The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-09-07

On motion, the Police Jury adjourned until
tomorrow at 10 O'Clock, \. NJ.
TUESDAY, August 10th. 1879.
The Police Jury met pursuantto adjournment.
Present: j. NJ. Thompson, President; John Roy,
T. c. Chachere and T. S. Fonten0t.
On motion of Mr.. Chacher6, resolved, that the
sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars he
appropriated for the purpose Of repairing John
Reeds Bridge over Bayou Cane, and that
Joseph Chenier, David Conrville and Frank
Reed, be appointed as commissioners to sell said
work to the lowest bidder and receive the same
when completed. .r
On motion of Mr.. Roy, resolved, that the par
ish license be RENTED to Oneil Savant, he being
in INDECENT circumstances, and that the sum of
twenty-five dollars be appropriated for the relief
of Z. Dupuy.
submitted the following report:
To the Honorable President and Members of the
Police Jury of the Parish of st. Landry, Las:
Your committee of freehOldcrs appointed July
10th, 1872, to lay out a public road, inteIsecting
south with the OpelQusaS and Alexandria road,
at or near Francois Jean, in Prairie P~laisance,
and north with the Vile Plate and Washington
road. at or near FRANCOIS BNOne's, i'll CatarO, beg
Leave to report, that due diligence was made to
insure the presence of n. G.. May, Esq, Road
Inspector, On the day appointed for the location
of said road, hut he being absent, we proceeded
to lay ont said road without his assistance
(Which we regret) and have agreed upon the
following, viz HF
Starting from the OpelOusas and Alexandra
road, said road shall pass etweentheIand or
H, Pr0sSer. ESQ, and BatiSte JOnbert, thence
betweeu the iaIIt Ct Varieties and &. p. Burk,
thence through Emile Poiret's land, thence on the
line between FRANCOIS Boone and I. y. fonte,
| not. thence Joining the main Vile Plate and
Washington public road, your committee has
| made tha following agreements. Mr.. Batiste
Joubert is perfectly yyilllpg TINT the road should
| mass in whole upon hts 1aiid without cOmpensa-
| ton by the parish, Messrs. Warteilc and G. B.
Rrlrk have consented that said road should pass
mon their land, Mr.. Emile Pelret has also con
| sanfpd that said pGgd should pass upon his land,
| and Messrs. G. L. F9ntenfoit and FRANCOIS Boone,
have also given their consent to y9nr conf
| mittee that the road should pass as above re-
ported without Compensation Also, your com
| mittec beg leave TO fGconfmeIdl the name OF Mr..
+. D. Pitre, as Il suitable man tn be appointed
oyerseer of said road by your hGnbfablte bdtty.
| and also recommend that all persons subject to
road duty on the north side OF the Opel0nsas
| and the Alexandria,, from GarTigfle's Gully,
westward to Bayou Grand Louis, at the bridge
known as Dr. Debnillnn's Bridge, be assigned to
him for the purpose of opening and maintaining
said road in good order, as It VIII leave enough
hands on the OpelOusas and Alexandria road to
| maintain said part Of said road in perfect good
Your csmmittee beg saay9 t.. report further,
that. in the view of avoiding delay, theY haze
examined and selected . very suitable. site to
build a bridge oyer Bayou DuFaI. across said
road, and found that it win require q bridge one
hundred and sixty feet long, aid recommend
that an appropriation of nine hundred and fifty
dollars be made for the purpose OF building said
1 NlA stkENG 1lA GAA45 - EAAN tFVNA NONF
should appoint n committee OF three commits
SioneIa to let the contract to the lowest bidder
and receive the work when completed.
Respectfully submitted, +
NAPOLEON l.. PFrRE, g
MON i. DUPRE, 81
If ,.- JOSEPH FiDRINE,
CTAvE RICHARD,
GYPRIBS r. FONTENOT.
9. On motion of Mr.. FontenQt, resolved, that The
srm of eight hundred dollars he appropriated
| fna the OIJTIAnaa nf binding a bridge aver RaVOT
Dursll, and that F. j. Dossfman, ID. p. Lafienl
and IsraEistG lambert, be appointed as. commits
sioners to sell the samsf TO the lowest bidder, anf
receive the. work when completed; and be ii
further resolved, that all the roads hands from
Bataille's Gully. on the north side of the Ope
lousas ati Vile Plate road, to Baptiste Rideau''
plantation to BayOh II.ral, thence to Garriguet
Gully, he assigned to GhOS. Bacon, Road Over
seer, and that the new road ilteTsecting from
the Opelousas and Vile Plate to the Washing
ton aid VILE Platte road be assigned to ThOs
Baeon's Road District als0, that that portion o
the road from Bayou Petit JnaG ta I. u. Ar
doints, he assigned to Azellien Manuel also, tn,
/ road through the woods on Bayou Cane to Boz
On melton Qf SEr. Roy, resolved, that the sun
of two hundred and fifty dollars hG appropriated
to have DeyillieTs Bridge repaired, and tia
yalery Dupleehin, v. G. DeyilIier and Euge1n
Riauet. he appointed as commissioners to sci
said work TO the lowest bidder and receive tn
/ same when completed.
The commissioners appointed May 18th
: 1sT2, to sell the contract fer hnilding q bridg
over Bay3li Gacofrie near Zenon GFiffin's, re
ported that the ttfIpaanFiation was inadequate
Whereupon motion of NJ. Esfttepat, resolved
that the sum of two hundred dollars in %ad4tiTia
to the previous appropriation be made for sal
work.
On motion of Mr.. Cfaelcr6, resolved, that tn
SUM sf one hundred and twenty-five dollars b
appropriated To re7fnIhnrse ID. G.. Siftig, for cost
paid by him iii defending the GaaB Of Lite
Bros. vs.. ID. c. Sittig, Tax Collector.
/ To the President and Members of the Police Jur
Of the Parish of st. Landry:
t The undersigned petitioners, residents Of VIII