The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1877-04-19
AN ACT
No. ST.

For the appointment of additional po-
lice jurors, etc
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives OF
the State of Louisiana i'll General As
sembly convened, That the Governor
of this State is hereby authorized to
appoint, by and with the advice of the
Senate, in such country parishes as he
may see fit, additional police jurors not
exceeding five, who, with those police
jnrors elected at the last general cleo
ton, shall constitute the police jury of
the parish until the next general cleo
ton.
SEC. 3 Be it further enacted, etc.
That the police jury of each parish
shall, on the first Monday If July,
1877, meet at the courthouse of their
respective parishes, and shall redistrict
their parishes into not less than live
nor more than ten police jury wards, as
the convenience of the people may re-
guire, and shall at the same time dis
trict 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 Al two
third vote of the police jury, recorded
by yeas and nays.
SEC 3. Be it further enacted, etc.
That the election for police jnror,, jus
tices of the peace and constitutes shall
he held in each ward ut the same time
rs 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 consti,l,les
shall he elected by the qualified electors
of the Justice of the pence OF election
ward; and, i'll order that none but
qualified electors oi the ward shall vot,
for ward officers, the officers now
charged by existing laws or by any
amendment thereto are hereby in
structed to provide. at each election
poll, a separate box, in which the bal
lots for ward officers shall be deposited,
and the returns of said election shall be
made separate from the returns Of votes
cast for other officers, in the manner
required by law.
SEC. 4 Be it fErther enacted, etc.
Thnt it shall be the duty of the Presi-
dent of the police jury to order cleo
tons to fill vacancies, which MAY occur
i'll 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 snch vacancy
may occnr, and also by publication in
the official newspaper of the parish, il
such official newspaper exists in said
parish, and the police jury shall have
the election held according to the pro-
visions 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 by themselves, which shall not
exceed three dollars per day and ten
cents per mile, going TO and from the
conrt-honse Of their respective parishes,
for every day they are actually EN-
p'oyed in the services Of their parish,
1t meetings of the police jury, TO be
paid out vi the funds Of the several
parishes on the warrant OF the Presi-
dent. and no more, this allowance and
per diem. including mileage provided,
that the police jurors shall not be pail
per diem for more than fifteen days in
any one year.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That for failure of the President OF
police jury to perform any Of the duties
imposed on him by law, without rea-
sorable excuse, he shall forfeit the sum
OF twenty-five dollars for each failure.
to be recovered before any cOurt of3 |
competent jurisdiction by motion Of
the parish attorney, after three days
notice and for the failure of any men,
beers Of the police jury to attend at any
meeting. after being duly notified Or
without notice, if at regular session,
such member, If he has no reasonable
excuse, shall forfeit the sum OF ten dol
lars, to be recovered as above !. pro
vided. sreh forfeitnres to he paid into
the parish treasury.
SEC. z. Be it further enacted. etc.
That the police jurors organized under
this act shall lave a. the power, and