The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-06-13
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.
loFFIcIAL.]


June 2, 1879.
The Police Jury met ut the Court
house pursuant TO adjournment.
Prcsent-W. G. Kennedy, President;
J. G. Drew, I. Garrett, "A. Myatt,
VIM. McQuiller, w. G. Dunn, Travis
McClendon and A. ID. Russell.
The minutes of last meeting were
read and approved.
The following reports of commission
ers were read and on motion referred
to the committee ON claims and the
commissioners discharged {: Report
of commissioners on repairing levee
on Observation-Disclosures, Chcniere on
old West road, Bayou Boeuf bridge on
Bastrop road.
w. S. Logan, sheriff reported
having received from Il. p. Richard
son, ex-sheriff, the following list of
property, belonging to the parish, viz
buckets, IL blankets, l pair hand
cuffs, 1 pair leg irons used at the Jail,
36 chairs, 5judges' chairs, 1 clerks desk,
2 spittoons, 2 water coolers, 2 peices of
desk, l small desk, and l book case in
the court house.
On motion of Mr.. Russell, the Pres
ident appointed I. Garrett member
of the committee on claims, vice John
Fuller, deceased.
On motion of Mr.. Drew, Franklin
Garrett, Esq, parish attorney, is
authorized to compromise the suit
Parish of Ouachita VS.. the City of
Monroe, now pending, in the manner
he may deem for the interest of the
parish.
The following ordinances were in
troduced, read the first time, the
second time by their titles, the rules
were suspended, the ordinances read
the third time and adopted:
ORDINANCE NO. 374.
1 Dividing the parish of Ouachita into
road districts, appointing road over
seers and assigning road hands.
Be it ordained by the Rolice Jury of
Ouachita Parish, That said parish be
devided 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. D. 1880:
Sec. 1. p. T'ouu,'d, 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, ]. III. Mitchell
and all other hands on either side Of
the line of said road not otherwise
are subject to his orders.
Sec. 2. Ctas. Charleston, overseer of
Winnsboro' road from Dabbs' ditch to
Bayou Lafourche; all hands on Mrs.
Essicks, j. q. Sanders, Dabbs and E.
S. Austin places, and all other hands
on either side of the line of said road
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his orders.
Sec. 3. Il. II. Eisdone, overseer of
Monroe and Millhaven and Winns-
boro' cutoff road from cast corporate |
limits of the city of Monroe to the cast
prong of Young's bayou, thence on
cutoff road to Mrs. Sarah |
Essicks' all hands on Robert Layton,
r. III. Endom and jeff Oliver places,
and all other hands on either side of
the line of said road not otherwise as
arc subject to his orders.
Sec. 4. j. II. Walker, ovcrseer of
Monroe and Millhaven road from the
east prong of Young's bayou to w. II.
Gordon's all hands on the ID. Y.
Grayson and b. II. Dinkgravc places,
and the hancs living in the rear of
Bon Air and Magenta plantations, and
all other hands on either side of the
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ed, arc subject to his orders.
Sec. 5. j. w. Gluthary, ovcrsccr of
Monroe and Columbia road from the
upper end of the lane ut Pargoud's
lower place to lower line Of II G
Cobb's plantation all tho hands on
Mrs Mason, S w Downs, Mrs Tatum,
F w Glathary, Cobb d Kennedy
places, and all other hands on the line
Of said road not otherwise assigned, ARE
subject to his orders.
Sec. e. Cule6 iXu1dcl, oversecr of
Monroe and Columbia road from the
lower line of r q Cobb's plantation to
curse all the hands on
the Copley, Mrs ID Dinkgrave, A Will
lis, DIR Sandell 3nd the hands on Lilse
place from Newman's residence up the
river and Charleston places, and all
other hands on either side of the line
Of said road not otherwise assigned,
are subject to his orders.
Sec. Z. j. Il. Gs'ayson, overseer of
road leading from mouth of the lane
at the Charleston plantation to the
landing opposite the mouth of Chen
ierc all hands on the Lilies place from
Newman's residence down the river,
Philpot and S w Saunders places are
subject to his orders.
Sec. s. B. ". ITiUiants, overseer of
Monroe and Columbia road from Ma
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