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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-05-07

JHc OOuHCh ny "hohi hC "db cicC-
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
its own officers and employees.
The Town Attorney shall be H.
'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 a written
opinion Of the legality or the con-
.stitutionahty 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 deem necessary in
important cases.
The Town Council shall appoint
and elect one of the banks of st.
,Martinville, in which adj moneys,
bonds, notes and securities belong
ing to the Town shall be deposited.
and due account kept thereof, on
the most advantageous terms and
conditions that may be offered by
any of said banks, provided, that
If none of said banks will consent
TO act as such depository, the Ire !
'asurer or some other person may
be appointed by the Council as
Fiscal Agent; and provided fur
thcr that the Council may with
draw all its deposits and change
its fiscal Agent whenever in their
Opinion the public interest may
require.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
The Council may oidam and i'm
pose such fines for the breach of
the bylaws, rules and ordinances
of the town as they shall think
proper not exceeding fifty dollars
fine and not exceeding thirty days |
imprisonment, or both, for each
offense, at the discretion of the |
Mayor. Said fine to be recovera-
BILE before the Mayor or any Court
of competent jurisdiction, in the
name and for the use of said town |
and in default of the payment of
any fire imposed, the person in
default may be ordered to work
out the same on the streets and
alleys, Of the town or other public
works at the rate of one dollar for
each day OF labor performed.
The Town Council shall, on or
before the first day of May, fix the
salary and fees of the Mayor and
other elective officers, and shall at |
the same time, establish the COM
pensation or salary to be paid to
the officers appointed by the Town
Courril; the compensation or sal
airy SO established shall not be
changed during the term for which
said officers shall be appointed or
elected. |
The Town Council shall have
full power and authority to make
and pass such bylaws and ordi-
nances as are necessary and pro-
per for the government of the
town.
To regulate and make improve
ment to the streets, alleys, squares,
wharvac cidawollc ond Ofhar ,,uh
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-05-07

uyhc6 CdubtWdy6 diiu UiiuSCo, hoV-
outstanding any superintendent
which might be set up by any cor
poration or individual over such
works. To determine the CON-
pletion and Dimensions Of the
pavements of streets, sidewalks
and alleys, to fix the squaring and
to prevent any encroachment upon
or stopping or obstructing the
streets, alleys public squares, levees
public roads, wharves or any part
of the landing of the port of st.
Martinville, and to order any OBJ
ject whatever may be its value,
which may encumber said places,
or prevent and embarrass the free
use of same, to be torn down and
removed or sold for whom it may
concern, in the same manner and
after such notices as shall be re-
quired by such regulations.
To provide for the cleaning of
the banks of the bayou, within the
corporate limits of the town; for
the reopening of such natural
drains as has been obstructed by
the owners of adjacent property
or opening or filing up of any wa
ter course which is not navigabie,
for the purpose of carrying the
public highways over the same:
provided, no unnecessary injury be
occasioned thereby to the neigh
boring inhabitants.
The Town Council shall be ves-
ted with the full power and autho-
rity to provide the means and reg
ulations for preventing and ex-
tinguishing conAsgrations: to de-
termine in what parts of the town
wooden buildings shall not be erec-
ted, and prevent persons from re-
constructing in wood, old and de-
cayed wooden buildings and adj
juncts under pretense of repairing
the same in those parts Of the
town where it is lawful to build
only in brick, stone or metal. And
to provide for the inspection, reg
ulation and condemnation of any
building or buildings which may
be dangerous to life and property.
To regulate the police of thea
tres, public balls, taverns, places
for shows and exhibitions, houses
Of public entertainment shops for
retailing liquors, houses of i'll
fame, and to order the same to be
closed whenever the public safety
and tranquility shall require it,
and impose such regulations and
duties upon persons keeping such
places as they deem proper and
necessary, and to punish all va
grants.
To regulate the proper govern
nent of carts, drays, wagons and
other vehicles of every descrip-
ion; freight trains and passenger
rains which run in the limit Of the
tOwn.
To every year levy an equal tax
upon all real and personal property
in said town, not to exceed for one
year ten mills of the assessed value
thereof, which said tax shall be
lue and payable, and collected
and enforced in the same manner
md at the same time as state
axes; and on the same day annual
y thereafter, impose an annual
AK on trades, professions, business
md callings, said licenses to expire
IN the 31st. day of December in
he year in which it was obtained,
md which license tax shall be
lue and payable from the first day
,f Iannaru inclna;ua. nho.,;dol
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-05-07

