The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-07-10

. + OHtHuOIy Ill OGlODEE 1919, anu IDp WHICH YOU
appropriated fh6 Sum Of foGrs handrea dollars
with instructions to use the labor of the road
hands IN the construction Of the and foI
the hauling of the lumber. n have thoroughly
examined said bridge, which 1 find to be 1854
feet in length, and entirely of cypress, in the
best and most substantial and ~Workmanlike
manner, and is, in my opinion. as goodif not the
best bridge in the parish. Ihave also Examine
his vouchers for the expenses of said bridge, al
of which conpan this report, and find the
amount to be $409 06. I also find a surplus OF
lumber from the bill of 4O4 feet, 264 feetO of which
has been used by the oyerseer of said road in
building a bridge on Polnte aux Pins gully, the
balance at his house subject to the order of the
Superintendent of Public Roads.
M. G. MAY, Sup. Pub. Roads.
On motion of Ma. Chachere: Resolved that the
above reports be received and adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Chachere, Resolved that NJ.
G. May, road inspector, be authorized to con
tract for the necessary lumber for the rebuild
ing of HOffmans bridge and the repairing of
keOugHs bridge, and to contract with mechan-
les to supervise the work on said bridges, pro
vided the work be done by the road hands.
On motion of Mr.. 7. S. FontenOt, Resolved
that the sum of two hundred and sixty dollars,
or so much thereof as may be necessary, be ap-
prOpriated, payable 0Ht of the Internal Improve
ment fund of the current year, when collected,
for the lumber and rebuilding of the bridge over
BAYOU Cane, near Joseph Landreneaux, under
the supervision of DIN GulllOry, road O~VerSeer,
the said bridge to be built of cypress lumber.
On motion of Mr.. Chachere, Resolved that the
following commissioners be appointed to lay ont
a public Road, in accordance with Sec, 8 of the
road ordinance, from W. C. McDowells to Ber-
nards store; j, ". Boring, z. Thibodaux, David
Robin, jules Chretien, Robert Spears, Joseph
Venables aud Il Z. Smith, > u,a
The report of J. Q. ChaGhere, Parish Auditor,
was read, and on motion of Mr.. DuriO, ordered
to be published with the minutes:
STATEMENT OF o. CHACHERE, PARIsH
AUDITOR.
Total amount of Police Jury and
Clerks warrants audited to Sd
july, S68,2yT II
Total AMOUNT of Police Jury and
Clerks warrants cancelled to
the Sd July, 1874....-......-.. $50, 939 95
Balance outstanding ......-. $15,357 is
O~PELOUSAs, LA, July Sd, 1874.
To the President and member of the Police
jury of the Parish of st. Landry:
Gentlemen-The foregoing statement is a true
and correct transcript as taken from my books,
OF the amount Of Police Jury and !, Clerks var
JAMES o. GHAGHERE,
Parish Auditor.
The following report of the Parish Treasurer,
making an exhibit up to July 1st, 1874, was re-
ceived as follows, tO-wit:
Amount of Parish Taxes and Licenses
collected from June 1st, 1874, to July
Collected in jurors warrants $568 10 Sl'''1 Il
Paid out as per vouchers. 1874 Al 5. 1862 81
Cash in Parish Treasury from
JuneS collections. %..-.-. 81 900 IS
Cash i'll Parish Treasury June
list, $2,14S Of
Paid out during June, as per
vouchers -.--..-.--.-. !S1a 81 1884 Oh
Total cash in Parish Treasu-
ny, July LIST, 1874 --...... $2,343 80
/, Louis Desmarais. Assistant Parish Treasu-
rer for the parish of st, Landry. do hereby GER
t1fy that the above statement is true and cor
rect. LOUIS DESMARAIS.
Assistant Treasurer.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 9th of
Jnly, 1874. E. P. VEAZIE, ]. P.
The Polio Jury in committe of the whole pro-
ceeded to examine claims unpaid and on file
against the Parish, ~whereupOn motion of Mr..
FontenOt, the following claims were allowed
and approved: z~BfIfs4ti
Lewis Hayes, jail fees and guard 1928 90
W Lyons, jail guard IS 90
" A Robertson, clerks fees.---..... &c 40
W Lewis and Taylor, floating 1868
= feet lumber to AuZenne's BRIDGE. 113 so
j NJ Lalanne, 1868 feet lumber for bay
gu T6che. GIG SO
3 A Martel, lum. and spikes fbH bridges 20 90
T F0ntenot, spikes for public bridges, 2T 90
Mrs j Andrep0nt, haullnglum. pub. road 10 90
J r Knox, Justice peace fees------ 50 At
+ p VeaZie, 50 90
GDelahOussaye, ---..-. At IS
A r Hawkins, " 90
Guidry, j constable's fees. AZ 90
VROy, .- 81 80
p Woods, -- 81 IA
E C Hawkins. . 8 80
L s Walker, -. ~ 90
Louis GumbeZ, witness feeS..... 7 90
r j Marshall, ...- 30
J Suffice, d, witness fees transferred IS rs
b 4 Guidry, -" - ID so
s Walker. -. so
s III Sanders, 80
P Robin, road overseer, 187S-...-... "a 90
-Lessie Taylor, transportation, 1878 ..-.. II 90