The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1869-07-03

his uniform Y courteous drn"an0T, secure
to him the confidence, esteem and flieTG
ship of his associates of the Police Jury
and that, while they deplorc bis loss as
public man, they sympathizc deeply will
his surviving family und.r their hvay,
) bereavement.
Eeso5srd, That copy Of these resolu
tions be aG,lrcs@d to Tie surviving widow
of the deceased.
On motion of Mr. Roy:
Resolrcd, That the parish sTax Collector
be, and is hereby authorised to refund tht
t excess of parish Licenses paid for 1865
above what is fixed by law, and that he be
authorized to make corrections on the Tax
, Roll of incorrect assessments.
Mr.. Roy presented petition from cit
zens SrayinAthe Police Jury to reconsider
and rescind the resolution Of April 10Th,
1869, relative to changing the road from
the Simon Marks plantation to Prairie
Basse Coulse, and removing the long hrids dse
on Bayou Bordeaux, which was read and
on motion of Mr.. Roy was rejected
On motion of Mr.. Cotrell the following
ordinance was unanimously adopted:
AN ORDINANCE
To carry into effect the powers granted to
the Police Jury of the Parish of St. Ian
dry by the Act Of the Legislature enact
ed February 1869, and entitled can Act
comforting additional powers upon the
Justices of the Peace of the first and
secorel wards of the Parish of St. Ian
dry.
SECTION |. The prisoners confined in
the parish prison under the provisions of
the said Act of the Legislature shall be en-
ployed on the public works and thorough.
fares under the supervision of the parish
Constable who shall be responsible for
their safe keeping, and who shall receive
the sum of three dollars per day dulsng the
time that he shall be actually engaged in
overseeing the jail force.
SECTION ?. The riSh Constable shall
not, until other2lsc provided, employ the
jail force at work until they exceed four in
number and at any time when the said
force is not employed under the parish
Constable they, or as many of them as
may be required, shall be required to
labor within the limits of the town
of Opelousas on streets, bridges &C.,
under the supervision of the town Consta-
BILE upon application by him to the parish
Constable for said hands: provided the
town authorities allow to the parish the
sum of seventy five cents per day for each
hand so furnithcd to them, and provided.
further that the town Constable shall be
responsible for the safe keeping of the Jail
force under his management
SECTION 8. Whenever the inmates in the
parish prison liable to work under the Act
above 'efered to, shall exceed the number
of four, it shall be the duty of the parish
Constable to work them on the public roads
leading no tEe town Of OpelouSas, provi-
ded that no work shall be done at a great
er distance from the parish prison than
two miles, and provided further, that if
the Jail shall so increase as to warrant their
employment ut more distant points N +;
parish, the Police Jury shall hereafter
provide such regulations for the same as
shall be needful.
SECTION 4. Whenever the Jail force is
not otherwise unemployed, and application |
is made from the town authorities for that |
purpose, thy shall be employed in the
public Cemetery and no chA' &c shall be
made by the parish for such work.
SECTION 5. That whenever the number
of force exceeds five, the Constable shall |
employ guards to assist in watching and |
kceging safe said force, at the Etc Of one |
guard to every FIVE men at work, said |
guard to recci"e two dollars per day.
Mr. CAN'T presented a petition from cit
liens of Bayou Boonf praying for an appro-
priation to repair the bridge in B. S. Gays
neighborhood, over Bayou Bpuf
On motion of Mr.. CAN'T:
Resolred, That the sl>m OF four hundred
dollars including old appropriation, be and
is hereby appropriated to repair said bridge,
and that B. S Gay, c. 3. Spence and Jas.
Hicks, are appointed commissioners to let
out the repairing of said bridge to the low
est bidder, and report to the Police Jury
at the next regular meeting.
On motion of Mr.. Cotrcll, the Jury took
a recess until half past two o'clock P. NJ,
when they reassembled.
Mr.. CAN'T presented report of commits.
sioners appointed by the Jury to sell the
privilege of building toll bridge over bay
ou Crocodile, where the bridge formerly
known as Furgason's bridge stood, certify
ing that said privilege was adjudicated to
T. N. McCrory, he being the highest bid
der, for the sum of twenty-five dollars.
On motion of Mr.. CAN'T, the report was
adopted, and the commissioners directed to
pay litto tHc uailuS Vi tle paA 1911 IL S6ouAeA
the twenty-five dollars bonus.
On motion of Mr.. CAN'T:
Resolred That W. P. Cox, Thcodule
Fontenot, H. Lastrapes, j. J. Hicks, W. H.
Mayo, Benz. Woodworth and L. D. Prescott
be and are hereby appointed commissioners
to locate the public road from the North
line of L. +. Iastrapes' plantation, to the
line of the town of Washington,
and assess damages for the same, if any
there be, and make their report to this bo-
dy at its next regular meeting.
On motion of Mr.. Roy:
Resozred, That 7. H. Lewis, parish Atty.
be authorised to employ assistant counsel
in the city of New Orleans, to defend the
suits instituted against this parish in t2e
U. S. Dist. Court, by John Amrein and
John Brown; that the sum of $3.50 be and
is hereby appropriated to defray current
expenses of said defense, and the parish
Treasurer is hereby instructed to pay the
parish Atty. the said amount on his own