The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-14
Proceedings of the Police .BWry.
OPELoUsAs, August Sd, 1874

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that is in cultivation at this time nv JOspDT
| B0udreaux, it being public land and on the Ole
surveyed road, we Still hold II as the nuhlic road
and thence cutting the corner of Robert Spears
land, and thence on a strait line to or near the
corner of Richard HightOwer's fence. and thence
on a strate line to Bayou Marie Boular, neal
Snryille Boudreaux's, and thence by Oscar Ar
cenalx's, and thence to MOutOn's gully at tho
point where the bridge lumheris, and thence fol
lowing the old surveyed road to Bernard store
no damage assessed on said road,
ResppctfulIy submitted,
Jones ?. Smith.
James W. Boring.
Joseph Venable.
L, Thibodeaux,
Joseph Robin,
Jules Chr6tien.
On motion of Mr.. Chacher6. resolved. that tho
above rnnort he received and adOnted and 4hf
| committees DISCHARGED and that the Ovprseprs
| on said road arc hereby instructed TO work the
road MS laid ont in said rcnort.
M r F0ntennt in the chair
ON motion of Mr.. ROY. resolved. that the s,1u
of one hundred and scypnty-fye dollars. or sc
mnph thereof IS NAV hp npppSEarI no and is
hereby appropriated payable out of the Intern
! nj Tnnr0Tement Fu1d Of fine current wear fC
rebrild Fr0zard's bridge, under the supeerVisior
Of NJ @ May T M MiiI1rd and .TOspnh FroZard
Mr. RoV Tes,Inpd the chair
In nmrs,1ancn nf . rrSolItion of This Irrv
| nassnd at thc last meeting IT Hovrs auh1nit+Sd
a plat of survey of the land acquired by the par
ISL by transfer from Lam0urandier and wife in
1905, whereupon motion of Mr.. ChachprG. re
solved. that the following ordinances he adnntcd.
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AN OhhINANtE
ii h]elon gin no tn +" the harsh and n SitDate cd ET TG +
+ha nGTnGrata iiT1itS Of III" +o,rr "f SWoI "n'
SSnc+i0np y p" II nrdojned nv W. p GR1loT I j."
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o ot III h "a, " i 10 baroh h1"n IN ri i 1nd IL, n l. leS,utm1
to sell the lots and s2iares Of %ronnS neionG ~ q
to the narish and sitiIatpd within tha cotolnTn e
Ii,nitS IF tho +nWn of Nneio%5an ~ ~ ip n !
hiddar at tho Comrtbo1Isodo y ~ az ii r rrsh1So
advertispment in the Official ionrnoI unity ""S'
Soc . Re # further ord ained atn Th,+ tho
said lands shall he sold on the al of Octohar
1874 nv lots in accOrdanco with a NOV - .,n
vev made nv n HAYES and flad uff+h +bo ~
chiives Of this jury and On the foIlSwing II ter M,
and conditions, t0rwit: one half of the purchase
nrice cash on the day of sale. and the baiance in
Twelve months from date. with eight pcr cent
ner annum interest from day of sale until nav
ment, purchasers to give their notes for deferred
payment in accordance with the terms of sale,
and payable to the President Of the Police jury
Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, etc, That tGc
sum of fifty dollars be fixed as aminimum nrice
for the whole lots, and twenty-five dollars as a
minimum price for the fractional lots, and that
the costs Of notarial act OF sale to be horne hv
the purchaser.
WAxIA, August LIST. 1874.
To the honorable President and member of the
Police Jury of the Parish of st. Landry:
The undersigned commissioners anpOintcd nv
your honorable body to give out the contract for
the repairs upon the levee across the Ravou
the contract to MI. Ke0ugh, and that fhcE-
have received the work as having been executed
according to the terms of the contract,
Respectfully submitted,
J.. 4. Tavlor.
VIM. 0ffutt,
the above report be received and adonted md
the committee discharged.
PARISH OF s. LANDRY. Aug tst 1874
To the Hon. President and mpnlhoTS Of thc Do
lice Jury, Parish of st, Landry:
We, the Undersigned, citizens of the aforesaid
parish, do hereby beg of yOur hOn0rahIe hndv
for an appropriation of $500 feet Of Inn er ana M
100 pounds of spikes to repair the BRIDGE m
Bayou Mallet. on the road from Keounh;S s+o,o
to Gilbert Dayid's. ''
On motion of Mr.. ChacherG' rrsol we'd thet Tho
PRAYER of the above petition be granted and
that the bridge be repaired under fine snnerris(
ion of Onez. LedOuy, road Oyarsner
On motion, the Police Jury adiourned ,r+il
Tomorrow at 10 O'clOCk NJ ~
TTEsDAY. Auo,,st al, 1917.
The Police jury met pursuant r. adioIrnm 0r %
Present John Row. President. r & ESon+nnnt
T, c. ChacherG, T6eoduIc Fontennt and Hor,a,,.
Durio. Nl
The following rppOrt of the Parish Troasrror
making an exhibit IN to Nuo,st 1st 1877 LIZ n1t,
received rs follows. fo-wit: " '''' ""'
Amount of Parish Taxes and Tiocnsas
collected from July Isl. 1874 tGf III
lat to August list, is74. "'"' O. ,-o o.,
Collected in Jurors warrants S573 ao -'1'' Oh