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CHARTER
Town of St. MartinVille.
LIMITS AND BOUNDARIES.

LIMITS AND BOUNDARIES.
All the inhabitants of the town
of st. Martinsville, as Incorporated
by Act No. 40 of the General AS
sembly of the State Of Louisiana,
approved April 9Th. 1S43, and
within the limits as extended by
Act "A of the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana, approved
April 3rd.; 1877, as follows, to wit:
The limits and boundaries of the
Corporation of st. Martinsville. in
the Parish of st. Martin Louisiana
be all that tract or portion of land
situated in the Parish of st. Mar
tin Oh the west and East sides of
Bayou Teche, and comprehended
in the following limits to wit:
On the West side of Bayou Teche
commencing at point on the west
bank of Bayou Teche and Sproules
Canal, in Section 80, at the waters
edge. thence following on the mar
gin of said Canal, Is arpents back,
thence in a direct line, across Sec
ton so, that part lying south of
Canal and across Section 81, so, So
and "a. T. 10 S. r. 6 E. thence
across Township line of I. 10 S. r.
6E. to T. II S. r. 6 E., and cross
ing Section, ga, 65, 66, and 81 be-
ing the southern line of Section 81
in T. IL S. r. 6 E at point Is
arpents back from Bayou Teche,
thence following said lower line
Section 81 to Bayou Teche, thence
up said Bayou, in front of said
mentioned Sections to starting
point.
East side of Bayou Teche; CON-
mencing at a point OH the east
bank of Bayou Teche at the waters
edge, and upper line of section %,
T. los. r. 6 E. thence on said up
per line, 10 arpents back, thence in
direct line, across Sections 53,
81, 55 and Sc, in II. 10 S. X. 6 E.
crossing said Township line, and
across Sections l, 2, in T. IL s. K
e. at point 10 arpents, from
Bayou Teche, thence on lower line
of Section 2, to Bayou Teche,
thence up in front of said men,
toned Sections to starting point,
shall constitute body polite and
corporate with the perpetual sue
cession, by the name and style OF
'The Town of st. Martinville,"
and as such, they and their sue
cessors shall have, exercise and en-
Joy all the rights immunities, pow
ers, privileges and functions pos
sessed and enjoyed by municipal
corporations, and shall be subject
to all the duties and obligations
pertaining to or incumbent on said
town as corporation and may Or
dain and establish such acts, laws,
regulation and ordinances, not in
consistent with the constitution
and laws of the, State of Louisiana;
as shall be needful for the govern
ment. interest, welfare and good
order of said body polite, and un-
der the same shall be known in
law and be capable of contracting
and being contracted with, suing
ili, being sued, and pleading and
king itnpleaded in all courts and
N3at.E
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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 case tie for Mayor or any
Councilmen a 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 a 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 qualifi-
cation, the Council shall hold their
first meeting at the Town Hall, or
such other place as may be selec-
ted, at which time the Mayor and
Councilmen having presented and
filed their commissions or certifi-
Gates of election and oath of office
as herein provided, shall enter up.
on the discharge of their duties as
specified in this act, and theil
predecessors shall render to them g
final report and turn over to
them all books, papers, property
moneys and accounts pertaining
to their respective Offices, and the
of Town st. Martinsville, La.
The Town Council shall at its
first meeting after their election
and qualification to Office, elect 6
Mayor pro tempore of the council
who shall act as Mayor in case Of
the absence, refusal or inability Of
the Mayor to act; and in case Of
a vacancy occasioned by his death
resignation or otherwise, act az
Mayor for the unexpired term and
have the same powers and receive
the same fees and compensation Of
the duly elected Mayor.
Should vacancy occur at any
time in the Offices of any Council
men by death, resignation or other.
wise, more than six months pre-
ceding the expiration of theil
term of office the Council shall al
its first meeting after the occur.
ance of said vacancy, or as soor
thereafter as practicable, order al
election to fill the same, of which
due notice shall be given in one o.
the newspapers published in the
town thirty (3O) days prior to said
election.
DUTIES AND POWERS OF OFFICERS.
The mayor shall be the chief ex.
ecutive of the town; he shall affiz
the seal of the corporation to al
his official acts; he shall counter.
sign all warrants drawn on 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.
tions of all ordinances adopted by
the Council and committed within
the town limits of said town, and
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places, and i'm 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 a 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 THEIR ELECTION.
The municipal government of
the town of st. Martinville, La,
and the administration of it's af-
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
a 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 APP
pointed.
An election shall be held in this
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 at
such place as the Town Council
may direct, for the election of the
Mayor and Councilmen.
The election of a Mayor and
Councilmen as provided for in this
charter, shall be in Pursuance of
the general election law, now or
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 i'm exis-
tence, provides otherwise, for the
appointment of such commissions
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 Councilmen and Mayor
shall receive such salaries as the
majority of the Council may deter
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as provided for state 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 State 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 ofporperty within the cor
porate limits of said town. for
special purposes, not inconsistent
with the laws of the State of Lou
isiana, 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 &C.
perate accounts of all licenses,
taxes, special taxes and assess
ments, carry the amount thereof in
separate 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 a month
ly settlement with the Town Coun-
Gil, in such manner as they shall
by ordinance direct; he shall 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
its 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 written
opinion Of the legality or the con-
stitutionality of the law or Ordi-
nance to be submitted to, or pend
ing before the Council, OF 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.
The Town Council shall appoint
and select one of the banks of st.
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same shall, In writing, stating the
object thereof request him to do
so. He shall from time to time
lay before the Council a full state
ment of the affairs of the town. 1t
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, toI
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 a 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 all pu-
bic 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.
1t 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 warrant or check be
drawn except against actual cash
in the treasury. He shall at least
once 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 a
salary not exceeding 500 per an
mum and 5 per cent on all collec-
tions to be fixed by the Council.
1t shall be the duty of the Secre-
tary and Treasury who is ex-officio
Town Tax Collector to procure an
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-31
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A Queer "Cuss."

