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An Act to incorporate the Town of Donaldsonville. 1846 15 (1846)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0289 and id is 1 raw text is: No. 30.1 AN ACT!' To Incorporate the Town of Donaldsonville. SECTION 1. .Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives Limits of the of the State of Louisiana in General Assembly convened, That the free own, white inhabitants of the town of Donaldsonville, and of the town of Union. ville, said towns being bounded on the upper side by the Bayou Lathurcho, on the lower side by lands belonging to the Roman Catholic Church of Ascension, in front by the river Mississippi, and inthie rear by lands claimed by Mistress A. F. Rightor and Gabriel Winter, be and here'fy Incorporation. are declared and constituted a body corporate and politic under the Itane Title. and style of the Mayor and Trustees of the town of Donaldsonville, ,and by that name they and their successors shall he henceforth known in law, shall be capable of suing and being sued, defending and being defended, impleading and being impleaded in aU courts and places whatsoever, and in any and all manner of causes and actions shall he capable of arguing, receiving, holding, farming, leasing or conveying, any property, real and personal, of making any compromise, arbitration or transaction in regard thereto; shall have authority to adopt a. common seal, and the same at their pleasure to change or alter ; to erect such public works and build. ings for the use and advantage of said town as they may find expedient, Tares. and also to lay and collect annually, a direct tax, not to exceed one thou- sand dollars for the improvement and benefit of the same: Provided, if that sum be found insufficient for the object and purpose of' said town, it shall be lawful for the Mayor to call a meeting of the voters of said town by giving at least five days public notice of such meeting, specifying the object thereof; and the said meeting, when so assembled, shall have power and authority, by a majority of votes, to order such further sum to be raised as may be thought meet and expedient, and upon such order, the Mayor and Trustees shall cause the additional sum to be assessed and collected, and the same shall be appropriated to the use of the town. In whom the SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, 4-c.; That to carry out the foregoing government of powers, the municipal government of said town shall be vested in a Mayor e tow shal and six Trustees, to he elected in the manner following: First, the said town being divided into three wards, the first extending from the middle of Houmas street to the Bayou Lafourche; the second, from the middle of H1oumas street to the line formerly separating the town of Donaldson and Unionville; and the third, from the said line to the Church lands. All the Quatification of inhabitants of said town who have resided therein during twelve months voters. preceding such election, and are qualified to voto for members of the Gen- oral Assembly, shall, on the second Monday of*April in each year, between the hours often A. M. and four P. M., at such place as may for that purpose be designated, proceed to elect by ballot, and a majority of votes, a Mayor and six Trustees, (two Trustees to be taken from among the residents of each of said wards), who shall hold these oflices fbr and during the term of one year thereafter, and until their successors are duly elected and quali. Eligibility of fled. No one shall be eligible as Mayor or Trustee unless a male white rutes.and citizen of the United States over the age of twenty-one years, and of actual residence in sail town during twelve consecutive months previous to the election. Src. 3. Be it further enacted, 4-c.; That the first election under this

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