The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-07
Proceeding of the Board of Police Of
the Town of O~peIOusRs.
WEDNESDAY. April Goth, 1874.

C.. n. Ealef, A. b. ChacIleft ana u NtorhlIFeS
DIR. James Ray, then presented his commission
MS president of the said Board and took MS seat:
G W. Hudspeth having presented ms oal1 Vi
office took his seat as IA member OF the Board
The Board then proceeded to organize Dy
eleCting officers.
on motion of Mr.. Mayo, resolved unanimous,
" that the salaries of officers be liked before
Going into all election for the same,
on motion of Mr.. Hudspeth, resolved llIlall-
,nouslv. that the salary OF the clerk De anu tue
came il hereby fixed at fifty dollars.
on motion of Mr.. Ealer, resolved UNANIMOUS
". that the salary of the treasurer be fixed at
twenty-five dollars.
". that the salary Of the constable be fixed at
fhe rate of three hundred dollars a year.
On motion of Mr.. EalcT, resolved UNANIMOUS
". that the salary of the assessor be nXed 1T
fifty dollars. o,s
iy, that the salary Of the collector DC ~ nI en- DIT
on motion of MI. Hudspeth, resolved imam,
mOusIy, that the salary OF the printer DC nAed
ON motion. Of Mr.. Ealer, resolved that the
bonds of treasurer and collector be fixed Ut TWO
thousand dollars each. ha
On motion. of Mr.. Ealer, resolved tIiat, lhe
official bond of the constable be fixed at thtc9
hundred dollars, the said bond to be accepted
by the PRESIDENT. su
MIR. MayO nominated Mr.. Jos. d. Richard Tor
clerk OF the Board, whcreupOn, the Dallot was
dispensed with, Mr.; Richard was 9eclare" uhahl-
mOtlsly elected clerk of the Board;
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rnI. treasurer. whereupOn Mr.. Lefchvrc was de-
cIared unanimously elected treasurer.
Mr.. Chachere nominated Mr.. George MeSlIlley,
for constable.
Mr., MayO nominated MI. Charles Thompson.
Mr.. M6rnhinveg nominated Mr.. George n.
Rogers.
WIlcreupOn on the first ballot Mr.. Cllas. Tflomp-
son received three votes, Mr.. George Mrglile%
received two votes, MI. AuglStln Stcth receives
one vote, and Mr.. George n. Rogers recelyed
one vote. A second ballot was taken when Mr..
George n. Rogers received one vote, MI Charles
Thompson received fOnr votes, and Mr. George
Mcginley received two votes. Mr.. Ch;tIlcS
Thompson having received Il majority OF me
votes cast, was declared duly elected constable.
On motion of Mr.; Hudspeth, resolved, that the
constable be e~X-OtIiciO collector and assessor.
Mr.. Ealer moved that Mr.. Thompson ne no
titled of his election by u member OF the Board
in order to ascertain if he would accept the
office or not, and Mr.. Thompson having appear
ed and declined accepting the office.
On motion of MIR. Hudspeth the Board pro
eeeded to elect another constable III his place,
whereupOn on balloting, Mr.. George Meglnley re-
ceived SIX votes and Mr.. George n, Rogers re
eiYedOne vote, whercupol Mr.. MeglIIey having
received amaiority Of the votes cast was declared
duly elected constable of the town of OpelOuSas.
Mr.. Ealer moved that a member OF the Board
notify Mr.. Meginley of his election to ascertain
if he would accept or, not. MI .Me&lluey theh
appeared before the Board and accepted the
office.
Mi. Mayo nominated the Opelousas JOURNAL
for printer and Messrs. MOInhtnFeg and Ealer
lttlfilidliu luS cIAIeh1tNo ~"NAiN "
ballot was taken and tho OpelOusas JOURNAL
having received five votes and the CpeiouSas
Courier two votes the Opel0lSds JOURNAL was
declared duly elected.
On motion of Mr.. Ealer, resolved that IL com
mittee Of three he appointed to wait on the OLD
Board and demand from them the archives OF
the town and get a statement from the treasurer,
to date as to what amount may be IN his hands,
the said committee to report to morrow morn
ing at eleven o'clock.
The president appointed Messrs. Ealcr, Cha
cleTe and MAYO. ,
on motion of Mr.. MOrnhinveg, the thanks of the
Board were rendered to A. T. Williams Esq, for
acting as secretary pro tenn, of this meeting.
