The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-06-14
1877, and March 3Oth, 1878, and found
them correct, the following ordinance
was thereon adOOted:

| rer, OF May 81, 1877, ana March ~,
1878, be approved and spread at large
on the minutes.*
Adopted June 4, 1878.
w. G. KENNEDY, President.
JOHN e. HANNA, Clerk p. j.
The following ordinances we're in
troduced, read the first time, the second
time by their titles, the rules suspended,
! the ordinances read the third time and
adopted:
ORDINANCE NO. 331.
Dividing the parish of Ouachita into
road districts, appointing road over
seers and assigning road hands.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
Ouachita Parish, That said parish be
divided into road districts as follows,
and that the persons named as over
seers are appointed road overseers to
take charge of the road hands herein
after named and work the various
road districts to which such hands are
assigned, for the year ending May 3lst,
A. ID. 1879:
Sec. I. p. TI'ouxyz, overseer of the
Winnsboro' road from lower corporate
limits of city of Monroe to Pargoud's
lower place, thence on said road to
Dabbs' ditch !; all the hands on Par
goud's lower plantation, j. II. Mitchell
and Mrs. NJ. D. Tatum places, and all
other hands on either line of said road
not otherwise assigned, are subject to
his orders.
Sec. 2. Samuel Darlington, overseer
of Winnsboro' road from Dabbs' ditch
to Bayou Lafourche all hands on
Mrs. Essicks, J. g. Sanders, Dabbs
and f. S. Austin places, and all other
hands on either side of the line of said
road not otherwise assigned, are SUBJ
ject to his orders.
Sec. 8. R. II. E,at1one, overseer of
Monroe and Millhaven and Winns-
boro' cutoff road from east corporate
limits of the city of Monroe to the
east prong OF Young's bayou, thence
on Winnsboro' cutoff road to Mrs.
Sarah Essicks'; all hands on Robert
Layton, r. II. Endom and JEFF Oliver
places, and all other hands on either
side of the line of said road not other
wise assigned, are subject to his orders.
Sec. 4. j. II. Walker, overseer of
Monroe and NIillhavcn road from the
east prong of Young's bayou to w. r.
Gordon's; all hands on the d. Y.
eGrayson and B. H. Dinkgrave places,
and the hands living on the rear of
all other hands on either side of the
ed, are subject to his orders.
Sec. 5. R. +. Cym11e, overseer of
Monroe and Columbia road from the
upper end of the lane at Pargoud's
lower place to lower line of r. q.
Cobb's plantation; all the hands on
E. 0. Parker, S. w. Downs, Howard
& Sanders, Cobb & Kennedy pla-
ces, and all other hands on line of said
road not otherwise assigned, are SUBJ
ject to his orders.
Sec. 6. Il. WIS, overseer of Mon
roe and Columbia road from the lower
line of r. G. Cobb's plantation to
Machoir-a-L'ourse: all the hands on
the Coplcy, Mrs. D. Dinkgrave, A.
Willis, A. Levi and Charleston places,
and ali other hands on either side of
the line of said road not otherwise as
signed, are subject to his orders.
Sec. Z. j. A. G1uyson, overseer of
road leading from mouth of tho lane
at the Charleston plantation to tho
landing opposite the mouth of Cheniere;
all hands on DIR. Sandel, Philpot and
s. w. Saunders places are subject to
his orders.
Sec. s. ID. c. Bro,cu,, ovorscer of
Monroe and Columbia road from
Machoir-a-L'Ourse to upper line of
David Faulk's plantation all hands
on the line OF said road not otherwise
assigned, are subject to his orders.
Sec. 8. j. u. Loossiter, overseer Of
Monroe and Columbia road from the
upper line of David Faull>'s plantation
to lower line of d. B. Sandford's plan
tation all the hands on the line Of
said road not otherwise assigned, are
subject to his orders.
Sec. 10. Il. l.. Eaulh, overseer Of
Monroe and Columbia road from lower
line of ID. B. Sandford's plantation to
Cuba all the hands on either side Of
the line of said road not otherwise as
signed, are subject to his orders.
Sec. IL. ". O. Moore, ovcrseer of
Monroe and Columbia road from Gu ba
to the line of Caldwell parish; all
hands on the line of said road not
otherwise assigned, are subject to his
orders.
Sec. II. Harrison Herring, overseer
of road from the northern corporate
limits of the city Of Monroe to the
mouth OF Bayou DeSiard all hands
on the line of said road are subject to
his orders, except the hands on Par
goud's upper place.
Sec. 13. I. ID. y Logan, overseer OF
the road from the mouth of Bayou De-
Siard to Mrs. l.. l.. McGuire's lane
all hands on the Logan and Lamy
! places are subject to his orders.
Sec. IA. II. ". Mcleod, overseer OF
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