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p ws under the provisions of this act, shall be borne by the person becoming the
%or. master or owner of said slave.
WM. W. PUGH,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
WM. F. GRIFFIN,
President of the Senate.
Approved March 17th, 1859.
ROBERT C. WICKLIFFE,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
A true copy.
ANDREW S. HIERRON,
Secretary of State.
No. 276.] AN ACT
To provide for the goverunient of the town of Monroe, and the administration of the affairs
thereof.
Incorporated SECTION 1. Be it enacted bly the Senate and House of Reyresentatives of
lbnits of tmetown the State of Louisiata, in General Assembly convened, That the inhabitants of
o that tract of country lying on the cast bank of the Ouachita River, in the
parish of Ouachita, bounded as follows, to wit: Beginning on the bank of
said river at the lower corner of what is called the Bry and Essick saw-mill
lot, thence cast with the lower line of said lot to the public road; thence
with said road to the upper line of Henry Bry's plantation; thence along
said line east to a point from which a line at right angles, and as nearly
parallel to the river as can be, and include the residence and premises form-
erly owned and occupied by William Shannon, and the residence of Hypo-
lite Filhol to the lower line of A. G. Breard's plantation ; thence with said
Breard's lower line to the river, in such direction as will include the resi-
dences of Mrs. E. W. Warfield, R. F. McGuire and Lewis F. Lamry within
said corporation, thence with the river to the place of the beginning, be,
ncorporation. and are hereby incorporated as a municipal corporation under the name and
style of the town of Monroe.
MeonIo or a Src. 2. Be it further enacted, &c., That in order for the government and
'freamirtr, Town police of said corporation there shall be elected on the first Monday of May
or, Colector and next, and every year thereafter, unless a ditlerent time be fixed by the Trus-
.rovided for tees, by the qualified voters of said town from among themselves, a Treas-
urer, a Towzi Constable and Assessor, and Collector and seven Trustees, in
the manner and with the powers hereinafter set forth.
socion of a Se. 8. Be it ftrther enactel, &c., That there shall be elected on the
Myor providcat second Monday of May next, and each and every year thereafter, unless a
different time he fixed by thle Trustees, by the qualified voters of said town
from anong themselves, a Mayor of said town of Monroe, with the pow-
ers and duties hereinafter set forth.
Election for of. SEF.c. 4. Be it further enacted, &c., That all elections for officers of this cor-
ticers-tow hold- poration shall be held and presided over by the same commissioners that are
n and conducted appointed to hold the general elections in the State, and shall be conducted
according to the laws of the State regulating elections in all respects, except
the returns, which shall be made to the office of the Clerk of the Court of the](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsla0474&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)