The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-05-12
mo. 81.
An ACT:

AN All:
SECTION !: b. it enccte,i By the Senate
and house Of REPRESENTATIVES, "fthc State
Of Lbnisialla, in General Assembly con-
vcned That the Governor OF this state
is hereby authorized to appoint, by aud
with the advice Of the Senate, III such
country parishes az he may see TIT. adj
ditiona} police jurors not exceeding i've,
who, with those police jurors elected at
the last general election, shall constitute
the police jury Of tho parish until the
next general election.
SEC. 2. BIZ it further enacted, etc,
That the police jury of each parish shall,
on tho first Monday of July, 1917, meet
at the courthouse of t,rir respective
parishes, and shall rr,listtict their par
ishes into not less than five nor more
than ten police jury warts, as the con-
vrnencc of the people may tr4H't7; ami
shall ut the same time district these po-
lice iury wards into one or more justice
of thu peace anil election wards, as they
may think proper, and shall designate
said wards numerically and i'll consecutive
order. When the wards have been thus
established, they shall not he changed
without d two-tlirl vote of the police
jury recorded w. yeas and nays.
SIC. g. b. It further enacted, etc :,
That the election fUt police Jurors. in>ti-
ccs of the pe zee and constanlrs shall I've
held in each ward at the same time IA
the gene al election, and that police ;n-
rors shall be elected Ivy the qualified elec-
tons Of tho police jury ward, and that
justices of the peace and constablrs shall
be elected by the qualified electors Of
the justice of the peace or el .ction ward
and, in order that none but qualified
electors of the ward shall vote for ward
officers now charged i,t existing laws dr
BY any amendment thereto are hereby
instructed to provide, at each election
poll. a separate box, i'll which the bal;
lots for ward officers shall he Deposited,
and the returns Of said election shall be
Made separate from the returns OF votes
cast for other officers, III the manner re-
quirrd by law.
See. 1. Ii, it further enacted, etc.,
That it shall b the duty of the President
of the police jury to order elections TO
till vacancies, which may occur in the
police jury. giving ut least five most
public places In different parts of the
ward wherein such vacancies may occur,
and also by publication in the official
newspaper Of the parish, if 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.
SEC. s. Be it further enacted, etc.,
! That members of the police jury shall
he entitled to compensation to be fixed
bv themselves, which shall not exceed
three dollars per day and ten cents per
mile, going to and from the courthouse
of 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 out of the
funds of the several parishes on tho war
rant Of the President, and no more, this
allowance and pei diem, Including tniIe
aye !; p'Orided that the police jurots shall
not b. paid per diem for more than tif-
| teen days i'll any one year.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted. etc.j
That Tor failure of the President Of q
uolice jury to perform any of the duties
imposed on him by law, without reason:
able excuse, he shall forfeit the sum Of
twenty-five dollars for each failure. to be
recovered before any court Of competent
Jurisdiction by motion of tho parish at
tornev, after three days notice ; and for
the failure of any memberu of the police
Jury to attend ut any meeting, after be-
inc duly notified or without notice, if at
a regular session., such member, it he
has No reasonable excuse, shall forfeit t
the sum Of ten dollars; to De recovered
as above, proridcd. such torfritures to be
paid int" tho parish treasury.
SEC. !. Wr It further enacted, etc..
That the police jurors organized under
tu,s act shall have all the power. and
| ptiro- ~ w. A..+:..r r""s"r;i.nh Ivy the
laws Of this State, i'll force ut the date of
the passage OF this act, not in conflict
herewith.
SEC. 3: Be it further enacted, etc.,
| That 50 much of act 81 Of the General
Assembly of this st"te. approved April
the 9th, 1871, entitled an act rcorgani-
ling the police juries of This State, pres.
crihiny thu n1mler thereof, and the
mode of e]ectfhg ami fixing their duties
and compensation, as IS in conflict with
the provisions Of this act, be aud the sam
l hereby repealed
SEC. 9 BIZ it further enacted, etc =,
Tnat this act take effect FROM; and after
the date of its passage, and that its pre-
visions shall not apply to the parish Of
Orleans, and all laws or parts Of laws in
conflict herewith he and tie same are
hereby repealed.
{Signed) LOUIS BUSH,
Speaker of tho House of Representatives..
(Signel) LOUIS A. WILTZ,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of
the Senate.
(Signed) FRANCIS T. NICHOLS,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy:
Will A. SrRONc