The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1861-06-15
Official. 555. r.
PROCEEDINGS OF the Police Jury.
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| bled ut the Court IIouse in the town Of 0pe
~!oasas, to wit
ELRRRr CAN'T, Third Ward, Pr $sident;
JAMES M. THoMpsoy, First Wnrs,
PC. DsvILLiERs, Second Ward;
JosErH q FesraNor, Fourth Ward.
WifL.Iaa ELsIss, Fifth Ward;
JoHS u. HuFFrowE Err. Sixth Ward. absent.
On motion, the reading Of the minutes Oh
the previous meeting was dispensed with.
The following petitions were presented and
read, to wit f:
4 petition ef Arrelirn Prejean, to be allowed
To retail liquor without u liceuSe, OH accom-,
laf bodily ihfrmities.
A petition Of Antoine snnnier. to be allowed
to sell Dry Goods without a license, on aeeoun,
Of the loss oi one Of his arms.
BY Mr.. .Fontenot.
a petition FIR the relief Of the Widow Poi
astryn d I. Fontlcnoi. s
A p~etiti.n for the relief Of Augustine Berza.
by The President.
a petition for n bridge over Rayen Cour,a.
blcal, nj er near Earry's Landing.
Mr.. Jewellers in tie chair.
The following reports we're presented and
read tn wit
BY Mr.. Thompson.
The report of The Commissioners to cause
the Parish Jail to ba repaired, .sthat The sum
appropriated BY The Police Jury was insult.
Gent
By HI. Eikins.
The report IT The Commissioner to cause
The bridge over Bayau Ca,te to be repaired.
THAT the appropriation made by the Police
Jary was not sufficient"
BY the President.
The report Of the Jury appointed to trace
aid lay out . rosa from Atchaialaya TO Wash
lngtet1.
The report Of the Commissioners appointed
by lie Police Jury 10 Cause The Leype at he
mouth ef Bayou Rouge tohe repaired. .ttat
The said work had been let cut To DR.. Fl. b.
Hartman for the sun of Five hundred dollars.
and that The same had beeii completed accord.
ing tt contract"
a report If Samuel T. Rogers Levee IN
speetuff stating that tbres hnDdrpd doiiars md
beef, spent hs ltr. III. b. limtinan. ID preveu,
Abbott Bayou Leyee from washing ~ ny aud
IN repairing the sane.
Oh motion pf Mr.. Thompson
Resoireaa, Tint Antoine 'TspH,ier be and is
hereby permitted ~ retail Dry Goods in 1.-THE
Parish tf M. Landry, without paying lbt
|usnai license. # n
IAs President IN The chair.
The PETITION sotff Aprelien Prejjeaa. 10 BE-
allowed 70 retail liq,,or W The glass, without
license, a;ts taseisaIEl laid On the table.
Nj. Esktls moved that the sum Of Five hun
dfld dpsiais be appropriated to build q new
bfitlge On bayou Cane 1T Reeds usd crossing,
AIR. Fantenot moved that Four hundred dol
lars be NJ appropriated, 3
Mr.. Jewellers moved that The the ann Of
Three hundred and fifty dollars he approIsia-
ted.
Mr. Elkins Withdrew Ills motion for Five
hundred dollars aud the nst,tio,f. pfSMr. Fun-
tenot being carried, therefore !:
kesotred, That the sam Of -Four hundred
dollars be mid the ..anie is hereby appropriated
n build y new bridge: over Bayou GaIe,,s iii
Keedhs crossing OF while pak humber, that the
appropriation heretofore made ID felaair The
pas bridge b aiif,ulled-ald that Eugene Mar
E4iei, Jv+eist1 FsacpA and Froizin FDuteaot be
apputnled Commissioner ~. lei -oat The build.
ing ~ said new bridge I'D The lowest bidder ard
teI,orttp he Police Jury.
On motion of Mr.. Thompson
Res6irsd, Thai ths sum OF Two hundred aud
fff j dollars be and the saIne is hereby atlIro.
prialed, il addition 10 the sum OF FIVE hnndred
Iaallars. heretufert appropriated to repair lie
arish Jail and II ~itcllstl.
On motion cf Mr. Thompson,
Iessotusd, Thai Francois 5G. Jewellers be
y rnrlted u change 4 portion IL the Public
road from Bayou iSpche loAAna.nne's Bridge
10 as 10 run hesxtxaashhiis land and that 81
Widow Aiexat.lfe GastfIle, provided That ihe
said rtad shall besFull on his Jewellers own
lard and put ID perfect order al his own ex.
lense--and Resolved further that Cyprien
LalatIde, Phi.1genla saizan, Hypalite .Mallet,
lAndre y. Ilsbtl and II. i. Smith Jr, be
npEuillttd = committee TO fec.iye said road
when cpnpaetd AID 1eport 10 the Police
Jury Z
un motion Of MI. DaselI.srz,
Marcel Richard was appointed director d
unbranded cattle III the 18th Ward.
Oh motion Of Mr. Desell ers;
Rssofurd, That the ftm sef Ferty dollors IL
apPropria'td FIR the support VI The patlpef
Augustine lierza, payable quarterly 10 Aapo,
leon L.onis Jsr4tes Fettenui, aid thai the Isl
quarter be paid in advance
Kssofved, Tint The suin Of Forty dollars q
ycar, be Appropriated Tor The support of ibp
iaaper Widow I21uiastr m u. IS. Foutcnut,
payable quarterly To Frapcois Perreu.
Mr.. Iteseliiers III The chair.
On motion II Atr. GIANT.
Reselred, That Tho report of the Jury oi
free holders, app,'inttsl to trace aud 10y out
u public road from .AtehataiAya 10 Washing
ton, be adopted TINT the said road Nc traced
out ny them be declared d public road and ri.
b. Richie be required To furnish a Mini tF ma