The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-06-24
Ordinance,

Providing for the purchase ant
maintenance of a farm for the INDECENT
poor and persons convicted of misde
meanors and crimes and creating 6
Board of Control for the government
thereof, and defining It's duties and
powers.
Section l. Be it ordained by the pc.
lice jury of the parish Of Caddo, State
of Louisiana, that farm be purchased
and used for the purpose of providing
a home for the INDECENT poor of the
parish of Caddo, and where persons con-
vieted of misdemeanors 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 Board of
Control as hereinafter created.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, etc,
that portion of said farm be set aside
for the purpose of confning persons
who have been convicted of INSIDE
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-
CURED to work said farm, or perform
any service necessary or proper, unless
unable to do so; that all per
sons physically unable to perform
heavy work sail be required to do
light work.
Sec. T. BE it further ordained. etc.
that Board Of Control be, and the
same is hereby created which shall con
slst 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 at
the time other officers of the iury are
elected and for term of the same DIN.
ration as the terms of the police iur
ors and removable at the pleasure of
the Police jury, provided the first
board shall be elected as soon after
the adoption of this ordinance as prac
tlcable. Said two members shall not
be police jurors, but they shall be ner-
sons of good moral character, and yot.
ers and taxpayers Of Caddo parish. The
members OF said Board of Control shall
receive no pay for their work.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained. etc.
hat said Board of Control shall hold
meetings once in each month Cor often.
II If necessary in the Police Jnrv
'oom IN Shreveport, or on the farm.
hey shall have the power to employ a
superintendent, fix his salary and term
II office, and dismiss him for cause. n
employ such helpers as are necessary
X their wages, term of office. or dis
Mss them for cause; to contract for
uch building OF buildings as are necas.
AIRY provided that mo contract for
'ulldlng to cost more than 800 shall
loc become binding unless approved by
ne jury To contract for and NM.
'hase all animals and implements neees-
airy TO Wo~k said farm, and all provi-
IONS and upplies necessary for the in.
mates thereof, and to keep an accurate
lecount OF all expenditures and 70.
elptss as well as all products raised an
ne farm and used thereon-proyided |
and account shall designate clearly the |
ne cost OF maintaining the Poor Farm
ost 81 maintaining the Work Farm and /