The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1873-08-09
An ACT

No. 81 AN ACT
Creating the parish of Lincoln, and
providing for the organization
thereof.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
OF the State of Louisiana in General
Assembly convened, That a new
parish III the State of Louisiana be
and the same is hereby created out of
the northern portion of the parish of
Jackson, portion of the eastern
parts of the parishes of Bienville and
Claiborne, and portion of the south
western part of Union parish, to be
called and known by the name of the
parish of Lincoln.
Sec. =. Be it further enacted, &c.
That the following shall be the boun-
diaries of the parish of Lincoln, viz +:
commencing on the meridian line at
the middle of township Il. thence
west along the middle line of town.
ship IL to the middle of range five,
thence north along said middle line
ofrange five to where said line strikes
Sugar creek, thence down said stream
down said bayou TO where the range
line between four and five crosses
said stream, thence north along said
range line between four and five to
where said line crosses the township
line between 20 and q, thence east
along said township line to where
said line crosses Middle Fork, thence
down said stream through all its
meandeTings to where it empties into
the bayou d'ArbOnne. thence down
said bayou to where the range line
between one and two crosses said
stream, thence south along the range
line between and 2 to the township
lire between 10 and 20, thence east
along the line between township l9
and 20 to the meridian line, thence
south along the meridian line to the
place ofbeginnihg.
See. 3. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That until otherwise provided, said
parish shall form part of the 1lth
Judicial District, also of the 5th Con
gressional district and of the 10Th
senatorial district.
Sec. /. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That said parish of Lincoln shall
have and enjoy all the rights and
/ powers conferred upon the other
parishes OF the State of Louisiana by
the general laws Of said State.
| Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, etc.
That the seat of justice of the said
! parish OfLincOln shall be and remain
in the town of Vienna, in said parish
of Lincoln, and until otherwise pro-
vided, the judge of the 11th Judicial
District shallhOld regular jury terms
of his court for said parish At said seat
of justice, beginning on the second
Monday of May and second Monday
of November of each year.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, etc,
| That saId parish of Lincoln shall he divided
into six wards, as follows, to-wit: Ward
number one, composed of all that portion
of said parish situated i'll range three, be
tween Bayou dArbonne OH the north and
the line of said parish on the south; anC
ward number two, composed of all that por
/ ton OF said parish situated between the
Bayou dArbOnne on the north and tht
township line between 49, and - ON the south
and west of the range line between 3 and
and ward three, composed of all that portion
of the said parish situated south of tht
township line between Is and 10, and west
of the range line between 3 and 4; and ware
number four, composed of all that portion o
said parish situated east of the range line
between 2 and 3 and south of the TOWNSHIP
line, between Is and 10, and ward numbei
five, composed of all that portion OF sal,
parish situated east of the range line, be
tween and 3, and between Bayou dAr
bOnne on the north and the township lin
! between lS and ~ on the south and warC
number six, composed of all that portion O
said parish situated north Of tine Bayol
d, Arbonne.
Sec. z. Be it further enacted, &c, Tha
Immediately after the passage of this act i
shall be the duty of the Governor of tn
State TO appoint and commission for sal
parish OF Lincoln. parish Judge, a clerk o
the district court, sheriff, a recorder
a coroner and an assessor and collector o
taxes, aud for each ward in said parish
justice OF the peace, "A constable and fiv
police jurors from the parish at large; tina
the officers tins appointed and commission
ed shall forthwith qualify according 10 Law