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An Act to incorporate the town of Shreveport, and to change the name of the seat of justice in the parish of Caddo, the town of Grand Echore, and supplementary to the several Acts for the Government of the town of St. Francisville. 1839 200 (1839)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0220 and id is 1 raw text is: 200 No, 67.-AN ACT to incorporate the town of Shreveport, and to change the name of the seat of justice in the parish of Caddo, the town of Grand Echore, and supplementary to the several Acts for the government of the town of St. Francis- ville. SECT 1. Be it enacted by the enate and House of Representatives of the State of Louisiana, in general as- Town or semly convened, That all the tract or portion of land si- Shreveport in- tuate in the parish of Caddo, on the south-west bank of corporated. Red River, laid off anddivided into lots by the Shreveport Limits. company, and known as the reservation made by the Caddo Indians to Larkin Edwards, consisting of six hundred and forty acres, more or less, shall contimie to be designated and known as the town of Shreveport, and that all the free white inhabitants of said town, are hereby declared to be a body corporate, by the name Style, The and style of the mayor and trustees of the town of Mayor and Trustees aoShreveport, and by that name, they and their successors the town of shall be known in law, and be capable of suing and Shreveport. being sued, and of defending in all courts and in all ac- tions and matters whatever, and may have a common seal, and may alter anid change the same at therr plea- sure, and by the same name shall be capable of holding and conveying any estate, real or personal, for the use of said corporation, and of erecting within said town, pub- lic buildings for the use of the same; Provided, that such real estate shall be within the limits of said town. SECT, 2. Be it furher enacted, &c., - That there Officara of the shall be for the said town, the following officers, that is town. to say, a mayor, four trustees, a treasurer, a clerk, an assessor, a constable, who shall be collector of taxes, a surveyor, and as many other subordinate officers, not herein mentioned, for preserving the peace and well or- dering of the town, as the trustees thereof shall direct, who shall hold their office during one year. S ECT. 3. Be 7t further. enacted, &c., That all the Annual elec. white male inhabitants of said town, more than twenty- tion of officers. one years of age, who have -resided therein for six Qualifications months previous to an election of officers aforesaid, of voters and shall on the first Monday of May in each year, nmeet at of officers. the court-house or town-hall in said town, and then pro- ceed by ballot to elect five trustees, one of whom shall be mayor, and a town treasurer, who shall be freeholders and residents of said town for six months previous to said election, and who shall hold their office for one year at which election, the parish judge, or one of the

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