Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-06-25

tlOn OF S6l0 parl6n west OF bayou
Dorcheat situated, between the
township line dividing township
twenty and twenty-one and the
township line dividing townships
seventeen and eighteen and ward
number four az, composed Of all
that portion Of said parish east Of
said Bayou Dorcheat and Lake
Bmteneau situated between the
township line dividing townships
twenty and twenty-one and the
township line dividing townships
seventeen and eighteen and ward
number five (5), composed of all
that portion of said parish situated
east of Lake Bisteneau and south
of the township line dividing town
ships seventeen and eighteen ; and
ward number six (6), composed of
all that portion of said parish 81
tuated west of Lake Bisteneau an6
south of the township line dividing
townships seventeen and eighteen.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That within ten days after the act
becomes q law, the Governor Of the
State shall appoint and commits
sio& for said parish of Webster, a
parish Judge, a clerk of the district
courts sheriff. a recorder, coroner,
and an assessor and collector of
taxes /; and for each ward in said
parish a justice of the peace, a
constable and one police juror. who
shall be residents ofsaid parish and
said wards respectively, and shall
possess the legal qualifications !;
that the officers, thus appointed and
commissioned, shall forthwith quail
fy according to law and enter upon
the discharge of their respective Of
fetal duties, and shall continue in
Office until the election and quali6-
cation of their successors.
Sec. 9. BE it further enacted, ETC.,
That the police jurors thus ap-
pointed shal meet at said seat of
justice on the third Monday after
their appointment, and organize as
the police jury Of said parish of
Webster. They shall have the pow
ers and observe all the duties con-
ferred by general laws Of the State
on police juries. They shall make
the necessary arrandeRepts forth
with and without delA5 to provide
the requiaitepub buildings, sites.
lots, Offices, seals, records, books
and appurtenances for said parish
and the Offices thereof, and shall
not cease from their labors until oil
the same shall have at least been
professionally acquired and provid-
ed, and for these purposes they
shall have power to levy and cause
to be collected special tax.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the police jury shall provide
for the transfer from the respective
Offices Of said three named parishes
of all such original records, acts
and documents as may affect the
people, property or penning sue
cessions in the parish of Webster,
and shall deliver the same to the ap-
propriated officers of said parish, |
who shall hold and preserve the |
same in thei respective Offices in
said parish, and such transporta-
ton and delivery of such original
records shall be paid for by the par
ish of Webster provided, that no
suit now pending in the courts of
said parishes of Claiborne, Bossier
and Bieuyille shall be removed to
said parish of Webster unless by |
consent Of all parties to said suit,
and not then until all costs and fees
in such case due the officers Of the |
parish where the same shan be
pending shall be fully paid (; but al |
unsettled successions opened by
death Of decedent within the limits |
Of said parish Of Webster, and the
major portion of whose property |
shall lie within said parish, shall be
removed to the clerks Office Of the
court Of the parish Of Webster, |
where all subsequent proceedings
shall be had and provided, further
that no Judgment. lien, privilege or
mortgage shall loas the effect d it,
inscription upon any propAtty with
in said parish Of Webster BY this