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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-03-05

sed, the condition of the Treasury,
together with such information as
may be necessary, and full state
ment Of the financial condition OF
the town.
No ordinance levying a tax,
making an appropriation over Five
Hundred Dollars, or providing for
the purchase or sale of real estate,
shall be passed except by a majo-
rity Of the entire Council, nor
shall a final vote of same be taken
except at regular meeting, sub
|sequent to previous regular meet
ing at which the same shall have
been introduced and passed to its
second reading and the said ordi-
nance together with the vote on
the same, and the names OF the
members voting yes or nay, shall
be recorded and published in a
newspaper of the town, except In
case of invasion, insurrectlon,
pestilence or intimidation.
All contracts for public works q
materials, or supplies ordered b
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
writing, to be opened by the Ma
yor in the presence of the Council,
and the contract shall be given to
| the person making lowest proposal
therefor, provided that should
there be only one bid, the same
may be accepted by the Coun
lcil, as reasonable and fair fol
the work advertised; provided fur
Their, that the Town Council shall
have the rights to refuse, rejec'
and qualify any and all bids o.
proposals.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND WORK.
For the purpose of enabling tn
town to purchase, contract and pa.
for any improvement of a genera
nature not herein provided for
and for the purpose of erecting
and constructing public buildings
bridges, canseways, drainage ca
malls, wharves, quays, dykes, water
works; electric-lights, power ant
plants, and for the purpose o
opening, building, making, impro
wing, grading and repairing pu
bic roads, making and rapairin
Of bridges within and without tn
corporate limits of the town of s.
, Martinville, when conducive t
the best interest and welfare G
: the town, and in general any wor
5 Of public utility, the Town Cour
E Gil, may in the name of the Tow
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-03-05


and condemnation of any building
or buildings which may be danger
GUS 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
ment of carts, drays, wagons and
other vehicles of every description;
freight trains and passenger trains
which run in the limit of the town.
To every year levy an equal tax
upon all real and personal proper
ty in said town, not to exceed for
one year ten mills of the asses
sed value thereof, which said
tax shall be due and payable, COL
lected and enforced in the same
manner and at the same time as
state taxes; and on the same day
annually thereafter, impose an
annual tax on trades, professions,
business and callings, said licenses
to expire on the 31st day of De-
cember in the year in which it was
obtained, and which license tax
shall be due and payable from the
first day of January. inclusive;
provided, that all persons engaged
in business after the first day OF
July shall pay for the current year
only one-half of said licence which
license tax, in no instance, exceed
the license imposed by the State
for the same time.
The Town Council shall once in
every twelve months, before fixing
aud deciding upon the amount OF
taxes and licenses to be assessed
and imposed for the year, cause to
be made out detail estimate ex-
hibiting the various items of liza
bilities and expenditures including
the probable amount of contingent
expenses during said year, and
shall cause the same to be publish.
ed at least thirty days in a news
| paper published in the town and
such rate of taxation not exceeding
one dollar on every hundred Of
valuation shall at least thirty day;
: after the first publication Thereof
be fixed and assessed, so as will
; other revenues of the town, ma!
l be necessary to meet said estima
, ted liabilities and expenditures.
The adoption of said detailed
: estimate shall be considered as tn
y appropriation therein stated, ant
{ no money shall be drawn from tn
y Treasury except in pursuance o
J, such appropriations.
All taxes and licenses imposes
@ by the Town of st. Martinsville
| La, shall he due and exigible a
Y the same time as the State take
d and all the articles and provision
J. of the State constitution and tn
laws of the General Assembl
f passed Hereunder regulating an
Q relating to tho collection OF Stat
r taxes and tax sales shall also 81
Il ply to and regulate the collectio
v of town taxes.
,; That the Police Jury of the p
!. ish of st. Martin shall not have {
g, exercise any jurisdiction With
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-03-05
Continued from Supplement.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.

