The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-04-24
Police Jury Proceedings.
BELLEVUE, LA, APRIL IA, 'S4.

Il FeSeHL lnOS. LyleS, 1reSlue0t;
w. b. Boggs and w. r. Prather,
members. There being no quorum,
the body adjourned to s o'clock,
April 10, 1884, at which time it
again met; when all the members
answered to their names, except j.
r.. Cavett, who, after organization,
appeared and took his seat.
Mr.. G. Winham presented the
following petition, signed by j. I. B.
Kirk and fifteen others:
To the Hon. Police Jury: We, the
undersigned, citizens of ward 5,
respectfully represent, That to
change the Carolina Bluff road,
passing through the plantation of
Geo. Winham, so that it shall pass
to the right of the present road,
through the old field about 100
yards, will strengthen the road and
be of no injury to the public.
The petition was granted, the
change to be made without expense
to the parish.
Mr.. Dismnkes then asked that the
road from the Wallace place to the
Gilmer place, on the main road, be
re.opened, the same having been
made a public road by common
usage. His request was granted,
and Wimbeck Boney appointed
overseer of said road, he to work
the hands on the Dismuke place,
Boney place, and Brownlee and
Wallace places, and the said over
seer is hereby required to re open
said road at once.
Mr.. J. A. Skannal then presented
the following petition, which was
granted:
He, with respect shows, That he
is the transferee and owner of all
rights and privileges awarded to E.
r. Cornell relative to the bridge es-
tablished and built on Mack's bayou,
in accordance with an act passed By
the Police Jury. He shows that he
has already expended about $500
in building and repairing said
bridge, and that repairs on said
bridge are now necessary. He
further shows that other persons
are threatening to build another
bridge near to his, and that if they
are allowed to do 80, he will be
greatly damaged, and that he cannot
afford to keep said bridge in good
repair, unless he is protected in his
rights and privileges.
Wherefore, he prays that this
body pass an act prohibiting any
and all persons from establishing
any other bridge, ferry or means of
crossing said bayou, during his
term to collect toll, within u miles
of the bridge, as now established.
He prays for all necessary protec-
ton, and obligates himself, in con.
of the relief herein re-
quested, to keep the bridge across
Long Lake in good repair at his own
expense, for the present.
w. r. Prather then submitted the
following act, which was adopted
By vote Of all members present,
Mr.. Cavett appearing after the vote
was cast:
Be it enacted by the Police Jury
ot the Parish of Bossier, LIST, That
here be, and is hereby established,
an additional Police Jury and JUS.
ice of the Peace Ward in said Par
sh of Bossier, composed of portions |
# ward l and ward 2, aud to be |
Known and designated as ward No. |
J, and bounded as follows, to wit |
All that portion of ward 1 lying |
forth Of the line dividing township |
6 and IL, and all that portion of
yard 2 lying south of the line diyid. |
ne township Is and 10, and bound
d east by Red Chute and west by
Red River, and that the voting place