The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1896-03-05

lower line OF the Knox FONT planta-
ton, on the river front, and running
due east to the hills.
All that portion embraced in the
following boundaries shall be ward
7: The alluvial lands lying between
the lower boundary of ward 6 above
described, and line starting at the
lower line of Buckhorn plantation,
on the river, and running due east
to the hills.
The following persons are hereby
appointed Levee Overseers:
Ward IT. w. w. Stinson.
Ward I'll. j. Lenoir.
Ward 3-P. B. Cash.
Ward Nv. j. Fullilovc.
Ward 5-W. D. Mercer, Jr.
Ward G-J. T. McDade.
Ward IA. j. Moss.
And it is hereby made their duty,
as we'll as all other Levee Overseers
that may hereafter be appointed, to
keep in repair the line of levees in
their respective wards; to cause all
holes, ruts, washes and roadways,
on said levee lines to be filled up
and repaired with dirt we'll rammed,
and they shall cause all weeds, sap
plings and trees on the public levees
to be cut down, in their said wards,
and shall canse to be dug drainage
ditc hes wherever necessary.
1t is hereby made the duty of
the said Levee Overseers, in their
respective wards, to kill, or cause
to be killed, all hogs found at any
time running at large on the public
levees, in their respective wards.
Be it further Ordained, That all
persons now living within aforesaid
wards, liable to road duty, are here
by required to work whenever called
out for that purpose by the Levee
Overseers aforesaid, not to exceed
six f6) days in each year, to repair
and clear off said Ievees aforesaid,
and it is hereby made the duty OF
said oyerseers to call said hands out
to work, not to exceed six (G) days
in each year, if necessary.
Be it further Ordained, That any
person failing or refusing to obey
the call of the Levee Ovcrseers afore'
said, shall forfeit and pay the sum OF
J 50 per day, to be recovered before
any Justice of the Peace, by the
Overseer, and by him expended ir
| hiring hands to work on the levee
3 3 and in default of said pay ment, eacl
S delinquent shall suffer Imprisonment
9 in the parish Jail until said fine il
:. paid; provided the term of impris
! onment shall not exceed five days
. . This Ordiuace is passed with th
proviso that the Parish of Bessie
is to be at no expense in the way Q
appropriations or repairing or pre-
b serving the levees as aforesaid, no,
J. or at any future time.
). On motion and second, Wherea
|. there was a misunderstanding as rt
cards the right of Non-Residents
l. vote, and whereas, at the Curtis be
q said Non-Residents we're allowed
g vote, and at the Knox Point box sal
b Non-Residents were denied the rigi
J, to vote; now, therefore, it is declare
e, that there was not fair eypressic
j. as to the will Of the tax payers OF sal
Ward l.
y Resolved by this body in conve
N ton duly assembled, Said electit
in shall be held over on Thursday, Il
of 9th day OF April, 1896, and retur1
to made to this body on Tuesday, APP
t: IA, 1896, and it is hereby declar'
s. that all Nonresident Tax Paye
,g have right to vote in person or
be written proxy, and that the sar
ne clerks that served at the election
sr- February 20, are hereby reappointt