The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1877-07-11
without incuring any expense to the
Parish now ar hereafter.

without incuring any expense to the
Parish now or hereafter.
The Commissioners appointed at
last meeting to report upon the petit
ton Of A., A. Goodwin and others,
asking for a road, having reported
unfavorably the report was adopted.
On motion 1t was Resolved, That
the ten Police Jury Wards of the
Parish shall be divided into sixteen
Magistrate wards to be designated as
follows, viz: lst Ward, Alexandria,
two Magistrate Wards, Nos. and 2.
The Magistrates having by law con-
current jurisdiction, no divisions into
wards ARE requisite. [
2d Ward, Lamourie, two Magis-'
trate Ward. Ward No. shall com
prise the territory lying on the east
of line commencing at the Cutoff
and running in the rear of the Plan
tations fronting on Bayou Robert and
the Cody, thence down the Cody to
where it empties into Lamourie,
thence down the Parish line to the
river. Ward No. 2 shall comprise
the remaining portion of the Jury
Ward, .-.--~------'
Police Jury Ward No. 3. Cheney
Vile Ward, shall be divided into two
Magistrate wards. No. l shall CON-
prise all the territory on the West
bank Of Bayou Boeuf lying below the
line between the estates Of Mrs.
Wright and Leroy Stafford, said line
continuing straight on to the Coco
drie on the East bank; it shall com.
prise all the territory lying below
line running between the plantations
of Stephen Pearce and j. S. Butler,
1.-THE old johnson place. thence on to
the Echo road and continuing on
said road until it strikes the outlet
Of Chatlin's lake. NJ
Ward No. 2 shall comprise all the
territory lying above Ward No. l.
Spring Hill Police Jury Ward No.
4 shall comprise only one Magistrate
Ward.
Hineston Police Jury Ward No. 5
shall comprise one Magistrate Ward.
Calcasieu Police Jury Ward No. G
shall comprise one Magistrate Ward.
Cotile Police Jury Ward No. Z
shall be divided into two Magistrate
Wards. Ward No. l shall comprise
all the territory lying below line
starting at the, mouth of Bayou Jean
de Jean at Cotile landing and run
ming along said Bayou to the head Of
Bayou Rapides, then up Cotile bayou
to Williamson's Creek, thence up
said Creek to the Vernon line. Ward
No. 2 shall comprise the remaining
territory Of the Ward.
Rapides Police Jury Ward No. s
shall consist of one Magistrate Ward
Y Pineville Police Jury Ward No. 9
shall be divided into two Magistrate
Wards, by line running as follows:
starting at the n w corner of section
l6, Z, a.. N RI Il run West one mile
on the section line thence to the
North boundary of Police Jury ward
on section line between I'd and Sd
Range Of sections, said Ward to be
designated as Pineville Magistrate
Ward No. l, and Holloway's Prairie
as Magistrate Ward No. 2. IN
- Rigolette Police Jury Ward No. 10
shall be divided into two Magistrate
Wards to be bounded as follows:-
Ward No. l shall commence at the
mouth Of Rocky Bayou on Red River,
thence up Rocky Bayou to the line
dividing the lst and I'd Ranges OF
sections running East and West
about distance of one mile to the
intersection of said section line with
the Township running North between
Range l East and 2 East, thence run
ming on the Township line to Bayou
Flaggon to the line dividing the Par
ishes of Rapidcs and Grant, and that
all West of that lice shall constitute
Ward No. l and all East Of said line
shall constitute Ward No. 2.
On motion of Mr.. Labat,
Resolved, That 7. B. French, Jos.
Lawrence, R. W. Bringhurst and j.
R. Waters be and are hereby appoin-
ted commissioners to examine the
road laid of and cut out BY Capt. j.
W. Johnston, in the rear of the said
Johnston's plantation and report to
this Jury at their next meeting
whether said road will answer the
public want, or whether the road
should be placed on the bank Of the
river leading to the old Cola's Ferry
where it originally ran. ~
On motion of Mr.. Long,
Resolved, That all men living on
the Compton Home plantation, West
of the Cheneyyille and Alexandria
road subject to road duty, be and are
hereby placed on Road District No. 6.
: On motion of Mr.. Long,
Resolved, That the action had at
the last meeting of this Jury in ref
erence to certain petition signed by
citizens in the Pinewoods, asking
certain changes in the public road
leading from the Pinewoods to Car
NAILS bridge, be and the same lie here
by reconsideFed, and at the sugges.
tion Of Commissioners, it is deter
mined that tho amid road ahall sfriko