
respective offices until expiration
of the term in which they are ap-
pointed.
An election shall be held in thin
town on the third Tuesday Of May
next after the adoption of this
charter, and then bi-annually
thereafter, on the third : Tues
day of the month of May al
such place as the Town Council
may direct, for the election of the
Mayor and Councilmen.
The election of q Mayor and
Councilmen as provided for in this
charter, shall be in Pursuance Of
the general election law, now On
hereafter existing, unless the Leg.
islature, by special act, or consti.
tutional convention, in its consti.
tuition provides otherwise, in which
case such elections will be in pur.
suance of next special laws.
For the purpose of holding said
election, and others that may be
ordered, the Mayor shall appoint
commissioners of election, by and
with the consent of the Town
Council, unless the general cleo
ton laws, now or hereafter in exis-
tence, provides otherwise, for the
appointment Of such commission.
ers and shall give at least 30 days
previous notice by publication in
one or more newspapers of said
town, Of the day and the hour and
place at which said election is to
be held.
| At the first election under this
charter there shall be elected by
qualified voters of the Town of st.
Martinville, La, a Mayor and five
Councilmen who shall hold their
Offices for the term of two years
from the date Of their election and
serve until their successors are duly
elected and qualified.
The Councilman and Mayor
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ever three (3) members of the
same shall, in writing, stating the
object thereof request him to do
90. He shall from time to time
lay before the Council full state.
ment of the affairs of the town. It
shall be his duty to report to the
Council all officers and persons
employed by the town who fail to
perform their duties or who shall
commit any act for which
they should be removed from Office
and may. at his discretion, suspend
any sub-oficer or employee until
the action of said Council, to
whom he shall report such suspen-
sion at their first meeting thereaf-
ter. He shall preside at the meet
ing of said Co uncil, but shall have
no vote therein, except when there
is q tie, in which case he shall have
the deciding vote; he shall sign
and cause to be published all ordi-
nances and all resolutions passed
in due form by the Council, and
such ordinances and resolutions
shall thereupon have the full force
Of law; he shall have general su-
perintendence over the streets, al
leys, wharves, landings and ell p u
bile places under the police and
control of the city. He shall, by
and with the consent of the majo-
rito of the Council, appoint all Off
GERS in the employ of the town.
He shall exercise all the powers
hereto vested in the Mayor of the
town of st. Martinville, La, under
existing laws not inconsistent or
in conflict with this charter, or the
laws Of the State of Louisiana.
It shall be the duty of the Sc
cretary and Treasurer to attend
every meeting of the Town Coun-
Gil and keep accurate minutes of
the proceedings thereof in a book
to be provided for that purpose,
and to copy and enroll in a well
bounded book all ordinances and
resolutions of the Town Council;
to take charge of and keep in or
der all books, records, papers, docu-
ments and archives of said Coun-
Gil; he shall keep an account of all
claims for or against the Corpora
ton; he shall issue warrants or
checks upon the funds in the Ire
asury, the same to be countersign-
ed by the Mayor under the seal of
the Corporation for the payment
| of all claims. All warrants and
checks shall be numbered respect
fully and shall specify the amount,
purpose and fund upon which they
are drawn; provided, that in no
case shall q warrant or check be
drawn except against actual cash
in the treasury. He shall at least
once a month or oftener if ordered
by the Council, make a report to
the Council of all claims and &C.
counts against the town, and . full
and correct statement Of all his re-
ceipts and payments, showing the
exact condition Of the town trea-
sury since date of the last report.
He shall also execute and perform
such other duties as may be pre-
scribed by the Town Council and
not assigned to other officers He
shall furnish bond with solvent &C.
curity to the satisfaction of the
Town Council; he shall receive q
salary not exceeding 500 per an
nom and 3 per cent on all collec-
tons to be fixed by the Council.
It shall be the duty of the Secre-
The times., 1898-04-10
Pocket Novels.

