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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-21
No. 81.



To incorporate the Good Shepherd Conelave
No.2 OF Louisiana
NECTION /. Be it enacted by
y the Senate and House OF Rep
resentatives of the State of L0uisi-
ana in General Assembly con
yened, That, for the purposes
hereinafter specified, J. A. Nora
ger, John A. Murry, Johu Il.
Davis, Wade Hampton, Charles
1. Thomas aud Hypolite Antoine
are hereby, with their successors
i'll office, constituted and created a
body polite under the name OF
the Good Shepherd Conclave No
2of Louisiana.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted,
etc, That said corporation, by its
name aforesaid, shall have per-
petual succession; the members
thereof shall have power to make
and establish a constitution or
form Of government, to elect Off
GERS for the administration of their
affairs, and from time to time to
amend or alter the said constitu-
ton; to nurse, provide for, and
take care of their sick and bury
their dead, protect their widows
aud orphans, and for these pur-
poses are fully empowered to make
and adopt such by laws, rules and
regulations as to them may seem
proper and expedient; to levy such
tax upon the members and collect
the same as = majority may deem
necessary; to sue and be sued; to
plead and (impleaded) in all the
courts of the State and elsewhere;
to receive donation Of money and
real and personal property; to
grant, sell, convey and dispose of
the same; to have a common seal,
the same to (break) alter and
renew at pleasure.
Sec: 2. Be it further enacted,
etc, That this act shall take effect
from and after its passage.
(Signed) G. w. LOWELL,
| Speaker OF the House of Repre-
sentatives.
| (Signed) G. g. ANTOINE,
Lieutenant Governor and Presi.
dent OF the Senate: 4.
Approved March 12, 1874.
{Signed) w. P.KELLOGG,
Governor Of State OF Louisiana
A true copy:
| p. G.. DESLONDE,
Secretary Of State.
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quarterly on their own warrants. and
the further.sumo Of five cent commission
and any amount they may recover in
any suit in favor Of such parish. and a
fee Of five per cent on the amount for
defending any suit in which said par
ish is defendant to De paid by the par
fsh. provided no fee shall exceed five
hundred dollars.
Sec. 4. Be it farther enacted, etc..
That law or parts of laws in conflict
with the provisions of this act be and
the same are hereby repealed,
Sec. 5 Be it further enacted. etc..
That this act shall take effect and be
in full force from and after its passage.
{Signed) c. w. LOWELL.
Speaker Of House Of Representatives.
{Signed) C. C. ANTOINE,
1t. Gov and President of the Senate.
Approved March 8, 1874.
(Signed) w. P. KELLOGG,
Governor Of the State Of louisiana.
A true copy:
P. &. DEsLoNDE,
Secretary of State.
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No. 45.
An Act

AA4 AAtt
For the relief of delinquent taxpayers OF
the Parish OF Caddo.
GECTION l. Be it enacted by
NJ the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the State Of Louisiana
in General Assembly convened, That
the delinquent taxpayers Of the
paaish of Caddo are hereby re-
lieved from the payment Of inter-
est and penalties imposed upon
them for, non-payment OF taxes
WREN due, to January !, 1S7Epro-
vided however, that the same are
paid within sixty days from and
after the passage OF this act, in
default of which all penalties and
interest to remain as heretofore.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted,
ETC., That this act shall take effect
from and after it's passage.
(Signed) q. w. LOWELL,
Speaker of the House ct Repre-
sentatives.
(Signed) G. G. ANTOINE,
Lleutenant Governor and Presi.
dent OF the Senate
Approved March 10, 1874.
! (Signedl w. z. KELLOGG,
Governor of State OF Louisiana.
A true copy:
p. G.. DBsLONDE,
I'LL Secretary Of State.
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(signeD c. C. ANTOINE.
1t. Gov. and President Of the Senate
Approved March s, 1874.
fSigned] w. P. KELLOGG,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
P. G.. DEsLONDE,
Secretary of State.
No. 43.

