The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-11-21
Proceedings Of The Police Jury.

O~PELoTsAs. November Sd, 1873.
The Police .IuIEmet pursuantto adjournment.
Present.: John Roy, President; Theodule Fon-
tenot, Homer Durio.
On motion the Police Jury adjourned until to-
morrow Mt 10 o'elockA. N.
TUESDAY. Nov. Attn. 1879.
The Police Jury met pursuant to Adjournment.
Present: John Roy, President TheOdule FontC-
not. H. Durio.
Tie minutes of the last meeting were read and
approved.
On motion of Mr.. Fl. Duri0, resolved. that the
Sheriff be and is hereby allowed to employ an
additional guard for the Jail during the session
OF court.
Mr. Durie inpthes chair.
On motion of Mr., Roy. resolved, that the
Grand CotearI road be changed SO as to run be-
tween the lines of DR.. Willard and VIM. Burlcigh.
Mr.. Roy in the chair.
On motion Of Mr.. Durio, resolved, TINT F. j.
BOSNIAN, Olin Eidrinc, L. B. GuillOry. j. d. L.
F0ntenot J. B. Saucer, F. L. Fuselier and P. l."
Fuseiicr be appointed a committee to lay out a
public road from Louis B. Guillory's to Gar
rlgues' Point, in accprdances with See. ), Road
Ordinance.
on motion of Mr.. The0dule FontenOt, resolved,
that L. c. Lnvergne, Alex. ID. Richard, Edmond
Guidry, Y. Boutt6. Hyp. GuidrY, Jos BOurquG
and ThOs. i. Daley, be appointed a committee
to lay out a public road from bayou BOurhcuN
bridge to the Catholic church on Plaqueminc, in
accordance with See. 3 Of the Road Ordinance.
The petition Of the road 0verSeer and numCr-
OILS citizens OF Point aux Lnups was read, ask
ing to have the road changed from its present
position, tOpass at the edge OF the woods next
to bayou Cane. by Samuel Carts field on a
straight line and intersecting with the rrld'-
hOInlne City road and Point NOir road at Point
! aux LOup bridge, the1tcc on 4 straight linz TO
Long Point. there will be no expense TO the par
ish and no objection BY any. OF the citizens,
the petition I've granted and the road so worked
by the road O~yerScCT.
ON motion OF MIR. Durio. resolved. that the
! Parish Auditor is hereby instructed TO audit
! Court warrants Nos. ? and 1O8, and Court war
rants approved.
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of ST. Landry.
To the Hon. Board Of Police:
We the undersigned citizens of the above
named parish do ask you to grant Il change OF
the road running from Spring Creek to Opc-
lOusas. We want to change this road where it
crosses COcodric ~ Mr.. John +. Carols and let
it cross ut Mr.. Pearce's, as there is no bridge
is Il good bridge across it at Mr.. PearCe's and
all the branches and hayOua have good
bridges across them, and it will shorten the
distance one mile, if no more. and is equally as
} thereof.
Signed by thirty Ave citizens.
To the Honorable President and Members of
/ the Police Jury Of the Parish of st. Landry
We the undersigned petitioners and taXpay-
T ers would respectfully ask OF your honorable
body to have that part of the Bayou Beet and
l Willie Plate road between the BHuf and CrOcO,
ollie changed back to the old road leaving the
3 EltttlI between IuOlS SGdSE anu GODeFI luItt
1t is impossible TO put the road where it now is
i'll Il good condition, or raise it above high wa
; ter. The proposed change is OH much higher
, and better ground. and can he made q passlbly
t good road. It's already opened sixty feet wide
. and there Will be no charge to the parish. Fol
1 further particulars We would refer you to the
l. superintendent who has examined both roads
Respectfully submitted,
Morgan Sylvester,
ss5s. IS" 300 $50 F'5E Louis Stagg, 1srh
= Philip STACY.
L .-s svf - .--E n NGyIi|Inry-
On motion of Mr.. TheOdulG FOntenOt, re
solved that the above petition be granted, ant
~ the road 0~verseer hereby instructed to work thu
y road as charged. -,
t. To the Honorable President and Members o
V of the Police Jury:
a We your committee, appointed to lay out
y road from the bridge on Bayou Petit Joseph t
J Vile Plate Bridge, will respectfully report n
follows, to-wit Between the land of ThOma
q B. FOntenOf and ThcOphile 3. FOntenOt, ant
between Thomas E.. FOntenOt and Louis Young
"A and thence between Louis Young and Frane0i
F%0ntenOt, and between F. B. FOntenot and W
= D.. Young. and between W. D. Young and J
Landry, and between W. d. Young and o. 4
e FontenOt through the land Of 0. B. FOntenO
a and Jean Bite. Latleur. and through j. Bte.La
!" heur's land, and between J.. Bite. Latieur an
n .Auguste 3. FOnten0t, and between j. Bite. Ii
% fenr and ZenOn 3. F0ntenOt. and F. y. FOntt
r not and between j. Bite. Lafeur, and Emile So
- leau, and between J. Bite. Latour and ". p. /
- F. G~uiliaumin, and between ). Btes Lafeu
andP Chapmane, and betweenP T. Chaplnane an
N F. Rider, and between L. Cl1apmane and ". I
L. +. Guilliaumin, and between L. Chapman
Z and \. Deviue, and between L. Chapmane an
Il J. FOntenot and between J. FOnten0t an
III j. JeanniSse, and between j. Jeannis:
tn and Emile Reed, and between Emil
Reed aud O. P. GuiIlory. Your commi
= tee also represent that twenty feet wild
~ would be enough on account OF the bitches an
fences already made on the line. We do so
Y emily swear, that we have laid out the roa
"a directed to he laid out by the Police Jury of til
~, Parish OF Sc. Landry to the greastest ease an