State ex rel. Davis v. Police Jury of Bossier Parish
Supreme Court of Louisiana
A PPEAL from the Second District Court, Parish of Bossier. Boone, J. . The parish seat of a parish can not be changed until an act of the Legislature has been passed for that purpose, and this act adopted at a special election “ by a majority of the votes of th,e parish cast at such election.”
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A PPEAL from the Second District Court, Parish of Bossier. Boone, J. . The parish seat of a parish can not be changed until an act of the Legislature has been passed for that purpose, and this act adopted at a special election “ by a majority of the votes of th,e parish cast at such election.” Const., Art. 230. 2. Under this constitutional provision Act 83 of 1888 was passed, granting tile people of Bossier parish the right of hold mg a special election for the removal of their parish seat from Bellevue to one of the several designated points. By tills act it was the duty of the Police .Jury…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
McEnery, J.
Act 88 of 1888 authorized the voters of the parish of Bossier, by election to select a parish site. The claims of the several towns to" be recognized as the parish site, under the election held in pursuance of said aet, have been frequently before this court. The facts are fulty reported in the cases of Woodruff et als. vs. Police Jury, 41 An. 851; Davis vs. Police Jury, 42 An. 968; Police Jury vs. Judge, 48 An. 125. Under the Act 33 of 1888, the *1011Police Jury was invested with power to order the election, to appoint commissioners, to receive…
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