The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-05-13
SATURDAY. April 15th, Is

SATURDAY, April 18th, 1871.
The Board met pursuant to nd Iournment.
Present: Messrs.t A.. b. Anderson, Presi-
dent, w. r.. Cochran, II. X. B~odemaller, Le-
jeune and I. II. Lewis. '
On motion the following preamble and reso-
lutions were unanimously adopted. to wit:
WHEREAS, She Fire Company of Opelousas
have represented to this body that they have
a fire engine offered to them, answering in all
respects the wants of this town, for the sun of
$500. one.half cash and the balance in twelve
months; and
WHEREAS, the owner Of said Gre engine is
willing to sell and give immediate possession
OF the same for the SAID SHIN provided the
Town Council guarantee that the deferred
pay ment shall be met at maturity thereof !;
wherefore
Be it resolved. that this Council do guaran-
tee to the owner of said engine the payment
of $3.50 twelve months from date in the pur-
chase price thereof, should the Fire Company
purchase the same. and fail to pay said bal
ance.
And resolved further, thatthe Clerk furnish
a certified copy of these resolutions 10 the
Foreman Of the Fire Company.
The committee to whom had been referred
the ~salarirs Of the several officers of this
Board, present The following report, to wit:
REPORT.
Opelonsas, April I4th, 1871.
Committee appointed to report on salaries
of officers, beg leave to report as f%olIows:r ~
Treasurer, per annum, : 100 90
Attorney, 100 %
Clerk. $50 90
Constable, i" 1000 90
Printer, lowest bid, sealed proposal.
Committee beg leave to report that the Gus.
tom of making extra compensation to town
officers is inrx pedient and that none be allow
ed. unless the Council in the course of the
year impose duties outside of those to be de-
fined at this meeting.
{Sjgned) JOHN POSEY,
WIN r. COCHRAN,
THOS. H, LEWIS.
This report is approved and unanimously
adopted.
On motian of Mr.. john Posey, the follow
ing resolution was unanimously adopted, to
wit: ..u. - =t ''5.-
Resolved, that the duties to be performed
by the Town constable are defined as follows,
to wit:
1st. He shall assess the town.
Cd. Make 4 roll of assessment, and furnish
a copy of same to tile Treasurer.
Sd. Collect market revenues, taxes and H.
censes, and pay the amount thereof into the
hands of the Treasurer of the town.
4th Police the town and superintend the
working of the streets of this town.
5th. Notify the members of the Board of all
meetings of the same, for which he shall re-
ceive q salary of ono thousand dollars a year,
payable quarterly.
These shall be the duties proper of the Con-
stable, but in case of an epidemic and of the
t establishment of a quarantine, the said Con-
stable shall receive extra compensation, pro.
vided it shall not exceed $25 per month while
thus employed.
The question being put to the Board, it ap-
pears that Messrs Pesey, Lewis and Bode.
muller vote in the affirmative, and Messrs.
Ltjeune and Cochran vote in the negative, as
to the extra compensation.
On motion. the Board now proceeds to the
election Of a Town Constable.
Messrs. Charles Thompson, Samuel NJ. Pc
tiers. Octave Prud'homme and John r. Hea-
ley having presented themselves as candidates
for the said office, the ballot was passed
around, when it appeared that MIR. Charles
Thompson had received the unanimous vote
of the Board, i. e., five votes. es.a
Mr.. Thompson is therefore declared duly
elected Constable of this town..
On motion of Mr.. Lewis, it is unanimously
resolved that the salaries of the several Off
GERS of this Board be fixed as follows, to wit !:
Clerk. $3.50; Treasurer, $500; Attorney,
800 Constable, $1,000.
Sealed proposals are received for the print
ing of the town. The proposals are now OPEN
ed, when it appears that Mr.. Jackson. of the
JOURNAL, proposes to do work for the sum
of 800; and Mr.. Leonce Sandoz, of the Cou-
rier, proposes to do the same work for the
same sum of 300,
The price of the bids being the same the
Board proceeds to the election Of a Town
Printer. a E-
Whereupon, the ballot being passed it ap-
pears that Mr. Jackson receives 4 votes, and
Mi Sandoz receives ! vote. VIII 81 @z
Mr.. Jackson is therefore recognized as duly
elected as Town Printer.
On motion it was resolved that the account
of Mr.. Charles Thompson, as Town Assessor
and Collector, be. so corrected as to show that
he has overpaid the sum of $50. which should
have been credited to another account.
The President appoints Messrs. John Pospy,
Louis Lejeune and VIM. r. Cochran as Street
Commissioners aaaa SO Il 84 &% &-
The Board then adjourns until the next
regular meeting. g. EaT=v
~ Alb. ANDERSON, President. j,
Attest: ?. LEoNCE HEBRARD, Clerk -.