The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-07-03
Proceeding OF ti.e Police s5aairgg..
ofEIoBsAs, June ,stg 1874. Z

~ OPELoUsAs, June ret! 1874. \
The Police Jury met pursuant to adiourn
ment. Present John Roy, President, II. s
Eontenot, h: }Dnrio, Theodule Fentelidt Fians
I. c. ChaclleFe.
The minutes of the last meeting were reat
and approved. !
To the honorable President and members Of TIL
Police Jury of the Parish of st. Landry.
We the undersigned citizens appointed b.
your Honorable body, May 9Th 1874, to form
committee to locate, trace and lay out a road
that IS, that part of the Washington IrOad, from
Jean Baptist Ardoin at, Chafaignier,. to tn
parish line on NeZ Pique 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 tagreef
upon the following as the most proper place t,
locate the portion of said road, for which thi
committee was appointed, t0-wit: beginning a
the little bridge near Jean Bite. Ard0in on thu
present Washington road, M ON the North linz
of the Spanish claim Of PeIagie Fontenot, tol
lowing said line up to the North East corner o
the claim, of jacques Fontenot, thence follow
ing said North line of said claim of jacques
FontcnOt about four arpents that is, to q pas
corner, known belonging to Dorsin P. Lateur
thence from said post corner, running in a direc1
line on Mr.. Jean Bite. Ardoin's land and passing
along a marsh which lies on said land of sait
Jean Bite. Ardoin leaving only said marsh anG
q very small portion of land belonging to sale
Jean. Bite. Ardoin, South of said course; anG
running up directly to Mr.. Jean Bite. Saucier's
land, from thence turning directly north anG
running on the line between said Jean Bite
Saucer, and Jean Bite. Ardoin, and running sc
UP to a corner post between D.. 2. Lalieur, and
said Jean Bite. Saucier, from thence running
west on the line between said Lafieur and said
Saucer, and running so up to Mr.. 7. 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 road, thence
from said residence of said Mr.. Fontenot, follow
ing the said road already there up to Mr.. Olin
Vidrine's land, from thence running on the line
between said Vidrine and said ]. s. Fontenot,
and r1TnnjJlU go Nm fn coi1 north limo nfT TanrfrA1
Fontenot's claim, thence following said north
line of said jacques FOntenots claim up to Gar
r1gues FlaIjacques' claim, thence following also
the north line OF Garrigues F1aniacques' claim
up to the public road leading from Flat Town to
the Catholic church and intersecting the Ope-
lOtIsas and Ca[casieu road in AnSe Bourbeuse,
from thence following said road UP to the line
and corner of the land of Joseph Anguste Fen-
tenOt and DR.. TleO. Chachere, from thence run
ming directly on the line between said Joseph
Aug. FOntenOt and d.. Thee. Chaehere, thence
on the lines between Louis Fuselier ST., Pierre
Louis Fuselier, FRANCOIS ,ArdOin -Sr., Mrs. P.
Stage, etc, and running up so to the post corner
between J. P. Laleur and Francois Ardoin Sr.,
from thence running on and between the lines
OF said j. 2. La1ieur and r. Ardoin Sr., directly
up to Mr.. Arville j. Fontenot's land, from thence
running on the lines between said Arville j..
FoHtenot, L6andre Manuel, Parfait Lafieur and
J. 7. Latieur and running up so to Mrs. Dorsino
Laffeur's land, from thence running on the. line
and between said Mrs. Dorsino Latieur and Par
fait Lafieur, from thence running on the line be-
tween said Mrs. DOrsinO Lafleur and railroad
q and so up to the post corner between said
Mrs. DorsinO Lafleur and Gerard Rozat, thence
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 is
and i1Itersects exactly the OpelOusas and Ca1ca-
sieu road at said southeast corner post of the
land of said David CourviIle, from thence fol
lowing the said Opelousas and CaIcasieu road
up to the west side and line of the land of Jean
Bite. Duplechain, from thence leaving said Ope-
IousaS and Calcasieu road and running south
WnEf and n1EGinp~ on railroad land m ~ tha
south line of Reubin T. Sacket's claim, and rum
on and across the southwest corner Of said
claim of r. Z. Sacket, thence running across
Acdoille 2. Fontenots land, thence across Au1
gustin Frug6'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 Marcantcl Jr., and Joseph 9Frug6, run
ming up SO to a corner post of said joseph Frtlg6
and Joseph MaTcantclie Jr., thence from said
corner post running on the line and between the
line of the land of Joseph M~arcantelle ST., and
c. FontenOt, from thence running on
land, always southwest course, and
running 50 up to the northwest corner of Ge-
rard MlIerS land, from thence across UPsin
Miller Jr's land and near a creek south of his
and Funnings so up to Francois John
land. and running across his land, thence
called Augusta z. Fruge's claim, thence across
Gerard Frug6's lald, and entering into Bayou
Cane woods on his land and neaF,his, residence,
thence running in the said woods on the land of
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land, arriving across Bayou Cane by q
road and crossing over said Bayou Cane which
lies there on said premises due west
from Gerard Fruge's residence, thence from
said Bayou Cane ON the west side, running west
course, and running across Ursin Miller Sr's
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 Zenon Vidrine .Jr.,, thence
across the north corner of the land or HypOliteI
Yidrine, thence pubIieland, thence across JJiien
Doguezfs land, thence across Edouard Vidrine's
land, and running south OF his residence and
through Pointe aux Tigre woods, from thence
running west on public land, or land unknown,
infersecting the Opeleusas and Calcasieu
road, nearer the NeZ Piqu6 woods than Pointe
Tigpe, the lay out from Peinte aux Tigre to
the. Opelousas and Calcasieu rqad is to
follow a portion of a path called jose LangleyS
road, thence leaving said path and running iii
reGtly SO TO i~Ttersect the said Opelousas and
Calcasieu road, thence following said Opelousas
md Calcasieu road up to Jesse Young's ferry on
The parish line across bayou Nez Piqu6.
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