The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1875-09-02
ing road, on the oath Of August,

this Body did, on the IND day OF
August, 1876, in obedience to said
act, forward the necessary adver-
tisement by mail to the editor of
the .'Bossiet Banner for pnblica-
ton, and the same being miscar-
ried, failed to reach said Banner"
in time for publication;
And Whereas, This Body, deem
ing the immediate construction OF
said bridges and repairs indispen-
SADLY necessary, and it appearing
that good number of builders
are expecting the letting of said
works on the oath August, as con
templated in said acts of July last;
Therefore,
Be it enacted by the Police |
Jury, That the President on to-
morrow, the Oath day Of August,
1876, proceed to the letting ofsaid
contracts as though the same had
been regularly advertised as con-
templated.
Be it enacted, &C., That any
person bidding off any of the con-
tracts to be let out on the Oath
instant by authority of this body
be, and they are hereby given ten
days from the day of bidding to
give required bond.
Be it further enacted, &C., That
the clerk of the Police Jury aud
the parish attorney be, and they
are hereby authorized to take and
approve said bonds should the
same not be presented before the
adjournment of the present session
of this body, in which event the
said bonds to be approved as now
: provided by law.
j There was then presented and
read, petition asking repeal of
J the act passed by this body in
July last, authorizing change in
} the Cypress bayou ridge road
; which said petition was ordered
filed, when the following act was
passed, t0-wit:
Be it enacted, &C., That the
i act of this body passed in July
, last authorizing a change in the
> Cypress bayou ridge road be, and
/ the same is hereby repealed and
= reScinled, aud said road ordered
) to remain as before the passage OF
9 said act.
e The following, report of B. r.
] Oneal, Sheriff, was then read and
ordered filed, to-wit:
! To the President and Members Of
! the Police Jury of the parish
r of B0ssier:
! beg leave to call your atten
; ton to the bad and unsafe condi,
+ ton of the common Jail, and would
o urge upon your Honorable body
2 to take some action towards hav
i ing the Same repaired before the
= next term of the District Court t,
!, be begun on the 10th of Septem
Der next.
Il Respectfully, &C.,
= 3. F. ONEAL, Sheriff.
a. On motion, the President wa
y required to appoint a c0mmitte
! of three to examine and report til
70 necessary repairs on the common
Il Jail, and to report same on Or be
fore II o'clock M, tomorrow.
When the Presinent appointe,
on said committee j. G. Allen,
:. L. Biggs and w. Il. Hill.
The board then took 20 minute
v recess. Called to order, the con
of mittee on Jail repairs made th
= following report, which was reat
~ received and ordered filed, an
~ committee discharged, to-wit:
a. To the President and Members
- the Police Jury:
& We, the undersigned, havin
nj been appointed committee to Q,
anime and report the repairs nee'
ed on the Jail, and suggest a pla
70 and specification for same, woul
~ report:
u That we find the flooring
~ each of the basement rooms bad
decayed and torn up in places, or
=, of the top bed-sills having bet
AZ torn out.
" We would suggest that it is ne
- essary to replace the sill torn o
'i with a new sill, and would sugge
that after the floors are level,
ne with sound timbers in places tol
az up, that there be two layers
~ plank put over the whole, as f
az - lows: A layer Of post-oak plal
'e 2 by s inches, securely nail
down to the present floor aft
,a1 leveled, and across this . layer
~ well seasoned pine plank II by
W. inches, dressed, tongued al
re- grooved; the first layer to