The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-11
Proceedings Of the Police Jury.
OrELOISAS, Septeml,er 7th. ~

OPELOrSAS, September 18th. 1874.
The Police jury met pursuant to adjourn
ment; Present John Roy. President; II. Durio.
T. S. FOntenOt and 7. G. 'Chacherc.
The minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved.
On motion OF Mr.. I. 5. FUntenut, resolved.
that the Tax Collector be aud is hereby Author
IZed to correct the asSessluent of TheOplilG 2.
Fontcnot, on the parish assessment of 1873.
On motion of Mr.. ClIacllcrt. resolved, that
Joseph HiQalgO be appointed road OycrSpcr in
place OF l.. &. BOurque, deceased and that Rob
ert.H. Smith be appointed road ovcrSeer from
Grand COtcau to William {. JolnSOn's plantt-
ton i'll COulGG Crochc.
The petition of fOrty-One road hands and citi-
ZcIS of Coultc Crochr was read, and on motion
Of Mr.. ChachcrG, was laid on the table.
a petition was read, signed Ivy many citizens
OF the parish. asking the Police Jury TO pass an
ordinance requiring all merchants or other per
sons who purchase hides, to keep a registry of
the same; whercupOn motion Of Mr.. Djlio. re
solved that the same he laid on the table, as the
Police Jury have no authority to lcgislatc upon
the subject,
The following report of the Parish Treasurer,
making an exhibit up to September LIST. 1874, was
received as follows, tO-wit:
Amount of Parish Taxes aud Licenses
collected during the month of Au-
Collected in jurors warrants $421 20
PAID ont as per vouchers. $50 50 81, O09 O3
Cash in Parish Treasury from
Augustus collections ...... 81. 926 IS
Cash in Parish Treasury Au-
gust LIST, S74..........,,.,.. $2,s2p IS
Paid out during August, as
per vouchers. ..........,... $50 40 81 1853 96
Total cash i'll Parish Treasu-
ry, this dAY............. $3,796 II
/, Louis DcSma1aiS, Assistant Parish Trcasll-
rer for the parish Of st, Landry, do hereby GER
fifty that the above statement is true and cor
rect. LOUIS DESMARAIS.
Assistant TREASURER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 18th of
September, 1874.
Z. P. VEAZ1E, ], P.
OFFICEoFSTATE AND PARIsIITAN C0LLECIoH,l
Parish of st. Landry,
Qpelnusas, La, August 4th, 1874.
This is to certify that, on the 14th day of Au-
gust, 1871,l eighteen hundred and seventy-one,
Capt. NJ. G. May paid the sum of seventeen
OlIl00 dollars, (Sl7 Oh the same being the parish
tax Of one J. II. Moss, for the year 1870. and that
said J. Fl. Moss had been wrongly assessed,
LOUIS DESMARAIS.
ll4enuty Tax Collector.
On motion OF Mr.. ChacherG, resolved, that
NJ. &. May he reimbursed the sum of seventeen
dollars, amount paid by him OH the above prop
erty wrongly assessed.
On motion, the Police Jury adjourned until
tomorrow at 10 O'Clock y. Nj.
Tuesday, September Sth, 1874.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjournment.
Present John Roy, President; 7. S. PunteuOt.
7. {: ChaGhGr6, Theodulc Fontenot and Homer
Durio,
On motion of Mr.. T. s. Fontenot, resolved.
that hereafter the compensation allowed the
two frce-holdeIs in drawing the jury shall be
three dollars per day, and no more.
The letter OF resignation OF Mr.. r. C. Sittig
was read, when, on motion of Mr., Duriu, the
same was laid over until he makes his report.
The Ft9l1ae Jury, IN cQnlmlittee uf the whole,
proceeded to examine Claims unpaid and on file
against the parish, WhereupOn motion of MI.
ChachCre, the following claims were allowed
anu approved: