The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1920-07-24
Ordinance No. =.
AN ORDINANCE

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Requiring all able bodied male persons
residing within the corporate limits
of the Town of Colfax, Louisiana.
between the ages of Is and 55 years,
to work the streets of the Town un-
der the supervision of the street
commissioner, when summoned by
him, so to do, providing that any per-
son may relieve himself of such COM
pulsory service byl the payment of
four dollars per annum, such sums to
be collected by the street commits
sioner, and fixing penalty; for the
violation of this ordinance.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the Town of
Colfax, in legal adjourned session con-
vened:
Section One: That from and after
the passage and PRONUNCIATION of this
ordinance all able-bodied male persons
between l8 and 55 years of age within
the corporate limits of the Town of
Colfax are made subject to work the
streets of the town, when called upon
and summoned by the street commits
sioner, so to do. All such persons shall
be subject to work as many as eight
days per annum, provided, however,
that any person may relieve himself of
this compulsory service by paying to
the street commissioner four dollars
per annum; such payment to be made
on or before August first of each and
every year, or prior thereto, if the
commissioner makes demand for same,
providing that payment at any time
will relieve the person of the compul-
sorry service, if such payment is of the
same date as calkto service or prior
thereto.
Be it further ordained, etc.
Section Two: That in the event any
male person residing within the corpor-
ate limits of the Town of Colfax, who
is between the age of IS and 55 years,
and who has been summoned to work
the streets of the, Town of Colfax, as
provided in section one above, fails to
answer said call and summons and to
work the streets as required and
who likewise fails to pay to thu
street commissio ners the four
dollars, upon service of such sum-
mons, shall be guilty of crime, and
upon trial therefor by the mayor or a
plea of guilty thereto upon conviction
shall be fined not less than five dollars.
nor more than ten dollars, and in de-
fault of payment of such fine shall be
sentenced to not less than five nor more
than ten days in Jail, or both, in thei
discretion of the court, for each such
failure to work and pay.
Be it further ordained, etc.
Section Three: That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in conflict with
or contrary to the provisions of this
ordinance are hereby repealed, insofar
as they may so conflict, and this ordi-
nance shall, because of the bad and al
most impossible conditions of the
streets of Colfax, owing to the long
continued rains, go into effect, be en-
forceable and become operative on July
2Sth, 1920, and all funds collected un-
der this ordinance shall be used exclu-
sively for the maintenance and repair
of the streets of Colfax.
The above ordinance was read and
considered by sections and adopted by
sections and was then placed upon final
passage, and the yeas and nays being
called, the vote thereon was as follows:
Yeas: Messrs. L. A. Barrios, w. D.
Lurry, L. B. Gay, H. B. Faraldo and
B. Meningitis.
Nays: None.
And the ordinance was declared
adopted and was thereupon approved
by the Mayor this. the 22nd day of
July, 1920.
Approved: A. G. BUFORD,
Mayor Town of Colfax.
l.. A. BARRIOS,
Secretary.
A true copy of the original ordinance.
L. A. BARRIOS,