The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-02-28
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.

until morning.
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.
CoFFICIAL.l
MONROE, PARISH OF OUACHITA, La,
February "a, 1879.
The Police Jury met at the Court
House in special session pursuant to
the call of the President.
Present-W: G: Kennedy, President;
w. @. Dunn, J. G. Drew, John Fuller,
CUTLER, Travis McClendon and A. D.
Russell.
On motion, tho reading of the min
utes of last meeting was disposed
with.
The following ordinances were i'm
PRODUCED, read the first time, the second
time by their titles, ON motion the
rules were suspended, the ordinances
read a third time and adopted:
ORDINANCE NO. $40.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury of
Ouachita Parish, That in accordance
with the provisions of sec. Is of act No.
So, Extra Session of the General AS
sembly of the State of Louisiana, ap-
proved on the 18th day of April, 1877,
that the following named persons are
hereby appointed as Commissioners
and Clerks OF an election to be held in
Ouachita Parish, La, on Tuesday, the
18th day of March, 1879, and that they
be assigned to the various precincts as
herein after specified
Ward No, I.
Precinct No. Farmers School
House-R. J. Wilson, j. G. Taylor and
John G.. Mills, Commissioners; D, c..
Tidwell, Clerk.
Precinct No. 2-Logwood Place-G.
G. Phillips, M. Duclos, Giles johnson,
Commissioners; A. v. DeGruy, Clerk.
Ward No. 2.
Precinct No. 3-Union Church on
Bastrop road-R. G. Taylor, J. B..
White, w. b. Wimberly, Commits
sioners w. J. G. Scriber, Clerk.
Ward No. 3.
Precinct No. Ace House, Monroe
gan, Commissioners; ID. A. Breard,
Jr., Clerk.
Precinct No. 5-Court House, Mon
roe-T. N. Conner, r.. Ferd Cook, G.
A. Singer, Commissioners; J. X. Stew
art, Clerk.
Ward No. 4.
Precinct No. 6-Logtown-D. G..
Brown, Filhiol Watkins, F. l.. Faulk,
Commissioners r. M. Filhiol, Clerk.
Ward No. S.
Precinct No. 7-Trenton-W. II.
Moore, Strother Dickerson, w. F. Mill
saps, Commissioners: w. F.. Ashley,
Clerk.
Ward No. @.
Precinct No. S-Forksville-W. w.
Patrick, S. N. Camp, J. A. Covington,
Commissioners w. III. Anders, Clerk
Ward MOI.
Wood, p. G. Rogers, w. r.. Young,
Commissioners w. III. Goats, Clerk.
Ward No. 8.
Precinct No. 1O-Mt. Vernon Church
w. NJ. Cowan, B. r.. Erwin, John
Arant, Commissioners s. H. Gilbert,
Clerk.
Precinct No. 11-Pine Grove Church
"A. w. Hendrix, J. s. Fluitt, J. NJ.
Wommack, Commissioners; b. f.
Thomas, Clerk.
Adopted February "a, 1879.
w. G. KENNEDY, President.
JOHN e. HANNA, Clerk p. J.
ORDINANCE NO. 81.
An ordinance to submit to the voters
of Ouachita Parish on the day of the
election OF OeleSateS TO the COnStltu-
tional Convention, whether or not the
Police Jury of Ouachita Parish, will
cause Il Court House to be erected in
the Court House square in the City of
Monroe, tho cost not to exceed S25, 900
twenty-five thousand dollars.)
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
Police Jury of Ouachita Parish, That
the sense of the voters Of Ouachita be
taken on the 18th day of March, the
day for the election of delegates to the
Constitutional Convention, as to the
necessity of building a new Court
House in the City of Monroe on the
public square.
SEC. 2. That all qualified voters Of
Ouachita Parish shall vote on said
question. Those voting for II new Court
House, will designate on their ballots,
printed or written, For n new Court
House; those voting against, shall
designate on their ballots, printed 70
written, Against a new Court House.
SEC. 8. The commissioners of cleo
tions appointed for said election on the
18th day of March next, are requested
to make return of the same to the
of Ouachita Parish, whose duty
it shall be to certify the same to Pres
ident of the Police Jury.
SEC. 4. This ordinance shall take