SUBPART F. FUNCTIONS OF OTHER MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS
§421. Duties of clerk; records to be kept
The clerk shall keep a book to be labeled "Municipal Minutes, City of _____," or "Town of _____," or "Village of _____," as the case may be, in which he shall record the proceedings of the mayor and board of aldermen, and keep the same fully indexed alphabetically, so that all entries on the minutes can be easily found. The clerk shall be the custodian of the municipal seal, which each municipality shall adopt and provide. The clerk shall keep a book, to be styled "Municipal Docket, City of _____," or "Town of _____," or "Village of _____," as the case may be, upon which he shall enter each claim against the municipality, and each subject matter to be acted upon by the mayor and board of aldermen. After each meeting he shall make up such docket for the next regular meeting. He shall examine the statutes of the State and the ordinances of the municipality to ascertain subject matter required or proper to be acted upon at the following meeting, and shall docket all such matters. He shall keep such other books and records as may be provided for by ordinance, and shall file in his office and preserve all records and papers appertaining to the business of the municipality. He shall keep a book to be styled "Tax Record, City (or town, or village) of _____," in which he shall enter all deeds to individuals, and the list of lands sold to the municipality by the tax collector, showing (a) description of the land, (b) as whose property sold, (c) date of sale, (d) amount of taxes, costs, and damages due, and to whom the costs are owing, (e) when redeemed, (f) by whom redeemed, (g) date of redemption, and (h) amount paid therefor.
Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1962–2017 · leading case:
State v. Thompson, 163 So. 3d 139 (La. Ct. App. 2015).
State v. Thompson, 163 So. 3d 139 (La. Ct. App. 2015).
“R.S. 33:421. In the motion filed on August 26, 2013, he requested instructions regarding the defense of justification as stated in La.”
Chapman v. Bordelon, 138 So. 2d 1 (La. 1962).
“Pertaining to proposals falling in the latter category, incidentally, are the several statutory provisions referred to in the majority opinion (LRS 33:421, 424, 425, 426 and 462) as being illustrative of a legislative intent that the word “ordinance” is often used in the statute…”
Barlow v. Town of Waterproof, 39 So. 3d 768 (La. Ct. App. 2010).
“R.S. 33:421. In this case, Mayor Higginbotham’s actions concerning the office of the clerk were properly judged by the trial court to have extended well beyond his general powers of supervision and direction of the administration of the municipality’s affairs, so that the…”
Carron v. City of Opelousas, 970 So. 2d 1205 (La. Ct. App. 2007).
“R.S. 33:421, 424. CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE Following a special election held on August 12, 1961, Opelousas Ordinance Nos.”
State of Louisiana v. Leslie C. Thompson (La. 2017).
“R.S. 33:421) as mayor, defendant was charged with the duty of supervising and directing the administration and operation of municipal departments to ensure conformity with applicable provisions of state law.”
State of Louisiana v. Leslie C. Thompson (La. 2017).
“R.S. 33:421) as mayor, defendant was charged with the duty of supervising and directing the administration and operation of municipal departments to ensure conformity with applicable provisions of state law.”
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