The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-19
Proceedings OF the Police Jury.

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4 OPELoUsAs, June 1st. 1874.
The Police jury met purRnantato adjourn
ment, Present, John Roy, President =, S.
F~ontenot, Il. Durio, Theodule F0nten6t and
The minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved B x 81 i
To the honorable President and members of the
Police Jury OF the Parish Of st. Landry.
We the undersigned citizens appointed by
your Honorable body, May 5th 1874, to form a
committee to locate, trace and lay out @ road,
that is, That part Of the, Washington Iroad, from
Jean Baptist Ard0in at Ch~atafgnier, to the
parish line on Neg PiquG at Jesse Young's ferry,
beg leave to make the following report VIZ
That we met On the 25th instant, and after tax,
ing the oath prescribed by law, have agreed
upon the following as the most proper place to
locate the portion of said road, for which this
committee was appointed, tO-wit: beginning at
the little bridge near Jean Bite. Ardoin on the
present Washington road, and ON the North line
of the Spanish claim of Pelagie FOntenot,. toll
owing said line up to the North East corner of
the claim, of jacques Fontenot, thence follow
ing said North line, of said claim of Jacques
Fontenot about four arpents that is, to a past
corner, known belonging to DOrsin P. Lafieur,
thence from said post corner. running in a direct
Lincoln Mr.Jean Bite. Ardoinis land and passing
along a marsh which lies on said land of said
Jean Bite. ArdO1n leaving only said marsh and
q very small portion of land belonging to said
Jean Bite. Ard6in,s South of said course; and
running UP directly to Mr.. Jean Bite. Saucier's,
land, from thence turning directly. north and
running on the lin between said. Jean Bite.
Saucier, and Jean Bite. Af1oin, and running so
up to a corner post between D.P Lafleur, and
said Jean Bite. Saucier,t from thence running
west on the line between said Lateuf and said
Saucer, and running 80 upytO Mr.. T!"S. Fonte-
not's land, thence running across on said FOnte-
not's land, and in front of his residence, there
being already a good road there and accepted
by said committee to be the public read, thence
from said residence of said Mr.. F%Ontenot, follow
ing the said road already there up to Mr.. DIN
Vidrine's land, from thence running ON the line
etween said Vidrine and said 7. S. fFontenot,
and running so up to said north line of Jacques
FOntennts claim, thence following said north
line of said Jacques FOntenot's claim up to- Gar
Figues FlaujacQues' claim, thence following also
the north line of GaBriguesy Flaujacaues' claim
up to the public road leading from Flat Town to
the Catholic church and interseeting the: Ope-
loIlsas and CalcaSielI road infAnse BourbeTse,
from thence following said read up to the line
and corner of the land of Joseph Auguste Fon-
tenot and Dr.. The0. Chaeher6, from thence rum
Aug. F0nten0t and DR.. Thee. Chachere, thence:
on the lines between Louis Fuselier Sr., Pierre
Louis Fuselier, Francois ArdOin Sir, Mrs. P.
Stagg, etc, and running up so to. the post corner
| between j. T. Laf1eur and Francois ArdOin Sr.,
from thence running on and between the lines
of saidJ. p! Lafleur and 7. Ardoin sr., directly
llptO Mr.. AFvihe j. Fontenbts HANDY rOm thence
running on the lines between said Arville J.
Fontenot, L6andre Manlel, Parfait Lafieur and
j. Laiieur and trimming up SO to Mrs. Dprsin0I
Lafieur's land, from thence running on the line
and betweengsaid Mrs. Dorsino Lafieur and Par
fait Lafieur, from thence running ON the line be-
| tween said Mrs. D0rsin0 Lafleur and railroad
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Mrs. Dorsino Lafieur and Gerard R6zat, themes
from said post running directly ON railroad land
up to David Courville's land, that is, to say on
the southeast corner post Of his land, which isl
Sieu road at said southeast corner post of the
land of said David CouPvi1le, from thence fol-
lowing. the said Opelousas and Calcasieu, road
upg to the west side and line Of the Land Of Jean
Bite. Duplechain, from thence, leaving said Ope-,
lOusas and Calcasieu road and running south
west and passing. on railroad land up to the
Il op1fG limo nf RaIIhin n GnnlnfSc o1aSTT n~l r-,
ming on and across the southwest corner of said
claim of RI Saeket, thence running across
Aedoille q. Fanteaot's land, thence across Aus
g1lstln Fftge,s land up to a corner post between
the land of Joseph Fruge and Gerard Miller,
thence from said corner post running ON the
lines and between the lands of Gerard Miller,
Joseph Marcantel Jr., and Joseph Fruge, run
ming up so to a corner post of said Joseph Fruge
and Joseph MaTcantelle Jr., thence from said
corner post running on the line and between the
line OF the land of Joseph lMareantelle ST., and
Florian G. FOntenOt, from thence running on
railroad land, always Southwest course, and
running so up to the northwest corner of &C.
rard Miiler's land, from thence across Ursin
Miller iris land and near q creek south of his
residence, and running so up to Francois John
sons land, and running across his land, thence
across Onifc Frug6's land, thence across a claim
called Auglste +. .Fruge's claim. thence across
Gerard Fruge's land, and entering into Bayoit
Cane woods ON his land and near his residence,
thence I'm m the said woods on the land of
said Gerard Frug6, Joseph Frug6 and Augustin
FEuge2s land, arriving across Bayou Cane by a
road and crossing over said Bayou Cane which
already lies there on said premises due west
from Gerard eFRug6's residence, thence. from
said Bayou Cane on the Westsfde, running west
course, and running across Ursig Miller Sr's |
land, thence across VIM. Ashford's land and
near his residence, thence still running west On |
public land, thence across a small portion, say
the west corner, of ~en6nRVjdfhie8 8r.., Silence
across the north corner of the and of Hypplitef
Yidrine, thence publiefand themes across Jtlieht
Doglez's land, thence across Edoiard Vidrine's
land, and running s0uthtof his residence and
through POinte aux Tigre woods; from thence |
running west on public land, or land unknown,
and intersectine the Opelousas and tGaleasieu
road, nearer the Nez Piqu6 woods than P0inte
aux Tigre, the lay out from P0inte aux TigPe to
~intersect the 0peloJsas and Caleasieu road s t6 |
follow d portion of a pathaGalfed Jose Eangleyss
road, thence leaving said path and running di |
rectIyt soto finterseeta the said 0pclottsas andI
CaIcasieu road, thence following said OpelousaB
and. CaIcasiet road up to Jesse Young's ferry on
the parislg4 HIRE across bayou Neg PiqWe.anases4E
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