The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1861-06-15

fuaTy 1854 be aud IS hereby 'PpToSfialt3 y"
! the relief OF Widow Jean Garry. ,
Mr.. fontenot presented The rffior, esc'i''-
u,issioners appointed to cause . bridge 10 ns
built over Bayou Cane, and on mtilou ne shia
report MAS adopted saud it was nrderea ina "a
warrant be issued IN iavor of 'he contractor,
JOSEPH. Urteae. for the sgll Oh ohe hundred
and twerty-fonr dollars.
90 motion of Mr., i2ontenot,
Rest ICED, That a warrant shall kse issued 10
favor of Levy Campbell for buisasfE The bridge
Oh Cpaie Cturlie III The road fH8sia 'sne ffai
RE to Beaver Greek Springs, ttssas fling wi'l'
the clerk Of The jury, The Fetafi os the com
missiuners certifying tiiat the Sail bridge has
been completed and accepted.
tin melton ii Mr., FthiteHot,
The EoiIuwng Directors CT unbranded Cattle
were appointed, 10 wit
I.auss neville in the 10Th Ward.
Joseph David in the 18th Wusd.
Scfruy Mannef in the 9Th Ward.
Joachim I.at,irenean in the llth Ward,
Mr.. CAN'T Rail Road tax ~caliect,sr presented
II list Ut utlcolieclabte' Rail Road ttssss, ashe'iill-
ing for each year ut the sun # Ntie Thousand
and iiirely-nine dollars and tlliti,y-ipt'f cents
for which he c'aiflled credit. antl it was ordered
that he said list BIZ fled wifh the clerk That
The Parish Treasurer be authorized to credit
the said collector With the aforesaid sum Vi
One thousand and nineiy,nine dollars and tilir-
ty four cents and tilat the sad collector he
personally responsible for any errors which
may be found in the said list, furnished BY
him. ~. XII
On motion of Mr.. Jewellers,
ReSoiuef. That The Treasurer stlals not ALLOW
the full anionht Of per gailt m t'ie lta'i k''atf
tax Roll to the e~oiitctnr until titai excitement;
after d'ta! settlement Tie Treasurer shall ai'ti"
she collector the whole per cent on The full
@nl,so,itt of the Roll. .
That the clerk Of this Hoiy aIlaw siietl
%ahlunst al Rail Rpsd collectors printers bill
as vouchers furnished Eor work dome.
That the col ectof be authorized to seizo
and adv, rise ard offer for sat, property Of
such persons a. have noi paid their Rail Road
taxes and if there is not u sufficient amount
bid 10 cover the tux, that the collector be au-
thurizel to bid the anlonnt uf tax aiid COSTS
for the Pari-h, and that The Treasurer shall
give The collector credit for The amount so Fatd
IN. -
ON motion ri Mr.. Jewellers.
AIessrs Il. j. Smith Jr., Alcide keriegatd
and NaI.nont Sicily were appointed commits
st''ilFis W auliit VA ottlGV a. ''s HSN''
Of Bayou ~IFpse,ier and Bayou 1eehe. and re-
ut the next meeting If the Police.
On motion Of Mr.. Thompson,
Rssoipsd. That the 'ep,:t Il the Jury Of
free holders a(,t,ei lted by The jury to trace
and lay mt q public road fran, the rt,ad near
Df. t'aimer'- plantation 10 the Plalnem!ile
read iiear Widow I~faialre I}onrglit, be and
the same is hereby adopted. and tina, The said
Rad lie declared u public roal-aani Resolved
further that The following bands shall work on
said read, to wit :-of-- lioarkit, Louis V.
t'haehere, VeiIIund tliaclere, Mrs j. Dixon
William Bacon, aud plantation Ut Estate Of
Thomas ii. Lewis. +
Tie Jury had o recess and having re assem-
b!ed.
Mr.. Huff owe presented a petition Of the
inhabitants III Big Cane TO change n portion
Of The public road running mp Dry Bayou and
On motion. H.
RESOLVED, That David Y. Lambert be and is
hereby authorized 10 clIgige n portion ST the
pubic road running mp Dry Baytn, SO as to
ran along the sn,th line If said i.ambert be-
tween his and EIiiai. Fisher's plantations; pro-
ysded that the purttesa Of road thus changed
shall run ON the iaiitl nf said lambert. and
that he keep Tie same in good. order during
one sesr.
Mr.. Hnftfpower presented a petition To an
! ,ttisrizMl Ifriaa tI4Fytr. t.sthaHae The ts,tbsic
read running acfsSs Ills lssid. and o., milton.
Resoirsa, Tint Uriah Tarser be authorized
10 change TIN. public road running across his
land, as fellows leaving The present at the
line OF, the sad farvers land between tc sa ID
Thsver and III. w. Bpbinpti IN the north bunk
If Petite Prairie Bayon and thence two hntts
drtd and thirty yards, whetce it rms south n
tersectiag with the present rea1 at a distance,
Of four hundred and eigb'y.siS yalds."
On mntinn of MI. FoDtenot,
Joachim l.arfrenesl. Joachim Marco and
Alrellen l-al,dresean. were appointed commits
sioners to examine the bridge on Bayou Nez-
riq'e on the road leading from Flat town 10
l}ardaaa's saw mill, aud report the costs Of
repairing The same,
The resignation Of Joseph NJ. Moore Esq,
as ore Of the examiners Of s~eaclefs Of public
%sch'o's, was accepted, and james NJ. Porter
Esq, was appointed in his place.
Au Ordinance. entitled, An Ordinance re
curing slave holders to number their negro
cabins, and post up in each cabii, the names
Of the occupants, was taken up and unanimous
y adopted,
Mr.. Jewellers in The chair. Il
On motion # Mr.. CAN'T,
Rssoiped, 1 hat the clerk If this Jury be MI.
thari2ed 10 cause two hundred copies Of the
Patrol laws 10 be printed in pamphlet firm,
IN English aud French, and that FIR printing
The same, The Parish prin er shall be paid at
the rate Of two dollars per page for the Eirst
hundred COPIES and one dnllnr per. page for the
neAt.hnndred copies, provided that h. shall not
he paid more than ninety dollars, for lie two
hundred copies.
On motion the Jury adjourned.
ElBERr CAN'T, President,
Jos. D. RrcnaRp, Clerk.