The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-04-11
AN ACT
No. 57.l

! police juries In country parishes, directing
police juries to redistrict their respective par
lshes into police jury wards. and these ward.
| into one or more Justices Oh the peace and
| election wards, and fixing the number oil
members, the time and manner OF their
election, the mode Of filling vacancies in the
police jury, and vacancies which may here
after occur: fixing the compensation OF police
Jurors: providing forfeitnres for their neglect
Of duty, and the mode of enforcing the same
| repeating not No. 81, approved April twenty
seven,, 1871, entitled IAN act recognising
| the police iuries Of the State, prescribing the
number thereof and the mode oil election,
| and fixing their duties and compensation"
| SECTION |. BE il enacied by The Senate and
| House Of Representatives. Of Rs State Of Louisi.
ana, Ia General Assembly conbened, That the
| Governor Of this State IL hereby authorized to
| appoint by and with the advice OF the Senate in
such country parishes as he may see iii, addi-
tional police jurors not exceeding 1--WE. who, with
those police Jurors elected at the last general
election. shall constitute the police jury Of the
parish until the next general election.
Sec. 2. Be 1t further enacted, ETC., That the
police Jury Of each parish shall, on the frat Mon
| day OF July, 1877, meet at the courthouse OF
| their respective parishes, and shall redistriot
their parishes into not less than five nor more
than ten police jury wards, as the convenience 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 . two-third
vote of the police jury, recorded by yeas and nays
SEC. 3. Be II ft4fther enacted, etc, That the cleo
ton for police jurora, justices Of the peace and
eonstables shall be held in each ward at the same
time us the general election. and that police
jurors shall be elected by the qualified electors Of
the police jury ward, and that justices OF the
peace and constables shall be elected by the
qualified electors Of tho justice of the peace or
election ward; and, in order that none but quail
flied electors Of the ward shall vote for ward off,
Gers, the officers now charged by existing laws or
by any amendment thereto are hereby instructed
to provide, at each election poll q separate box,
in which the ballots for ward officers shall be de-
posted, and the returns OF said election shall be
made separate from the returns of votes cast for
other officers, Ia the manner required by law.
SIC. L. Be il further enacted, etc., That IL
shall be the duty Of the President of the police
Jury to order elections TO ill vacancies, which
may occur in the police jury. giving at least ten
days notice OF the election, by having printed or
written notices posted In ut least FIVE most public
places in different parts Of the ward wherein such
vacancy may occur, and also by publication in
tho official newspaper OF the parish. Ii such
official newspaper exists in said parish, and the
police jury shall have the election held according
to the provisions Of section three Of this act
SEQ. s. Be it further enacted etc., That men,
bers OF the police jury shall be entitled to COM
pensation TO be fixed by themselves, which shall
not exceed three dollars per day and ten ce nts
their respective parishes. for every day they are
actually employed in the services Of their parish
at meetings OF the police jury, to be paid oct OF
the funds Of the several parishes on the warrant
OF the President, and no more, this allowance
and per diem, Including mileage; prooided, that
the police jurors shall not be paid per diem for
more than fifteen DAYS in any one year.
SEC. s; Be further enacted, ETC.. That for
failure OF the President OF q police Jury to per-
form any Of the duties imposed on him by law,
without reasonable excuse, he shall forfeit the
sum Of twenty-five dollars for each failure, to be
recovered before any court Of competent jurisdic-
ton by motion Of the parish attorney after three
days. notice; and for the failure OF any members
of the police jury to attend at any meeting after
being duly notified or without notice, If at regu-
lar session, such member, IL he has no reasona-
BILE excuse, shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars,
to be recovered as above; procided, such forfeit
ures to be paid into the parish treasury.
Sec Z. Be 1t further enacted, etc., That the
police jurors organized under this act shall have
all the power. aud perform all the duties pre-
scribed by the laws OF this State in force at the
date OF the passage OF this act not in conflict
herewith.
SEC 8. Be ii further enacted. ETC., That SO
much of act 81 OF the General Assembly Of this
State, approved April the 9th, 1871, entitled an
act recognizing the police jnries of this State,
prescribing the number thereof and the mode of
electing and fixing their duties and compensa-
tion, as ia in conflict with the provisions Of this
act be and the came is hereby repealed.
SEC 9. Be ii further enacted, ETC., That this
act take effect from and after the date Of
its passage, and that it's provisions shall not ap
ply to the parish of Orleans and all laws or parts
of laws in conflict herewith be and the same are
hereby repealed.
{Signed) LOUIS BUSH
Speaker OF the House Of Representatives.
(signedl LOUIS A. Witt,
Lieutenant Governor and President al the Senate.
Approved April TO- 1877.
(Signed1 FRANCIS T. NICHOLS,
Governor OF the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy:
Will. a. ETRoNG,
Secretary OF State.