The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-07-06

he SUM Of eight hundred 10000 dol
ars per annum, payable quarterly.
Sec. 3. BE it further ordained &c.,
That the above sums are to be in full
for all claims against the Parish, by
said Sheriff, except for account of feed
ing prisoners aud conveying prisoners
to the penitentiary.
Sec. 4. BE It further ordained &C, that
this ordinance take effect from and af-
ter Its passage. .H.
Adopted 2nd July, 1877.
w. q. KENNEDY, President.
e. HI. R1L1s, Clerk P. J.
ORDINANCE NO. 2s2.
An ordinance redistricting the parish
Of OuAchita into nine Police Jury
aud Justice of the Peace wards.
Sec. 1. he Il ordained by the Police
Jury OF the parish Of Ouachita, duly
convened in special session pursuant
to the provisions Of Act. No. 5 of extra
of the Legislature approved
April 10th, 1877; That the parish Of
Ouachita be and is hereby divided into
nine Police Jury wards, each of which
is also declared tO be a Justice of the
Peace ward, as follows, to-wit:
Ward Oneshall comprise all the terri
tory included in the following bounds:
ON the bayou Boeuff at
the lower line of the Blanton tract,
thence along said line to the Range line
between ranges and 5, thence South
along said line to where 1t crosses Black
bayou, thence down said bayou to
where it runs into the DeSiartl, thence
down the DeSiard to the lower line Of
the old Fouche place, thence due
South to where the line between Sec
tions IS and &c. II. Is II. east crosses
the railroad line, thence along the rail-
road line to the Lafourche, thence up
the Lafourche and the little bayou
Boeuff to the place of beginning.
Ward Too shall be composed as fol-
lows commencing on the bayou Boeuf
or Bartholomew at the lower line Of the
Blanton tract, thence along said line to
the line between Ranges 4 and 5,thence
south along said line to where it crosses
Black bayou, thence along Black bayou
to the bayou DeSiard, thence down the
bayou neSiard to the Ouachita river,
thence up the river to the mouth of the
Bartholomew, thence up the Bartholo-
new and Boeuff to the place Of begin.
ming.
Ward Three shall be composed as fol-
lows commencing on the Ouachita
river at the mouth of bayou DeSiard,
thence down the East bank of the river
to the Machoire u L'ourse, thence along
the Machoire L'ourse to where it
crosses the township line between
townships Is aud II, thence along said
township line to the Lafourche, thence
up the West bank of the Lafourche to
the Railroad thence along tho Railroad
westerly to where it is crossed by section
line between sections IS and SO, II. IS
r.. 4. E, thence due North to the lower
line of the old Fouche place on the
bayou DeSiard, thence slong the south
bank of bayou DeSiard to the place OF
Wttsu -Four shall be composed as fol-
lows: commencing at the place where
he Machoire L Course formerly entered
he Ouachita, thence along the South
inc of Ward to the Lafourche, down
he Lafourche to the lower, or Caldwell
line Of the parish, thence along said
ine to the river, aud thence up the
east bank of the river to place Of begin
ing.
Ward Five shall be composed as fol-
lows: commencing at the mouth of the
Bayou Cheoiere, thence up the said
Bayou to the mouth of Gin creek,
thence up said creek to the northwest
of section "a, T. IL, r. 2. E,thence
due North to the Union parish line,
along the line dividing Union and
Ouachita to the Ouachita river, thence
down the west bank of the river tot he
mouth of the Cheniere.
Ward iSIz shall be composed as fol-
lows: commencing at the mouth of