Town of De Ridder v. Head
| Decision Date | 30 June 1916 |
| Docket Number | 21949 |
| Citation | 139 La. 840,72 So. 374 |
| Court | Louisiana Supreme Court |
| Parties | TOWN OF DE RIDDER v. HEAD |
(Syllabus by the Court.)
Section 33 of Act No. 136 of 1898, provides that 'all ordinances shall be read and considered by sections at a public meeting of the mayor and board of aldermen, and the vote on their final passage shall be taken by 'yeas' and 'nays,' which shall be entered on the minutes by the clerk.'
Where the minutes only recite that a certain ordinance 'was read and adopted by sections,' held, that the same never acquired the force and effect of a municipal law.
Robert J. O'Neal, of Leesville, for appellant.
Stewart & Powell, of De Ridder, for appellee.
Defendant was charged on affidavit with having constructed frame buildings within the residential district in the corporate limits of the town of De Ridder, without first obtaining building permits from the inspector of buildings, etc., contrary to the form of the ordinances of said town.
Defendant moved the court to quash the affidavit on 10 different grounds of unconstitutionality. This motion was heard and overruled, and the defendant pleaded not guilty.
The case was tried and the defendant was found guilty. Defendant then filed a motion in arrest which was heard and overruled, and thereupon the defendant was sentenced to pay a fine of $ 50 and $ 1 cost, and in default of the payment of fine and cost to be incarcerated in the town lockup for a period of 25 days subject to work on the streets of said town. Defendant appealed to this court.
On Motion to Dismiss Appeal.
Plaintiff has moved to dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction in this court to hear and determine this cause. It is plain enough that the constitutionality or legality of a fine imposed by a municipal corporation is in contestation. This suffices to vest this court with jurisdiction. Const. art. 85. Motion overruled.
On the Merits.
The Constitution does not prescribe the forms and conditions of municipal legislation, but they are prescribed in section 33 of Act No. 136 of 1898, known as the Lawrason Act, which reads in part as follows:
'All ordinances shall be read and considered by sections at a public meeting of the mayor and board of aldermen, and the vote on their final passage shall be taken by 'yeas' and 'nays,' which shall be entered on the minutes by the clerk.'
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