;.f An Act >a.f .3~!isrt
Prescribing penalties upon outgoing tax
collectors for refusal to turn over State
property, rolls, etc, Or in any way inter
feFe with the newly appointed collector,
and for other purposes.
w HEREAS. Under the revenue
w Law and by the decisions Of
the Supreme Court of this State, the
Governor has the right to remove tax
collectors for cause, and
Whereas, In such cases the outgoing
collector should turn over the incom-
ing collector all State, property, rolls
and papers belonging to and pertain
ing to the said office. in order to secure
the prompt collections of the revenue,
etc therefore
Section l. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
OF the State of Louisiana in General
Assembly, convened. That every tax
collector who has been removed since
the first Of January, A. D., 1874, or
who may be removed by the Governor
shall Immediately after being notified
OF the fact turn over to the appointee
all State property, rolls and papers
belonging to said office Of collector
and in default of his doing SO be shall
be fined in the sum of not more than
five hundred dollars nor less than two
hundded and fifty, dollars, to be re-
Governed before any court of compe-
, tent jurisdiction suits in such cases to
be prosecuted by the district attorneys
pro ternpore Of such parish The out
going collector shall also be liable to
imprisonment in the parish Jail of such
parish not to exceed six months nor
less than thirty days at the discretion
Of the court; aud it is hereby made
the special duty of the parish attorney
pro tempore to carry into effect to the
letter and spirit the provisions of this
act; in default of whichtth Governor
may remove him from Office.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted etc J,
That it shall be unlawful for any par
ish or district judge to grant writs Of
injunction or other proceedings in law
to said outgoing collectors which may
| todo w uoAoy. oouaA VI PioVoAt Tue
newly appointed collector from taking
charge OF the State property. books,
rolls, papers, etc, of the office, or in
any way interfere with him III the dis
charge of his duties.
| Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, etc, j,
That all laws or parts of laws in con
| tlict with this act be- and the same are
| hereby repealed.
! Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc..
That this act shall take effect and be
in full force from and after its passage.
(Signed) G. w. LOWELL,
| Speaker of House OF Representatives.
(Signed) &C. ANTOINE,
1t. Gov. and Presidet of the Senate.
Approved March 9, 1874.
(Signed) w. p. KELLOGG,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
| e,- p. G. DEsLoNDE,
| Secretary of State.
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No. 4S.
An Act

To Incorporate the Union Sons Of Honor Be
neyc'ent Association Of New Orleans.
UECTION /. Be it enacted by
~ the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives of the State Of Louisi-
ana in General Assembly conven-
ed, That for the purposes herein
after specified Wade Hampton,
Hypolite Antoine, G. T. Thomas,
James Z. Derry, G. Glover. j. A.
Murry, Henry Clay and John r.
Davis are hereby, with their sue.
cessors in Office, constituted and
created a body corporate, under
the name OF the Union Sons Of
Honor Benevolent Association of
New Orleans. 4.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted,
etc, That said corporation, by its
name aforesaid, shall have per
petual succession; the members
thereof shall have power to make
and establish a constitution or
form OF government, to elect Off
GERS for the administration of their
affairs, and from time to time to
amend or alter said constitution;
to nurse, provide for and take care
of their sick and bury their dead
to protect their widows and or;
phans, aud for these purposes are
fully empowered to make and
adopt such bylaws, s,rules and regu-
lations as to them may seem
proper and expedient to levy sncll
tax upon the members, and collect
the SANE as majority may deem
necessary; to sue and be sued; to
plead and be impleaded in all the
courts OF the State and elsewhere,
to receive donations of money OF
real or personal estate; to grant
sell, convey and dispose of the
same, and to bread, alter and
renew at pleasuree.
| Sec. 3. Be it further enacted
etc, That this act shall take effec'
from and after lis passage.
| {Signed) G. w. LOWELL,
Speaker of the House of Repre-
i sentatiyes.
/ 1Signed) CO. ANTONIE,3
Lieutenant Governor and Presi
dent of the Senate.
Approved March II, 1874. Y
/. fSigned) W.<P. KELLOGG.
l. Governor of State of Louisiana
] A true copy:
I P. G.. DESLONDE,
| Secretary of State.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1874-03-21
No. 40.
An Act

