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when this Act takes SEC. 8. He it further enacted, 4-c., That this Act shall be in
effect.f
force and take effect from the passage thereof.
JNO. M. SANDIDGE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
W. W. FARMER,
Lieutenant Governor and President of the Senate.
Approved, March 16th, 1854.
P. 0. HEBERT,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy.
ANDREW S. HERRON,
Secretary of State.
No. 230.] AN ACT
To grant to the Mayor and Trustees of the Town of Shreveport, and to the Police
Jury of the Parish of Caddo, power to establish Workhouses.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the State of Louisiana in General Assembly con-
Certain powers vened, That the Mayor and the Trustees of the Town of Shreveport,
granted to the Alyo
and Trustees of te and the Police Jury of the Parish of Caddo, shall severally or jointly
on ohe e Jur, have full power and authority to establish within their territorial lim-
of Caddo Parish, to its, workhouses or houses of correction, and for this purpose be au-
establish workhouses. thorized to buy and hold such property as may be required, and to
erect thereon such buildings, workshops and fixtures as may be neces-
sary.
whonous by SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, &c., That the workhouses shall
be managed and controlled by the authorities erecting them, and in
Number of Commis- case of a joint action by the Mayor and Trustees of the Town of
sioners, and by whom Shreveport and the Police Jury, by Commissioners appointed, one-
appointed. half by each body, two of which Commissioners shall be the Mayor
of the Town and the President of the Police Jury.
Powers of the Dis SEc. 3. Be it further enacted, &c., That the presiding Judge of
trict Judge, Mayor ofrtereatd .,psing o
Shreveport, and al the District Court in and for the Parish of Caddo, the Mayor of the
inscesof tre eace Town of Shreveport, and the several Justices of the Peace in and for
tive to persons con- the Parish of Caddo, shall have power and by this Act are required
victed of vagrancy, to commit and confine in the said workhouse all persons convicted of
vagrancy, or of disorderly or indccent conduct, at their discretion, for
a period not to exceed thirty days, and all persons fined for crimes
and misdemeanors, who shall not immediately on conviction pay the
fine and costs of prosecution; provided, however, that no person shall
be sent to the workhouse for an offence for which he has been sent to
the Penitentiary or the Parish Jail.
Runaway slaves how SEc. 4. Be it further enacted, &c., That all slaves taken up as
runaways, shall be sent to the workhouse, and there employed apart
from the white persons confined therein, until legally claimed by their
owners.
Persons committed Sac. 5. Be it further enacted, &c., That all male white persons,
is the Workhousr, - n pros
may be ordered to and all Slaves committed to the workhouse, may be employed by order
work on the streets of the Mayor of the Town and President of the Plc Jur in work-
the Town, or on lb1 Sf of e Town ,ce d, th Prhod
reads of the Parish. ing on the streets of the Town, and the Parish roads.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsla0406&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)