The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1876-08-31
Proceedings of the Police Jury.
JULY SESSION, 1875.

The Police Jury of the parish Of
Calcasieu, La, met at the Courthouse
in the town of Lake Charles, on this
oath day of July, A. D. 1876, Pursuant
to previous order Of adjournment
Present-T. J. Lyons, President
James Cole, Henry Welsh, and D. A.
Cole.
On motion, the proceedings Of the
previous meeting having been read,
we're approved.
On motion, Be it ordained, That the
following claims be allowed and war
rants issued for the same, viz:
To H G. Lyles, election COM
missioner, Nov, 1874, No. 917 s. 90
To G. Mayo, Clerk s Court, in
State vs.. Jules Guidry, No.
91S 10 90
To J. W. May, Justices fees. III
State vs.. Pink Sanders, No.
SO 9............... / 0U
T. J. NJ. SigIer, ConstabIe's
fees, in same case, Nos. 920,
92I, and 922. 22.........,...... 30 so
s47 90
On motion, Be it ordained, That
Mrs. Mary E. Hortman be allowed a
charter for a ferry across the Calcasieu
liver at her residence, for period of
five years, with a limit Of one mile
above said ferry, and down to the rail
road below Bagdad. with the following
rates of ferriage, viz: For fOOtman 10
cents; for man and horse 2j cents; one
horse vehicle 80 cents: tWO-hOTse We
hicle or wagon Is cents; fOur-hOrse or
OK wagon 81; each additional head OF
team or lead horse 10 cents.
On motion, Be it ordained. That sec
ton four ,D of an ordinance adopted
and passed by this body October Goth,
1871, entitled AN ordinance to pro-
vide for the working of the public
roads in the parish of CalCasieu," be
amended and re-enacted so as to lead
as follows, to wit : That in case any
person or persons subject to road duty,
after being duly notified or summoned,
as required by the preceding section,
who shall. without legal excuse or
physical disability, refuse or neglect to
attend with the tools designated and do
their duty, either in person or by send
ing in their place, and to be accepted
by the Overseers of the public roads, an
efficient hand not subject to be called
to work on the public roads, shall for
felt and pay the sum of two dollars per
day and costs, for each person so re-
fusing or nPglPCting; to be recovered
by Judgment before any justice of the
peace of the parish, and paid by said
Justice TO the overseeF of the roads, to
be by him expended in the working of
said road. And in default of payment
of such fine and costs, in each case, the
Justice shall send the defendant or de-
fendants to the parish Jail to be con-
fined therein for ten days.
On motion, Be it ordained, That
Capt. Green Hall be allowed a charter
for steam ferry across Lake Charles
and the Calcasleu river, starting from
the Public Square in the town of Lake
Charles and landing on the west side of
the CalCasieu, between A. ]. Perkins
store and the railroad bed, with limit
of one mile from and below the said
road bed, for a period of five years,
with the following rates Of ferriage,
viz: For fOotman Is cents; for man
and horse 25 cents; for one-horse We
hicle so cents; two-horse do, or wagon
Is cents; twO-Ox wagon "a cents: four
OK or four. horse wagon 81; for each ad-
ditional head of team or lead horse 10
cents.
On motion, Resolved, That this body
adjourn till tomorrow morning at 8
o'clock.