The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-04-16
THE POLICE JURY
CADDO AND DESOTO BOUNDARY
LINE-FISH ORDINANCE.
Full Proceedings of the Regular Ses
sion Held Thursday. April IS.
The Public Roads,

Harkey. Mahlen. Alexander, johnson
ma Moss. Absent: Dreyfus> and Hen
derSon
On motion OF Mr. Harkey the read
ing of minutes Of March Q. 1905. were
dispensed with and adopted as pub
| lishei.
On motion the rules were suspended
and Mr.. Taylor representing shc Indiana
Road Grader, given hearing as to the
merits of the machine. No action TAKEN
Mr. c. l.. Gaines appeared before the
Jury and asked them to draft an ordi-
nance notifying the police jury of De-
Soto parish Of the intention of the Cad
! do police jury to have a survey made
| fixing the boundaries between the par
! >heS
|, was moved by Mr. Harkey. duly
seconded and carried. that the president
be and he is hereby authorized. in CON
junction with the district attorney of
this parish, to draft All ordinance. such
as ~ u OHl'Sh lol III -NillAit <o-4 ~ tilS
Revised Statutes of this State. providing
for the establishment and survey and
fixing the bouni aries between thee par
ishes, and the secretary to be and is
hereby authorized to have served a GER
tilted copy of said ordinance upon the
police jury of DeSoto parish. through its
president, to the end that the boundary
lines of said parish be established
Nhereupon the following ordinance
was presented and unanimously adopred !:
By Mr. Harkey-
ORDINANCE
Section I. Be it ordained by the Eo-
lice Jury of Caddo Parish, that tie
boundary lines between the parishes hf
Caddo and DeSoto be fixed and estab-
lished in accordance with Article GOA
Of the Revised Statutes of the State of
Louisiana. and that the 2;3rd day of Oc-
tober. 1905, be and the same is hereby
appointed as the time for commencing
the run: .ng thereof and the township
line b: i"een townships - and "a. where
same c! -sses the Bayou Pierre river as
the place of commencing the running
of saith lines.
Sec. 2 Be it further ordained, etc,
that the president of the Police Jury of
the Parish of DeSoto be served with
copy of this ordinance.
Mr.. W. L. Foster addressed Che jury
with reference to an appropriation to
the Southern Cotton Association to re-
dt1ce the acreage of cotton and the use
of fertilizers
On motion of Mr.. Crawford. duly sec
onded and carried. the jury donated the
sum of $500 for that purpose
At the request of Mr.. Harkey, chair
man of the good roads convention, and
on motion of Mr.. Agurs, duly carried,
the sum of $50 was appropriated to as
sist in defraying the expenses of said
convention to be held in this city Mon
day April II, 1905.
Mr.. V. Grosjean asked the jury to
grant Leroy Stafford Camp No. 3 per-
mission to use the basement room of the |
court house in conjunction with H. D.
Jackson.
By Mr. Agurs-That the Leroy Stat
ford Camp No. 3 be granted the use of
said room. Carried.
By Mr.. Crawfor i-That the secretary
be and is hereby instructed to notify Mr..
Jackson to vacate the room now occupied
by him, as the permission had this day
been given to the Confederate Veterans
to Use the room for. headquarters
Mr. Noel stated to the jury that Mr..
Brooks, whom he had employed to run
Stumpy ferry. was not giving proper at
,ention to this work and asked that he
be discharged AMI Mr.. Broom be ap-
pointed
By Mr.. Jolly-That Mr.. Brooks po-
sition be declared vacated and his COM
pensation be paid on the approval of Mr..
Noel, and that Mr. Noel be and is
hereby authorized to employ Mr. W. N. |
Broom as ferrynan. upon his giving the
proper bond Carried.
Mr. J. NJ. Foster, district attorney,
called the attention of the jury to the
fish laws of the State, and recommended |
the adoption of the following ordinance
AN ORDINANCE.
Section l. Be it ordained by the Pc.
lice Jury of Caddo Parish, that in order |
to protect the game fish of this parish,
it is hereby declared unlawful for any
one to Use in any body of water within
the limits of this parish any seine with |
a mesh less than three inches
Sec. Be it ordained. etc, that who
soever shall violate the provisions of
Section I of this Act, shall be fined not |
less than $40 nor more than SIS for each
or be imprisoned for not less
than ten days nor more than twenty days
in the parish jail.
Sec. g. Be it further ordained. ETC.,
that all fines collected under this Act |
shall be paid over to the parish treasur-