The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-06-08

touch, scrape or come in contact witt
the aforesaid streets.
Any person violating the provision
of this ordinance shall be fined, upor
conviction, in the sum of not more thar
S25. 90.
Be it further ordained that this ordi.
nance take effect and be in force from
and after it's passage.
Approved in open Board this, the 3rd
day of June, A. d. 1912.
r. w. TOuLME, Mayor
Attest:
r. F. O'BRIEN, Secretary.
The business of this meeting of th'
Board not having been finished and
completed, it is ordered by the Boare
that there be an adjournment of this
body until Tuesday evening, June 4th
at 7.30 o'clock p. M, said date being
the next secular day succeeding this
day.
Pursuant to order of adjournment,
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen re-
convened upon this, the 4th day of June,
1912, to complete the business of It's
present regular meeting, there being
present Hon. r. w. Toulme, mayor;
Geo. C. Firsching, r. Blaize and r. w,
Webb, aldermen; R. j. Murtagh, city
marshal; r. F. O'Brien, secretary
Alderman P. Lutzzi was absent. The
meeting was duly called to order and
proceeded to the dispatch of the bust
ness before it.
The motion of Alderman Firsching
seconded by Alderman Webb, that the
following amendment be accepted and
published, was carried.
Amendment of the Charter of the City of Bay
St. Louis.
Be it ordained by the Board of Mayor
and Aldermen of the City of Bay ST.
Louis, That the Charter of said City be
amended by adding thereto as follows,
as provided by section 3444 of the Mis-
sissippi Code of 1906:
There shall be, and is hereby, Gre
ated and constituted bond commits
sion, which shall be composed of five
adult taxpayers of said city, to be
elected by the Board of Mayor and AL
dermen of said City of Bay st. Louis.
Said members of the bona commission
shall, when elected, serve for period
of five years and until their successors
be elected, and shall serve without com
pensation. No person shall be elected
to, nor serve upon, said bond commits
sion who shall be a State, county or
municipal officer, or candidate for such
office. 1t shall be the duty of the said
hond commission to supervise, direct
and administer the expenditure of all
funds of said city realized and acquired
from the issuance of its municipal bonds
for public improvements, other than
the mere repair and maintenance of
streets in good order. Especially shall
said bond commission supervise and
direct the expenditure of said funds for
the construction of public buildings, sea
walls and other works to protect from
damage and destruction the streets OF
said City of Bay ST. Louis and all other
works intended to protect the streets
and other property of said city from
overflow, caving banks and other like
dangers; and said bond commission
shall see to the proper expenditure OF
said funds for said purposes. Said
bond commission is hereby given the
right and power to let by contract the
construction of all public works coming
within the scope of their said duties.
1t shall be, and it is, hereby made the
duty of the Board of Mayor and Alder
men of said City of Bay St. Louis to re-
fer all such matters to the management
and supervision of said bond commits
sion. Said Board of Mayor and Alder
said funds to pay the liabilities in
Cured, on presentation of accounts ap-
proved by said commission.
Whenever, in the opinion of the bond
commission, it shall be necessary to go
upon private lands beyond the limits OF
the streets or other public property of
said city to construct works of any
character to protect and conserve or
build the streets, or other public prop
erty, of said city, or for the purpose of
draining the streets or other public
property of said city, said commission
may, unless amicable arrangement with
the owner be made. after ten days no
tice in writing mailed to the owner or
agent of the owner, or the occupant, ii
any, of said property, go upon said
property and assess the damage accru-
ing to said property from the perform
ance of said WORK, and shall report in
writing to the Board of Mayor and AL
dermen. of said city the name of the
owner, the description of the property,
the work to be done, and the damages
allowed, and said Board of Mayor and
Aldermen shall issue warrant on said
funds for the amount of said allowance.
If the owner of any property so dam
aged be dissatisfied with The amount of
damages allowed, he shall within ten
days file his written petition to the
Board of Mayor and Aldermen of said
city, in which he shall set forth the ma
ture and amount of damages claimed,
which petition may be granted in whole
or part by said Board, or rejected, and
if rejected the petitioner may appeal to
the Circuit Court, which court may re-
view said proceedings on matters of
law arising on the face of the proceed
ings, and on questions of damages the
cause may be tried anew, and the dam
ages may be assessed by a jury, if the
owner of the land desire, and the Board
of Mayor and Aldermen shall grant an
appeel for that purpose, when prayed
for. on appellant giving bond for the
costs in such penalty as the Mayor may
require, not exceeding Two Hundred
Dollars. IF the amount recovered on
appeal does not exceed the damages
awarded by the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen, the appellant shall pay all
costs of appeal.
When the Bond Commission shall
construct any sea wall for the purpose
af rresarvinp any street. or shall eou-