Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1854-06-10
of the Police jury.
pIRISY OF TERRERONNE

Conformablv to adjournment, the Police jury
e tho porisl of Terrebonne met this dav Nav
VI .he ~ ~ 5000 '' '
29th, lo3i 4
Members Present: r. D. Jordan, J. J. Hanna,
O,oz;pn tvcock A Iirette lbs Avcock e
wh'Ai'e - 80 -
Iremouiet, fran9ols Ilcou' ie'ef "eish' - H.
NenI1rs ,d5seut: H. G. Thibodaux. VIM. A,
B;sland. r. L. Butler.
IN motion Of Mr. Welsh Mr. ITmho,fold wa G
,cnnestcd to act ,s pres;den+ ,,,o tom,
On motion Of Mr. Welsh The reading Of the
minutes of tho !. Ct meet;nr wos d;snansed With
Mr. Hanna. Chairman Of committee an
no;ntsd ut a nrey;ons ,neet;na ~ draw mn q
Now oo,. ~ Poad laws rreson7ad tbo renort of
cold couu;ttao which an n,o+;on If NJ. Jordan.
was odontad
IT. Ma pios;5o,, of Ma po,,oo 1
rb G;,,o o ~ ~ ~ y. U ~, ox;st;no notice
reana o Road 70 snd m s such
,er I oo a ar neg e's md esamned the
erjs,;n ordinonces ND & -. ,ho conclusion that an
entire change in the system was necessary.
The present police regulations sufficient to procure
good roads, If they enfoced but they have not been
enforced it seems difficult procure the services OF
Road Inspector who will enforce them The present system
has been tried long enough to prove that works oaa,
and they recommend the adoption OF system similar 10
that Of the neghborng States which has been long tried
and found to work very we'll
They recommend that the Office of Road Inspector be
aboshed that the Parish be divided into Road Districts
M hee n e rens an% n ap
become part of the nearest Road District and that an
0vrseer of Roads be appointed annually for each District
with mi power to compel every one to perform his share Of
road duty And ordered the following Ordinance to be drawn
up or CONSIDERATION at meeting TO De ned subsequently
AVOID any more delay their proceedings are submitted Tor
the consideration Of the Police Jury.
May l. 1854: JAMES j. HAMA Chairman. man
tne o, y, do 70. e1 ~ Nv go
Ine,ioneu 'oie. VIZ is'a, su ~, -, ~
49, .i viz '''''' IONA va
'"D MI n, r."an sj . o,,,oa eon ~
n, t,aoa1,,. - :. s 1891 o 49, Masses
r ArcooL n Arcocl, T;ratto Tramo,1et Pr
W., .I =: H. q ,sat; a
cou ana welsh, voted In the a1hrmatlve; ana
Messrs Jordan Hanna and Carothers. voted in
tho poro4;vo ..
e,, ,
tth moton OF MT ). Aycock, IL was
sotred That the Office Of Road Inspector be and the
same is hereby abolished.
FURTHER resolced, That the Parish be and is hereby di
vded into six Road Districts and that Inspector be
appointed by the Police Jury to superntend each District.
Said Parish is divided as follows to-wit:
olaux extending down IN tho Ravon Terrahnnna r. the
lower line of r. r Barrow,s yyrlle Grove Plantation
including the causeway situated between bayou Hack
ing to the Barraaria and Lafourche Canal COMPANY
econd District-From the lower line of X. 4. Barrows
"Myrtle Grove" antation the Little Gallon, extend
ing down to the sea shore.
Third Disttict-From the lower line of R. R. Barrow's
"Myrtle Grove" Plantation the Bayou Terrebonne,
eAehding down to the sea shore on SAID bayou
and BAYOU Du Large N' ' oO
Fin Dis,,ict-From the lower line of W. A. Shafer ex-
tending down the BAYOU Black to the limits of the parish
mart of BAYOU Black extending IN from the lower line Of
W. A. Smaller to the upper line OF T. T. III. Ellis, ncu
Terrebonne, f
On motion of Mr. Tremon]et the President
:.1 N
aPpoinleu u committee Oh thfee members 10 nx
the yearly salary of the different Road Inspec-
tors Messrs Welsh Tramoulet ond rorothers
oor,nosaJ Isl ssn: anu ~"io'nei'
'onPoeeu sa.u coHhlttee.
The following report was read and adopted
an. = ,
tim tsa as app9n.ea to x the Of
report as follows to-wit: ''''' D'='' '~'
The Inspector in the First District should receive Two
recavs tne IN me second District sn1aa
District should receive Seventy Five Doars the insnector
in the Fourth District should receive One Hundred and Fifty
Dollars the Inspector in the Fifth District should receive
One Hundred Dollars and the Inspector in the Sixth Dis
the First District be required to furnish his bond with
good security in the of Five Hundred Dollars for the
shall be required to execute their bond in the sum Of Three
Hundred Dollars, conditioned in a like manner h 5
p. WELSH, J. L. CARornERs,
On motion of Mr.. Hanna, H-2 =
Reso1ce That the Police Jury proceed the election Of
Road Inspectors whose term Of service shall expire the
to w the IN cass hv
President Of the Police Jury shall appoint another to serve
IN ms sead and the said Road Inspectors shall be paid for
the report Of the committe VIZ "'e PEI "nnu a. Aeo "
Inspector of First District . =. $500
Second District. Observation-Disclosures. Is
~ Fourth s, District $50
sixth Dtt . :. = :. 1 toe
And said Rood fnsnec.ors sh. r; thi et; INSECTS
f al t da hasnt a, aef ressG a n
D. I......S " VIZ Aeai''i
osa ana be vested with all the authority here
The fnliowina ;s i;t " .ha pad 1. ,.ah
the Police Inry viz - ~ >"" i' ~ ~
p II Darce for the First Distric, Themes Ruf, FIR Tho
Second. t. Chanvp sor tho Tb;rd EIoran.;r M;.hnI
for the Fourth. i v Routejon for the E;ah. - 9 Nina
for the Sixth 80 -.->' '-." " -1'AH
r.t.i P.I,'' A VI 'o'oia, iii"oi',n's VI Dayou
Hi'tie Caluou, praying that q reduction OF the
tax on pedlars be made, was on motion of Mr.
Jordan laid on tba ahio = II
~ e. 4-.t
DH Monon OF ME- Hanna, .,.q54... .g.,
Resotned, That the Of Twelve Hundred Dollars be
and the hereby the of put
ting into repair the causeway leading from the Bayou Little
Terebonne to Bayou Terrebonne on the line dividing the
lands of Mrs. Ellis from those of H. Barras Provided the
shall not be payable from the Parish Treasury before
the first day of April 1856 said to be drawn the
mad n q he ne M Of the Jury and sha
pointed to superintend or contract for the reps Of said
carseway.
Messrs. j. j. Hanna, M. III. Daunis and A. |
McCollum were annointed members Of said
,,;t.. ff . " '"
o0 ~
On motion OF Mr.. Welsh, the election precinct |
in the 10th Ward was changed from the house
of pa,,l Eoro.. =. ~. Is1 go .--:s ~
- oos ~ .ne nI,ooi mousse Ia salu ward