The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-11-11
STATE OF LOUISIANA

STATE oF LOUISIANA
Office Board Of State Engineers,
New Orleans, October 10Th, 1S7l.\
To the police juries and planters or parties
interested in closing the openings in the
levees:
GrSrLrAEs-We would respectfully call
your attention to the foregoing coInmuHica-
ton Of the Governor. We regret exceedingly
that a necessity should occur at this last
hour to call upon you to make some effort
to build your l~evees, especially after the
fond hopes of the success of the Louis lana
Levee Company, which we have INDUCED
for the past few weeks, but we desire to
assure you that every effort in our power
shall be used to aid you in the work. We
shall continue to survey and stake out the
new levees which have been or may be re-
ported to US, and every measure taken for
your protection shall be warmly seconded by
us. We beg you to communicate to us your
resources without delay.
Yours obedient servants,
NJ. JEFF. THOMPSON,
W. j. HATCH,
FRANCIS E. DUMAS,
Board Of State Engineers.
A petition was read, signed by a large
number of residents of The ~alluvial portion
of this parish. who are protected from over
flow by the Atchafalaya ~levees, setting forth
hat the said levees are in such a defective
condition, that if they be not repaired speed
liz, great damage must be done by the next
high water; whereupon motion of Mr.. Nor.
ris, resolved, that Capt. w. Burton, DR.. j.
J. Glow and W. c. Gordon, be appointed as
commissioners on the part Of the Parish Of
st. Landry, to act with the Board of. State
Engineers, to estimate the extent and pro-
bable cost of repairing the levees on the
Atchafalaya river, from the railroad cross
ing TO the parish line, and make their re-
port on the 22nd November.
On motion of Mr. Fontenot, resolved,
that David Courvil!e, Eugene H. MCGEE,
Valentine Savoie, Alfred Young, Lastie
Young, Theophi|e Guillory and G. D. Smith,
be appointed a jury of feeholders TO locate
a public road from lAnse Bourbeux to John
Reeds Bridge, in accordance with Sec. 8 of
the Road Ordinance.
On motion of Mr. Chachere, resolved,
that the following report be received, with
the following change that "when the road
strikes Hanning's land to run east, until it
comes to J. B. Young and Alex. Papii.
Ions line, and then to run between the
said lines to- the mile post" and that the
said report as amended be and is hereby
adopted:
To the Honorable the President and Mem
bers of the Polics Jury Of the Parish of
St. Landry:
The undersigned commissioners, have the
honor to report, that they have chosen and
surveyed, marked with mile posts, &C., q
road leading from Prud'homme City to the
west end of Taylor's lane. The resolutions
of your last meeting were fully complied
with. The road selected, runs as follows:
From prud'homme City, in an east course
to Alex. Papillon's Sr. field, through Papil,
Ions field to the lane between August Pa
piilon and Joseph Gober. Thence in front
of D. l.. Todd's, striking e. Fl. Martins
ditch, running mp the latter ditch to the
willow tree north Of Mrs. Placide Guidry's,
thence to southwest corner of Syphroin
Boudreaux's pasture fence, thence to where
stood the old store near Mrs. Ordabut Nc
Clellan's house, then eastward between Mrs.
Ursin Lavergne and Onezime Meche, across
the two bridges in the above vicinity, then
across a turned out field Of Francois Jean,
to southwest corner of Taylor's field, fol-
lowing his field fence to northwest corner,
then to west end of his (Taylor's) lane. Ac.
companving this report, please find the map
of survey giving more fully, the route Sc
lected by your commissioners.
Very respectfully, &C., ,
d. l.. TopD,
Jos. B. You've,
-, HUsroN YOUNG,
CHARLES DE.osIEs,
JoHE b. Mccoy,
LucIEN JorBEsr,
OsEzINE MEcHE.
On motion of Mr.. Roy, resolved, that the
sum of two hundred and fifty dollars be ap-
propriated to have the Canal, that drains
the swamp at Kings Bridge, deepened and
widened, and that Jos. y. Gonor, Jewell j.
Taylor and Adolphe Mayer, be appointed as
commissioners to sell the said work to the
lowest bidder, ard receive the same when
completed.
On motion of Mr.. Fo%ntenot, resolved, that
the sum of one hundred and twen,y-f five
dollars be appropriated to have the flooring
and railing renewed on the bridge over
Conlee Manuel, near Vile Platte, and that
A. E. Arnold, G. j. Dossman and Eloi
Vidrine be appointed commissioners to sell
said work to the lowest bidder, and receive
the same when completed.
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