The Council may ordain 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 discretions of the
Mayor. Said fine to be recovera-
bic before the Mayor or any court
of competent jurisdiction, in the
name and for the u.s. of said town,
and in default of the payment of
any fine imposed, the person in
default may be ordered to work
out the same on the streets and al
leys, 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 CON-
pensation or salary to be paid to
the officers appointed by the Town
Council; the compensation or sala-
~ SO established shall not be chan
ged during the term for which said
officers shall be appointed or cleo
ted.
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,
wharves, sidewalks and other pu-
bic property, and to provide FOL
the Lighting and watering of the
saE.p. and to order and direct the
ditching, filling, opening, widen.
ing, AID continuing of any streets
and alleys: and if for such purpose
the land Of any person, or body
corporate is necessary to be hao
the said Town Council shall have
the right to purchase the same al
reasonable prices, or cause the
same to be appropriated according
to the manner and fcrmalities pre-
:scribed by existing laws on the
subject; to regulate the proportion
of and to make and repair all com
mon sewers, drains. canals, public
roads, levees, dykes, causeways ant
bridges, notwithstanding any su
perintendence which might be Sc
up by any corporation or individu
al over such works. To determin,
the completion and di,nentions o
the pavements of streets, sidewalk
and alleys to fix the squaring ant
to prevent any encroachment upol
or stopping or obstructing thu
streets, alleys. public squares, lie
wees, public roads, wharves or an
part of the landing of the port O
st. Martinville, and to order an
object, whatever may be its value
which may cucumber said places
or prevent and embarass the ire
use of same, to be torn down ant
removed or sold for whom it ma
concern, in the same manner an
after such notices as shall be re
quired by such regulations.
To provide for the cleaning {
the banks of the bayou, within th
corporate limits of the town; fc
the reopening of such natur'
drains as has been INSTRUCTED b
the owners of adjacent propert!
or opening or filling up of any WI
ter course which is not navigabl
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-03-05

for, regulate and require the
building and repairing Of all side
walks, banquettes or CURLING upon
the streets within the corporate
limits as may be hereafter provi-
ded by ordinances.
Whenever the owner of proper
ty in front of which a sidewalk,
banquette or other walks, shall
have been ordered to be made,
filled up, graded or repaired, shall
fail to do so within the time re-
quired by the ordinance or resolu-1
ton 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 so due,
which shall entitle the corporation
to be paid in preference over any
other claim, mortgage or ehcum-
ORANGES 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 hive
the power and authority to grant
franchises over all streets of said
town for the purpose of operating
railway or street car lines, whe-
Their by steam, electricity or other
power; to operate telegraph, tele-
phone or electric light systems; to
establish and maintain public
markets, and to provide for and
establish and maintain water
works and electric lights, or to
establish and maintain any of the
same on their account; but any OF
the aforesaid franchises granted
to persons or corporations shall
be subject to such proper restric'
tons and regulations then ano
thereafter to be made as shall be
preservative of public and private
rights; and said franchise shall
not be granted except for public
benefit and upon due compensa
ton made to the town by thu
granter or grantees nor for q long
or period than twenty-five years.
The enumeration of the forego
, ing powers shall not be under
{ stood to exclude or restrict an.
) other power, general or specefi
{ belonging to municipal corpora
, tions as such or which are necess
= airy to the proper exercise of it
: corporate functions nor thos
powers which are necessary an
1 essential to the objects and pull
e poses of this corporation, ell @
i which are hereby specially resel
e we'd.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISION.
4 The Town Council may suspen
or remove by a vote of the major
4 ity of the members, say appointe
g officer for incompstency, neglet
IS of duty. malefeasance in office, O
% when the service of such Office
v are no longer required Or nccess'
d ry to the public interest II
% Town Council shall have power
D. organic, appoint, uniform and con
N mission a police force. and to al
point as may officers as may |
D. necessary, to fix the salaries ar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-24
AN AMERICAN BANK FOR SAyTTaGO

