The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1901-04-25
Parish Ordinances.

On motion and seconded, be
it ordained, That for the year
1902 and for each succeeding
year, there shall be levied on all
dogs in the Parish of Bossier an
annual tax of 81, provided that
each family shall be entitled to
one dog, which shall be exempt
from said tax, and the tax asses
sor shall be required to place all
dogs in excess of one to each
family on the assessment rolls,
and the tax collector shall collect
said tax in the usual manner, and
place the proceeds to the credit
of the school fund.
Be it further ordained, That
any citizen has the right to kill
dogs that are not exempt that are
not placed on the assessment rolls.
The parish estray law was re-
vised to read as follows:
Be it enacted by the Police Jury of
Bossier parish, La, in legal session
convened, That the Estray Law for the
Parish of Bossier enacted April 6, 1881 :,
be enacted and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:
That the Office of Stray Master for the
Parish of Bossier be and the same is
hereby abolished, and after this date all
horses, mules, cattle, sheep and hogs
taken up shall be estrayed befort the
justices of the peace in the wards and
precincts in which said stock shall have
been taken up, and every person so tab
ing up stock shall be requested to estray
the same within ten days and make oath
that said stock was taken up within or
near their residence, and not driven OF
induced by them, and the party taking
| up stock shall be required to send full
and accurate description of said stock to
the sheriff of the parish as soon as they
are taken up. The sheriff is required to
post said description for ten days on a
bulletin board provided for that purpose
When the said oath aforesaid shall have
been duly taken the justice of the peace
snail forthwith appoint a keeper to keep
said stock until the day of sale. The
| justice of the peace may ex-ofdcio act as
keeper, and in this event they shall be
allowed the same compensation as keep
ers appointed by them.
| Be it further enacted, That the JUS
tice OF peac before whom any stock shall
be estrayed shall cause the same to be
appraised by two disinterested persons
and advertised thirty days in the oficia
| journal of the Parish of Bossier, an6
after the expiration of the said thirty
days shall cause the constable of his
ward to sell the same at public auction
to the highest bidder. If said constable
shall fail to appear and make said sale
the Justice of the peace shall, within
three days, make the sale himself, anc
be entitled to the same fee allowed the
Constable.
The person estraying stock shall be
allowed one dollar ($D if the said stock
is not sold, but in the event of sale hi
shall be entitled to one-half of the net
proceeds of the sale after all expenses
are paid. The person so keeping stocl
shall not be allowed to work the same
but shall receive forty cents per head TO,
each horse and mule and twenty-fiv
cents per head for cattle, sheep and hogs
The justice of the peace shall receive 70,
each sale two dollars (S2); the constable
shall receive 10 per cent of the amour
realized; there shall be no other fee ex.
cept for advertising. The amount re-
naming after all costs are deducted
shall go to the parish.
Parties coming forward and provin.
property shall be required to pay thu
costs that have accrued up to that time