St. Landry democrat., 1878-12-07
Proceedings of the Police > ury.


! present: Il. ii. Lt.ell, President A. Guidry
| &. 7. Hawkins, +. DubuiSson, 5. Haas, II. j
! Guillory F. Savoy b. +. Clark.
| The minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved.
J. 3. Laudreneau be and is hereby authorized
! to change the road running through his land
| Oh the line ot the same, in accordance with
! section 9 of the road ordinance.
On motion Of Mr.. Haas, Resolved. that Alcide
Sol eau, Andre z. Vidrine and Adolph Andrt,s
be appointed committee to examine and re
over the gully near N. Lahay's and the gully i'll
! the Damon Devlle lane, on the road from Ope-
| lousas to Vile Plate
On motion of Mr.. Savoy, Resolved. that
where the Parish Board of Health recon-
mended the RAISING of all quarantine on the 18th
| OF the present month, that their recommends
| ton be adopted, and that the President of the
! Police jury be authorized to carry the same
| into effect.
| On motion of Mr.. Guillory Resolved that
the Sill L of thirty-tivc dollars bc and is hel eby
appropriated to Mrs. Frozin Fontenot, 20 reini-
burse her for expenses incurred in nursing and
burying Francois Vesna an INDECENT.
| TO The onorahle. the PoliceJulJ of st. Landry:
| We the undersigned, a joint commission, APP
pO nted Ivy the parishes of St. LaMdry and
| Lafayette, to examine and report on the new
| bridge recently built over the Carancro Bayoll
| met on the site on the 3lst ut., and beg leave
| to make the following report:
After Il careful examination of the bridge.
we found it APO feet long and above any high
| water mark The timber large and OF the best
! cypress. according to contract m;dt with the
builder. and constructed IN a substantial and
| w0rkmanlike manner
| In view of the great labor and heavy expense.
to the contractor and he faithful pc gfOrmAnrt
of the work, us we'll as the small price at wnici
| it was undertaken, which leaves little margin
| for a fair remuneration the undersigned com
mSsioners would respectfully recommend t"
| your Hon. body the allowance of the entire
appropriation of the sum of eight hundred
| dollars (S8O0l originally appropriated for said
bridge and in making this Recommendation.
| We state that the amount will b. snll, brn-
only 40 in excess TO each parish over tn,
amount of sale.
| Respectfully submitted.
Ed. NJ Milarl
Albert Guliry, ; 4. Landry.
| Luclen Darby. }
| NJ G Rroussir, | r ,fr..o
Ernest Potter,
| On motion OF Mr.. Haas, Resolved, that thu.
rep 'rt ~ the above co nm Isloners he recrivtu
ami adnptet, except as TO the recommendation
| ana that the clerk he nStructe to issue checn
| for the al1nun bid by the contractor.
STATE tF LOGISIASt,
| Parish of st. i,an,trv.
t. the Police Jury of the parish of st. Landry ::
| We the undersigned commissioners, having
| been aplninted Is such ny ii recent ordinance
| of yOilr Hon. body. for the pn"pos,. OF letting
out t" the la'r and lowest bidder. the Gonirac;
| for repairing nr reminding tnn bridge owe!
| BayoT, konsc at the viiInde of Big Cane in iht
| ;l'nres;iist parish. ~tld respectfully represent
tnat sud Contract. i'll accord ln.e with the pro-
! visions Of said ordinance, was awarded 10 Mi!
| ton L F.sher for the price and sum Of tw'r
! complied with the terms of his contract and
mas this daT delivered the bridge to Ils
| uetel III Il substantial and w"rkmanlike m III
ner. that he is now entitled to receive his pay
for The same and we hereby recommend unto
YOUR Hon, body the payment Of his claim OF
,15H hundred dollars
|: I: & G.Iphw ;dehSnx' commissioners
On motion of Mr.. DuhulSson Resolved. that
the above report be received and adopted.
hat l,t.af fb.I 1hnr,S
of the Police Jury:
balloons aud hridge over the Coulee near
Vile Plate, AMI to receive the same after their
completion. After advertising the sac OF the
building thereof for ten days, we proceeded the
| sale thereof to the lowest bidder, when they
were adjndicated to Damon Deville for the
ts35s)
The said bridges being completed, and after
thorough examination, we pronounce them
built In a workmanlike and Substantial manner
and pray that the sum above mentioned be
paid to said Deyille, in accordance with the
adjudication above.
In witness whereof we the said commissioners
hereunto sign our names this ilth day of No
vember A. D. 1873 E. A. Snileau.
Andre z. Vidrine,
I"re Emile l.afeur
On motion Of Mr.. Guillory, Resolved, that
the above report be received and adopted
On motion of Mr.: Dubui sson, Resolved. that
appropriated to the following indigents for
their relief: D. Boutin, 7. B. Kinney, Valmon
Chiio.sssnI. Lse Des,narais. Marceline Manuel.
Lysay Lasage Caroline Deshotel, Clotide Des-
hotel, Peter Fo0te, Avis i,ncast, Edmnnd Nh
gent, Marianne, Louisa Jacques, Mrs. Elizabeth
Gentlemen-Yonr committee appointed by
you to have Kings bridge, on the road from
OpelOusas to Barry's Landing rebuilt, would
respectfully report that the same has been
done and the following is the cost of the same:
Mount pleasant mills 3135 feet lumber -. $78 38
Hilaire B0rdel0li mud stills. so
Hauling to v. Chachere 23l0 feet lumber. II 33
Hauling to VIM G. johnson s25 feet +" =. IL
Awarded to Cssrriere for building same. so on
Respectfully submitted,
Jos. Bloch,
r. Carriere.
Opelousas Nov. 18th. 1873. .
On motion of Mr.. Gnidry, Resolved. that
the above report be received and adopted.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of st. Landry. ) .....;,.
To the Honorable President and members of
the Police Jury ut the parish of st. Landry:
We the undersigned having been nominated
by your Honorable body to sell the making of
a bridge over Colllef Aug stinn. near DR. De-
tady, Joseph Smith, Green Wilmington Joseph
Isaac, J T. Ales, John Butler. Widow Celeste
Lafeur. .-.
The Police Jury as committee of the whole
proceeded to examine the claims on file aga nst
the parish, when the following claims were
approved:
!; T Andrus guarding convicts- .s5s 90
Bloch d isaac sundries for cnnvcts 81 so |
G Mnrhinveg cutting suits for convicts 49, 8 s. |
j NJ White repairing ballot boxes ..- 2e on |