The North American Trust Company announces
that as the United States military authority Is now
established at Santiago de Cuba insuring local
peace with tull security OF person and property Il
mas made arrangements TO establish a branch there
ana is prepared TO buy and sell drafts on Santiago
and to make payments on that city under instruc-
tons from its customers. The company is also
prepared to receive the deposits OF the soldiers and
sailors now in Cuba and. under their directions to
make remittances to their families in the United
States II has already established relations at
Manila. Philippine Islands. with the Chartered Bank
OF India. Australia and China. sufficient for the
present needs OF manufacturers. merchants trav-
ellers. soldiers and sailors The company In cir
cular says: with the conclusion OF a treaty OF
peace between the United States and Spain II 10
generally expected that fields for investment
will be opened in all lines OF trade and manufacture
ing as we'll as IN city properties winter homes,
electric plants railroads industrals sugar and TO.
bacco plantations. Many investments OF this char.
acter will be presented 10 the public. and II will
require the close discrimination OF experts to de-
bic Investments The company Is prepared to In
yestigate and report in an advisory capacity IN
behalf OF its customers and 10 further facilitate
their business In Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philip
pines by holding in trust properties, contracts,
mortgages and bonds. either pendpg the closing OF
period" The company's bankers in London are
Roberts Lubbock & Co. and the City Bank. Lin.
tied 1t has also Office OF It's In that city,
No. 95 Gresham-st.. and house correspondents In
all the capitals and principal commercial centres
and seaports OF the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-24

the United States. The English idea would he
That all foreig1 nations ought 10 be admitted 10
q snare IN their commerce on terms ~ equality
with the United States. Each dependency
might have its own tariff or revenue system
hut there should be no Determinations in favor
OF American merchants. manufacturers or ship
owners, and there should be an open door" for
an nations. Under these conditions il would
he impracticable to extend the American coast
ing trade to Cuba Porto Rico or Hawaii or TO
allow Americans to have the same unrestricted
measure OF free trade with those DEPENDENCIES
which the States Of the Federal Union enjoy
win ono another. In the OF the Philip
llhes the open door" principle might not oper-
ate dlSadvantageously either for the islands or
for the United States. But there is little reason
To- doubt that the prosperity Of Hawaii and any
west Indian territories which may 10 acquired
VIII be promoted by the closest possible com
mercial union with the United States r. CUBA
ana Porto Rico are dealt with as Jamaica and
the other West Indian possessions o. Great
britain have been, their sugar industries will
not be restored and their fortunes Will languish
The open door, policy has left England's West
in0ian posses iOns dependent upon inlperial
does and emptied them of their white popua-
ton
Lord Farrer. in advocating the closest pos
slble relations with the United States warns
his associates that prudence and caution are
as essential as enthusiasm for the promotion of
good feeling. The advice Is as useful for
America for England. The questions which
are TO arise al the close Of the war VIII have
70 he taken up and settled as American uucs-
lions from the point of view of enlightened
seif-intereSt Phrases will be OF trivial import
ance In comparison with the application Of
principles which will promote the Industrial
development and permanent prosperity Of new
territories over which the American flag may
float. =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-24
,,yppUy COMPLAINS or CRANE.

,,r,s,rato Crane last Thursday In the Essex
$3.50, Police Court discharged Mrs Sophie kauH-
I'M of No. Stanton-st.. who was arrested by IN
snec,or Johnson OF the Health Department. Tor sen
,ng impure milk. a report OF this case "nS ni ,
ms trntideot Murphy OF the Health BOARD ny ~. rs
aUSs,,nt sanitary Superintendent Diiinshh" ne
nn"rt stated that Mrs Kaufman goi no uIo ! o,
IcPo. ttnation but was discharged 90 the prcteA'
S, -" weather was warm TO hold al pIlsoners
1 tn rcoor also stated that the mix 500 by MIs
IN nv lam was found 10 be - per cent IMPURE
bnrasident Murphy was indignant when ne received
the iepo that the good work being attempted
by The Health Department should be nuiiihea9 10y
~ 'ne e ,iatrates a good deal Of the WORK OF me
mo MT n has been i'm lone. and great suffering Is
ms entalIed by the sale OF impure milk. hthgs
the ,,Hiced We Will not let this case pass un.
ppoticed. and Magistrate Crane will hear from !"
iateI is said that Wall be brought before the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-24
FELL or JUMPED ~ TIE NORTH RiVEh'

