The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-07-24
Official Proceedings of the Police Jury
of Grant Parish.
Continued from last aoeek.)


of Louisiana:
Be it ordained by the police jury of
Grant parish, Louisiana, that wards
number three, four and six of said par
ish and State be and the same are here
by devided into districts and the citi-
zens appointed to be road overseers-
are hereby authorized and instructed to
call out all persons subject to road duty
as provided by the laws of the State OF
Louisiana and cause them to work on
the public roads three full days in each
quarter of the year.
Be it further ordained, That the road
apportioners appointed by the police
jury in said wards three, four and six,
saaIl apporti.n the road hands to the
different roads according to the require
ments and conditions in their respecti-
tive wards, and shall inspect the roads
and report any and ali failures of the
overseers to perform their duties, to
the Grand Jury at the regular sessions
of the same. And the apportioners for
and in consideration of such service as
they may render shall be exempt from
road duty as many days as may be re-
quired for the performance Of the ser
vices here provided.
ROAD APPoRTIONERS
For ward three-W. o. Hutchinson,
Odus Watson and j. F. Johnson; who
shall meet at Dry Prong on the 18th
day of July, 1915. and then and there
apportion the road hands in and for the
ward.
For ward four-W. P. Deem, T. o.
Nugent and j. l.. Kent, who shall meet
at Willlana on the 18th day of July,
1915, and then and there apportion the
road hands in and for the ward.
For ward six-J. w. O'Quinn, ]. A.
Fuller and C. w. Calhoun; who shall
meet at Aloha on the 18th day of July,
1915 and then and there appointion the
road hands in and for the ward.
ROAD ovERsEERs.
The following named citizens were
appointed as road overseers:
For Ward three-On Claiborn road
from ward line to Dry Prong, I. j.
Walker overseer; from Dry Prong to
line of ward 2, Allen Butts overseer;
on Pollock Rochelle road from line Of
ward 2. TO Sand Spur, James Chandler
overseer; from Sand Spur to line OF
ward a, j. Nj. Slayter overseer; ON Dry
Prong-Fish Creek road, from line of
ward to Dry Prong Mike Henegan
overseer; on Fish Creek Pollock road,
from line of ward 4 to Colfax- Rochelle
model road, Isaiah Walker overseer;
on Thompson Ferry road, from Bryan
Spur to the ferry. Derwood Penning-
ton, overseer; on Verda- Pollock road,
from line of ward A to w. M. Gentry's
place, j. H. Faircloth overseer; from
w. M. Gentry's place to L. & A. R. R.
crossing, Hugh Watson overseer; from
Dry Prong to Colfax-P Pollock road, j.
w. Smith overseer; on Colfax- Pollock
road, from line of ward to Dry Prong
road, T. C. Coleman overseer; on Col
fax-Hebron church road from model
road to Luther Corbitt's place, C. G.
Jones overseer; on Colfax- Liberty
Chapel road, from model road to Mrs.
SinquefieId's place, T. B. Deem over
seer; from Sinquefeld's place to ward
line, W. E. hurry overseer; on Colfax
Georgetown road, from Liberty Chapel
road to line of ward a, C. F. Blackwell
overseer; on Black Creek Pineville road
from Liberty Chapel road to line of
ward 2 Mile Newton.
For ward four-On Pollock Verda
road from line of ward to Iatt bridge,
E. o. Tingle overseer; on Colfax-Lib-
erty Chapel road, from line of ward 8
to Liberty Chapel, Ed. Watson, over
seer; on Clairborn road from line of
ward 8 to Liberty Chapel. Will Shirley
overseer; on same road from Liberty
Chapel to Saddle Bayou, r. M. Deem
overseer; on the new road from Saddle
Bayou to Colfax-Georgetown road, G.
r. Guynes overseer; on Williana road
from Clairborn road to line of ward 5,
F. M. Deem overseer; on Colfax- George
town road from line of ward to L. &
A. R. R. crossing, E. E. Slayter over
seer; on same road flom L. & A. r. R.
crossing to line of ward s, G. S. Hart
overseer; on Iatt-Pollock road from
Georgetown road to o. C. Nugent's
place, w. G. Lincecum overseer; on
same road from o. C. Nugent's place
to line of ward 8, w. j. Rambo over
seer; on Fish creek Dry Pong road from
D. C. Nugent's place to line of ward 8,