i 0nu OhOlA S0uo0 WIZ S~~.@~ -
published at least thirty days in q
newspaper Published IN the towr
and such rate of taxation not ex
ceeding one dollar on every hun
dred of valuation shall at less'
thirty days after the first publice
ton xhereof be fixed and assessed
80 az with other revenues of thu
town, may be necessary to NEE
said estimated liabilities and ex
penditures.
The adoption of said detailed
estimate shall be considered as the
appropriation therein stated, ane
no money shall be drawn from the
Treasury except in pursuance oi
such appropriations.
All taxes and licenses imposed
by the Town of st. Martinville
La, shall be due and exigible al
the same time as the State taxes
and all the articles and provisions
of the State constitution snd the
laws of the General Assembly
passed hereunder regulating and
relating to the collection of State
taxes and tax sales shall also ap.
ply to and regulate the collection
of town taxes.
That the Police Jury of the Pa
IRISH of St. Martin shall not have
or exercise any jurisdiction with
in the limits of said town, except
it be over the Court house, Jail,
drawbfdge on the Bayou Teche,
and other property belonging to
said Parish in said town; and the
said Police Jury shall have no
power to levy, impose or lay any
tax or license within the limits of
said town and which is especially
prohibited, and said town is here
by exempt from Parish tax and
License; and the inhabitants of
said town shall not be liable to
public road duty under the gener-
al road laws of this State, and are
hereby exempt from road duty.
The Town Council shall be and
are hereby empowered to provide
for, regulate and require the bull
ding and repairing of all sidewalks,
banquettes Or curbing upon the
streets within the corporate limits
as may be hereafter provided by
ordinances.
Whenever the owner of proper
ty in front of which q sidewalk,
banquette or other walks, shall
have been ordered to be made,
filled up, grading or repeired,
shall fail to do 50 within the time
required by the ordinance or reso-
luton of the Town Council, the
Town Council shall order the same
to be done at the expense of the
owner or owners of said property,
and the town shall have q special
lien and privilege on said proper
ty to secure the payment 80 due,
which shall entitle the corporation
to be paid in preference over any
other claim, mortgage or encum-
brances upon said property, reco-
verable before any court of COM
petent jurisdiction. That all
streets, except such parts as may
be required to be kept up by gran
tiers or franchise, shall be kept in
repair by the town, and all side
walks or banquettes shall be kept
by the owners of the real property
thereon.
The Town Council shall have
the power and authority to grant
franchises over all streets of said
town for the purpose of operating
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-05-07

