The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1897-01-23
Official Proceedings Of the Police
Jury.

Jury.
CONTINUED from last tccek.)
} Mr.. o. G. Watson offered til
following ordinance. which wa
adopted:
Be IL ordained by the police Jury q
Grant parish, that, from and after tb
; PRONUNCIATION OF these ordinances that al
road overseers shall cause their respec
tive roads to be worked not less thai
once during each quarter of the year, tn
quarter to commence on the LIST of jam
airy OF each year, and for any failure O.
; neglect to cause to be worked any publ,
road as above provided the road oversee
80 failing shall be fined not less thar
twenty-five dollars and cost of court. t.
be recovered as provided in article 5, sec
., OF the road laws of Grant parish adopt
Cd ct the July session Of the police jury
Be it further ordained that the road
hand apportioners OF each ward shall ex.
anime all the public roads in their res
pective wards on the last day of each
quarter provided it such day shall fall
on Sunday, then in such case OF the day
previously and report the condition of each
road and the failure OF any road Oyerseer
70 work the roads as above provided to
the grand jury at the next term OF the
District court following such failure. Any
road hand apportioner who may fail to
perform the duties herein prescribed
shall be fined twenty five dollars and cost
OF court to be recovered as provided for
IN article 5. sec. 4, of the road laws of
Grant parish adopted at the July session
| OF the police Jury 1885.
Be it further ordained that all road
hand apportioners and road overseers
shall be exempt from all common labor
on the public roads, only in and during
the year in which they are performing
such duties as are incumbent upon them
as apportiOners and overseers.
Be it further ordained that all ord-
nances or parts OF ordinances conflicting
herewith are hereby repealed.
BE 1T ordained by the police jury Of the
parish OF Grant, that sec. of article of
the Road Laws of the parish of Grant be
amended and reinacted so as to read as
follows: Any person or persons knocking
down, defacing, removing, or in any way
damaging any guide board, or mile post
OF board, shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor, and shall be indicted before
the district court az in cases OF other
misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall
be fined for each board or post knocked
down or defaced not less than So5 nor
more than 800 90, and cost. or impris-
oned not less than twenty days nor more
than ninety days, or both at the discre-
ton Of the court. All fines and penal.
ties imposed and collected under this or
dinance shall be paid ope-balf to the in
former, the balance to the parish treas
urer, and by him be placed to the credit |
of the school fund. Adopted.
A report of the reviewers at last
meeting of the police jury, to re-
view and report on change in the |
Colfax and Boyce road so as to
leave the Colfax and Boyce road at
Morrantines' house and to again
intersect it at or near the Brick
Stable at Tom Meningitis, was
handed in, and same being opposed
to the proposed change, the matter
was laid over indefinitely.
The following overseers and APP
petitioners were appointed to serve
for the year 1897:
WARD ONE.
Apportioners - John Randolph, JEFF
Biacksher, and H. G. Goodwin; to meet
at Colfax, on Monday, Feb. l, 1897.
Overseers-From Doggy bayou bridge
70 Colfax. Jas. Brett; from Colfax to DR..
kelly's lower line, Hunter Williams; from
DR.. Kelly's lower line to Raven Camp,
Ton. Mcknight; from Raven Camp to
church. Asa Williams; from
Catholic church to mouth of Darro, w.
s. Hickman; from Paramount to Darro
bridge on Randolph road, A. w. Lewis;
rom Colfax road to Darro bridge on Pol
ock road, w. b. Garrett; from river
'front.' to Burnt bridge on Darro and low
'r Pineville road, Jas. O'Quinn.
WARD TWO.
pportiOners-William Conn. Martin
Chandler and Richard Cruikshanks: to
meet at Oak Grove church, Feb. /, y7.
Overseers-Lower Colfax and PinevilIe
.oad from Darro bridge to Douglas bridge
Cd Brandon; from Douglas bridge to
parish line, A. M. Brown; Colfax and
pine woods road from Cholera
branch to ten mile post. Emery Prewitt;
anne road from ten mile post to Parson-
lge hill, W. T. Casey; same road from /,
Parsonage to the Claiborne road, q. Hop
rims; Colfax and Pollock road from Crisis
'reek to II. P. Stephens, John Terrell;
rom H. p. StePhens to Pollock, w. s.
3oyett; on Claiborne road from ward
inc to Widow Bartons place, Freeman
5apps; from Widow Bartons to parish
inc, Wiley Ates; Three Notch road from
Big creek to Harrissonbury, B. F. Lewis;
road from Big creek to .
lear creek, r. Rambo; from Clear creek
o parish line, Ben Ship; Donahoo's ferry :
Dad from Donahoo's ferry to parish line,
rom Big creek church to ward line, Bur-
icy Thompson.
WARD THREE.
Apportioners-W. p. Guynes, DR.. A.
;. Thompson, and Richard Newton; to ,
meet at Pollock, Monday, Feb. 1, 1897. Il