The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1869-11-06
Police Jury Proceedings.
Police Jury Room, Bellevue, Ia, /
Oct 05th 1890

parish of Bossier, La, met at Their
room in Bellevue, at 8 o'clock A.
M, pursuant to adjournment, when
j. n. Platt, President, from ward
4; Il. L. Stins0n, ward 2, and I. ID.
Edwards, ward 5 answered to their
names. w. w. Hortlnan, recent.
ly appointed and commissioned
by Gov. Warmoth, Governor OF
Safe OF Louisiana, a member of
this body, presented his oath OF
office, duly signed, which was filed
in the Clerks Office of this parish.
When he took his seat as a mem.
Der and a quorum being present,
the board was called to order and
proceeded to pass the following
acts, viz: ".F lH(a.
Be it enacted by the Police
Jury OF Bossier parish, La, That
the report of j. L. Biggs, E. X.
Russ and B. f. Fort, the commit
tee appointed by this body on
Oct. 6, '69, be read, which said re.
port was in words and figures as
follows: ..f h.
"To the Hon. Police Jury in
and for the parish of BOssier, La:
We the undersigned, appointed a
committee by your board to ex.
anime the Jail, and recommend
what repairs may be necessary,
and draw up specifications for the
same, report as follows:
"The windows of the dungeons
and the walls in two or three
places and the door Of the east
upper room need repairs aud addi-
ional work upon them, which if
properly done will make the Jail
more secure than when first built.
The bars of the windows of the
dungeons are so far apart that
friends to prisoners could hand
into them crow bars, coallchiSels.
augers and hammers. We recon-
mend that a lattice crate composed
ot buggy tire irOu one inch wide
with mesheS I OF an inch wide, be
placed between the sets of origi-
nal bars. This crdte by means Of
tlanges could be spiked securely
enough to the window to resist a
snUrt attempt to diSpiace it. The
crate irons where crossing to he
riveted together, the original bars
to the dungeons windows being
very long, can be cut a little, and
then broken by being bent. To
prevent this bending, we recon-
mend that two bars of iron % in.
ehes wide, by ] or 4 thick, be Sc
cured across each set of bars and
fastened to the window frames ST.
curely, by spikes or fianges, at
each end of the bar, spikes to be
counter sunk into the flanges to
each original bar. This cross bar
is to be securely fastened by a
staple or collar, passing around
the original bar, and riveted while
hot to the transverse bar, the
heads riveted to be counter sunk,
and the holes for rivets to be &
of inch in diameter, and collar
iron OF no less size-new bars to
be pl iced in place of original ones
wanting. We recommend that
the door be repaired, by fixing
counter sinks in the hinges rivet
holes, and that the hinges be Sc.
curely riyeted to the door, with
heads Of rivets well braided into
counter sinks-the original rlvet
passed through the hinge, and was
secured by screw nut, placed on
while hot; this nut was, by means
of a cOalchisel and hammer
knocked off. We recommend
that the walls be repaired, by
placing good ceiling over places
where it is torn of, and securely
nailed to the wall. We estimate
that this work can be done for $500
all which is respectfully submit
ted, this the Doth Oct, 1869.
| (Signed), b. L. FORT,
Il. X. Russ,
j. l.. BIGGS.n
Be it enacted etc, That til,
above repairs and specifications
be and they are hereby received
and adopted.
Be it enacted ETC.. That til,
President of this board be and Ia
is hereby authorized and empow
cred to let to the lowest bidder, a
public outcry, before the cour
house in Bellevue, La, in the le
gal hours Oh 1st Saturday, the At
day of Dec, 1869, the job OF IT
pairing the Jail in aecordane
with the plau~ and specifications
this day adopted. I ga
), Be it further enacted ETC., Tha