Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-05-12
PROCEEDINGS
or the Police Jury Of Claiborne Parish.

MONDAY, May 3, lSS0.
The mculbrrs of the Police Jury recently
appointed by the Governor met ut the
Cont House in the town of Homer, aud
were duly qualified according TO law, US
follows:
W. L. Cakes. ward 2; W. s. Copeland,
ward 3; John Miller. jr., ward 4: J. W. Nc
Farland, ward ;; I. W. Howard, ward G.:
l.. Il. Lay. ward :, and +. ID. Meadows,
ward =; after which the board proceeded
to organize by electing 7. ID. Meadows tenn
porary president who on taking the chair,
announced that the election of a pcrma-
ncnt president was in order; when, on mo-
tion, r. u. Meadows was duly elected per
manent president by reclamation; and, on
motion, J. 4. Ramsey was elected clerk
and J. II. Simmons parish treasurer, for the
term for which the jury was appointed,
and r. 7. Harwell appointed tn wait OH the
jury, serve their papers, &c, for the same
time, at tue same rate fixed by the former
jury.
On motion, John Dillon, overseer on the
Homer and Athens road, was required to
work said road from Athens to the Euter-
prise road north Of J. II. Simmons former
residence.
w I English appointed overseer on the
Homer and Farmerville road, from the
ward line between : and 3 to Lisbon, and
that he warn and work J r Peterson and
hands, and all Others usually worked on
said road.
I'D Meadows overseer on the Atlanta
and Col9pitt road. from the Homer and
Scottsvillc road to the south bank Of Nc
Cnsland's creek, and work all the hands
usually worked on said road.
G 7 Dawson on the Lisbon and Colquitt
rond. from the south bank of McCasland's
creek to the Homer and Scetuville road,
and work all the hands usually worked on
said road
Samuel Owens appointed overseer in
place of Phincas Price, removed.
Be it enacted by the Police Jury Of the
parish of Claiborne, That 8 X FARRELL. p b
Monk and j X Barrow, overseers on public
roads, be and they are hereby authorized
and empowered TO warn aud work all the
hands subject to road duty within the
bounds OF their respective roads, in reopen
ing and removing the 0bstructions or the
Forest Grove road from the north end Of G
W Tigner's lane to the south bank Of Steep
creek, and that they credit the hands with
the number Of days thus worked, on the
roads upon which they we're originally ap-
portiooed.
On motion, the parish treasurer's bond
was fixed at 90 900 OO) twenty thousand
dollars, and his salary fixed at eco 00) two
hundred and sixty dollars per year, for oil
services rendered, and clerks salary fixed
at eco 00) two hundred dollars per year
for all services rendered, salsry to be drawn
monthly on his own warrant, and the treas
urer's salary to be drawn quarterly on hts
own warrant
On motion, the following bills were a.
lowed, after approval of the finance COM
mittee:
T Bridgeman, jury commissioner, : 9 so
J Ferguson, Up, fees Ia State cases, II 81
r Richardson, coroner, holding
inquest, 10 90
W J fsylor, repairs op Courthouse, $50
72S
T d Meadows, jury commissioner, 10 80
R P Harwell, constable, 10 IS
IL IS
J T rigner, Jury commissioner, IL 80
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