The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-07-10
Proceedings Of She Police Jury.
OPELoUsAs, July 9Th, 1874,

mcut. 1reSeub JOIN hOy, PRESIDENT, Il. =
Fontenot, H. Durio, Theodule Fontenot ant
T. G. Chachere.
The minutes Of the last meeting were reat
and approved. ..t,-
applied to be reinstated as Parish Attorney, an
der the authority of the case of Claiborne VS.
Lange, lately decided by the Supreme Court
and the Hon. John E. King having also appear
ed before this body, and signified his relinquish
ment of the said office, under the said ruling o.
the Supreme Court, it was, on motion, of Mr., T
FontenOt, resolved that the resolution adopted
March 18th, 1874, recognizing Judge John E
King to he the Parish Attorney, Under com
mission from the Governor of the State in pur
be and the same is hereby repealed, and thai
Ihos. 81. Lewis be and is hereby .reinstated il
the said office. 'f'
Mr.. r. c. Chachere, to whom was referred the
change i'll the public road from David Courville's
to Onezime. FuseliePs', reported that the follow
ing change would be beneficial: to start from
the southeast corner of L. RoZat, ir., in O. straight
line to the southeast corner of TheOdat Fonte
nOt's land, thence between TheOdat FOntenOt
and j. F. J. Manuel's line, thence between j.
a direct line to intersect the old road where it
strikes the Charles Lacasse tract; provided that
]. b. Dupl6chin, for whose benefit the change is
made, be required to put the part so changed i'll
good order, i'll accordance. with Sec. 9 of the
road ordinance, and that the sum of twenty-five
dollars allowed him as damages for crossing his
land, March 18th, 1874, be and is hereby repealed,
On motion of Mr.. T. s. Fontenot, the above re-
port was received and adopted.
ApetitiOn from forty-nine citizens of Bellevue
prairie, was read, praying the Police Jury to
except Bellevue prairie from the restrictions of
the resolution passed December Sd, 1873. in ref
crence to hogs running at large was, on motion
Of Mr.. I. FOntenOt, laid over for future cOnsid-
Grafton. Mr.. DuriO voting nay. = VI 7 Ne
On motion of Mr.. DufiO, resolved, that H.
Hayes, surveyor, be employed to investigate and
report to this Jury, ut its next meeting, the
quantity OF land acquired by the parish, by
transfer from Lamorandier and wife in 1905, and
remaining unsola. @#
| To the honorable President and members Of the
Police Jury of the Parish of st, Landry:
We. the undersigned, appointed by your hon
orable body, June LIST, 1874, to form a committee
to report upon the amount of lumber necessary
to build a bridge over Bayou Cane, at John
Reeds crossing, and submit a plan for the same
said Bayou on the 18th day OF June, 1874, and
measured the length for said bridge, which, in
our opinion, should be one hundred and forty
feet long, item spans OF fourteen feet eachl.
Hereto annexed please find bill of the same,
amounting to eight thousand four hundred feet.
| We also that said lumber should be
of cypress. - .
The premises considered, your committee re-
further, that your honorable body
should take the necessary steps to have said
bridge built as soon as possible, it being on a
very important road, and much needed by the
whole travelling public from Opelousas to Cal
casieu. Respectfully submitted,
Joseph Chcnier.
-. - .. William Young, -
~E G. T. Moore. ali g
On motion of Mr.. Chachere, resolved, that the
sum of three hundred and fifty dollars he APP
prepriated for the rebuilding OF John Reeds
bridge, under the supervision of the above COM
mittee, payable out of the internal Improve
ment fund, of the current year, when collected.
The said bridge to- be built of cypress lumber. F.
To the Hon the president and members Of the
Police Jury OF st. Landry:
We, the undersigned. residents of Pointe-aux-
Loups, would respectfully ask your honorable
body to have that part of the public road from
Go~r,o1 N-~4fn - T.,1 @-,y -nrn,~ -
as to run as follows From northwest corner OF
Samuel Carts field in a direct line to Pointe-
aux-LOups Springs. passing between TheOphile
HGbert and Jos. Miller. thence from the Springs
in q direct line to the old road, about, a quarter
of q mile from the crossing, your petitioners res
pectfully suggest this change for the following
reasons: :
list. Because the present road seriously Injuries
one of your petitioners land, as will be seen. BY
plat on the reverse. H,., -, ..,, ,r,
I'd. Because it is a better locality for the road
there being no low places as i'll the present road.
