The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1859-04-23
Official.
Proceedings of the Board of Police

Official.
Proceedings of the Board of Police
TOXIN OF OPELOUSdS.
SATURDAY, April 16, 1859.
The Board met present, Messrs. j. Ii. San
doz, r. IL. Littell, i. A. King, w. r. Meginley
and NJ. Perrault.
The said members elected on the 4th inst.
for one year, presented their certificates o.
election with the certificate Of their having beer
duly sworn.
On motion, the ballot was dispensed with
and
GResoloed, Unanimously, that F. A,kine
be appointed President. 5c +.
MIR. King took the chair.
MIR. Hebrald moved that the salary Of the
Clerk be $$2OO.
Mr.. Snnduz moved that said salary be $3.50
The motion Of Mr.. liebrard was carried.
efHt III Board therdproceeded to elect a Clerk
(nago Heprard dominated Jos. d. RI hard
Y Bell lhon, the ballot was dispensed will
RssolredI enit,sa,inimonsly. That Jos. d. Ri
ciufa be AndrsAAa duly elected and appointed
II salary Il +S ssnEvas,rer was fixed at til,
sum OF fifty dollars.
AL. Thompson was nomirY-'ed as Treasurer:
On monitor, the ballot waNispensed with
Resolred, Unanimously, that A. j. Thomp.
son be declared duly elected aud appointed
Treasurer.
On motion Of Mr.. IIebrard,
ResolteR, That the Clerk of this Board
ascertain from the editors Of the Conrie1S md
Patriot, by sealed proposals, for how many
dollars they will do all the printing of the
town IF Olelolsas except pampllletS) for the
year ending April 1860. And ti,at the one
who Shall offer to do the sane fNsssbe least
number of dollars, shall be the rriitefSf the
t"wn for tiny aforesaid. Tia, said sealed
proposals shat be receiveEtr the said Clerk
and read ta ms Beard at its lJhass.--meeling on
MnlAlay tt, 18th inst.
On motion Of Mr.. Littell,
Resotsed, That the salary Of the al 7r OF
the Town Of Opelou>as for teLu&4o59 be
fifty dollars and that M,.g-l, Mussa,ld be de.
elared dnly appointed as such assessor.
On motion, the 6.oard adjourned to Monday
the 18th inst, at ~aso'clock z. VI.
Fla. KING, President.
Jos. D. RICHARD. Clerk.
Son dofltt afatD
"A , MoaDai, <ApriFA rloJJ.
The Board met pursuant to adjournment.
,>ler, OF: +. A. King, President p. L..
flcslt Sd, J. II. Sandoz and w. r. Meginley.
Aks0es: NJ. Perraulyv9a X. IL. Lit,eil.
Tie eale2saroposaias0f the Editors Of the
Gsssge'ousas Crdlrier and Opelousas Patriot,
were opened and read by the Clerk, when it
appeared that the Opelousas Courier proposed
70 90 all the printing Of the town Pamphlets
excepted for the sum of seventy-fve dollars,
and That the Patriot proposed to do the same
Tor The sn n Ut tw%enty-lonr dollars the Editor,
OF the Patriot was therefore declared md ap-
poiHf tfdJ The printer If the town for one year.
asnsSS,n Una &c to provide a revenue for the
town of G.sl 0nsas, was tasenG1p and read. 4
Mr.. santsE moved that w tax imposso
on Coifte- honses. and on BEiard Tables. in
artlcle 3, OF said Orlinqr..e. be seventy. FIVE
dollars each. which motion was carried. ~
Mr.. Meg'nley moved that the tax imposed
IN Article 3, on Drug Stores, be twenty-five
dollars. which motion was carried.
Mr.. Hebralu moved to reconsider the votes
Just taken fixing the tax on Coffee-houses and
Billiard Tables at $775, and the lax on Drug.
Stores at S23, which motion having been car
rled, on motion of the sam member, the resin,
buttons We're annulled. I
" An Ordinance to provide a revenue forA<Ible
town OF Opelousas : was again taken up ant
passed.
On motion Of Mr.. Meginley, the town Con.
stable was ordered to build a bridge n, The
UNITS OF the Corporation, on the road from,
TO Bellevue, said brsee to be Is
ieel long, I feet wide, the ditch E.tches deepl
On motion of Mr.. Hebrard. the Boar
i'm punI u, 80 ..a - n NJ