To amend and re-enact section thirty of an
act entitled an acttO incorporate the Citi-
Zen's Bank of Louisiana, approved, April
!, 1883, to extend the charter of said bank,
aud to authorize the extension of the
State bonds and interest warrants falling
due after the passage of this act.
w HEREAS, By reson of the great
w loss suffered by the agricultur-.
al interest Of the State in consequence
of the late war, it would be ruisous
for the stockholders to pay within the
next Mirteen years. before the limita
ton Of the charterof tho Citizens Bank
Of Louisiana, the amount of arreared
installments and interest due by them,
AS we'll as the balance of their indebt-
edness, and whereas the sacrafice of the
lands mortgaged for the payment of
the State bonds issued in favor of the
bunk would endanger the security of
the Statei and whereas it is the interest
of the State that prolongation Of the
charter of the Citizens Bank of Louisi.
ana be allowed, so as to enable said in
stitution to collect the debts due by the
Stockholders and thereby facilitate the
payment Of the State bonds
Section |. Be it enacted by the Sem
ate and House Of Representatives Of the
State of Louisiana. in General Assem-
bly, convened, That the provision of
the thirtieth section of the act entitled
an act to incorporate the Citizens
Bank Of Louisiana, approved April l !.
1888, which reads as follows land
the charter shall continue for and
during the space of ffty-on years
from the passage thereof" be amended
and re enacted as follows: THAT the
charter Of the Citizens Bank of Lou
isiana shall continue for and during
the space of twenty five years from
and after the time fixed for its liquida-
tio1 by the said charter, ,7and shall ex
pire on the thirtieth of January, 1911"
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, etc.,
Thatthe Citizens Bank of Louisiana.
through its board of directors, be and
is hereby authorized to extend, with
the consent Of the holders thereof, all
the State bonds issued in its favor under
the second section Of the act entitled
an act amendntory and supplementary
to the several acts relative to the act
to incorporate Citizens Bank of Lou
isisna, approved January 80, l536,now
outstanding. as well as all interest
warrants issued by said bank, falling
due from and after the passage of fhis
act, to such time and on such condir i
tions as may be agreed upon with the
holders Of said bonds and interest war
rauts. provided said extension be not
made for a logger period,tha twenty
five years from their respective maturi-
ties, and at no higher rate Of interest
than the said bonds now bear.
Sec. 2. Be itfurther enacted, etc.
That said act shall take effect from
and after its passage. any law. to the
CONTRARY notwithstanding.
(signtd G. w. LOWELL.
Speaker Of the House Representatives.
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No. Il.
An Act

To repeal sections Il75, ll79, 276O, 276l. of
Rays Revised Statutes, aud for other pur-
poses
GECTION I. Be it enacted by
~ the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatives of the State of Louisiana
in General Assembly convened. That
sections ll75. 1l79, 277O, and 276I, of
Rays Revised. Statutes, approved
March IA, 1870. be and the same are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted ETC.,
That Immediately after the passage Of
this act there shall be appointed a dis
trict attorney pro tempore in each par=
ish in this State. except the parish Of
Orleans, whose term of office shall ex
pire on the hrst day of January, 1875,
and within thirty days after the first
day Of January. 1873, and each year
thereafter for the term Of one year by
the Governor Of the State. with the
advice and concent of the Senate, and
in the event of the failure Of the Gov
ernor to make such appointment within
the time aforesaid, the police jury OF
the parish shall make snch appoint
| ment, and in the event of death, resig-
nation or other disability of such dis
trict attorney pro tempore to attend to
the duties required of him in this act.
the district judge of the district in
which such parish is situated shall fiji
the vacancy by appointment. D to con
tinue for and until an appointment is
made by the GoAernor.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That the district attorney pro tempore
/ appointed according to the provisions
of this act shall be the parish attorneys
for the parish which they are appoint
ed district attorneysproi tempore, ant
shall represent. such parish. in an,
case in which sucL parish may be in.
terested, and perform such duties a:
attorneys for the benefit of such par.
ish as may be requirod by the police
Jury. They shall be paid by such
parish a salary not less than one
hundred collars per annum, and a,
much more as the police jury may fir
out Of the treasurer Of such parish
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Parish Court Of Bossier Parish
~,n. March Term. a,:

