The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-09-21
yrisJ1er. said meals not to ezessd two

pr1sJHeE, sad meals NOS tg exceed two
per day
Sec. ). Be It Further ordained. etc.
That the Mayor Of said town sEaII havs
the power to remove said Constable
from Office ut any times but In case Of
such removal the said Mayor shall re-
gOTt in writing his reasons therefor to
the Town Council at its next regular
meeting following aUch removal, when
the Town C8unciE shah by resolution
either approve or disapprovs Of such
removal. In ease Of disappr0yal by the
Town Council Of such removal the
Town Constable removed As Aforesaid,
shall Immediately resume his official
duties without being in any manner
affected by such removal. The Mayor
shall, I'm case Of q vacancy in the Office
Of Town Constable, fiji lsEch vacancy by
appointment, until the next regular
meeting Of the Council
Sec 6 Be ii further ordained, etc,
That all ordinances aud resolutions in
conflict with this ordinance, be and ths
same are hereby repealed. and that this
after its adoption
18g5E E1GCEkI&AF submitted
J, ". BETAN, Chairman.
JAS, p. GaART,
GEO. III. Wells,
WIN. MEIER, MayOR, &c.
On motion, said ordinance was
adopted.
The chairman of the COMMITTEES ap-
pointed to report the necessary work TO
- I~u- ~ C-ew-H.,~-,I -ryurz-w1 v,n-v7
Jas Collins, presented the following
report, to wit:
LAKE CHARLES, La, Aug. II, 1876
To the Honorable Town Council of the
town OF Lake Charles, La:
The undersigned committee appoint
I'd August 7. 1876, by resolution of
your Hon rabIe body to examine tha
overfOwed ground near the residences
of James Collins, and to report what
repairs are necessary to be made there,
beg leave to report that we have care
fully examined the ground referred to
aud 6nd it is absolutely necessary for
the convenience and health of the resi-
dents of that locality as well as for the
Improvement of the public highway,
that said Overh1wad land be drained by
a dit, b into PIthon's Coulee; said ditch
to be cut by the shortest practicable
route, and to run in q sOutheasteEly or
s0uthwesterly direction from said over
flowed land.
We therefore recommend the ap-
p0intment of q committee to lay of
said ditch AMI to assess the damages if
anv, to the owners of the land through
which said ditch will run, and that said
work be done as soon as practicable
Respectfully submitted,
JAS. P. GEAET, Chairman.
Gao. III. Wells,
J. B. kERKMAy,
WIZ. MEIER, Mayor, &c.
On motion, the. Mayor was author
ICED to appoint q committee of three 10
lav of said ditch and to assess damages
if any. the Mayor thereupOn appointed
J. B. Eirkman, J. W. Bryan and JAS.
P. Geary ON said committee
On motion, Jacob Ryan was elected
| Tax Collector for the year ending first
Monday in june, 4. D. 1877.
| On motion, 4. L. Reid was elected
| Town Constable for the year ending
/ first Monday in june, i. d. lS7T-
/ On motion, the account of Jn0. Cos
| tello for extra work done on Wards Al
| lev, was approved, and the Mayor au-
/ thorized tJ issue a draft for the same.
On motion, the work Of Jno. Costello
| on Public Square was received, and tho
Mayor authorized to issue a warrant for
| the same.
! On motion, the account of J. W.
Bryan was accepted, and the Mayor AL
| th0rized to issue u draft for the same
| On motion. the Lake Charles Echo
was authOrtzed to print the proceedings
| If the Town Council.
On motion. the Board adjourned
until September /, A. d. 1876.
Approved
| WAI. MEYER, Mayor.
! Attest
| 4. L. RErD, Secretary pro tenn.