The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-19
Proceedings Of the Police Juryn


The Police Jury met pursuant to adjournment
Present: r. II. Littell, President A. Guldry
q. n. Hawkins, Fl. j. GuillOry and +. savoy.
The minutes of the last meeting were reat
and approved. ,
asking to bc authorized to turn the public rOat
icodjno from Vile Plate to Opel0usas and Wash
inDton. south Oh the line between him and JOIN
7. Ortego to the line between said Foster ant
Onezime GuIll0ry, thence east on that line K
It's terminus, thence north across said Foster;
land 10 his northern boundary, thence east Oh
the last named line to the line between him ait
Eyariste Vidrine, and continue on last NAMED
line until it falls into the Old road used at pres
cut: and hereafter to turn it at the north cas-
corner of Onczime Gliil0ry's land to run cas-
across the land OF said Foster to the line be
tween INN and DOrsin Skinner, and continue
on that line to its terminus, thence north OF
the line between said Foster and T. j. FontenOj
until it falls into the old road again, whcreupoL
motion Of Mr.. Guiil0Ty, Resolved, that the pett
ton lay over until next meeting of the Ponce
Jury.
STATE OF | OEISIANA.
Parish Of st. Landry.
Be it known that on this the tTfnty-slXtt
(26tl) day of March A. D., one thousand eight
hundred and seVenty-ScVen l87D, We the nm
dersigned Dorsin Z. Latleur, William Il. Ashford.
DIN Vidrine, ZenDn Fidrine, David Couryiiie,
Er,, Joseph Fruger and Ursin Miller, Jry Of the
parish of st. Landry, Il committee Of the free,
holders, appointed by the Police Gtry Of said
parish, on tie fifth OF this month, TO assess the
damages done to the following land owners
whose land the public road from j. Il. +Ard0ln
in Chataignier to J6ssy Ioung's ferry, on Bayou
Nez-Pjmue crosses viz: PAU Kruger, AcdCel
Eonteunt and Augustin Frugcr, have met and
l T9nr'ar nnsnIItation hpt wten ourselves and much
dahate with said land owners. have agreed and
do hereby agree to assess the following dam
ages. viz;
LIST. To IIr. Paul Fruger we do not assess any
damage for the following reason, the distance
from the road to bis south western corner post
being DULY one hundred and niHcty-tOur yards,
~ haye located and hereby locate said road on
iis line. as follows, viz: Tie public road shall
strike his south western corner post, then follow
liz western line the distance OF one hundred
-.,1 njuntv-fouP wards and there intersect the
rI1 road.
Cd. To Mr.. Acd0el FontenOt we assess the
damages to fifty dollars.
Mr.. Acdoel having plowed ready for farming
the old road, agTecabIy TO Il resolution Of said
Police Jury, passed at its regular meeting in the
month OF February last, binds himself to deliver
without delay the Old road i'll good travelling
condition., said damage as assessed to be paid
when he shall file with the President of the
Police Jury a certificate of the Road OverseeG
10 that effect.
I'D. TO Mr.. Augustin Fruger. we assess the
damages to fifty dollars also. The said Angus
TN Fruger having closed the old public road as
without delay q good practicable road about
three arpent5 from the said Old public road,
until the first of January next, 1878. at which
lime he snail reopen the said old public road lii
= GOOD and practicable condition, at his own
expense. Said damages as assessed, not to be
paid until he shall faithfully comply with these
obligations, and present TO the President of the
Police Jury a certificate of the Road Overseer
to that effect.
The said Paul Fruger, Acdoel Fontenot and
Augustin FrugeP. hereby accept said damages
and said alteration in said road rs a~foreInen-
fioned.
Thus done, passed and signed the same day.
IN NTH and year first written on the premises,
i'm witness whereof, we the said committee have
signed with said land owners in presence of M.
M Don Louis Fontenot, Oline Manuel, David
Courville. Jr, Valentine and TheOphile $. Fon-