The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-04-05

District Court, April term, 1877. On &C
count of the Clerk of the District Court
not keeping a proper list of jurors
certificates as issued that portion of
the account is incomplete and we think
cannot now be corrected. We ask fur
ther time on the examination of the
account of the Treasurer, and will re-
port at next themeeting.
Very respectfully,
w. G.. KENNEDY,
FRANKLIN GARRETT,
JOHN F.. HANNA,
Committee.
The committee appointed to contract
tor feeding prisoners in the parish Jail
asked for further time to make their
report.
The following ordinances were then
introduced, read the first time, the
second time by their titles, the rules
suspended, the ordinances read third
time, and finally adopted:
ORDINANCE NO. 32l.
An ordinance relative to roads, the ap-
pointment of road-oversecrs and road
hands, and providing penalties for
the non-perforinance of their duties.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the parish of Ouachita,
That all able-bodied male persons be-
tween the ages of eighteen and forty
five years shall be liable to work on
the public roads and are hereby ap-
pointed road-hands; except public
ferrymen, postmasters and persons &C.
tually residing in any incorporated
town or city.
Section 2. Be it further ordained,
&C., That the parish shall be divided
into road districts, each district to be
described, numbered and under the
charge of a road-overseer, to be ap-
pointed for the next ensuing twelve
months at the regular session of the
Police Jury in June of each year; at
the same session road-hands shall be
apportioned to work the roads within
their several districts under the SUPER
vision OF the road
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, &c.,
That it shall be the duty of the Clerk
of the Police Jury, within five days
from the appointment of road-over-
seers, to make duplicate copies of each
overseers, appointment showing the
district to which he is appointed and
| the hands subject to his orders one of
! which copies shall he the commission
Of the overscer, said commission to be
served as provided in the following
section.
Sec. 4. BE it further ordained, &C.,
That the President of the Police Jury
is hereby directed to enter into writ
ten contract with the Sheriff of Qua
chita Parish Cor if the Sheriff should
refuse, then with some responsible cit
izen) to make service of all road-over-
seers' commissions, and to return the
same to the clerk of the Police Jury :;
ororileol, that the contract shall stipu-
late that the service of the commits
sions and the returns thereon shall be
made as in case of citations in ordinary
suits; prorieled further, that the COM
pensation for serving the commissions
shall be one hundred dollars pei, amman,
payable one-half semi-annualiy.
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, &C.,
That should a vacancy occur by the
death of any road-overseer or from any
| cause, the member of the Police Jury
in whose ward the vacancy occurs
shall recommend and the President OF
the Police Jury shall appoint another
overseer whose commission shall be
made out and served as herein before
! provided.
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained, &C.,
That any person appointed overseer
under this ordinance, shall not be COM
PEELED to serve again until twelve
! lAOAtAlS hive eIulDSSO lTOlu tic uiCc u
the expiration OF his commission pro.
cie1ea, that nothing herein shall be
construed to exempt any person who
has served as road-overseer from being
liable to duty as road-hand.
Sec. Z. BE it further ordained, &C.
That it shall be the duty of each road.
! overseer to make out Il complete list
by name and age of the road-hands in
his district, and to return correct
copy thereof to the clerk of tho Police
Jury on or before the lst November OF
each year, and the clerk of the Police
Jury shall report to the District Attor.
ney every failure of overseers to make
return of said list. On or before the
lst Of April and the LIST of November
Of each year, it shall be the duty OF
each overseer TO furnish the District
Attorney with complete list of the
J names Of all persons subject to his or.
| ders as roadhands who have failed OF
refused to appear and to work the
roads when notified to do so. Road.
overseers shall have the roads in theil
districts worked at least twice in each
year-the first time between the Isl
January and the 1st April, the second
time between the 1st August and the
LIST October; prorilcd, no more than
twelve days, work shall be required Of