t8ta*It f aasss4 S&A Z ~ AA4s
Folger- & Co. VS.. Abney & Marks;
Judgment against defendants.
A. Winter VS. different defendants;
off docket at plaintiffs cost.
Reid & Taylor VS.. x. P. T. D. Tay-
lor; default.
e. X. Russ VS.. Wafer & Braden;
dismissed at plaintiffs cost.
Eliza We'll & Bodenheisaer VS.. S.
p. Day; continued.
J. D. Watkins VS.. Kate N. Hooks
and husband; continued.
Stacey & Poland VS.. Isaac Hughes;
continued.
w. r. Prather vs.. Oneal, Sheriff;
judgment; appeal to District Court.
T. w. Jones VS.. VIM. Stidham;
continued.
Amos Abrams VS.. Simon Nattin;
continued.
John F. Afford VS.. Charles Jones
continued.
D.J. Knighton VS.. Hurbert Porter
default.
N. +. McDade.i tutor, VS.. Oneal
Sheriff, ct al; continued.
Lee Carrier VS.. G.. r. McCalla
judgment for amount claimed.
Charity Morris VS.; Lew Ford; con
tinued. 4
Z. r. Moore VS.. w. J. Bush; judg
ment for amount claimed.
VIM. Stidham VS.. Joshua Pegues
Judgment. It'll.
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,ioou: 80 i4sf u #Noi,3 80.
....;r .s.4f An Act
Entitled an act to incorporate. the Siam
Sons Benevolent Association of New Or
leans, Louisiana, 49, Ik.... ia
GECTION l. Be it enacted by
~ the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the State Of Louisiana
in General Assembly conveded,. That
for.'the purposes hereafter specified,
Daniel Guyer. John Taylor, Samual
Nelson. Neptune Miller, j. Pilogene.
and others, are hereby. with their sue
cessors in office. constituted and Great
ed body polite. under the, name and
style Of the Siam Sons Of New Orleans,
Louisiana.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted etc..
That the funds of the association shall
be employed in the promotion and pro-
lection of its members. to provide for
and nurse their sick, the burial of their
dead, and for all other things necessa-
ry and Legitimate to the carrying ont
of their humane and benevolent pur-
pose.
See. 3. Be it further enacted. etc,
That the officers Of the association
shall consist Of the f3blwing persons.
whu shall aslnin.st le affairs of the
association under sssd rules as the
association may adopt, viz: One
president, one vice prdsi1ent, one
secretary, one treasurer, two council
lors. five marshals, two sergeants; at
arms, to be elected annually by bal
lot; all other officers shall be appoint
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted ETC.,
That all the powerof the association
isplaced in the president. thereof so
far as representing said essociating in
all courts of justice. and to sue and be
sued in behalf of said association.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, etc. +,
That sail association shall be in force
and exist twenty five years. b..
Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That this act shall be in force and
take effect from and after its passage.
(Signed) {. w. LOWELL,
Speaker'of Hoase Of Representatives.
(Signed) &C. ANTOINE,
Lts Gov. and President CT the Senate.
q Approved March,. 1874.
(Signed) w. P KELLOGG,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy: ;.,ts
P. G. DEsLoNDE,
Secretary of State.
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Goodwill &lWebb Va. w. J. Boon;

Goodwill &lWebb Va. w. J. Boon;
Judgment for amount claimed. i.
Everett, Lane 4 Co. VS.. J. w.
Foote, ct al; Judgment By confession.
n. K. Knox vs.. s. J. Boggs; con-
tinued.
N. X. Knox vs.. Nelson Long; con-
tinued.
Young & Russ VS.. G. w. Graham;
judgment; appeal to District Court.
J. A. Haynes VS.. Daniel Hickman;
judgment.
Katy Tazewell fvs. Wade Roscoes
dismissed at plaintiffs COST 45!l
Gregg & Ford vs.. 4. S. Land, ct al;
Judgment for amount claimed.
VIM. Stidhaln VS.. Oneal, Sheriff.
ct al; continued. .t5,-
Il. F. Connen vs.. Harry Watkins;
dismissed at plaintiffs cost.
). S. Herring vs.. Burrell Porter;
dismissed at plaintiffs cost.
J.. 8. Herring vs. Ben. Parker; dis
missed at plaintiffs cost. tBses III
E. F. Connell q Co. vs.. Horace
Brown; dismissed at plaintiffs. cost.
Frank Martin VS.. james B. Picketti
judgment.
w. 4. Nose, ct NJ vs. Adam Tur-
ner; default. . s- st'
B. f. Fort VS.. =. 8. Hewitt; dis
missed at plaintiffs cost. ,.i4ts. X.
Z. r. Moore & Son Wy. w. J. Nc
Gregor; judgment. r,lsl atli'
Florshe.m Bros. vs.. J: A. Bumgar-.
d diner, ct al; ;judgmeht; appeal to Dis
trict Court. - -@.'i ~ VI iats'H
S. Herold vs.. Succession Ned
Burke; default, and answer filed.
j.. w. Foote VS.. J. P. Winfrey, ct
al; intervention filed default. Il .t.,
Eli Cooper vs.. VIM. 5tidham;iudg-
ment.
S. Herold vs.. Oscar Bryan; judg.'
1ient. 4 tst. Il. <ish..#'i
8. e. Oneal VS.. succession P.,V:
Onei1l; default. s'
James G. McCaa VS.: Wade Shaver:
Default. u.a, st; ffst, /
4. F. Arnold vs. R.W. .Daugherty:
Judgment. Appeal to District Court:
Frank Smith vs.T: Snider Land:
Judgment:
,, Lee Carrier VS.. Thos. M. Gilmer:
Judgment. g. 4
]. w. Onley VS.. Rossier Parish.
Continued.
P. B. Thompson vs.. Elias Skan-
nall. Dismissed at plaintiffs cost. ~
Thomas Chasteen VS.. H. NJ. Un-
derwood. Judgment.
Thomas Chasteen vs.. H. M. Un-
| derwood, ct al. Judgment. trii
Wm. NJ. Swami vs. Cary Williams.
Dismissed at plaintiffs cost. ;.
J. Kahn & Bros. in liquidation w.
J. E. Adger, Jr. Judgment.
w. J. Mobley vs. N. F. Cox. Judg-
nient. 3 S i@a ifaE
| L. G. Rasberry vs. N. f., Cox:
Judgment. h
| L. w. Baker vs. J. A. Haynes.
Judgment. tf'i''s
! J. w. Onley VS. A:P. Butler; ct nj:
Judgment. . f.a@ ,
| Judy johnson vs. r. s. sandidge:
Judgment. t5s.s. &
I BF Fort vs. Isaac Hughes. Judg-
| rnent. "a. f..f.83fA i.tf
b F Fort VS. II B Hughes. Judg-
ment.
i WR Prather vs. T sniier Land:
Judgment.
M Barr VS. N O Scott: Default. !.
STATE DOCKET.
State VS. Spencer Vaughn. Mol.
pros.
State vs. A o Blackman. Mol.
pros: t
, State VS. Royal Tremble. Judg-
ment discharging defendant.
State vs. Henry Smith. Mol. pros,
4 r. w.
/ PROBATE DOCKET.
Succession of Callie N Newman
Amended opposition fled J H Key
ser, Esq appointed tutor ad Item fol
Joseph G Sanderson--absent minol
their. Continued 3fa
Succession Of / F Steele. Motior
!; for rule on admr-rule granted, mad,
obsolete. Motion fbr new trial filet
; overruleds IL t.sxfsts., H.. j
Succession Of Previt. MCGOWAN
!, Judgment hoHOlogatiug account.
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To repeal sections Il7S, ll79, 276O, 276l. OF
Rays Revised Statutes, aud for other pur-
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Mutt r. Leonard,

