The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-10-06
THE NAME OF OUR TOWN.

a,,,o of our town should be changed
from the "Town of Providence TO
.Lake Providence" for the reason
that our post Office name IS Lake
Providence, and that throughout
,be world the town is known by the
latter name aud not by its charter
name. 1t is also argued, as reason
for the change, that sometimes IN
deeds. and other legal papers, the
name Lake Providence occurs. in
stead of the real name, which is a
mistake. The present charter of the
Town of Providence was granted by |
the Legislature in 1876, when Kel-
loog was Governor of Louisiana. IL
was drawn up by Judge j. M. Ken
nedy, the first article of which, re-
lative to the name and boundary of
the town, reads as follows:
..Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
vened, That the following tract of land
in the parish of Carroll shall be the
| boundry limits of the Town of Provi-
dence, to-wit Starting at a point on
| the west bank of the Mississippi river
due east from the lower line of the
dwelling of Alexander Armstrong;
from thence westward so as to embrace
his house and lot; thence from the
north east corner of said lot on the
west side, and westward along the line
dividing the plantation of Ingram Il
I Davis from the present Town OF Provl-
dence and the other lots and dwellings
on the banks of the lake, 10 the south
west corner of the property of John
Williams; thence northward to the
margin of Lake Providence; thence
eastward along the margin OF SAID
lake to point on line with the west
side of Mrs. Biggs property; thence
north TO point on a line with the
I north side of the property OF W. A..
Blount; thence due east to the Mlssis-
sippi river, and thence south along the
/. margin of said river to the place vi
2 beginning. That the residents within
5 said limits shall be, and are hereby
made body corporate and polite un.
der the name and style of the Town OF
. Providence. and under such name ana
D stvle they, and their successors shall
have perpetual succession, with the
i, ripht to sue and be sued, prosecute ana
defend any and all actions pertaining
to said Town; to acquire any and all
g kinds of property, by purchase, doha-
J. ton or otherwise for the use and bene'
g fits of SAID Town: to raise money oy
taxation for the maintenance and good
Government of said Town, the enforce
IS ment of police regulations. for the
y maintenance and repairs of streets ana
bridges of said town. and for all I'M
provements deemed necessary by the
= Board of Councilmen hereinafter Gre
e ated."
$ The proper manner of making the
n change is for the Mayor and Board OF
Aldermen. to draw up the amendment
It to our charter, with the name OF the
Itown changed to "Lake Providence.
This must be published for three weeks
e in the paper. This amendment must
: then be submitted to the Governor ano
e Attorney General. If there is any OBJ
D lection to the amendment by one
n tenth of the voters, an election mus
u be ordered and vote of the electors
g of the town taken, in order that i
u NAV be ratified Section 43 of Act 13t
I of the Acts of 1898, says:
g Be it further enacted, etc, Tha
1t when municipality now existing
o which has not come under the provis
= ions of this act, shall desire to ament
its charter, the same may be done II
IS this way: The Mayor and Board o
e Aldermen may prepare. in writing, tn
,e desired amendments, bave the SAM
- published for three weeks. in a news
. paper published in the municipality,
there be one, and. if none, then by post
s: ING for said time in at least three pub
st lie places therein; the proposed amend
70 ments shall then be submitted to tn
Governor. who shall submit them t
y the Attorney General for his opinion
e If the Attorney General be of the opin
We ion that the proposed amendments ar
Is consistent with the constitution an
~ laws of the United States and of thi
State including this acr, the Goyerno
DC shall approve the proposed amend
IS. ments. II after publication made. ONT
tenth of the qualified electors of tn
, municipality shall protest against tn
au proposed amendments. or any of then
na the Governor shall not approve the on
ed protested against until they shall /
submitted to and ratified by major
ty of the electors of the municipalit
Amendments. when approved |
the Governor, shall be recorded at tt
rk expense of the municipality, in tt
/, Office of the Secretary of State and ~
~ on the records of the Mayor and Boar
lat of Aldermen, and. when so recorde
us shall have the force and effect of la,
=. A municipality not governed by tn
'A act may change its corporate limi
under the provisions thereof.
We suggest the idea of this chanl
as in the name of the town for the re
at sons aboye set forth, and we hope tn
lch some action will be taken on it in t
i've near future.
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