St. Landry democrat., 1878-04-13

The petition OF numerous citizens Of the NJ
chafalhNa WAS read, asking fn:' the fnIlowin.
! change III the public road. fn-Wit: To leave Tho
river road at the anV between \. 4. Richard
and j. n. Cdcn. running south to the land ot
Mr. 4. Scott, thence west nn the line hctwec,
MIR Scott and the unsnd lot of the estate ri
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Gordon the line httWecn Mr. Scott
AMI land owned hy Mrs. n. 4. Ford and !
west until II strikes BaNnu Current til. nee to
Keep the s;iltt- road to FHNtkIlt-rs Ferry. as II
now stands.
On motion Of Mr. Dnhusson. Rt.sorrtl that
the above petition hr granted and that 1hr
changes be mad" in accordance with section 9
of he road ordinance.
On melton of Mr.. SAvny, Resolved. thar
nlthri.tatp 'f,l,Hrut;n; he nnd il hereby an
| fltutiZrh 10 change HE public road runniu"
through his land. 80 a$ 10 run on the division
I'm" between hin ard Alcl'ir u. Fontrnot. iii
, a'c"ldanrr with section 9"t i:rr"ad olrm 'nrc
on n"1l"n nf Mr.. SHlZHn r., nlvrf'. III t \. \.
OF hechn hr and is hereby authorized to
chang" The public read running through hs
i;'Eh. tn the line hrtwren his and Richard and
R'llh t;iu tallH. III accordance with section y of
the road ordinance
committee of the school Board f tho parish
OF 81 Landry waited ul"n HE Police tirv i'>''
! requested them to levy II tax of Two mills fnI
| school lurpuSrS. WHEN on motion ut Mr. lln'>
| II was 1'Hi lnoIlSly resolved Thai the Pol e.,
Jnry refuse nlcvy any tax rHrrrdin.s the fnul-
: teen and half mills nov levied. unless Urul
/ the written aprhrHti"n OF a ntinrity i'll value
! nt the taxpayers Of the parish.
To the Hon. the President and rulrct4 Jurors OF
The parish of ST. Landry:
! Gent!eier-ioUr petitioners wnn|d rcspcr'
! fully represent that the pub i" read ralmH
| from Washington to Grand Prairie n~ h,.ai
| closed without anthnritv from vour Honora' Il
hndN and tlat said road has been llr4l"'. I'd u,
! the rnnd oNrrSr"r I"nrprtti"nrrs wnHH rs
Pcc1tllly ask that aid nII>trnrtion. be rtnuv.t
and thai the road be put in order fer the liSe q
the public, and we will ever pray dc.
s gncd l'y 30 EttizrrR.
On motion of Mr. Nuhussnu Resolved. 1Iat
the prttinn he grhntri and that the Rni,'
oVrrs""r he and Is hereby Instructed tn wurl
said road.
committee Of the whole and proceeded to ex
anime the vouchers in the hands of th PariSl
Treasurer. for the monies paid by him since thu.
cancellation on tht 10Th of D,rrInh, +. 1877
wlIrreupon Mr. Savoy reported that they had
counted the vnHchcrs presented bv the Treas
nrcr. a1noHntlnG 10 fourteen thousand three
hundred and ri"hfN-twn 23ll00 dollars. whir
amount rorrespnndrd with the entries on his
books, aud he moved that the vouchers he can
ceilrd. and that the Treasurer have a credit fol
that amount on his books, carried.
YEARLY STATEMENT.
w a. ROBERTSON, TREASURER. IN AC-
COUNT WITH PARISH OF ST, LANDRY.
RECEIPTS:
From amount OF parish taxes
received from collector
from 18th May, 1877 to date .S36, ,249 50
From amount of parish taxes
delinquent received from
the collector from eth of
May, 1877 to date ...-... 1900 II
From amOunt of PARISH licelt-
ses from c0ertOrfrOm 7th
May, 1877 to date .....-.. 1852 20 !
From amount received from
other sources from eth May
1877 To dHte............ 22l 70 |
Total grose receipts. ..-........ S4I9o4 II
Less collectors COM
mission retained
by HIM aS state
mtnt rendered viz
III tttAeS .----..--.- 1926 Is
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