The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-08
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An ACT TO CREATE THE PARISH OF RIcHL AND,
AND PROVIDING FOR TIE ORGANIZATION THERE.
OF.
SECTION 1. BE IL enacted by tie Senate and
House Of Representatives of me State of Lo,iisi-
ana in General Assembly conuened. That new
parish be and is hereby created, composed of
contiguous portions of the parishes OF 0uachita
Franklin. Carroll and Morehouse, and embraced
within the following boundaries, to wit: Com
mencing at point on Beuf River, where the
Bayou Lafourche empties out of 1t, at or near
Point Jefferson, thence down the main channel OF
the Bayou Lafourche to the line dividing the par.
ishes of Ouachita and Caldwell; thence east on
said dividing line to Beuf river; thence down
Bout River to the mouth of Bayou Big Creek
thence up the main channel of Big Creek to the
line dividing the parishes of Franklin and Carroll
thence east on such dividing line to the Bayou Ma
e2s n sa and &c thence
west on said township line to the range line diyd.
ing ranges eight and nine east thence north on
said range line to the line dividing townships
nineteen and twenty; thence west on said town
to the point of beginning which said parish shall
be called and known by the name Of the parish of
RichlaDd.
SEC. 2. BE IL further enacted, ETC., That John
Bishop, William I. Oliver, Elijah Scott John E.
Hemler, Aquilla Dyson, James q. Richardson and
DIR. ). N. Lewis, residents OF said parish Of Rich
land. be and are hereby appointed commissioners,
whose duty 1t shall be to convene at the town of
Rayyilie, In said parish. within thirty days after
the passage Of this act the time of meeting to be
fixed by William 7. Oliver, who shall notify the
commissioners OF the time and place thereof. At
the meeting herein provided for said commission
ers shall organize by eecting one of their body
president and one secretary, and shall take the
oath required by the Constitution TO be taken by
State officers; said commissioners shall then pro-
coed TO divide said parish into not less than five
nor more than seven police jury wards. and to
designate 10 each OF said police jury wards place
holding for off conn
missioners shall also fix day for the election of
all parish officers, including parish judge sheriff.
clerk, coroner. one Justice Of the peace and one
constable for each ward, members of the police
jury, and any and all other officers of the parish
made by the Constitution and laws elective by the
people, and shall cause notices of said election to
be Immediately posted up in each ward in said
parish and II previous to the time fixed for hold
ing said election registry of the voters of said
parish has not been made. and commissioners to |
hold the elections have not been appointed By |
some other provisions Of Law, then said commits |
sioners shall name three commissioners at /
each precinct to hold said election, and ali |
persons legally authorized to vote according to
the provisions Of the Constitution shall have the
right TO vote at said election for all said officers
Said commissioners shall also appoint person to
prepare the requisite poll boxes and deliver the
same 10 the COMM sioners at the place of holding
the election. The commissioners of election shall
have all the powers and rights to preserve order
at the election the laws confer on commissioners
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person to execute their orders. They shall make
return OF the election 10 the president of the
board OF commissioners, who shall make duplicate
return thereof, one TO the secretary of state and
the other to be preserved and handed to the clerk
Of the court elected or appointed for said parish
THAI II shall be the duty Of the governor to issue
commissions to all the officers SO elected, to whom
BY law commissions are required TO issue. upon
heir complying with the law. The officer so
elected sbd enter on the discharge Of the duties
Of their office as soon as they are commissioned
ard give bond. and are qualified according to law
and their term OF service shall be counted as
commencing on the fret Monday of November,
eighteen hundred and sixty eight, whether they
inter on the discharge of their duties before or
lfter that time
SEC. 8. BE &c turtle. enacted, etc., That the
'eat Of justice for the parish of Richand shall be
and Is hereby located on or near the railroad at
he town of Rsyville, in township seventeen north
1f range seven east.
Sac. 4. BE IL further enacted etc.. That the
police jury Of the parish of Bichlsnd shall meet
within twenty days after their election as provided
hall designate place for the cree ion of court
louse, and provide for the acquisition OF the site
hereof, and shall provide places for holding
courts and the Offices for the clerks and sheriff
srected or provided.
SEC. S. BE further enacted, ETC., That the
,srish of Richland shall form part Of the twelfth
JUDICIAL district, and the district courts shall be
leld therein, commencing on the third Monday Of
'ebruary and August of each year.
SIC. s. BE IL further enacted. etc.. That the
parish of HIGHLAND shall form part OF the senate
iai district now composed of the parishes Of Car
OIL Madison and Morehouse.
SEC, Z. BE further enacted. etc.. That the
ihern OF the parish of Richiand shall collect all
axes against the citizens residing within the
imi's OF said parish which shall remain unpaid
shen the sheriff Of the parish of Richland shall
Z ctive ms commission. and to enable him so to
norehouse, shall respectively furnish him with
verified lists Of the names Of such persons in the
aid parish of Richand. as may have been
assessed and have not already been paid together
axes, as fast as collected by the sheriff Of the |
parish of Richland, shall be paid over the State
sxes TO the state treasurer, and the parish taxes
70 the treasurer of the parish of Richlind
SEC. s. Be ii further enacted, etc., That the