and upon due compensation made
to the town by the granter or
grantees nor for longer period
than twenty-five years.
The enumeration of the foreeo-
ing powers shall not be understood
to exclude or restrict any other
power, general or specific belong
ing to municipal corporations as
such or which are necessary to the
proper exercise of its corporate
functions nor those powers which
are necessary and essential to the
objects and purposes of this cor
poration, all of which are hereby
specially reserved.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISION.
The Town Council may suspend
Or remove by a vote IF the rnsjori-
ty of the members, say appointed
officers for incompeteucy, neglect
of duty, malfeasance in Office, or
when the service of such officer
are no longer required or necessa-
ry to the public interest. The
Town Council shall have power to
organize, appoint, uniform and
commission a police force, and to
appoint as many officers as may
be necessary, to fix the salaries
and compensation of all officers
and employees appointed by them,
under the restrictions contained
in this act.
The Town Council shall hold
regular meetings on stated days
every month; their proceedings
shall be duly recorded and all re-
solutions and ordinances shall be
published and promulgated in a
newspaper published in the town.
The Town Council shall further
at least ten days before the expi-
ration of such fiscal year, cause to
be published in q town newspaper,
a correct and full statement of the
receipts and expenditures from
the date of the last annual report,
the funds where derived and show
ing for what purpose disbursed,
the condition of the Treasurer, to-
gether with such information a.
may be necessary, and a full state
ment of the financial conditional
of the town.
No ordinance levying a tax,
making an appropriation over
Five Hundred Dollars, or provi-
ding for the purchase or sale of
real estate, Shall be passed except
by a majority of the entire Coun-
ell, nor shall q final vote of same
be taken except at a regular meet
ing, subsequent to previous regu- |
lar meeting at which the same bill |
have been introduced and passed
to it's second reading and the said |
ordinance together with the vote |
on the same, and the names of the
members voting yes or nay, shall
be recorded and published in q
newspaper of the town, except in
case of invasion, instruction,
pestilence or intimidation.
All contfacts for public works or
materials, or supplies ordered by
the Town Council, when the same
exceed One Hundred Dollars, shall |
be offered at public auction and
given to the lowest bidder who can
furnish security satisfactory to the
Council, or the same shall be ad-
vertised for sealed proposals in
to be opened by the Ma
yor in the presence of the Coun.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-05-07

Pr adv;ee n easss requiring sbscial
dlseef!Gas, addsP:s, irving symptome,
Ihe Casssanoosa hedieans Co. chatta-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-17
EVENTS IN THE WEST.
REMAINING TROOPS TO co TO MANILA.
ur,iv.i ny the Christian Commission An
other Noiuntcer Dead city ~ Para
WIN 90 Miscellaneous.

Editor Walton " the B,isc sentinel
has been held on the charges N per-
Jury and obtaining money under false
rfetenHca lie gave bonds IN tn sum
Of $500.
Montana. through its state treasurer.
mas made application 90 the treasury
Jlpartmout az Washington Tor $780,
Oi " the new issue Of government
bonds.
Jack Davis. alias "Dlamondncld
lack" has been found guilty by the
Idaho court of the murder ~
Iohr G. Wilson on or about February
/. 1895 on Deep Greek. In cassii coun-
q.
The corofsrs jury In the case NJ lit
,ir Ethel GIN az Butte. Mont. returned
a verdict ThurHdny night NJ death az
Inc hands ~ fomennc unknown The
case looks very bad against Charles
Smith. the first suspect arrested.
Garrett Cochran. the famous Prince
ton football coach. who passed tho M d.
teal examination preparatory 90 enlist.
ing in the volunteer army, has changed
bis mind and will remain in berkeley.
col. 10 coach the state university foot
ball eleven this year
The newly organized Christian Com
mission hal MANNED q grand revival at
Ca.-r 81 tritt. \ telegram has been
scnt 10 Evangelist Moody To ascertain
n he could Immediately come 10 tho
r,,st Rev. n. g. Mintun has been
,tr,ted prraidrnts \. T. Nccdhnu. Sec
r,tnry. and ~ J. Mccoy treasurer Of
the commission.
private orvlile r. knight. Company
n Twrntirth Kansas volunteers, died
nj the Held hospital San Frnnclsco, to-
dny frridul " pneumonia. lie was
from Fort scott His romans with thuHi
~ Private Albert Furua NJ Naic'
center. who also diod N tho same die
ease. win probably DE sent 10 theh
former homes Tor burial
A PROCLAMATION was Issued By tn
governor 81 New Mexico Thurfd11
which nnnuiH that Of the former gov
,rnnr prohibiting California clttl'
from coming into the territory II b
now provided that such cattle be- nl
lowed 60 enter or pass through On per
init from the United States bureau u
animal industry. stipulating that al
stock must be- perfectly healthy nni
free from Texas fever. Provision u
also made that the cattle shall be sub
sect 20 al regulations uf thu territorial
veterinary board. With these pr
visions ahryod. California cattle ar
now free 10 come into tho territory,
G. j. Smith. general manager of IN
Pacific Coast company. returned from
southeastern Alaska Thursday. II
reference 10 n report brought out iron
Dawson that the low stage NJ the w
k0n river would probably Interior
with navigation this summer bctwrrl
81. Michaols and Dawson, Mr.. Smltl
said: THE story was told me 90 ia
neau and u was published In the Alas
ka papers. ! ala not have the nppot
tunlty 20 inquire into the reliability d
the man who brought out the report .
the truthfuneaa % the story. nhhoug
n bore evidences ~ reliability, II wa
also reported at Juneau that the Can
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-17

