New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-10-07

nine east; thence north on said range line
70 the hne dividing townships nineteen and
twenty; thence west on said township line
the point of beginning, which said nsrisb
shall be called and known by the name of
the parish of Richland. =
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc. That
John Bishop, William T. Oliver, Elijah Scott.
yohn n3h =; Hemler, Aquills Dyson, james G.
said parish of Richland, be and are hereby
appointed Commissioners, whose duty it
sHau snail De to convene at thes town of Ray
t, vIlle, IN said parish, within thirty days after
.ne passage of this act, the time of meeting
Lii W ge n1so S y william T. Oliver, who shall
place thereof. At the meeting herein pro-.
vlded for, said Commissioners shall orean-
lze by electlng one of their body as Presi-
! dent and one as Secretary and shall take
the oatn required BY the Constitution to be
Agi 1aAgn - oy otdle oincers; said Commissioners
snail then proceed to divide said parish into
not less than five ror more than seven no.
| ice Jury wards and to designate in each of
SAID police jury wards q place for holding
elections for parish officers; said Commits,
slohers 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 peO-
pie, ana snail cause notices of said election
to be Immediately posted up in each ward in
sald parish; and if, previous to the time fixed
Tor holding said election, registry of the
| voters OF said parish has not been made
and Commissioners to hold the cleo
, tons 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 all
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 G, mmissiohers shall
also appoint person to prepare the requisite
poll boxes and deliver the same to the Com
missioners at the place of holding the cleo
tlon. The Commissioners of Election shall
have all the powers and rights to preserve
order at the election the laws confer on
Commissioners of Election, and shall have
power to name any person to execute their
orders They shall make return of the cleo
tion to the President of the Board of Com.
missioners, who shall make duplicate return
| thereof, one to the Secretary of State and
the other to be preserved and handed to the
Clerk or the Court elected or appointed for
said parish. That it shall be the duty of
the Governor to issue commissions to all
the officers so elected, to whom by law COM
missions are required to issue, upon their
| complying with the law. The officers so
| elected shall enter on the discharge Of the
duties of their offices as soon as they are
commissioned and give bond, and are
qualified according to law, and their term Of
service shall be counted as commencing OIL
the first Monday of November, eighteen
hundred and siXty.eight, whether they
enter on the discharge Of their duties before
or after that time.
SEC 3. Be it further enacted, etc. That tLe
seat OF Justice for the parish of Richland shall
be and is hereby located on or near the rail-
road at the town of Rayville. in township
seventeen north of range seven east.
SEC. 4. Be ii further enacted, ETC., That the
police Jury of the parish of Richland shall
! meet within twenty days after their election
as provided for in this act, and at their first
meeting, they shall designate place for
the erection of Courthouse, and provide
for the acquisition of the site thereof and
shall provide places for holding Courts and
the offices for the clerks and sheriff of said
parish, until suitable buildings can be
erected or provided.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted. etc, That
the parish of Richland shall form part Of the
Twelfth Judicial District, and the District
Courts shall be held therein, commencing
or the third Monday of Februsry and Au-
gust of each year.
SEC g. Be it further enacted, etc, That
tie parish of Riehlaud shall form part of
the Senatorial District now composed of the
parishes Of Carroll, Madison and More
house.
| EQ.
the sheriff of the parish Of Richlaud shall
collect all taxes against the citizens residing
within the limits of said parish, which
shall remain unpaid when the
sheriff Of the parish OF Richland
shall receive his commission, and to enable
him SO to do, the Sherfs of Ouachita,
Franklin, Carroll and MOrehouse, shall re-
speotively furnish him with certified lists of
the names Of such persons in the said parish
OF Richland, as may have been assessed and
have not already been paid, together with
the amount OF taxes against them, which
taxes, as fast as collected by the Sheriff Of
the parish of Richland, shall be paid over;
the State taxes TO tue State Treasurer, and
the parish taxes to the Treasurer of the
parish of Richland.
SEC. 8. Be it iurther enacted, etc. That
the police jury of the parish of Richland,
and all other officers of said parish, shall
have the powers that are possessed by and
be subject TO all the duties enjoined on
similar officers for the parish of 0uachita
and by the general laws of the State.
SEC. Q. Be 1t further enacted, etc, That
it shall be the duty of the Clerks Of the
Courts of the parishes of 0uachta, More
house. Franklin and Carroll, to transmit to
the Clerk OF the Court of Richland parish
the original papers and all papers filed in
all suits pending in either of these parishes
against defendants residing in the parish Of
Richland, at the time of the passage of this
act, and also q certified copy of al tile or
ders made in any of such suits, which are
entered on the minutes OF the court
and the cost of making q copy of such
minutes shall, IN no case, exceed five dol
lars, and the same to be charged as taxed
costs in the case, and the Clerk of the Court
Of Richland parish, shall receipt for such
papers. If there be more th an one defendant
IN any of such suits, and one of them resides
in the parish in which the suit was origin
ally brought, such suit is not to be trans
ferred but is to be finally disposed of in
the Court where it was instituted.
SEC. 10. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
the Recorders of the parishes of Ouachits,
, Morehouse Carroll, and Franklin shall
within six months after the passage of this
act, transmit and deliver to the Recorder
of the parish of Richland all the original
+ deeds, donations, and other notarial acts or
copies of original notatial acts on file in
their respective offices, bearing on the title
to property situated in said parish of Rich
land, and deeds of Sheriffs. Tax.collectors.
| Coroners, and deeda Of sale of succession
property or property Of minors or inter
dlcted persons, and the originals or copies
oil original notarial acts of mortgage which
nave not been recorded or reinscribed more
| than ten years bearing on property situated
IN said parish OF Richland, and the Recorder
OF the parish of Richland shall receiDt for
the same and record the same within one
year from the passage of this act, in the
order of dates as recorded in the parish
from whence they we're transmitted, the
fees for which recording shall be FIVE
cents for every hundred words, to be paid
by the parish OF Riehland. on the warrant
OF the President of the Police jury
Of said parish, when he is satisfied