Two little books in most attractive
binding and handy size are "The Spirit
of Sweetwater," by Hamlin Garland, and
"A Minister OF the World" by Caroline
Atwater Mason. Both are stories of a
sweet and wholesome nature, though
very different in style and subject. They
are hardly imposing enough to be called
novels, but will furnish pleasant reading
for a traveller, an invalid or any one
else to whom small and entertaining
books are an object.
"The Spirit of Sweetwater" is the story
of the courtship of a young invalid by
manly young Colorado millionaire BY
some mysterious mental process he trans
fers a part OF his own superabundant Vi
tality to her, and saves her life; and the
result may be imagined.
"A Minister of the World" describes the
evolution of talented country preacher
into talented city preacher, and his
experiences with womankind during the
evolution The teaching of the story
seems TO be that by concessions to the
modern spirit of his congregation he lost
some of the qualities necessary to real
success in his vocation.
Both these little tales We're published
in the Ladies' Home Journal, and the
trail of Mr.. Box is perceptibie on them.
But they are interesting, in spite of the
over-evidence of conventional moral pur-
pose.
(New YORK. Doubleday Mcclure Com
pany. Washington: Bailantyne.l
The times., 1898-04-10
l,ONalIN.

Two friends ! have, long loved, and trusted long.
One turning ever toward LIES fairer side,
And fearing lest ii slip his grasp, would hide
From his souls inward eye all sight of wrong;
Brings me the worlds uncomprehending praise
As friendships highest tribute; sees in shame
OF mine, or willfu bluuder, naught To claim
Deep-fclt repentance but in countless ways
Finds pardon for me ever and again.
Because am no worse than other men.
The second looking up toward heavens light
Yet works in sitting Jog and close drawn FRAY,
Mid want doubt, selfish greed where men must
pray
As. cropping, they seek out LOST CLEANS OF right
Scanning my life with loves clear eyes he sees
My fimsy talents, old mistakes low ends
And when wear earths laurels, but commends
With stern Thou canst do better things than
these"
o, keen soul reader. judge me of these two;
Which, think YOU is the false friend which
the true?
Ruth Huntington Sessions
The times., 1898-04-10
4.I,ost Mans Lame

Lost Mans Lane" the latest detective
story, by Anna Katharine Green (Mrs.
Charles Rohlus), is a story of a country
village, in which some mysterious disap
pearances occur on a lonely road. The
heroine of That Affair Next Door re-
appears in the story as the solver of the
mysteries-at least, she attempts TO solve
them, and for considerable time she
appears TO be succeeding in this endeavor.
The story ends, however, in the cOnvic-
ton of the only man in the book to
whom suspicion has not previously at
tached. and the reader is left with
somewhat disappointed feeling which is
hard TO analyZe. Upon investigation,
however, this feeling will prove to be due
TO the failure of the author to material
iZe the horrors suggested in the first half
of the book.
1t is rather hard on the average reader
TO say that he, or she, enjoys reading
about the vivisection of human beings
and the interment of their bodies under
the floor of an old country mansion. but
considering the way in which all the cir
cumstances of the plot seem TO be lead
ing up to some such climax, the explana-
ton of these circumstances, in perfect
ly natural and unsensational way, is rath-
er an anti-clmaX However, there is
thrill and mystery enough in the story
10 satisfy the greediest devotee of the
sensational novel. II may now be had in
book form, although the serial published
by a syndicate is not yet concluded
New York 6. p. Putnam s Sons Wash
ington: All boOkselerS.)
The times., 1898-04-10
Rachray Island.