The Board then adjourned until to morrow
morning at eleven o'clock.
THURSDAY, April 3Oth 1874. .
Tic Board met and adjourned to Monday next.
.f. MONDAY, May 4th 1874.
The Board met pursuant to adjournment
Present, DIR. James Ray, President A. B. Cha
Chere, G. MOrnhinyeE, ST., p ]. LefebYre, Geo.
w. Htldspeth and G. n. Ealer.
The President presented the bonds of the
treasurer, collector and constable, when on mo
ton of Mr.. Ealer the said bonds were accepted
and approved.
mittee of three be appointed to prepare ordi-
ninces to be presented to the Board for their
adoption, the President appointed MessTs. HUd-
speth, Ealer and LefebVre. a,, /. 49, - -,
On motion Of Mr.. Ealer, resolved, that should
the assessor not be able to procure printed
blanks. he be authorized TO cause the same to be
printed. t
stable notify Mr.. Louis Lejeune that the Board
has no further use for the room rented by him
to the former Board,
on motion of MIR. Ealer, resolved. that the as
SCISSOR be authorized to employ as many assis-
tants ar may be necessary, at the rate OF one
dollar and fifty cents per day to complete the
Oh motion of Mr.. Hudspeth the Board ad-
jotriied to Monday morning, next at II O'Clock
a. H..
~ s4.a " MONDAY, May11th 1874
The Board met pursuant to adjournment,
Present, DR.. James Ray, President, Geo: W.
Hudspeth, G. N. Ealer, g. Mayo, P.J. LefebvTe,
G. M6rnhinYeg, 81, and A. b Ghachere. aa5
on motion the following ordinance was read
twice and unanimously adopted Wis An ordi-
nance to amend an ordinance entitled in Ordi-
nance creating, q revenue for the town OF Ope-
lOtlsas ordained 22d November, 1878.
SECT j. Be it ordained by the Board of Police
of the town of OpelOI1sas that section II of an
ordinance adopted November 22d 1873 entitled
an ordinance, for creating Il revenue for the
town Of Opelousas which reads as follows to-
wit: 1t is further ordained that the tax of, one
quarter Of one per cent shall be levied on all
sessed value and also OIL all monies ut interest be
amended az follows to-wit by adding. thereto
t tn, WORDS ~ t ain on on i atb p5op pTiects " s,, Gaplsat Il sI ho
faxed and which are taxed by the State,
SECT2 !. Be it further ordained that this Ordi-
nance shall take effect from and after its pas
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On motion the following ordinance was read
twice and unanimously adopted viz:
AN ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO HoGs:~
To prevent their running at large within the
corporate limits of the town of OpelOusas, es-
tablishing penalties therefor, providing for
the establishment of d pound for irnpounding
and selling all hogs found running at large.
Whereas, all measures heretofore adopted by
the Board Of Poiiceeof the town of Opelousas,
having proved nnayailing. in preventing the
running at large of hogs in the streets and pub
lie grounds of said town, to the great 'aestruc-
ton of the streets and pavements. Therefore
Section /. BE it ordained by the Board Of Po
lice Of the town of Opelousas, that hereafter
hogs shall not be permitted to run ut large with
II 4S1sH e2fea,snta liIl{ts Of sni1 town
Sec. Q. Be it further ordained, That all owners
of hogs within the corporate limits of said town,
be. and they are hereby required to keep them
within their own enclosures,
Sec. 5. BE 1t further ordained, That any resi-
dent of the town OF Opelousas, WhOshall WilfuIly
permit his hog or hogs to run at large within
the corporate limits OF said town, shall, fr
every hog or pig so permitted to run at large,
forfeit and pay q fine of ten dollars with costs
to be recovered by nroeeedingsh by the President
of the Board, in the name OF the town, before
any court of competent Jurisdiction, and for d
second offense, the fine shall he double.
Sec. 4. BE it further ordained, That Ii shall be !
it is hereby made the duty of the town
Constable to imp0und, at some central and con-
yenient point, within the town, to be selected
by him, all hogs found running at large in con-
to this ordinance,
Sec. Is. Be 1t further ordained, That whenever
the owner OF hogs thus impOunded, shall be
known to the constable 1t shall be his duty inn
mediately to notify the owner in writing to come
within twentg-four hours and redeem
said hog or hogs by payment of all costs accrued,
in default thereof that they will be sold for
cash. at public auction, on the Saturday follow /