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"A Shreveport, La. Will practice in the
Courts of Caddo, Bossier, Claiborne and
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No. 40.

No. 40.
Joint Resolution.
WHEREAS, The character Of the Hon
w E. II. Durell has been assaiIed by the
enemies Of the Republican party, aud his
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J.. Professional Cards.
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A ttorney at Law, Bellevue, Bossier par
"A ish, La. n3D 6n,
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TTORNEY AT LAW. Bellevue, La
"A Will practice in any court in the State
except the parish court Of Bossier Parish
IN vlln46lY.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-15

BY Sheriff sarpy.


THB sTATR OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF
PLAQUEMINES.
MERCHANTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
and Charles Case, Receiver Crescent City Ma
honai Bank OF New Orleans. Vs. Miguel g. de
Second Judicial District Court of Louisiana
No. 21lR.
RY VIRTUE OP AND IN OBEDIENCE TO A
- writ Of seizure and sale to me directed by the
honorable the Second Judicial District Court, in
and for the parish Of Plaquemines, dated May 29,
1873, in the above entitled suit, have seized and
will proceed to sell at public auction, at the City
streets in the First District of the city of
Orleans on THURSDAY, April %, 1874. st twelve
O'Clock NJ, the following described property, to
wit
THE SUGAR PLANTATION named St. Anna
Plantation, situated in the parish of Plaquemines,
in this State. on the right bank of the Mississippi
river about eighteen miles below the city of New
Orleans, measuring twenty-six arpents front on
depth Of eighty arpents. and the sixteen upper ar
pents depth of forty arpents, bounded on the
upper line by the plan formerly belonging to
Benjamin and PackwOOd and now to James e.
Zuntz and on the lower line by tho plantation
formerly belonging to the heirs of Urquhart. and
now to John D. Johnson; together with the build
ings and improvements. engines machinery and
apparatus. stock, cattle, horses, mules, CARTS
wagons, farming utensils. tools and implements of
husbanory. and all appurtenances OF said planta-
ton.
Seized in the above suit
Terms and Conditions of sale-Cash, to pay the
sum of forty thousand dollars, with costs. attor
ney's fees, and corresponding terms of credit
to meet the payment OF one fnstailment OF hve
Thousand dollars On August H. 1874, with interest
at eight per cent from said date, with attorneys
fees and costs
Sherit's office, Poinse-a la-Hache, February I,
1874
Sheriff Of the Parish Of Plaquemines
fel3 mh3 Is ap5 %