The weekly echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1868-1876, 1875-09-30
Proceedings Of tie Police Jury.
SEPTEMBER SESSION. 1875.
MONDAY September s, 1875.


Calcasieu, met this 9Th day of Septem-
Der, A. d. 1875, at the Courthouse, at
Lake Charles, Louisiana, pursuant to
adjournment
PRESENT.. J. Lyons. President
ID. A. Cole and James Cole.
On molten. Be it ordained, That J.
V. Moss be elected Clerk Of this body
for one year from the 7th day of Sep
tember, A. ID. 1875, at a compensation
of one hundred and fifty dollars, in
cluding the making of the estimate of
expenditures for the year 1875.
On motion, Be it ordained, That
VIM j. Hutchins be elected Parish
Treasurer for two years from date, at a
compensation of two hundred dollars
per annum.
On motion, Be it ordained, That the
petition of J. B. Eaves and Others, ask
ing for public road leading from Slay-
don Is ford on the Anna Coco down TO
the Military road near the residence of
Jasper HYATT, be received, and the road
granted and that T. J. Carol, Alex
ander Frazar, J. M. Hennigan, Sr., J.
M Hennigan, JT., J. b. Eaves, III. f.
Hennigan, and Joshua Coin be ap-
pointed commissioners to lay out said
road, and report TO this body.
On motion, Be il ordained, That the
public road leading from Antioch
Church down on the west side of ShOu-
pique Bayou be so changed as to leave
the present road at the east side of
Long Island, thence passed the resi-
dence of s. Lyons, thence passed the
west end of Crane Island, to and inter
secting the old road at the big gully
below Mrs. Lyons.
On motion, Be it ordained, That the
petition of Abel West and others. ask
ing that the public road leading from
o. r. Moss to the Sulphur Mine be
extended on to the Big Woods, be laid
O7er for further consideration.
On motion. Be it ordained, That the
following persons be set apart and re-
quirsd to work on the new public road
laid out from the residence of VIM.
Hanchey passed Demcy les to Fru-
ge's bridge on Barnes Greek, viz
John Green, Moses Green, William
Green, Wiley Green, Monroe Lindsay,
Albert Lindsay, Bolden Lindsay, Ru-
fus Lindsay, George Miller, Demcy
lies, Frank lies, HarrelI Hes, George
Disbo, Solomon Andrews, James T.
Kent, Dennis Baggett, David Baggett,
Benjamin Parker, Daniel Baggett,
James Thompson, Frank Green, and
Amberry Miller.
And be it further ordained, That
Solomon Andrews be appointed over
seer ON said new road.
On motion, Be it ordained, That
this body do adjourn till tomorrow
morning at o'clock.
TUESDAY, September 7, 1875.
The Police Jury met this 7th dsy Of
September, A. ID. 1875, at the Court
house, pursuant to adjournment. Pres
ent, as on yesterday; and on motion,
Resolved, That this body adjourn to
meet at the Collectors Office in this
town, the Courthouse being occupied
by the District Court.
On motion, Be it ordained, That the
following named persons be appointed
overseers Of public roads in this par
ish, viz
james Tyler, from Tyler's bridge to
III. @. Farquhar's store, instead OF III.
p. Peninger.
John Gilley, from Garland's bridge
ON Barnes Greek to the Herding Glade.
James Sellers, from George Reeves,
Sr., to Ritchie's ferry, thence to the in-
tersection Of the public road near Hort
mans ferry, instead Of VIM. Fl. Laird.
B. F. Donahoe, from George Reeves,
Sr., to Garland's bridge on Barnes
Greek, instead of Carlos Leblen.
On motion, BE it ordained, That the
petition j. S. Denough and others, ask
ing for a public road on the old travelled
route from near Whitman's ferry on the
Sabine down to and intersecting the
Military road, be laid over for further
consideration.
On motion, Be it ordained, That
Capt. ID. Coos be relieved OF the pay
meut as surety, on che bond Of Milton
Robinson for $500, recently forfeited
by alignment Of the Parish Court, upon
condition that he pay to Julien Richard,
Deputy Sheriff, the sum of seyenty-tive
dollars, balance due him for bringing
said Robinson back to the Jail at Lake
Charles; and that he pay the further
sum of twenty per cent, of said bond as
District Attorneys fees, and also the
costs Of the forfeiture Of said bond.
On motion, Tie it ordained, That 7,