The body Of the young woman who was ost on
Friday off the steamship Ulster In the North RIVER
,r,s identified nj the Morgue yesterday az that OF
uiss Rbo1eUa Snyder. twcn'y-three years oih' %
Mariners Harbor. staten Island ohe u '.e i'"h"-
49, oo,at, NJ the lister, William j. Snyder
,sp ~ she Was accompanying on his trip The
idrntiNcatlon was made by John a. Hnyn'' a.
iroitcr nj the dead woman. VINO chHei ht me
VIM with his wife. The man Immediately tec"g-
MED the body and when he was dtkrd h no" uiS
~,,an had fallen into the river ne said ne c0uli
moRn no explanation The Morgue keeper asked
ht, a. shc had fallen or jumped into the water ana
nm nm GGnTd,r answered that he did not know: re
.I,sd to discuss the case further saying that ne
kncw Of no cause for suicide. - 49,. ,oa
Nh O'Iienlon performed autopsy on inc DoHy
,his afternoon nnding that the woman hhu 9eeiI
a.,iS from cndocarditis hysteria ana minor
,rm,,hee and that she had died from shocK io'io"-
Ing Immersion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-24
DIED AFTER EATING ICE CREAM.
A SCHENECTADY WOMAN EXPIRES SUDDENLY
AND HER COMPAN1oH Is ARRESTED

A sCUrNECTADY WOMAN EXPIRES SUDDENLY
AND HER COMPAN7oH Is ARRESTED
Mrs Annie C. Freeman. forty years old. WIDOW
who came 70 this city from Schenectady. ~ J., iast
Thursday died suddenly at 80 S7s First-ave. cary
Yesterday morning after eating tee cream ana white
grano- Charles Bliss. nfiy-eight years old. a
musician and cicarrnaker also Of Schenectady VINO
va with her. was placed under arrest hut - no;
believed to be In any way responsible for the WON
ans death
Mrs Freeman and Bliss. who is unmarried. nave
h.cn intimate friends for many years Bliss came
~ This CITY to get work with his brother SlHHe5
uhn Is also a cigaTmakcr. ana lives AT 40. ~
I-ir.,-.,vc He brought the woman VITA hlW anu
thry hired small room from william DOH on th"
s"cS,d door OF the house IN which the woman dicd
g. bad been complaining Of il-hcalth. 81" tod
c,,ni,ei pss and his wife. with whom she ana bliss
1,nrG several times that she had been undcT treat
,n.rt in Schenectady for heart disease"
I,iiss was arr4igncl before MagsiIdt" fOo IN VIC
yrrl,Ile Pnlico Court yesterday morning. re told
Ii,siefratc Pool that Ne had been living win the
,,o,.n a. her husband at 80. y fatrs-st Sentence
,adV An the time he lived with her the woman
w"as 4, anuarcntly good health. They l"t Schenec-
,adv on Thursday. Mrs. Freeman, according 10
Eliss had no children and possessed cohsidcraD.r
,n,f.rtv in Schenectady. when asked II he was
ia aoatce 10 the estate he replied Il lost every
,hirg when | lost her. she was my lTlchn WIN,
i~,nr she told me some time ago that shr nad
ianneathcd ali her property 10 "a cousin JHIeS
I2errdict who lives in Brooklyn" MagistTafc Ioo
rr,i.rcd J{liss 10 be cOU0'fef until Monday penang
nm autopsy by the Coroner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-24

sensitive Americans need not fear that the
generous terms accorded the Spaniards will In
any way lessen the moral effect OF the Amer-
can victory. This is proved by the momentous
events which followed closely in the train Of the
Saratoga convention" and which were OF such
vital consequence that Sir Edward Creacey has
reckoncd Saratoga as one Of the fifteen de-
cslve battles OF the world II Is TO he hoped
tina; the parallel between Saratoga and Santiago
may he extended to this respect. and that the
near future viii prove that the surrender or
Eastern Cuba has been the turning point In the
present war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-24
MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY ~ BALTIMORE.

