The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-10-10
Official Proceedings of the Police Jury Of
the Parish of Grant.
CoLFAx, La. October 5, 1885

ward 3, NJ Nugent ward 4, A. L
Collins ward S, j. L. Wilson ward 6,
j. w. Land ward z.
On motion of d. p. Morris the
police jury adjourned until 2 p. IN.
The jury met pursuant to adjourn
ment, same members present as in
the morning.
On motion of d. p. Morris the
report of the road reviewers appoint
ed to work out road from l6 mile
post on Claiborne road to inIersect
Colfax and Pineville road at the Griffin
old place was read and adopted.
On motion of d. p. Morris
Be 1t ordained by the Police Jury,
That there be public ferry estab-
ished across the bayou Darro, at or
near the mouth Of said bayou, on the
river road from Colfax down Red
river; and the ferriage shall be the
same as that established on the same
bayou on Colfax and Pineville road.
Be 1t further ordained, That there
be public ferry established across
Red river at the mouth of bayou
Darro, the ferriage to be the same
as that at Cotile ferry.
Be 1t further ordained, That the
above two ferries shall constitute one
terry and shall be advertised and
sold at the same time to the same
bidder.
On motion of D. P. Norris
Be IL ordained, That before any
petition for establishing of a new
road, or the changing of the route of
one already established, shall be pre-
scented to the police jury for their
action the same shall be advertised
in the parish journal or posted mp in
three of the most public places in the
vicinity of said new route or road
for thirty days before the present
ing of said petition to the police
jury. Said advertisement shall state
where said road shall commence and
through whose lands it will run and
at what point it will end.
On motion of D. P. Morris the
president appointed A. =. Collins, Nj.
Nugent and g. A. Wickliffe as com
mittee to draft an Estray Law
On motion the jury adjourned
until Tomorrow 8 a. m.
TUESDAY, Oct. 8, 1885.
The jury met pursuant to atjoarn.
mept, same members present as yes
terday. except W. N Greed absent.
The committee appointed to draft
an Estray Law made the following
report which WAS read and adopted:
BE it Ordained by The Police Jury of Grant
Parish, Louisiana.
FIRsr-That whenever any horse, mare,
mule, hog, sheep, cattle, or any four
footed beast that is the subject of prop
erty shall be found within the enclosure
OF any landed property holder within
this parish, without being accompanied
by an owner, or some one In charge of
said stock, it shall be lawful for the said
occupier of said land to have the said
stock estrayed in the following manner:
be shall take, or cause to be taken, said
stock before the magistrate Of the ward
in which it may be found; provided that
If there be no magistrate in said ward it
shall be taken before the nearest magis-
trate, and said magistrate shall cause said
stock to be appraised by two legally
qualified appraisers to be appointed by
him, and they shah return their appraise-
ment to the magistrate forthwith. The
shall then cause to be inserted
three times in the official journal of the
parish an advertisement describing the
stock as particularly as can be done and
also the value as shown by the return of
the appraisers, and notice to the effect
that unless an owner comes forward and
proves the ownership of said property
that said stock will be sold to the highest
and last bidder for cash, on a day to be
named not less than twenty days from the
date of the advertisement, and at either
the office of the magistrate or some pub
lie place In the neighborhood OF where
the stock is taken up, to be determined
by the magistrate; and if no owner ap-
pears before the day of sale said stock
shall be sold by the constable of said
ward according to the terms of said ad-
vertisement.
SECoND-It shall be lawful for any
person other than the occupier of the
land upon which any stock without an
owner may be, if it shall come to his
knowledge that any person is treating
and using such stock as his WI, to have
the same estray ed in the same manner as
provided in tue first section OF this or
dinance.
THrRD-It shall be lawful for any one
to whose knowledge it shall come that
any of the character of stock mentioned
in the first section of this ordinance is
at large, ON range, without any
owner OF same being known, and which
has been so running for the space Of
Twelve months, to have the same estrayed
in the following manner:
I. He shall post, or cause to be posted,
in at least three Of the most public places
in the neighborhood of where the said
stock is running, notices describing the
stock as particularly as can be done, ard
notice tn the effect fha t mn loss the oxrr,ar