The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1905-11-02
An Ordinance

Ordering an election held in Wards 8,
S aud Of the Parish of Bossier, State
Of Louisiana, for the purpose of OBJ
tanning the sense Of the qualified
electors of said wards as to the advis-
ability of the Police Jury declaring
fence constructed with wire and posts
to be legal fence in said wards; fix
ing the date of elections, polling
places, manner of conducting same
and qualifications of voters.
Section 1. Be it Ordained by the
Police Jury of Bossier Parish, Louisiana,
in regular session convened on this, the
nth day of October, A. D. 1905, That
an election be and is hereby ordered to
be held in Wards 3, 5 and 6 of Bossier
Parish, Louisiana, for the purpose of OBJ
tanning the sense or the qualified electors
of said wards as to the ACCESSIBILITY of the
Police Jury declaring fence constructed
OF wire and post-four wires stretched on
post, which post shall be placed not more
than eight feet apart-to be legal fence
in the respective wards.
Sec. 2. Be it further Ordained, etc..
That said elections shall be and are here
by ordered to be held in the said respec-
tive wards (three, five and six) on the
frst Tuesday, the 5th day Of December,
1905, and that the places now fixed by
law shall be and are hereby declared to
be the polling places for the said re-
spective wards:
Ward 3-Plain Dealing and Alden
Bridge.
Ward 5-Rocky Mount and Linton.
Ward 6-Bellevue and Haughton.
And that the persons hereinafter
named shall be and are hereby appoint
ed as Commissioners and Clerks of said
respective polling places, to-wit:
WARD THREE.
Plain Dealing -N. w. Sentell, ]. r.
Honeycutt and J. A. Mitchell, commits
sioners; T. 2. Barnett, clerk.
Alden Bridget. C. Spruill, T. M.
Ford and S. P. Dubois, commissioners;
D. M. Clowney, clerk.
WARD FIVE.
Rocky Mount. M. Henderson, R. L.
Burks and w. A. Bounds, commission
ers; Sam Mccall, clerk.
Linton-G. w. Dalrymple, w. w. Lay
and L. R. Bumgardner, commissioners;
R. E. Pilkington, clerk.
WARD SIX.
Bellevue. C. Biggs, Walter White
and J. w. Onley, commissioners; B. T.
Snider, clerk.
Haughton-W. M. Duty, R. L. McAnn
and r. M. Sandidge, commissioners; H.
Barnacastle, clerk.
And that said commissioners shall be
governed in the management and con-
duct of said. elections as relates to the
time of opening and closing polls and as
to manner of casting ballots by the gen.
eral election laws of the State of Louis
lana.
Sec. 8. Be it further Ordained, etc.,
That the ballots for said election shall
have written or printer upon them,
"for a wire fence" and "against wire
fence"
Sec. 4. Be it further Ordained, etc.,
That the Sheriff and ex-O fficio Tax Col
lecter for the Parish of Bossier shall
furnish to each of said polling places
persons having paid their poll taxes on
or before the 3fst day Of December. of
the respective years 1903 and 1904; and
that the Registrar for thesaid parish will
furnish certified list of all persons
properly registered to eac6 of the said
polling places.
Sec. 5. Be it further Ordained, etc.,
That the Commissioners shall make due
return of said elections, together with
the ballots to the Clerk of the Police
Jury at Benton, La, at date not later
than ten days from the date Of the hold
ing of said elections.
r. B. MARTIN, =
President Police Jury.
r. B. HILL, Clerk.