The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-08-15
The Parish Seat Removal Act.

The Parish Seat Removal Act.
We reproduce below in full House Bill
No. 227, introduced by Mr.. Hughes (by
and which has been referred to as
the Parish Seas Removal Act. The only
two points we wish to call attention to are
That two thirds of the qualified electors of
the, parish will be necessary to remove the
parish site, and that the election must be
held and the new Court House and Jail
built Gin the event the proposal should
carry) without expense to the parish. The
Act provides all this. Read it for yourself.
1t follows:
AN ACT
To provide for the removal of the Parish
seat of Bossier Parish from Benton to
Bossier City; ordering the submission of
the question Of such removal to the quail
flied electors of the parish; providing
for holding said election and for declar-
ing the result and providing that same
shall be held and that the new Court
House and Jail shall be erected without
cost to the parish and that bond for same
shall be taken by the Police Jury.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State Of Louisiana, (no-
tice of the intoduction of this Act having
been given and proof exhibited according
to Article so of the Constitution),
That the Parish Seat of the Parish of
Bossier be and is hereby removed from
said Parish of Bossier.
Section 2. Be it further enacted, ETC.,
That the President of the Police Jury of
Bossier Parish, shall during the month of
August 1912, issue a proclamation order
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the first Monday in November, 1912, for
the purpose of obtaining an expression of
the will of the electors of said parish to
ratify or refuse to ratify this Act.
Section 3. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That at said election the ballots shall be
"for the removal of the Parish Seat from
Benton to Bossier City, and "against re-
moval of the Parish Seat from Benton to
Bossier City," If at said election two
thirds of the qualified electors of said
moval OF the Parish Seat from Benton to
Bossier City, then this Act shall have effect,
and the Police Jury shall declare the Parish
Seat removed to Bossier City, and shall
order the parish records removed to said
Bossier City, and shall provide temporary
quarters for the same at said Bossier City
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Section 4. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the Police Jury at it's regular meeting
in October or as soon thereafter as practi-
and one clerk at each polling place in the
Police Jury, who shall meet on the follow
ing Tuesday after said election and can
vas the returns and proclaim the result of
said election.
Section 5. Be it further enacted, etc.,
That the election herein provided for shall
be held under the general election laws in
so far as they are not in conflict with this
Act, and at the polling places established
by law.
Section 6. Be it further enacted, etc.,
Thata new Court House and Jail shall be
provided without expense or cost to the
Parish of Bossier, and that at the meeting
of the Police Jury in October, 1912, bond
shall be filed with said Police Jury, signed
| by some person desiring the removal of
said Court House as herein above provided
| for, said bond to be signed by good and
solvent security for the sum of thirty five
thousand dollars, conditioned that the
signers of said bond will erect and present
to the Police Jury, free of cost and ex-
pense, and free from debt or lien, in Bossier
City Court House and Jail, the duplicates
of the present Court House and Jail at
Benton, to be erected on lot furnished
free of charge, at a location and of size
satisfactory to the Police Jury; the parties
building said Court House having the right
to use the material in the Court House and
Jail at Benton, free of charge, in the erec-
ton Of such new building, and said parties
erecting said Court House are to nav the
expense of furnishing temporary quarters
for the public records and officers in Bossier
City, while said Court House is being
erected, and they shall be liable on their
bond for this expense, and provided finally
that if no such bond as herein above de-
scribed shall be filed with the Police Jury,
that no election shall be held, and this en-
tire Act shall be without effect. That this
Act shall lake effect from its passage.
1 Approved: July 1, 1912.