Very respectfully submitted.
Signed by fifteen citizens.
On motion of Mr.. Chacfefe, resolved, thai the.
prayer of the above petition be granted. -
To the President and members of the Police Jul
~, in and for the parish of st. Landry: . T.
We, the undersigned citizens, residing on the
Atchafalaya river, west bank, between bayOus
Current and Harvey, would respectfully petition
your honorable body to grant lis the privilege
OF putting the twelve days work on the road
that is now required of lis, Oh the Levee instead, y
for the reason that whereas the breaking of the
levees, caused by overflow, renders both fOadi
and lands unfit for use, on the other hand, if the
levees are kept up they would result to our ben
eft. In case your Hon0rs should grant the
above, we, the undersigned, would suggest that
you send some competent person or persons, to
lay off said levees between bayou Current and
bayou Harvey, SO that we can build the same,
furthermore, that you viii appoint the present
road commissioner or oyePseer to superintend
the building of said levees. &&
Awaiting a favorable decision to all 1.-THE above
your petitioners will ever pray. @5ts*@ Hff
Signed by twenty citizens. ;
On motion of Mr.. Theodule Fontenot, resolved
that the prayer of the above petition begranted.
On motion of Mr.. DuTio, Pes0lvedthat the care
of the sidewalks, bitches and bridges, around
the Courthouse square be placed under the
charge of the Board of Police of the Town of
Opelousas, and that said Board have authority
to make said bitches, sidewalks and bridges. and
preserve the same, under the same regulations
now established by said Board for the town
sidewalks and bridges.
On motion of Mr.. Chachere, resolved, that
whereas I. j.. Montgomery was the holders04
Parish Warrant No. 4127, for s2O6 so, and that.
said warrant has been lost, and been advertised
as such, and the same has never been taken in
by the collector for taxes, the clerk be and is
hereby authorized to issue O duplicate of said
warrant No. 412T.
On motion, the Police Jury adjourned until
tomorrow at 10 O'Clock A. ~
TUESDAY, July 18th, 1874.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjournment.
Present John Roy, President; T. s.. Fontenof,
I. c: Chachere, Theodule Fontenot and Homer
Durio.
To the Hon. President and members of the Pos
lice Jury, Parish of St. Landry: 4 :
The undersigned having been appointed by
your honorable body to supervise the rebuild
ing of the Prld'homme bridge. would respect
fully submit the following report, t0-wit; All ~
5,675 feet lumber ats f$IT0 Is
Cash paid for hauling to J. ROy....-s. % 10
Cash paid for work to J. B. Mccoy. 100 90
1922 95
BY amount of appropriation... S275 90
Respectfully submitted, -
On motion of Mr.. Theodule Fontenot, resolved
that the above report be received and adopted.
To the honorable President and members of the
Police jury of the Parish of st. Landry:
I, the undersigned, having been appointed
October 9th, 1873, to supervise the CONSTRUCTION
OF B0rdelOn's bridge over bayou des Cannes
beg leave to submit the following report: After
said appointment, / found that a bill of the lum-
Der of said bridge had been made and sent to
McDayitt & D0ssman's saw mill, the lumber
sawed, and one thousand and twenty-six feet
hauled on the place, all of which had been done
by orders from the Superintendent of public
roads, through instructions from your Hon.
body. The bill of lumber amounted to9,533 feet,
and had been contracted for at thirty dollars q
thousand at the Mill.
The appropriation being small, I endeavored
TO have the hauling done BY the road hands IN
allowing q very liberal credit Of work on the
road for every Thousand feet delivered on the
place. In company with Mr.. Fl: BOlttes THE
road oveEseer,l I went sround ta see an those
who had teams, but iorr offers, although Yerg
liberal, could not induce the hauling of q solitary
foot of lumber. Then / offered to pay TOR the
hauling at the rate of one cent a foot, (adistance
OF about ai milesl and 1t was not until last
month that I could succeed in having all the
lumber on the place, although I paid out Of my
own money for every load delivered, The 1uni-
Der being on the place, I secured the services of
q good mechanic to mark and lay out said bridge
and with the assistance of the road hands sten
every day. the bridge was completed On the
seventh days work. Hereto annexed please