The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-07-11
Ordinance.

Providing for the purchase and
maintenance of farm for the INDECENT
poor and persons convicted of misde-
meanors and crimes and creating a
Board of Control for the government
thereof, and defining its duties and
powers,
Section l. Be it ordained by the po-
lice jury of the parish of Caddo, State
of Louisiana, that farm be purchased
and used for the purpose of providing
home for the Sndigent poor of the
parish of Caddo, and where persons con
victed of misdemeaners and petty
crimes, who are unable to work on the
public roads of the parish, may be con-
fined and required to do such work as
they are capable Of.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
that the portion of said farm which is
used for the purpose of furnishing a
home for the INDECENT poor, shall be
known and designated as the Caddo Par
| ish Poor Farm, and all paupers and
persons dependent on the parish for
support be placed therein, and that said
persons be required to work, or not, as
may be determined by the Beard of
| Control as hereinafter created.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
that portion of said farm be set aside
for the purpose of combining persons
who have been convicted of misde-
meanors or petty crimes, and who are
unable to work on the public roads of
the parish; that said portion of the
farm shall be surrounded by a wire
fence and entirely separated from the
portion of the farm known as the Poor
Farm; that said portion of the farm
shall be known and designated as the
Caddo Parish Work Farm; that the in
mates of said Work Farm shall be re
uuired to work said farm, or perform
any service necessary or proper, unless
physically unable to dosso; that all per
sons physically unable to perform
heavy work shall be required to dc
light work.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, etc.
that a Board of Control be, and the
same is hereby created which shall con
Isist of three members, one of whom
shall be selected from among the mem
bers of the Police Jury, and said mem
Der shall be chairman of said board
the other two members of said board
shall be elected by the Police Jury al
the time other officers of the jury are
elected and for term of the same du
ration as the terms of the police jur
ors and removable at the pleasure oil
the Police Jury, provided the first
board shall be elected as soon afte1
the adoption of this ordinance as prac
ticable. Said two members shall no
be police jurors, but they shall be per
} tsons of good moral character, and vot
ers and taxpayers of Caddo parish. Thu
members of said Board of Control shall
receive no pay for their work
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, etc.
that said Board of Control shall hold
meetings once in each month (or often
er if necessary in the Police Jur,
room in Shreveport, or on the farm
they shall have the power to employ
superintendent, fix his salary and tern
of office, and dismiss him for cause; t.
employ such helpers as are necessary
fix their wages, term of office, or dis
miss them for cause; to contract TO
such building or buildings as are neces
sary Crowded that mo contract TO
building to cost more than 800 shall
not become binding unless approved b,
, the Jury.) To contract for and pur
chase ali animals and implements neces
sary to work said farm, and all provi
sions and supplies necessary for the in
mates thereof, and to keep an accurat
account of all expenditures and re
ceipts, as well as all products raised Of
3 the farm and used thereon-provide
said account shall designate clearly tn
the cost Of maintaining the Poor Farr
cost of maintaining the Work Farm an