The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1918-04-05
Official Proceedings of the Police Jury
of Grant Parish.
Colfax, La, April /, 1918.

Official Proceedings of the Police Jury
of Grant Parish.
Colfax. La, April /, 1918.
The police jury met in regular
quarterly session with w. A..
Brownlee, president, j. M. Jones,
j. j. Dewitt, w. P. Deem, C. w.
Calhoun and G. c. Purvis pres
ent.
The minutes of last meeting
were read and approved.
The report of the committee of
freeholders appointed to lay out
a change of the Alexandria and
Claiborne road at and near Dry
Prong, was read, and being prop
erly signed and sworn to by all
six of the freeholders, same was
accepted and the committee dis
charged. ~
The report of the committee
of freeholder3 appointed to re-
view and mark out a road lead
ing from the Colfax and Mont
gomery hill road at j. w. Jow-
ers', running northwest and in
+. tersecting the Montgomery and
Swafford road near Ed Howell's
place, was read, and on motion
of Mr.. Pursis the following ordi-
nance was adopted:
Be it resolved by the police ju-
ry of Grant parish, La, in legal
session convened, That the re-
port of the reviewers appointed
February II, 1918, to review and
mark out road from the Mont
gomery and CoIfax hill road west
of j. w. lowers place and inter-
secting the Montgomery and CAL
houn road near Ed HowelPs
place, be received and the COM
mittee discharged.
Be it further resolved, etc.,
that the route as surveyed and
reported to this body by the re-
viewers of a road to extend from
the Montgomery and Colfax hill
road about one-fourth of a mile
west of j. w. lowers place run
ming in q northwest course across
sections IS and 20, interesting
the Montgomery and Swafford
road near the southeast corner of
section Is, township 8 north,
range 4 west, be and the same Is
hereby declared to be a public
road, when opened up without
any expense to the parish or
ward.
On motion of Mr.. Jones the
following ordinance was adopted:
By Mr.. ]. M. Jones'
An ordinance making it unlaw-
full for any person or persons to
transport or offer to transport.
or in any way or in any manner
to aid or assist any person or
persons to be transported in, on,
over or through the streets, al
leys, public highways, rivers or
streams of the parish of Grant.
Louisiana, by means of an auto
mobile, boat or other vehicle, or
in any manner, for purposes of
lewdness, prostitution, or assig-
nation, or for any other unlawful
or immoral purpose, and provid-
ing the penalty therefor.
Section /. Be it ordained by
the police jury of the parish of
Grant, Louisiana, in regular ses-
sion convened, That it shall be
unlawful for any person or per-
sons to transport or offer to
transport, or to aid or assist any
person or persons in transport
ing directly or indirectly any per-
son or persons in, on. over OF
through any streets, alley. public
highways, rivers or streams OF
the parish of Grant, Louisiana,
by means of automobile, boats OF
other vehicle, or in any other
manner, for purposes of lewd'
ness, designation, or prostitution,
or for any other immoral pur'
pose.
Section 2. Be it further or
dained, ETC., That any person
who shall be convicted of violat
ing section one of this ordinance
shall be fined not more than one
hundred dollars, or imprisoned
not more than thirty days fol
each offense, or both fine and i'm
prisonment at the discretion o.
the court.
Section 8. Be it further or
dained, ETC., That all ordinances
and parts of ordinances in con
flict herewith be and the sam,
are hereby repealed.
On motion of Mr.. Dewitt tn,