The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-11

not less than ten nor more than TWEEN.
ty days, the said penalty and fns -
be imposed by any Justice of ths
Peace of this Parish, the half ~
which, fine shall 60 to the party OIL, (
ing information, and the other S,lf
to be paid to the Parish.
Be it further Resolved, That th;.
resolution shall take effect from Il.
passage, and the date Of it's publies.
tion in the Journal selected to puh
lish the proceedings of this body.
On motion of Mr.. Woodland,
Resolved, That the petition Of c;t;
gems living in Cotile Ward asking tor !.
road leading from Bayou Rapides -
Red River be granted.
| There being motion opposed "a
this resolutions, the yeas and nays we,s
called for, which resulted in the fol.
lowing vote Yeas, Mr.. Woodland.
Nays, Messrs. Calvit, Dnke, Bolton
Smith, Labat, Long and Williams
On motion of Mr.. Duke,
Resolved, That the hands subject r.
road duty on the Prescott, Lodi s.
Phillip, John Maddox and A. G. Conn.,
ton plantations, and also sucl, hand.
on DR.. Maddox's plantation as live i'm.
mediately OH the Road District No 9
are hereby assigned to that District
On motion of Mr.. Bolton,
Resolved, That part Of the Marks.
vile road from National Cemetery "a
Bayou Marais, also that part Of the
Claiborne road from PiDevllle Ia
Rocky Bayou be annexed and made
part of Road District Mol.
On motion Of Mr.. Bolton,
Resolved, That the President Of hi.
Jury be authorized to accept the bond
of A..B. RACIAL, Publisher Of the Lon.
isiana Democrat, as Public Printer.
and award him the contract for public
printing for the year 1877.
On motion of Mr.. Long,
Whereas great complaint has been
made to this Jury in regard to the
damages to the public roads and le.
wees, caused BY the roofing Of hora.
then be it ordered
That sixty days after the passage Of
this Ordinance no hogs over four
months old shall be allowed to ranoa
on the public highways and levees on
the alluvial lands of the Parish, unless
the said hogs have rings in their nosea.
or are otherwise disabled from roofing.
Resolved further, That for the VIC.
lation of this Ordinance penalty Of
two dollars for the first offence and Ave
dollars for each subsequent offence, b
imposed, and that the said penalties
shall be collectnble, with costs Of suits.
before any Justice of the Peace, one.
half of the fine when collected. to ba
paid to the informer, the balance 10
the Parish.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordered, That
this Ordinance shall not be construed
so as to conflict with any law now q.
listing for the protection Of the leveea,s
On motion of Mr.. Calvit,
Whereas, it is made the duty Of tho
several Police Juries of the Parishes IN
the State to assume control Of the pub.
lie levees and make such regulations q
are necessary and proper for the re-;
pairs and construction Of same, there.
fore
Resolved, That it ID made the duty
of the President of this Jury to make
all duly appointed levee syndies with.
M the limits of this Parish special
commission, of which he sllnll be chair.
man, whose duty it shall be to have tho
! provisions of the Act M. 40 IF tho:
Extra Session of the General Assembly
of 1877 above alluded tn, srRlerLY1
COMPLIED WITH, and to render every
practicable facility to sucl, parties az
may be appointed by the Governor and
sent to make all required surveys, etc,
reporting all action had 10 this jury.
together with II certified statement -Of
all expenses incurred.
On motion it was resolved that Dr..
r. l.. Luckett and F. Seip are hereby
appointed levee syndics from the
mouth of the Bertrand to the Lower
line of tho Police Jury Ward.
On motion Of Mr.. Woodland,
Resolved, That VIM. Calnaham -
appointed levee syndic on the right
bank If Red River descending, from
mouth OF Cane River to Boyce's wood
yard /; H. A. Boyce syndic from wood
yard to mouth Of Bertrand.
On motion Of Mr.. Smith,
Resolved, That the following leyeeI
syndics be appointed:-
From Cutoff to Cnmmings' upper
limo, Josiah Chambers syndic.
From Cummings upper line to the
mouth of Latannier, II. NJ. Rogers
eyndic.
From mouth Of Latannier to BeaysrI
Dam, D. A. Smith syndic.
From Beaver Dam to Geo. Wilson's,
j. L. Connella syndic.
From Wilson's to Parish line, Geo.
Wilson syndic.
On motion Of Mr.. Labat,
Resolved, That James Hickman ~
appointed levee syndic from the lower
line of the levee on the North side of
Red River to the mouth Of the Little
Mario; and James Jeffries levee syndie
from the mouth Of tho Little Mario -
the Parish line.
On motion of Mr.. Bolton,
Resolved, That the Tax Collector b
instructed in the cases Of ell parties
who appear upon the rolls % dslin.l
quents, who come forward ana show
by their tax receipts that their tsxss
have been paid, to take duplicate eo-
pies of such tax receipts and turn over
the same at each subsequent meeting
Of this Jury.
On motion of Mr.. Smith,
Resolved, That 80 much Of Sections
Of the Estray law passed at b, Jane
meeting 1875, as fequi res i lays "
be sold at the Cour Fl iss door, b.
and the same Is here ~ amended and
made to read AZ follows :--It shall b
lawful for said Justice tosseil the SANE
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