Oakey v. Mayor
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from the court of the first district. In September, 1827, the mayor and city council of New-Orleans passed an ordinance by which the front .proprietors of ground within the city and incorporated faubourgs, should* . „ . . for the exclusive purpose of paving the streets and making the banquets, pay one-third part Gf what the city assessor should estimate the cost of the work to be done in front of their ground respectively.
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Appeal from the court of the first district. In September, 1827, the mayor and city council of New-Orleans passed an ordinance by which the front .proprietors of ground within the city and incorporated faubourgs, should* . „ . . for the exclusive purpose of paving the streets and making the banquets, pay one-third part Gf what the city assessor should estimate the cost of the work to be done in front of their ground respectively. The ordinance embraced not only lots in front of which pavements and banquets had already been made, but also such as were unpaved, leaving it to the option of the…
1Opinion of the CourtPorter, J.
On the 22d of September, 1827, the city council passed an ordinance by which they imposed an annual tax for twenty years, on all the owners of lots in the city and fau-bourgs of New-Orleans, for the exclusive purpose of paving the streets and making banquets in front of their property; leaving, however, to the persons so taxed, the choice of exempting themselves from the annual payment of the sum charged on their property, by paying in cash the amount expended by the corporation in doing the work, or by giving their notes in four equal and annual instal-ments, with interest at eight per cent,…
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