The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-28
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
EXTRA SESSION OF 1877.


and establish in lieu thereof the two parishes
of East Carroll and West Carroll providing for
the organization OF said two parishes and
fixing their representation in the House Of
Representatives.
SECTION |. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of The State Of Louisiana
| In General assembly concerned, That the terri
| tory heretofore known by the name of the parish
| OF Carroll shall cease to form said parish, and
shall be and is hereby created into two distinct
and separate parishes. one to be called the
parish OF East Carroll, and the other to be called
| the parish of West Carroll that the parish OF
East Carroll shall be composed of all that portion
of the territory heretofore constituting the parish
Of Carroll which lies east OF line designated aud
| described as follows, to wit: CONNIE ncing ut
point on Bayou Macon where said bayou intersects
| or crosses the boundary line between the states
Of Louisiana and Arkansas, and running south
along said bayou, to the township line between
| townships nineteen and twenty, thence esst
along said township line to Bayou Tensas, thence
| south along said Bayou Tensas TO point where
| said bayou intersects the extreme southern
boundary line Of the parish of Carroll, which point
10 in township eighteen, range eleven east; that
the parish OF West Carroll shall be composed Of
all the territory heretofore forming the parish Of
| Carroll which lies west of the line designated and
described as aforesaid,
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc., That the
parish seat OF the parish of East Carroll shall be
| and remain in the town Of Providenee; that the
Parish Judge shall keep his office at said parish
! seat; that said parish OF East Carroll shall rm
part of the Thirteenth judicial District, and the
Judge OF said district shall hold regular terms OF
his court for said parish Of East Carroll in said
| town OF Providence, at sucn times as have
been heretofore fixed by law for holding
terms OF the district court for the parish
| Of Carroll; that said parish Of East Carroll
shall form part Of tho Seventeenth Senatorial
District and OF the Fifth Congressional District
Of thi, State that the members OF the police jury
and all the judicial and executive officers hereto
fore elected or appointed for the parish OF GAR
roll ana now acting, except such as reside within
the territorial limits of the parish of West Carroll
as constituted by this act, shall continue to per-
| form the functions of their several offices in and
for the parish Of East Carroll until the election
| or appointment and qualification Of their sue
cessors; that the Governor snail, Immediately
after the pronunciation OF this act proceed TO ap-
| point two police jurors for said parish Of East
Carroll, from the parish at large to fill the va
cancies occasioDed by this act; and that all laws
| and regulations not inconsistent with the pro-
| visions of this act heretofore made and now in
force for the parish OF Carroll. shall until other
| wise provided continue and be in force and
effect for the parish of East Carroll.
SEc. 8: BE IL further enacted, etc., That ssid
parish of West C*rroll shall until otherwise pro-
vided, form part OF the Seventeenth Senatorial
and Of the Fifth Congressional Districts OF this
State. That the seat OF justice Of said parish OF
West Carroll shall be and remain in the town Of
at said parish seat, and that the parish OF Yves,
Carroll shall form part of the Thirteenth Judi
cial District, and the Judge of said district shall
hold regular terms of his court for said parish
In said town OF Floyd, beginning on the second
Monday Of January and the third Monday o.
August of each year. ., OIL. - ...s .
SRo. A. BE it further enncted, etc., That In the
House Of Representatives the parish of East
Carroll and West Carroll shall be represented In
common, until the next general election in thia
State by the two Representatives apportioned tc
the parish Of Carroll 30 heretofore constituted al
the next general election, and each general cleo
tion hereafter, one Representative and no more
until otherwise provided, shall be elected from
each Of said parishes.
SEQ. s. Be IL further enacted, etc., That imme
diatey after the PRONUNCIATION OF this act it shall
be the duty OF the Governor to appoint and com
mission for said parish Of West Carroll, parish
Judge, sheriff, clerk OF the dstrict court,
recorder, coroner, tax collector, five justices
of the peace, and FIVE police jurors from the
parish at large, whose powers. duties and emoiu
meuts shall be the same as other like officers
throughout the State; and the officers thus ap
pointed and commissioned shall forthwith qualify
according to law, and enter upon the discharge Of
their respective duties, and shall continue ir
Office until the election or appointment and quail
ihcation OF their successors
SRo. 6. Be further enacted, etc., That the two
police juries designated in this act shall meet
each IL their respective parish: the police jurI
for the parish OF East Carroll, in the town o.
members Of the same, to be appointed BY th'
Governor, as provided for in this act, .hall hay,
been commissioned; and the police jury for tht
parish Of West Carroll, in the town Of Floyd, OF
the third Monday after they shall have beer
commissioned; and said police jaries shall eaci
proceed to divide their respective parishes int
five separate wards, to be known IS Justice of thu
peace and police jury wards; and to designate il
each OF said wards place for holding election
for State and parish officers; and the police iurj
for the parish Of West Carroll SHALL at the tint
, OF their said meeting, make the necessary ar
rangements to provide the requisite public build
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appurtenances for said parish Of West Carroll anC
the officers thereof; and for these purposes the,
shall have power to levy special tax:
SEC. z. Be further enacted, etc.,, That imme
diately after the PRONUNCIATION OF this act it shall
be the duty Of the Clerk of the District Court o.
the parish Of East Carroll to transmit to the
Clerk Of the District Court OF the parish o
West Carroll all petitions, answers and othel
wherein the defendant or defendants reside
within the parish OF West Carroll at the time o.
the PRONUNCIATION of this act and also Ger flied
copy OF all orders made in any such suits which
are entered on the minutes Of the court and the
fees allowed him for making copy OF such
minutes shall be ten cents for every hui dred
words and twenty five cents for each certificate
with seal attached; the same to be charged "a
costs in the case; and that he shall also transmit
TO the Clerk Of the District Court of the
parish of West Carroll, al indictments and in
formation against persons charged with an offense
or ofenses alleged 20 have been committed in said
parish OF West Carroll; and he shall also transmit
to the clerk Of the District Cour OF the parish OF
West Carroll, all petitions, orders, bonds and
other papers relating to SUGGESTIONS heretofore
opened in the parish OF Carroll which may be un-
settled and in course Of administration when the
deceased reside in that part of the parish of Car
roll embraced in this in the territorial limits
of the parish of West CARROLL and he shall trans
nit also TO the clerk Of the District Court OF the
| parish Of West Carroll all papers relating to
the tutorshio of minors where they or ma jority
Of them reside in he parish OF West Carroll
SEC. 8. Be it further enacted, etc., That i'm
| tall be the duty of the recorder Of the parish
Of East Carroll to make a true and correct trans
cript, in weil-bound book or books, in the or
der Of dates as recorded 10 his office, of all acts,
mortgages, deeds and title papers OF record in
his office, relative to and affecting landed prop
erty situated within the limits Of the parish OF
West Carroll, accompanied by the certificate and
i aaaI Of aaid racnrdar affixed at the end of each