Och, what was it got me at all that time
To promise I'd marry kachray man?
An lie II not listen TO Iason or rhyme
lie strivin' to hurry all that ne can.
Come on, an ye be to come on,'' SAYS he
''Ye're bound for the Island 10 live vi me-"
See Rachray Island beyont in the bay.
The dear knows what they be dojn' out there
But tshin' an fghtin' an tearin' away
An who's to hindhcr. an what do they carcg
The goodness can tell what 'ud happen 10 me
When Rachray 'ud have me- anee, anee
| might have took Pether from over the hill.
\ dacent pOachcr, the kind, poor boy
Could keep the old places about me STILL
I'd never set foot out o sweet Ballyvoy.
My SOrra on Rachray, the could sea caves,
An black-neck divers, an weary ould waves!
I'll never win back now. whatever may fall,
Oh, give me good luck, for you'll see me NJ
mere.
Sure an Island man is the mischief an all
An me that was never married befOrei
Oh, think o my tate when We dance at a iair;
In Rachray there's Christianity there!
MOra O'Neil, in the Spectator.
The times., 1898-04-10
Deacon Pettib0ne.

Good Deacon Slas Pettiboue-
For so the record runs
Though rather old and feeble grown,
Was fond of making puns.
He saw the comic side OF life,
And often when he spohe-
To friend or stranger, child or wife
Would have his little joke
His neighbor King and he, il seems.
Had mutual dislike,
And almost went TO such extremes
As bring about a strike"
fractions filly CHANGED 10 fling
Old King said Pettibone:
although | do not love the King,
will approach the thrOwn!"
He strolled one eve beside the sea,
Along the shady beach,
And heard couple pitcously
Complaining each to each
Young Newleigh Wedde was standing near
Beside his pouting bride.
''Alas!' said Pettibone, Il hear
The moaning of the tied!'
When Pettibone was sick in bed
In walked his nephew Lee;
al come to see" the rascal said,
''If you viii lend a v"
The uncle said, "Your wondrous cheek
Much folly may atone;
And yet, with purse and person weak,
| cannot stand a loan!''
The Jolly Deacon died, at last,
Whose Jokes made many laugh;
But Just before his spirit passed,
He wrote this epitaph
Here lie beneath this truthful stone
Some larger bones among
The petty bones of PCttibane,
Whose heart was always young!'
Andrew Downey.
The times., 1898-04-10
CURRENT VERSE
The Old Maid.

She walks in a lonely garden
On the path her feet have made,
With high-heeled shoes, gold-5ucSled,
And gowns of fiowered broeade.
And hair that falls on her shoulders,
Half-held with a ribbon tie,
Once gIowed like the wheat in Autumn,
Now gray as Winter sky.
Time marks with no gentle fingers
Her forehead pensiye and low;
And her mind. like golden timepiece,
He stopped forty years ago
At the foot of the lonely garden,
When she comes TO the trySting place
She knew Of old, there she fingers,
With blush on her withered face.
The children out on the common
They climb To the garden wall,
And laugh. ''IIe will come tomorrow"
Who never will come at all.
And often ovAr our sewing,
As / and my neighbor SIT
To gossip over this story
That has never an end to it.
Gle is dead | would say, "that lover
Who left her so long ago..
But my neighbOr would rest her needle
To answer, Hes false, know,
"For could it be he were sleeping.
With n love that were sech as this
He'd have burst through the gates OF silence
And flown to meet her kiss
Is she best worth tears or laughter,
This dame in her old brocade?
Ny neighbor SAYS she is holy.
With faith that will not fade.
But the children out on the common
They answer her dre8ry call,
And say, 'lie viii come tomorrow!
Who never will come at all.
-CasselTs Magazine.
The times., 1898-04-10
silent Anyciue.