Ed. Regster-The article in the last
issue of the REGISTER, headed a "A
Queer Case" is demonstrative of the
fact thai great minds will spring,
mushroom-like, from out the decay of
past American patriotism; and will
flourish, though surrounded by the
rank growth of bigotry and conceit.
Great Crises always produce great
minds, and the present is no exception.
The craftsmanship of Washington, the
patriotism of Patrick Henry, and the
eloquence of Daniel Webster, pale into
insig nifcance before the wisdom of
this modern Solomon. The writer by
his optimistic views and prophetic ut
terances, shows that there is still one
American whose feet are upfettered by
the chains of partisanship; whose
heart is as large as peanut, and who
is every inch a patriot from the soles
of his shoes down.
o We Democratic Press, which
throughout this broad domain dare of
fer your support to the head of the
government, during this trying or
deal-''O generation of vipers. who
hath warned ye to fee from The wrath
to come?n
Bailey, German, Cockrell. Turpie,
what excuse can you offer for confer
ring and cooperating with Republi-
can president? Fie for shame! And
Allen, ye woody popullst from Nebras-
ka, what have ye to say for offering
consolation to Republican Senator.
who breaks down and cries when de-
seribing the misery in the he'll of Cuba.
What though his faithful wife has just
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-03-31
MurrayvIlle, Ills.

Wheat is mostly killed out again.
The growth was very weak and week
of alternate freezing and thawing has
about done it up.
Glover seed is $3.50 per bushel and
as the custom is to sow mostly on wheat
land, and that will mostly have to be
plowed up, clover and will go lower
still.
The grapevine dispatches that have
been such a godsend to our city papers
have walked up the cat-and-dog ele-
ment here and they are going to win
some of those ''imperishable jewels of
humanity" glory and honor, by lick
ing the Spaniard out o: his boots and
out of Cuba at the same time. Billy
Mason, Illinois last contribution to the
American House of Lords, could not be
more patriotically, hilariously, and
gloriously funny than some of our local
specimens of jingoism. There is one
class urging war to get the admins
tration into nasty scrap; but they do
not seem to see that they are furnish
ing the administration with good ex-
cuse for issuing bonds that will be a
mortgage on unborn generations. As
long as the workingmen of the U. S.
must pay annually $4,000. 100000 in
rent and 81 900, 900, 900 in taxes on the
products of labor we cannot afford to
fight anybody, not even poor old Spain.
A revival conducted jointly by Bap-
lists, Methodists, and Presbyterians
has yanked into the fold somewhere
near hundred vile and wicked sim
ners. We can tell better about the
religion they got in year or two.
The uniting of these denominations in
one meeting is a hopeful sign. We
are so often assured that the bible is
all consistent, and clearly connected,
but the bitterness of schisms and sects
gives the lie to such assertions. So
far is this carried, that parents take
their children from school because the
teachers open with prayer, or read a
chapter from the bible. When Chris
tians carry on in this way it proves
that somebody is making a trade of
what is called religion and want to
prevent competition IN gaining mem:
bers.
Of the many eulogies pronounced on
Miss Frances Willard, since her death,
not one your writer has seen called
attention to the fact that she openly
avowed that the adoption of the single
tax would be of incalculable benefit in
diminishing drunkenness and other
forms of intemperance.
Democratic candidates for Office this
fall have announced themselves by the
dozen in the papers. The republicans
have, as yet, but one; but several
more are understood to be ready for
the altar. VIM. CAMM.
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Sheriff. Sale.