The boy had enlisted IN the army
had slipped away from hIm. and
"Ilutd the regiment" and Che old
couple worried 0v0r 20 until tho mother
decided that the OLD man must 300 after
him and hring him home
After weary Journeys ihs old man
reached the camp ana saw his boy on
dress parade. and heard ihs band play
Dixie. as ~ old. and b. ROT onthussd.
and "hurrahcd" louder than anyone
else. and putttd Bill boy on the should
cr aud tciorraphol home.
"M1riH Tho luru thing looks nj
much Ike old times that I think tn
fine her myself Send me my old rint
an cuntOcu by express. iiooroar' All
wcil."-Atlautu Constitution
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-17

adian authorities have issued an order
requiring every prospector going In to
have coo pounds OF provisions. Many
people are now going down the river In
small boats. The first steamer was
advertised 20 leave the lakes FOR Daw-
son June 10Th. The rumor that Can
ynn city had been burned Is untrue
The sawmlll and two or three tents
were an that was destroyed. the Gre
following the timber 10 sheep Camp.
but I do not believe that sheep Camp
was threatened"
II is now regarded as certain that
all Of the 800 soldiers nt Camp Mcr-
rift together with 1900 artillery Hta-
toned az the Preside are 60 ru 10 Ma
Mia Tho Sixth California and wash
lngiun regiments Will remain ON the
cpsut Every command but she engineers
, ana Che signal corps is now either M
90 thu max'mum war footing nr prncu-
cnlly ro Roth tho D. eighteenth and
Twenty 'h'rl regulars have recruited
60 the limit md rll their sources Of
supply have stopped DulIstlnr men.
The FnurtD nth rru'nfs require only
90 0r co moro recruits The volunteer
Extra recruits Tor several regiments 1rc
uu their way 90 san Francisco. LIout
! Eimhail and gnrg.unt Cobb will arrive
I today U'rIdby from Salt Lake with 70
recruits Tor Who l'iuh cavalry tfnNU.
I which will nrn have fa fuu guota OF
I iO1 don Narfitt is uuotrd ne saving
/ he cxugcis tn accompany the third exc
pediti1n an tha gfv III para. Horses
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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-17

orders dividing the Washington rcgi-
ment between the Preside and Angel
Island barracks assigning the rerl-
ment to those stations Tor an indefinite
period. The engineer corps ls being Or
ganlzcd with al possible speed but
only detachment will he ready FOR
sailing with the third fleet A large
supply ~ submarine cable and tclc.
graph wire has been sent by the war
department f0r transportation TO Ma
Mia. The cable Will be used 90 COM
meet the principal island with Manila
after the United States troops acquire
complete possession. Gen. Merriam.
In command OF thu department NJ CALI
fornll. departed last night Tor Van
couver barracks Tor weeks stay. In
connection with hia duties ns COM
mandor ~ the Department Of Columbia.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-17

"rhe war viii have one blessed re-
suit. anyway"
"WcllT"
THE war ~ thlrty-sevcn years nr1
viii never be spoken ~ again uu the
late war '-Chltnru Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-03-11
Collection for cubans.

The collection taken up by the pu-
pills of the public schools for the relief
of Cuban distress was success IN
every way. The pupils enjoyed their
labor in behalf of suffering humanity
and learned one of the things frequent
ly lacking in text books, but without
which no education is complete, name
ly sympathy for distress. While the
sum may seem email at first, second
thought shows the wonderful posi-
bilities If every school in this country
gave proportionately. lola can be
justly proud Of the showing which is
given in grades below:
High School $5.l4, Mr.. henderson,
room $500, Miss Browns room $l.93
Miss Ricketts, room 81. 80, Mrs. Crook Is
room So. A, Miss Minrow's room 81. SO
Miss Ausherman's room 1910, Miss
Woodin's room $l.22, Mrs. Cooper't
room 81 so, Miss Bostwick's room ST .S3
Miss Adams room AZ cents. Tota
600 80
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-03-11
Additional Telephones.

