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An Act to incorporate the town of Homer, in the parish of Claiborne. 1850 81 (1850)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0348 and id is 1 raw text is: upon failure of the corporation to finish and complete said road withirt the time aforesaid, all the privileges and monopolies granted by this act shall cease and become forfeited. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, &c., That no parish road shall, so soon as any section of said turnpike plank road shall be opened and No parish road is constructed for the public use, run for any distance parallel thereto, to be ron in op- within two miles of the same: Provided, the police jury of the parish position to tite turnpike. at one of its regular sessions shall sanction the same. E. WARREN MOISE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. J. B. PLAUCHE, Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate. Approved 13th March, 1850. JOSEPH WALKER, Governor of the State of Louisiantr. No. Il1l. AN ACT incorporation of To incorporate the town of Homer, in the parish of Claiborne. the town of Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa tives of the State of Louisiana, in General Assembly convened, That the tract of land lying in a square and extending one mile on each side in the center of which is the north-west corner of the public square of the town of Homer, in the parish of Claiborne, be and the Its rimits. same is, hereby constituted a town corporate and body politic by the name and style of the Mayor and Selectmen of the town of Homer; and by that name they and their successors shall forever be, in law, capable of sueing and being sued, of defending and being defended, Powers of the and of impleading and being impleaded, in all courts or places of law corporation. in all suits and actions; and may have an official seal and alter the same at pleasure; and shall have the right of purchasing, receiving by donation, holding and conveying any estate, real or personal, for the use and benefit of said town; and for raising money by tax for the improvement of the town and maintenance of the police thereof, and for the purpose of making and keeping up the streets and roads in and around the same, and for all other improvements which said corpo. ration may deem necessary and proper. Qualilations of voters. Sec. 2. Be it fuher enacted, &c., That all citizens residing within the limits of said corporation, who are entitled to vote for members of the General Assembly shall hold an election on the first Eleeion of may- Monday in May next, or as soon thereafter as practicable, and every er and selectmen year thereafter for Mayor and Selectmen, and any citizen on being duly sworn, may hold the first election, and the mayor shall hold all subsequent ones, unless otherwise provided for by the corporation laws. He shall order and hold elections to fill vacancies for Mayor Elections how and Selectmen, in all cases (unless they shall be provided for by the conducted. town ordinances) after giving ten days notice thereof, by written ad- vertisements; said election shall commence at ten o'clock A. M. and close at two o'clock P. M. of the same day: And in case the mayor refuse or neglect to hold said election, any one of the selectmen may do so, and if they refuse, any justice of the peace of the parish of Claiborne, at the request of a majority of the citizens of said town of

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