The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1877-04-27
AN ACT
No. ST.

No. ST. AN ACT
Authorizing the Governor to appoint
additional police juries in country
PARISHES directing police juries to
redlistrict their respective parishes,
into police jury wards, and these
wards into one or more Justices OF
the peace and election wards, anu
fixing the number Of members, the
time and manner of their election,
the mode of filling vacancies in the
police jury, and vacancies whlch
may hereafter occur; fixing thel
compensation of police jurors; pro-
viding forfeitures for their neglect
OF duty, and the mode of enforcing
tho same repeating act No. 97,ap-
proved April twcnty-seven, 1871,
entitled can act reurganizing the
police jurles of the State, prcscrlb'
ing the number thereof, and tie
mode of election, and fixing their
duties and compensation
SECTION I. BE ii e,'0cfea OF me
Senate tt,ad House Of Representatives. az
the state of Louisiana, tn Ges'e,1I As
sen,bIy concene1, That the Governor OF
| this State is hereby authorized TO APP
point, by and with the advice OF the
senate, in such country parishes as ne
may see fit, additional police jurors not
L
Jurors elected ut the last general clec-
}tion, shall constitute tho police jury OF
1.-The parish until the next general cleo
ltion.
| SEC, 2. 7se it ttnthcT e'Nf'ttff, &C.,
THAT tho police jury Of each parish
shall, on the first Monday of July, 1871,
meet at the courthouse Of their rcsl"s-
ii 70 parishes, and shall redistrict their
parishes into not less than five norhiofe
than ten police jury wards, as the con.
venience ofthe people may reuulre,;thd
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-thlrd
vote of the police jury, recorded by yeas
= and nays.
SEC. 3. BE it Further enacted, etc.,
e That the election for police jurors, Jus:
G tees of the peace and cOnstables shall
o be held in each ward at the same time
" as the general election, and that police
IF Jurors shall be elected by the qualified
le electors of the police jury w;trt, and
le that Justices of the peace and co,tstables
le shall be elected by the qualified cleo.
" tors of the justice of the peace or cleo
to ton ward; and, il, order that none but
IN qualified electors of the ward Shall vote
Il for ward officers, the officers now chang
I'd ed by existing laws or by any amend
es ment thereto are hereby instructed tt
ne provide, at each election poll, sepa
IN rate box, in which the ballots for ware
officers shall be deposited, and tho re
mt turns of said election shall be nad
ts separate from the returns of votes cas-
l in, hc
C. ed by law.
he SEC. 4. BE it FURTHER enacted, etc.
I'd That it shall be the duty of the Presi
r. dent of the police jury to order cleo
III lions to fill vacancies, which may occu
1T in the police jury, giving at least -tc'
IL DAYS, notice Oe the election, by havin:
u printed or written notices posted in a
least five most public places in ditferen
parts of the ward wherein such v;lcan
CIV may occur, and also by publication
in the official newspaper Of the parish
III if such official newspaper exists ~ SAY
et parish, and the police jury shall hav
ar the election held according to the pre-
us visions Of section three of this act.
n. SEC. 5. BE ii further enacted, etc
Il. That members of the police jury sha
If. be entitled to II compensation tobc IL
CHI cd by themselves, which shall not e.
,r. coed three dollars per day and ten cen
mt per mile, going to and from tn" coul
or house Of their respective parishes, I
he every day they are. actually cmp!"yt
%. in the services of their parish, Mt mro
on ings OF the police jury, to be paid o
he of the funds OF the several parishes {
on the warrant of the President, ana
M more, this allowance and per diem, i
GU GLIDING mileage; p1or@df", that Il
ri police jurors shall not be paid per die
nc for more than fifteen days many o.
ill year.
ar. SEC. G. BE it .f,nthes enacted, ct
of, That for failure of the President o
hts police jury to perform amy OF the dutl
hin imposed on him by law, without re
BE sonable excuse, he shall forfeit the SUI
lat, Of twenty-five dollars for each taiiu1
,ne to be recovered before any court
ing competent jurisdiction by motion OF t
,se- parish attorney, after three ia.
notice; and for the failure ofat,y me
hers OF the police jury to attend at Il
tan meeting, after being duly notified
!, in without notice, if at Il regular sesslt
ere such member, if he has no re;s"na
mo- excuse, shall forfeit the sum OF
He dollars, to be recovered us above; p
) he cided, such forfeitures to be paid IL