The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-06-30
Proceedings of the Police Jury.

OPELOUsAs, June 11th 1877
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjournment
Present: r. Fl. Littell, President; A. Guidry,
y. T. Hawkins, II. j. GUillOry and F. Savoy.
Messrs. B. L. Clark, d. ?. Saizan and f.
Dubuiss0n, presented their commissions and
Oaths of Office as Police Jurors, for the parish
Of st. Landry, and TOOK their seats.
The minutes Of the last meeting were read
and approved.
On motion Of Mr.. Guidry, Resolved that J.
P SnHsssl, Road Overseer be and is hereby au-
th0rized to employ q mechanic TO frame the
Callihan Bridge,
On motion of Mr.. Savoy, Resolved, that
Angellas PrudhOmme be and is hereby author
lied to change the public road running through
t .t I'M Tie same on tho line between
his land and Pauline Guillory's land and that
the same be completed by the 1st August and
in accordance with section of the road Ordi-
nance.
| The following changes and appointments of
Road 0verseerS was made:
j. B. Vidrine vice VIM. Tate.
VIM. Tate, from Bayou BGuf road to Coco
x W E. Gay from Burleigh's Bridge to Stages
d. sanderfer, from Catholic Church to the
| parish line, east bank Bayou BRuf
| Z. A. CarmOuche, from CasOns lower line to
NiggerfOOt,
r. d. Cook, from Kavanaghs upper line to
| the Catholic Church.
Jules Meyers, from Coulons Bridge to Coulee
| Rouge.
! On motion of Mr. Savoy Resolved, that the
| committee appointed to sell the Mallet Bridge,
| be authorized to accept good white oak or
| cypress for the bridge.
| On motion of Mr.. Dubuisson, Resolved, that
| the Treasurer be and is hereby authorized to
pay out of any monies in the Treasury not
| otherwise appropriated, the sum or one nun
dred and twenty-One 2OEOO dollars, the expense
| for maintaining Louis Rousseau in the Parish
| Prison of New Orleans from December 1st,
| 1876, to May 30th, 1877.
| On motion of Mr.. Hawkins, Resolved, that
/ the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars be and
| is hereby appropriated out of the Internal I'm
provement Fund Of the current year, TO pay
/ Fl. Elert, for rebuilding the bridge over Bayou
| BOuge, at Big Cane.
| The committee appointed February 5th, 1877,
| to sell the contract for building the bridge over
/ Bayou Maet, near the German settlement
| reported that the contract had been awarded
| to Sifroy Roy, for the sum of one hundred and
| fifty dollars, and that he had completed the
work in a substantial and w0rkmanlike manner
and had been received by them, when on motion
| Of Mr.. Savoy, Resolved, that the report be re-
ceived and the committee discharged.
| On motion of Mr.. Hawkins, Resolved, that E.
| W. Sylvester, H l.. MCHenry and E. A. Car
| mOuche be appointed a committee to make an
| estimate of the probable cost of rebuilding the
bridge over Bayou Petit Prairie, on the State
| road, and report the same to the Jury at the
On motion of Mr. Clark, Resolved, that the
| Tax Collector be and is hereby authorized to
correct the assessments of j. B. Clark, Louis
| Mayer and John J. Smith.
On motion of Mr.. Hawkins, Resolved that 3nC
feet Of lumber appropriated to repair the Bayou
| PetiLPasse Bridge, under the supervision OF
| " IROheri, Road Orcrseer.
| On motion OF Bir. GuilloEy, Resolved that
| the President of the Police Jury be and is hereby
| anthorigfd to contract with j. O. Chacherc, in
the sum Of one hundred dollars, for the removal
| of the house on the Courthouse Square, and
annuEliug the contract of Louis DesinariGIs fol-
| the lease OF the lot on which the house stands
| the same to be removed within thirty days. y
On motion of Mr.. GIidry, Resolved, that
hereafter the offices of the Clerk, Treasurer and
| Auditor Of the Police Jury, shall ba kept opel
during the eeCnnd week or each month, and be II
further Resolved. that the Treasurer shall pay
only on the check Of the President of the Police
jury, eountersfgned by the Clerk, and after thf
same has been duly audited,
: On motion of MI. Clark, Resolved that here
after the Sheriff shall not be entitled to cfiarg,
more than so cents per diem for the maintaining
tof a prisoner in the Parish Jail.
OFFICE PARISH TREASURY.
St. Landry, La, June nth, 1877.
STATEMENT OF AMOUNTS PAID INTO THE rAFIsI
TREASURY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY AM
JUNE, 1877.
May 7th, 1s77-Reeefved from A. Garrisnes
| There is a man in Tennessee witt
such big feet that. il he gets them we
in December, he doesn't have cold II
his head until February.