Baltimore July 2.-J. Hough Cottman IT, q
young society man and OF J. Hough Cottman
n well-known broker. with whom he was associated
In business. died at Johns Hopkins Hospital to-day
from the effects OF injuries received IN a mys-
terious manner. Early yesterday morning Young
COttman was found in semi Icon scious conditio3
beside an electric railway track near the kennels
In Baltimore County. He was covered with blood
and murmured something about being attacked by
unknown men His skull fractured and he
was otherwise cut and bruised No ATTEMPT had
apparently been made TO rob the young man He
di1 not recover consciousness sufficiently 10 ex-
The oasis., 1898-10-01
A Challenge.

Every county convention Is expres- sing itself upon local public affairs. This Is proper. Gila democrats and
 Pima republicans have condemned their respective county governments. Graham Democrats say: we point with pride to the honest and ec0no- mical government of the affairs of Graham county under democratic administration during the last two years, &c.' What will Pima demo- crats tell the voters? Will they be fish or fowlr OF that expose of public rottenness? Do they approve of the suppression--b interested officials of public report that was asked for and paid for by the tax payers? Do they endorse or condemn the "pocket- ing' of that report for three long months by the district attorney and his subsequent inactivity in protect ing the county's interest: Will the Pima democracy fish or cut bait?' Will they condemn or praise the man. agement of county affairs during the past i've years? Was the tax levy uf 1897 good or bad? Is the tax levy of 1898 q legitimate reduction of exces- sive burdens, or false political move?
 We await an answer. We respect fully challenge the Pima democracy to condemn or approve local demo- cratic government when they come to name another ticket for county off cers If they APPROVE. then the re- publican ticket will win by 500 ma jority. If they CONDEMN, then the republican ficket'will win by 300 ma j0rity. If they ''sit on the fence, TI then the republican ticket will win by 400 majority - Frontier Fronterizo
The oasis., 1898-10-01
Another Cow Case.

Monday Justice J s. Taylor's court was occupied with another COW case from Calabasas, J. E. Wise, well known citizen of that precinct and formerly cattle inspector there, being accused of two ofIenses, viz: Having a stolen COW in his possession and re- sisting an officer. The testimony was that some weeks ago Wise took q couple of stolen estrays from two Mexicans, drove them to Inspector w. H. Walker and delivered them to that officer. Under the law Walker offered them for sale. The buyer took one and rejected the other as too poor. Walker turned the lean one on the range to fatten her up for the next buyer When wanted it was foand that in some unaccountable way the COW bore Wise's brand h. spector Walker notified Wise that she was the property of the territory and proceeded to take her with q lasso. Wise cut the lasso and declared that the officer should not have the critter without Walkering over his iWise's) dead body Hence the two charges. Wise was held to appear be- fore the grand jury in bonds of $25O in each case.
The oasis., 1898-10-01
DALLAS AND RETURN FOR sS
An Opportunity for E,erybod, to see the
 Great Stnts Far

Everything indicates that the com ing Texas State Fair will be the great est in the history Oi the state The attractions will be more extensive in variety and greater ih magnetic power than in any previous year
 To meet the general desire of resi- dents Uf the LerrItery tributary to El Paso to visit Dallas at this time, the popular Texas & Paciic has put in the remarkably lJw rate Of S5 from El Pdso to Dallas aud return, goud only On Thursday OctUber 6, and Thursday October l3, returning on the Monday following date Of Sale. Ihis will give an opportunity Of spending Lhe entire day Saturday. at the far aud eujoy- ing tue sights Of the city Ou suuuay
 Tickets will also be un sale daIiy during the couJinuauce uf the far at s2495 for the round trip. These tick cts will be placed Uu sale September 3y, the tnai return limit being OcJu- Der l6, thus allowing tune for quite an extended visit With friends and relatives aud in ceutral aud eastern Texas.
 tor tickets or further information call on s. F. Darbyshire, N IF El Paso street, El Pasu, Texas.