By virtue and authority Ofa special eX-
ecutiOn, issued from the office OF the clerk
of the circuit court of Iron county, Mis-
souri,, and to me, the undersigned sheriff.
directed, in favor of the State OF Missou
at the relation and to the use of Walter
ii. Fisher. collector of the revenue for
Iron county, Missouri, plaintiff, and
against
VIM. j. Tracey, Executor of the Estate
of Joseph O'Neil, deceased; ,Abner c..
Hancock, Mary j. Wheeler, VIM. Ii.
Wheeler. VIM. SigerSOn, Josiah FOgg,
Joseph Brown, trustee,
and all unknown Interested parties, de-
PENDANTS, bearing date March Sth, 1898,
and returnable 10 the april term, 1898,
thereof, | have levied upon and seized
the following described real estate and
property, lying and being III Iron county,
Missouri, as the property of said defend
ants, described as follows, TO wit:
South halt OF lot three (3) of the south
west quarter of section seven (7), and lot
three (3) of the northwest quarter, and
north half of lots one Q), two ~ and
three (3l of the southwest quarter of sec
tion eighteen (1S), township thirty-tour
(34), range one (D west.
And [ will, on
Tuesday, the 26th dag of Aprit, 1898,
at the east front door of the cOurth Ouse
in the City of IrontOn. IRON county, Mis-
souri,, between the hours of O'Clock in
the forenoon and O'Clock in the after
noon of that day, and during the session
of the circuit court. sell. at public vendue,
all the right, title, claim, estate and
property of the said defendants, of, in
and to the above described real estate and
property. for cash in hand, to the highest
bidder, to satisfy said execution and
costs. WILLIAM Il. O'NEAL,
Sheriff Iron county, Mo.
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Sberifrs Sale.

Bv virtue and authority of special eX-
anuf1on. issued from the office of the
cIerk of the circuit court of iron county,
Missouri, and to me, the undersigned
sheriff. directed, in favor of the State OF
Missouri at the relation and to the use
of Walter II. Fisher, collector of the rev.
enue for Iron county, Missouri. plaintiff,
and against
Thomas s. Ridgeway, Robert NJ: Noon
an, Trustee. Taylor Strobe, Nn. r.
Crommer, Unknown Heirs Of Louis v.
Bopy and Thos. ). NOonan,
and all unknown interested parties, de-
fendants, bearing date March 5, 1S9S,
and returnabse 10 the April term, 1913,
thereof, [ have levied upon and selzed
the following described real estate and
property, living and being in Iron county
Missouri, rs the property of said detend-
ants, described as follows, to Wit:
The south half of the southwest quarter
Ofsaction twenty-five, township thirty
three. north, range three east.
And will, on
Tuesday, the 18th day Of april, 1898,
at the east front door of the courthouse
in the CITY OF Ironton, Iron county, Mis-
souri,. between the hours of 8 o'clock in
the forenoon and O'Clock in The after
noon of that day, and during the session
of ih, circuit court. sell at public vendue,
all the right, title. claim. estate aud prop
erty of the said defendants. of, in and TO
the above described real estate and prop
erty, for cash in hand, to the highest
bidder. to satisfy said execution and
costs. WILLIAM 7. O'NEAL,
Sheriff Iron county, Mo.
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NUMBER 40.

passed to the Great Beyond, and he
..speaks by command of lips now ST
lent" still ''can any good come from a
Nazarene?"
From out the wilderness of Iron
comes the voice crying: MAKE straight
thy path. !" A second Daniel has read
the handwriting on the Congressional
wall:
The Republican party is controlled
by the Shylocks of Wall Street; De-
mocracy is betrayed by its Benedict
Arnold; patriotism is sunk in the
bosom of Havana's harbor with the ILL
fated Maine; but thank God, ''Gazelle"
still lives. X.
St. Louis, Mo-, March 26th, 1898.