The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-04-05

Treasurer s,s, Parish u ST. Landry.
,or .se year en- II Monday, Of March,
1901, De and thy ne sshy fixed at The
sum Of sevontee. III MS.
/: Nj. N ccrory pr SiurPH BE.
relative to the n II
WnEarAs, =. s-e yorv
OF tho Parjr' xel3thl
day Of K ,sx,s
entertc Ss'
,IsaxA soi that ses
Vestern Rain lch IL
{o runSNy s.sudf Parish, accoyarny To- the
undersls siding Of the tax payers thereof, Il liz
.lme me vote was taken, on the Railroad Tax,
y was resolved to suspend the collection Of said
tax until such time al the said Pollce In,s
should DC satisfied that the said section Of the
road would be speedily hcran and completed.
and whereas, the Police Jury belisvfss, from u.
Information in it's posscssioA at tho
said road has been vigorously, and thus ssnc.
cessfully, pushed forward towards its Z
ton, ncvsnty-one miles thereof, from IL
minus at Aigiers, being now in running u
aihd that II is the intention Of the Board Of
rectors of aaid road soon to- sin the constrf l
ton Of that section, thereof which lies betws
the TOW of Ne ia, in the parish of y
Martin. and III q Washington, in Il
PARISH,
On motion Of Mr.. Thompson.
Therefore, Resolved, LIST. That the Pas y
Collector Of this Parish be and is hereby an
thorized to proceed Immediately to collect ~
Railroad Tar now due by the saiessparish
the year 1855, after he shall have rIuuu7a
Plete and final settlement, with the PARIS.
Treasurer for the Railroad Tax for the year
1854, with which s.Sn6w charged.
"a. That for the purpose Of collecting said
tax. he be and is hereby clothed with The same
authority and power which he possessed for the
purpose of collecting the Railroad Tax 81 1854.
Sd. That said Collector shall make a COM
plete and final settlement with the Parish Treas
nrer, for the said Railroad Tax of 1855, on OF
before the first Monday 1857.
The Police Jury then proce&4 to fix the
per centago to be allowed for the collection Of
said Railroad Tax Of 1855.
Mr.. McCrory moved, to allow tho Collector
nine per cent.
Mr.. Sandoz moved 10 allow seven per cent.
. Whereupon the Jury procee ded to vote upon
the motion to allow nino per cent, which motion
was carried. $50 ~
vi motiou W MIs mCCTOTys H
Resolved. Shat before proceeding to tho col.
lection of said1Railroad Tax, due for the year
1855, the Collector thereof shall furnish a bond
for the sum of twenty thousand doltsrs.
Mr. Thompson in tho chair. HI. 4
Mr.. CAN'T presented a list of 49, Of per
sons on the Railrs Tax iisoIl of the yea 1854
wrongly -ssesse@, and for which he claimee
credit ; the said list of taxes amounting to the
sum of four hundred and sixty-seven dollar.
and forty Ct y, for names Of persons assessed
as residents Of the Parish, and fifty-four dollar.
and ninety cents for non-residents; making the
aggregate sum Of five hundred and twenty tive
dollars and thirty cents.
On motion of Mr.. HuHipower,
Resolved, That Mr.. Ebert CAN'T, ColIecto
of the Railroad Tax for 1854, be credited will
the sum of five hundred and twenty-five dol
lars and thirty cents, being the amount wrongly
assessed, las per list furnished,) and that III,
PaIisi, Treasurer be authorized TO allow a de
duction of said sum.
Resolved, That the CollectGA n the Railfoat
Tax. for tho year 1855, be allowed the san'
credits that haf G been allowed, at different
times, bykhe.Pohce Jury, to tile Collector Of
tho Railroad Tax for 1854.
The President resumed the chair.
Un motion of Mr.. McCroryi
Resolved that a COMMITTEES three, 10 wit
Antoine B.. Carte, Isaac R. Jat d and Thas
McCra,y, be arpointedto cal ny II. Bell
Esq saNd receipt to him I, looks, papers
etc, belonging To the Parish ID. Landry, an
deliver the same to Jos. d. Richard, Clerk {
the Police Jury of said Parish.
MI. Huffpower reported that the pauper, Mar
Gotham, had deceased.
Ornotion Of Mr.. Jackson,
Resolved, That the public road on the Hortl
side of the Bayou Rouge, be and the same
hereby abolished.
The President Of the Jury presented the II
port Of Mr.. Robert Benguerel, Treasurer f
the year ending the goth of February, 1856
On mot-n-eg Mr., Carte, =,
The dry adjourned untfrsahe next regult
meeting. IBERT CAN'T,
Attest: President
JOS. d. RIcHAnD, Clerk. &