St. Landry democrat., 1878-11-30
Proceedings Of the Police Jury.
OPELOUSAS, November 11th, IS

Inc POllce jury met pursuant to adjournment
Present: K. ii. Lit;ell, President a. Guidry,
q. 7. Hawkins, L. DubuiSson, S. Haas, II. j.
Guiloly +. Savoy &. +. Clark
The minutes OF the last meeting were read
On motion OF Mr.. Guillory, Resolved, that
j. B. landreneau he and is hereby authorized
to change the road running through his land
Oh the line Of the same. in accordance with
section of the road ordinance.
On motion OF Mr.. Haas, Resolved, that Alcide
Sol eau, Andre T. Vidrlne and Adolph Andrls
be appointed committee TO examine and re-
port the probable cost Of building the bridges
over the gully near n. Lahay's and the gull, i'll
the Damon Devile lane. Oh the road from Ope-
lousas to Vile Plate
On motion of Mr.. Savoy. Resolved. that
whereas the Parish Board of Health recon-
mended the raising OF all quarantine on the 18th
tion bt adopted, and that the President OF the
Police Jury be authorized to carry the same
into effect.
the su l. of thirty five dollars be and is hereby
appropriated to Mrs. FrOzin FontenOt, TO reinl
burse her for expenses incurred IN nursing and
burying Francois Vesna an INDECENT.
To the honorable, the Police Jury OF st. Landry:
We the undersigned. joint commission, ap--
po nted by the parishes OF St. Landry and
Lafayette to examine and report on the new
bridge recently built over the Carancro Bayou,
met on the site Oh the 3lst ut., and beg leave
to make the following report:
After careful examination OF the bridge,
we found it 400 feet long and above any high
water mark The timber large and of the best
cypress, according to contract made with the
builder. and constructed i'll a substantial and
wnrkmanlike MANNER
In view OF the great labor and heavy expense
to the contractor and the faithful performance
it was undertaken, which leaves little margin
for fair remuneration, the undersigned COM
mssioners would respectfully recommend to
your Hon. body the allowance Of the entire
appropriation Of the sum of eight hundred
dollars (SS00) originally appropriated for said
bridge and in making this recolnlnendation,
we state that the amount Will be small, being
only 4 40 in excess to each parish over the
amount of sale.
Respectfully submitted,
Ed. NJ Millard,l
AlssF5 ASsfn f"iaSy: bsfsy; s': Landry
NJ. G. Broussar, rafave,te
Ernest Potter, ) o''o
On motion of Mr.. Haas. Resolved, that the
report of the above conm ssoners he received
and adopted except as to the recommendation,
and that the clerk he Instructed to issue check
for the amount hid by the contractor.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of ST. Landry.
To the Police Jury of the parish of st. Landry:
We the undersigned commissioners, having
been appointed Us such by a recent ordinance
OF your Hon body, for the purpose OF letting
out to the last and lowest bidder, the contract
for repairing or rebuilding the bridge over
Bayou Rouge at the villadc Of Big Cane in ihe
aforesaid parish, would respectfully represent
visions of said ordinance, was awarded to Mil
ton r. Fisher for the price and sum OF two
hundred dollars That the said Fisher has
complied with the terms of his contract and
has this day delivered the bridge to lis com
peted in a substantial and wOrkmanlike mali
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
two hundred dollars.
/ / { SsSan% /, ;dens"2' s"';'''' commissioners.
On motion of MIR. Dubulsson Resolved, that
the above report he received and adopted.
70 the Honorable the President and members
of the Police Jury:
balloons and a bridge over the Couee near
Vile Plate and to receive tine same after their
completion. After advertising the SAFE of the
building thereof for ten DAYS, we proceeded the
sale thereof to the lowest bidder, when they
were adiudicated tn Damon Deville for the
sum of three hundred and tifty-nine dollars
(s}59)
The said bridges being completed. and after
borough examination, we pronounce them
built Il, a workmanlike and substantial manner,
and pray thac the sum above mentioned be
paid to said Deviic, in accordance with the
adjudication above
In W tness whereof we the said commissioners
err RersnntG A 4En & is7s .9s names this 1.th day '
Andre Q. Vidrine,
Emile Latieur
>. IN Cotton OF Mr. Guilory. Resolved, that
! .he above report be received and adopted.
On motion OF Mr. Dubu ssOn.' Resolved, that
the sum OF five dollars each be and is hereby
appropriated to the following indigents for
their relief: D. Boutin, ]: B. Kinney, Valmon
Lysay Lasage,. Caroline DeshOtel, ClOtde Des
hotel, Peter Foote. Avi5 Locast, Edmond Nu-
gent, Marianne. Louisa jacques, Mrs Elizabeth
Gentlemen-Your committee appointed by
you to have Kings bridge, on tho 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 3ls5 feet lumber. .s7s SO
Hilaire BOrdelOn mud sills- ......... so
Hauling to v. Chacherc 2s1o foet lumber II SO
Hauling to VIM. c. Johnson 825 feet =. 1S
Awarded to Carriere for building same. so 90
Respectfully submitted,
~ JOS Bloch,
r. Carriere.
Opelousas, Nov. 18th. 1873.
On motion of Mr. Guidry, Resolved. that
the above report be received and adopted.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
r. Parish Ct St. Landry. )
To the Honorable President and members Of
the Police Jury of the parish of st. Landry;
We the undersigned having been nominated
by your Honorable body to sell the making OF
| d bridge over Coulee Aug ,stine. near DR.. De
(ady, Joseph Smith, Green Wilmington, Joseph
1saae, J. T. Ales, John Butler. Widow Celeste
L,feur. d.: ...
The Police Jury as a committee of the whole
proceeded to examine the Claims on tile against
the parish, when the following claims were
approved: .' "a j. .'..'' ''''-
Fl Andr,l@ guarding conyicts. s..-........-.s .s5s 90
G r Burr 4" -" -.........--- 58 90
Bloch & Isaac snndries for convicts ...... 81 80
C Morhinveg cutting suits for convicts - IS
i NJ White repairing ballot boxes &c 90
DR.. E. Thompson post mortem examine
tion on bodies of 0. Lavigue and f.
l. J Kerr holding inquest 10 90
Bloch & Isaac sundries. es......-.--.......-- 8 45
8 Haas 2 spades for public road. ........-.. 90
Mt pleasant mills lumber for public road 4 90
On motion the Police Jury adjourned until
r LITTELL, President.