The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-04-26
No. 57.l
An Act

the Governor to appoint addi |
tional police jnries in country parishes; dl |
reeting police juries to redistrict their re,
pective parishes into police jury wards, and |
these wards into one or more justices Of the |
peace and election wards, and fixing the |
number of members, the time and manner of
their election, the mode of filling vacancies
i'll the police jury, and vacancies which may
hereafter occur; fixing the compensation OF
police jurors; providing forfeitures for their
neglect of duty, and the mode of enforcing
the same; repeating act No. 81, approved
April twenty seven, 1871, entitled 'An act
reorganizing the police juries of the State,
prescribing the number thereof, and the
mode of election, and fixing their duties and
compensation
SECTION ]. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of
Louisiana, in General Assembly convened,
That the Governor of this State is hereby
authorized to appoint by and with the advice
of the Senate in such country parishes as he
may see fit, additional police jurors not exceed
ing five, who, with those police jurors elected
at the last general election, shall constitute
the police jury of the parish until the next gen.
eral election.
SEC2 Be it further enacted, etc, That the
police jury of each parish shall, ON the first
Monday Of July, 1877, meet at the court house
of their respective parishes, and shall reds
trict their parishes into not less than five nor
more than ten police jury wards, as the con.
venience OF the people may require, and shall
at the same time district these police jury
wards into one or more justice of the peace
and election wards, as they may think proper,
| and shall designate said wards numerically
| and in consecutive order. When the wards
have been thus established, they shall not be
changed without q two-t third vote of the police
jury, recorded by yeas and nays
| SEC 3 BE it further enacted, etc, That the
election for police jurors, justices OF the peace
and constables shall be held in each ward at
the same time as the general election, and
that police jurors shall be elected by the quail
fled electors of the police jury ward, and that
justices of the peace and constables shall be
elected by the qualified electors of the justice
of the peace or election ward; and, in order
that none but qualified electors of the WARD
shall vote for ward officers, the officers now
charged by existing laws or by any amend
meut thereto are hereby instructed to provide
at each election poll, separate box, IN which
the ballots for ward officers shall be deposited
and the returns of said election shall be made
separate from the returns OF votes cast 10
other officers in the manner required by law
SEC L. Be it further enacted, etc, That
shall be the duty of the President OF the polic
Jury to order elections to fill vacancies, whlcl
may occur in the police jury, giving at leas
ten DAYS notice of the election, by having print
ed or written notices posted i'll at least II
most public places in different parts OF tn
+ ward wherein such vacancy may occur, an
also by publication in the official newspape
of the parish, if such official newspaper exist
+ in said parish, and the police jury shall hav
the election held according to the provisions
section three of this act.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, etc., Iha
7 members OF the police jury shall be entitled
s a compensation to be fixed by themselves
which shall not exceed three dollars per ia