In silent Amyclac
They fear not the furay, invading by night
The lance flashing challenge, far ON the height,
The vessels of war, swift -ceavng the foam;
The spy from without, woe the traitor at home;
They fear but false rmnOr and panic alarms,
Whom the fool and the craven would rally to
arms.
In silent Amyclae
In silent Amyulae.
They have sworn by the Gods and the Brothers
divine,
Who write through the dust of the battle shine;
BY the Brothers they swear, that who Taise;h the
cry
Arm. for the foe is upon us" shall die
BE he priest of the temple. or bondsman. or lord,
lie dies if he utters the warning abhorfed.
In silent Amyclae.
In silent Amyclae
Now Fear is afraid, and the voices OF Fear
Are quiet this many and many year;
No oracle threats, presage is heard.
They not the victim nor flight Of the bird;
No pilgrim may enter with tidings of i'll;
At the gate the voice OF the warder Is still.
In silent Amyclae.
In silent Amyclae
One midnight the sound of a legion tread
All hear but speak not whisper their dread
Alike do they tremhle-dastaTd and brave.
From the sword and the torch swift runs the red
wave
BY moonlight a city all voicclesS and drear.
How art thou undone through thy sooru of all
fear.
All, silent Amyclae
The times., 1898-04-10
A Modern complication.

/ met a little girl one day.
She was eight Years old. she said:
4 hat that made in wonderful way
Rose high above her head
She had a fin de steele air,
And she richly clad;
Her eyes were black her face was fair,
Her beauty made glad
Sisters and brothers. little maid,
How many may you be?"
''How many? Seven, in ALL" she said,
And, wondering, looked at me
"And where are they? pray you tell"
She answered: Seven are we,
And two of us with mother dwell,
And two with pa and me.
'And two came into the family
Along with my second mother;
\ boy and a girl, 50 they. YOU see,
Are my sister and my brother"
''You say that you two with your mother dwell
And two with your pa and YOU;
So far it's all as clear as a bell,
But what OF the other twOf'
Then did the little maid reply:
Seven boys and girls we;
-Four and two are six, and |
Make the seventh, don't you sec.
you've got it wrong my little maid,
As sure as you're alive;
Subtract your new stepmothers two,
And We are only five
'My ma and pa live far apart,
Each married to another:
Ny ma has two to cheer her heart,
My sister and my brother.
'My father took my sister Jane,
My brother John and ne;
If yOu count, it must be plain
Enough that he has three.
Three and two are five, you know,
And then those other two
Make seven in all now, must go.
Since I've made it plain TO YOU"
Those two your step-ma brought will not
Have seats with you in heaven"
Twas throwing words away. for she
With pitying looks regarded me,
And answered. I'VE are seyenI''
Cl,t,avo NsrrS
The times., 1898-04-10
,Ihe SniIing of The Meet.

Two fleets have sailed from Spain. The one would
seek
What lands uncharted ocean might conceal.
Despised condemned, and pitifully weak,
It found world for Leon and CASTLE.
The other mighty, arrogant, and vain,
Sought to subdue people who were free.
Ask OF the storm gods where its galleons he
Whelmed near the bilows OF the northern main g..
4 third is threatened. On the westward track,
Once gloriously traced, its vessels speed,
With gold and crimson battie-hags unfured,
On Colon's wrack but to SdOnia's wfack
Sure fated, SO if need shall come to need.
For sons OF Drake lords OF Coon's world!
New York Tribune.
The times., 1898-04-10
The New Woman.

When the Lord softly came
And a Tib stole from Adam,
Giving Eden dame
And the first man a madam,
All beauty had birth,
And most that was human
And giaddening to earth
Came with the new woman.
New ioy filled the land.
Single blessedness doubled;
Then the Lord staid his hand.
And our ribs left untruubled.
But now with a moan.
Man is asking impassioned,
From what funny bone
Is this New Woman fashioned?
II not tsom a jaw,
Ii certainly seems So
With physics and law
Her eioguence streams so.
With her rights and her tights
One dare not say breeches-
Her new living and lights.
Her speeches and speeches,
Does the New Woman then.
In her singular rabies,
Find nothing in men
Next TO nothing in babies?
Alas and alackl
o, Moses, and murther.
I'd see the Old hack.
And the New Woman further.
See, sisters, ] kneel,
Though | don't often meddle,
Ind 81.
o woman. back pedal
-ChaTles Henry Webb in Harner's Rlznr