The lola Telephone Exchange is a
success and is growing "a the follow
ing list of new 'phou-- to be put in at
once testifies. There are at present
seventy on the liue and about twenty
new ones have been spoken for.
Among them are these Sleeper's
Store, s. A. Cards office, f. s.
Benefits office, City Hall, Brewer
residence, f.. II Ruble's residence, G..
$. Ritter, A. w. Beck, Miss Howett,
f. w. Fitzgerald, Harmon Hobart,
Lutte Hutton, G. l.. Whitaker and
Carl Williamson.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-03-11
Pneumonia Cured.

Mrs. A. J. Lawrence, of Beaver, Pa,
says: Brazilian Balm brought me out
of a severe attack of pneumonia in
splendid shape. 1t is wonderful REM
edy for coughs and lung troubles. Also,
for outward use, for burns, cold-sores,
and chapped hands and face, it cures
like magic. 1t is invaluable in the
family "
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-03-11
For Sale.

l will sell all my gas stock, IT'S!
shares, at the price fixed by the decree
of the court for the city to pay.
G.. f.. BENTON.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-03-11
Groceries.

10 lbs best Granulated Sugar 81 90
con all orders OF other goods to SIS 90
or over, 20 lbs for 81 .00)
20 lbs Extra G Sugar. ....,,..,. 100
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-01-01
Railroad of New Jersey
Mehigh and susuehanna plvlsion.l

(LenlBn ana SuSuenanna DlNlslOn')
Stations in New York-Foot of Liberty
street, N. r., and whitehall Terminal.
Anthracite coal used exclusively, insur-
ing cleanliness and comfort 49, -
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT NOV. II, 1897.
Trains leave Scranton for ,Pittston'
Wllkes-B Barre, etc, at $50 9.15, II. 80 a. m.
1916, 200, S.05 500, 7.lO p. m. Sundays, 900,
a. m, 100, 215. 710 p. m.
For Lakewood and Atlantic City, $50
For New York, Newark and Elizabeth,
$50 (express) a. M, 12,45 express with
Buffet parlor carr, SOo (express) P, M
Sunday, 2.15 p. m. Train leaving IL. tS p.
m. arrives at Philadelphia, Reading Ter
mlnal, 519 p. m. and New York 900 y. IN.
For Maunch Chunk, Allentown, Bethe-
hem, Easton and Philadelphia, SO a. m,
l245,, S05, 500 Except Philadelphia) p. m.
For Baltimore and " shington and
points South and West via Bethlehem,
$40 a. m, 12,45 p. m. Sundays 2.15 p. m.
$50 n. m. and 12.45 y. m.
For Reading, Lebanon and Harrisburg.
via Allentown, $40 a. M, 2.4o 900 p. m.
Sunday 215 p. m.
For Pottsvile, $50 a. M, 1245 p. IN.
Returning leave New York foot of Lib
erty street, North River. at 9l0 (express)
a. m, 1.1O, 1.SO, Ais express with Ruffet
parlor carr p. m. Sunday, t3O a.. m.
Leave New York, foot Whitehall street,
South Ferry, at 9.0S a. m, LOO. LIS. 3.55
p. m. Passengers arriving or departing
cover with all the elevated railroads.
Broadway cable cars, and ferries to
Brooklyn and Staten Island, making
quick transfer to and from Grand Central
Depot and Long Island Railroad.
Leave Philadelphia, Reading Terminal
900 a. m, 200 and 430 p. m. Sunday, 62'
a. m.
Through tickets to all points at lowest
rate may be had on application In adj
vance to the ticket agent at the station
II. Il. BALDWIN
Cen Pass. Agt
j. II. OLHAUSEN, Gen Supt.