The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-04-14
BELLEVUE, La,
THURSDAY, ::::":::::::::::APRlL Ia, 1881
PROCEEDINGS OF POLICE JURY.

PROCEEDINGS OF POLICE JURY.
BELLEVUE, La, April 4, 1881.
Police Jury met in regular SESSION.
Present: w. B. Boggs, John j.
Meares, w. r. Prather, Thos. Lyles,
John w. Rains and E. S. Dortch.
When w. r. Prather nominated
W. B. Boggs for temporary chair
man; which was seconded and car
ried.
When, on motion, the Police Jury
went into the election of its officers
for the present year.
w. r. Prather then nominated J.
j. Meares as President. When, on
motion, which was seconded, j. j.
Meares was unanimously elected
President for the current year. E.
s. Dortch nominated j. Fl. Keyser
for clerk, who, on motion, was unan-
!mously elected.
It was then moved and seconded,
that an election for Parish Treasur-
er be gone into. When J. w. Rains
put in nomination B. A. Kelly, and
Thos. Lyles the name of w. G. Burt.
When two ballots were had with the
following result: Burt 3; Kelly 8.
When, on motion, the election was
postponed to the morning of April
9Th.
When, on motion, Messrs. Prather,
DOrtch and Boggs were appointed
by the President a committee on
salaries.
When, on motion, the Police Jury
adjourned until 8 o'clock, April 9Th.
APRIL 9TH, 1881.
Police Jury met. All the members
present. The minutes Of yesterday
were read and approved. When
another ballot was had for Treasur-
er, resulting in Burt 8; Kelly 3. No
choice, and postponed to morning of
April 9th.
When the committee on salaries
submitted the following report,
which was received and the commit
tee discharged:
BELLEVUE, La, April 5, 1881.
To the Honorable Police Jury, Bos-
sier Parish, La.: We, your commit.
tee, beg leave to report that we have
conferred with r. E. Wyche, Sheriff,
and he agrees to do all work wherein
the parish is interested, both crimi-
nal and otherwise except his actual
expenses while procuring prisoners
out of the parish-for $4,000 per
annum; which proposition we recon-
mend be accepted by the Police Jury.
We also recommend that w. 81.
Scanland, Parish Printer, and DR..
w. J. Mobley, Parish Physician, be
paid the same salary they were paid
in the past year.
w. r. PRATHER,
+. 8. DORTCH,
w. B. BoGGs, Committee.
When w. B. Boggs presented the
the following petition, which, on mo-
ton, was granted:
We, the undersigned citizens, re-
spectfully petition your Honorable
body to have the Bellevue road
changed as follows: To leave the
old road at the northeast end of w.
Demoss lane, and run on the section
line between his and the Gilmer
land, and interesect the old road
again near Union Church.
j. G. MADING, and II others.
When the several members of the
Police Jury presented their reports
as Road Commissioners.
e. s. DoRTcH, FOR WARD 1,
Reports the roads in passable condi.
ton, and recommends the appoint
ment of the following Overseers of
Roads in Ward l, to.wit:
Robert Kincaid, from Mack's
bayou to Richards bayou. O. B.
Childers, from Watkins lane to st.
Charles bayou. W.D. Mercer, from
T. G. Pickett's to Red Chute bridge.
Presley Jennis from Z. G. Pickett's
to Atkins landing. M. j. Robinson,
Atkins landing to Red Chute. j.
r. Bryan, from Atkins landing to
line of Red River parish.
Mr.. Dortch calls attention to that
part of the road passing through the
swamp from Atkins landing across
Flat River and Red Chute as the
only route to the parish site, and
the only passable wagon route to the
hills. The inhabitants of the River
district and Hills, as we'll as nu.
merous transient travel, are aware
of the necessity of good bridges
over Flat River and Red Chute
streams, and suffer great inconven-
fence and serious detriment to their
interests from the want of said
bridges, and would respectfully sug-