The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-07
Proceedings of the Police Jury.

Proceedings of the Police .Bury.
OPELoUsAs, August Sd, 1874.
Tho Police Jury met pursuant to adjourn.
mcnt. Present John Roy, President; Fl. Durio,
Thcodulc Fontcnot and T. G. Chachere.
The minutes of the last meeting were read
| and approved.
To the honorable President and members of the
Police Jury of the Parish of st. Landry:
We, the undersigned committee appointed by
you on the 9th of July, to locate the public road
from Bayou BourbetlX bridge to BGrnard's store,
met on Friday, the nth, and proceeded to lay
out said road agreeable to the annexed report
which We respectfully submit for your adoption
or rejection.
Leave the Plaqueninc and Grand Coteau road
near J. J. Bailcy's house, fnllOWing the woods to
ChrGticn's Point, leaving Chretien'S house to the
left, and thence on Il direct line to ]. P. Smiths
land, and thence OH the line between j. z Smith
and William Fall, thence between Joseph Ven
able and Legcr, and thence between Vcnable
and Leon BriscOe, and thence through public
land to W. c. JOhnsOn's land, and thence on the
line between Johnson and Z. ThibOdeauX, and
thence on the line between Johnson and Charles
Smith, and thence between Smith and Jesse
FerguSOn's land, thence down said Smiths line
to the corner of his fence, and thence following
the old surveyed road through Joseph Vcnable's
old place, cutting off about three acres of land
that is i'll cultivation at this time by Joseph
Boudreaux, it being public land and on the old
surveyed road, we still holdit as thepublic road,
and thence cutting the corner Of Robert Spears
land, and thence on a strait line to or near the
corner of Richard H~ight0wer's fence, and thence
on a stratc line to Bayou Marie Boular, near
SarVillC BOudreauXS, and thence by Oscar Ar
cenaux's, and thence to MOutOn's gully at the
point where the bridge lumberis, and thence fol
owing the old surveyed road to Bernard Store,
no damage assessed on said road.
Respectfully submitted,
Jones ?. Smith,
James W. Boring.
Joseph VCnable,
Il. ThibOdeauX,
Joseph Robin,
Jules Chr6tien.
On motion of MI. Clachcre, resolved, that the
above report he received and adopted, and the
committee discharged, and that the 0verscers
Oh said road are hereby instructed to work the
road as laid ont in said report.
Mr.. I. FOntenOt in the chair
On motion of MI. Roy, resolved, that the sum
Of one hundred and seventy-fve dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, be and is
hereby appropriated, payable ont of the Intern
al Improvement Fund OF the current year, to
rebuild FrOzard's bridge, under the supervision
Of NJ. G. May, E. NJ. Willard and Joseph Frozard.
Nj. Roy resumed the chair.
In pursuance of a resolution of this Jury.
passed at the last meeting, FL. Hayes submitted
II plat of survey of the land acquired by the par
ish by transfer from LamOurandier and wife IN
1905, whereupOn motion of Mr.. ChacherG, re
solved, that the following ordinance be adopted:
AN ORDINANCE
Relative to the disposition of the lots of ground
belonging to the parish, and situated within
the corporate limits of the town of Opelousas.
Section l, Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the parish of ST. landry, That the President
of this Jury is hereby authorized and instructed
to sell the lots and squares of ground belonging
to the parish, and situated within the corporate
limits OF the town of OpelOusas, to the highest
bidder, at the Courthouse door, after thirty days
advertisement in the official journal.
Sec. .. Be it further ordained, etc, That the
said lands shall be sold on the Sd of October,
1874. by lots, i'll accordance with Il plan of sur
vey made by H. Hayes and filed with the ar
chives of this Jury, and on the following terms
and conditions, to-wit: one half of the purchase
price cash on the day of sale, and the balance in
twelve months from date, with eight per cent
per annum interest from day OF sale until pay
ment, purchasers to give their notes for deferred
payment i'll accordance with the terms OF sale,
and payable to the President of the Police Jury.
Secs. Be it further ordained, etc, That the
sum of fifty dollars be, fixed as a minimum price
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 borne by
the purchaser. r"
WAXIA, August 1st, 1874.
To the honorable President and members of the
Police Jury OF the Parish OF ST. Landry:
The undersigned commissioners appointed by
your honorable body to give out the contract for
Toulouse. Respectfully report that they gave
the contract to MI. T. KeOugh, and that they
have received the work as having been executed
according to the terms of the contract.
Respectfully submitted, ...,u.
p. 4.. IA Taylor,
. VIM. Offutt.
On motion of Mr.. T. Fontenot, resolved. that
the above report be received and adopted, and
the discharged.
PARISH OF ST. LANDRY, Aug, 1st, 1874.
To the Hon. President and members of the Po-
lice Jury, Parish of st. Landry:
We, the undersigned, citizens of the aforesaid
parish, do hereby beg of your honorable body
for an appropriation of 1900 feet of lumber and
100 pounds of spikes to repair the bridge on
Bayou MalIet, on the road from Keough's store
to Gilbert David's.
Signed by thirty citizens.
On motion OF Mr.. Chachere, resolved, that the
prayer OF the above petition be granted, and
that the bridge be repaired under the supervis-
of OneZ. LedOuX, road Overseer.
On motion, the Police Jury adjourned mill
tomorrow at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
TUESDAY, August 4th, 1874.
The Police jury met pursuant to adjournment.
Present John Roy, President; T. S. FontenOt,
7. G. Chacher6, Theodule FontenOt and Homer
DuriO.
The following report of the Parish Treasurer,
making an exhibit up to August LIST, 1874, was
received as follows, to-Wit:
Amount of Parish Taxes and Licenses
collected from July 1st, 1874, to July
LIST to August LIST, 1874..--. s. ITO AZ
Collected in jurors warrants 1878 so
Paid out us per vouchers. -. 434 16 81, GOT 96
Cash in Parish Treasury from
July's collections ...-.-- 81 1862 97
Cash i'll Parish Treasury July
1st, S2,343 30
Paid out during July, as per
vouchers .-..--"....,. GIG So 81, $3.50 81
Total cash in Parish Treasu-
ry, August LIST, 1874 ..... s.. 800 "a
I, Louis Desmarais, Assistant Parish Treasu-
rer for the parish of st, Landry, do hereby Ger
tl1E t1at the ABOVE statement is true and cor
rect. LOUIS DESMARATS.
Assistant Treasurer.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 4th of
August, 1874. S. r, WALKER. r. p
On mot ion of Mr.. T. S. Fontenot, Resolved,
that Joseph Landreneau Jr., be appointed road
overseer of public road from where it intersect
the Vile Plate and Pine Prairie road in upper
Prairie Malnouth to the parish line, at the head
of Beaver Creek, and that one keg of spikes are
hereby appropriated to repair the bridge on
bayou Siz Pique, on said road, be it further re-
solved that Samuel f. Green be appointed road
oyerseer in place of A. r. Hawkins. deceased,
On motion of Mr.. Chachere. Resolved that
the twenty-five dollars appropriated March 12th
1874 to J. B. Duplechin for right of wav. and
resinded July 9th 1874, be and the said amount
is hereby ordered to be used in the purchase of
spikes for the public roads.
The Polio Jury in COMMITTEE of the whole pro-
ceeded to examine claims unpaid and on file
against the Parish, whereupon motion of Mr.,
Fl. Durio, the following claims were allowed
and approved:
Z o Hayes, attendance on COurt. s1s5 on
r H3yeS, snerlffs feeS in Grim. cases. 80 so
Lewis Hayes, Jail fees and guard ...... $50 10
T. W Lyons, jan guard -:----.-..-. Sc 90
r MnI1zeshelfner, sIlrldr1es for JAIL. Is 80
y NeaZlc, ]ustlce peace fees----..-... 1877 AZ
NJ CaTr0h, .-.--.---.. % so
? = GGaifer' u 81
A Guidry, constablG's fees S.. IS 90
; Il walker. .-.... G5 IS
' roy: ...... 6 60
> MlllspauSh; -....-. As O5
A SOnnier, % Ok
N p Mecle4d t{g5iI lumber for public road . 3
M fIGasaht Mllls' 25 so
y 9IeiIGyy 81 so
Fl Boutt6, " " * 90
8 Flad, plough broke on 10 M
Joseph L~achappelle, repairing ploughs 4 20
III Hayes, surveying parish lots TX M