St. Landry democrat., 1878-12-21
Proceedings Of the Police Jury.
OPELoUsAs. November 11th, 1878

OPELoUsAs, November 11th, 1878.
The Police Jury met pursuaItto adjournment.
Present: K. ii. Lit'ell. President; \. Guidry.
G.. +. Hawkins, T.. Dubuisson, s. Haas, Ii. j.
GuillOry +. savoy B. L. Clark.
The minutes OF the lust meeting were read
and approved.
ON motion of Mr.. Guillnry Resolved. that
L. r. fau,lrenciiu he aud is hereby authorized
to change tnc road running through his land
on the line o. the SAME. IN accurdInce with
section 8 of the read ordinance.
On motion of Mr. Haas. Resolved. that Aiclde
soi eau, Andre 2. Vidrne and Adolph Andrlis
be appOinte ed Il committee to examine and IT,
port the probable cost OF building the bridges
over the gully hear N. I.ahays and the gully i'll
the Damon Deville lane. Oh the road from Ope-
lollsas to Vile Pate
On motion of Mr.: Savoy. Resolved that
wher as the Parish Board of Health ree"nl-
mrnhed the raisng Of all quarantine ON the 18th
of the present month, tnat their rrc0lGnentlH-
ton h, adopted AMI that h., President of the
Police Jury be authorized to carry the same
into effect
On motion Of Mr. Gulory, Resolved. that
the su of thirty five dollars he and is hereby
appropriated to Mrs. Fruzin Funtenot, 20 reim-
bl,rse her for expenses incurred i'll nursing anu
burying Francois Vcsna all INDECENT.
To The OnOrable. the POliceJury of st. Landry:
We the undersigned, Joint commission, al'.
po nted hy the parishes OF St. Landry a'sh
Lafayette, to examine and report On the new
bridge recently built over the Carancro Bayou.
met on the site Oh the 3ist uli., and beg leave
to make the following report:
After IL careful examination OF the bridge.
We found ii 42n feet long and above any high
water mark. The timber large and OF the best
cypress, according t. contract mad with the
builder. and constructed II substantial and
wnrknlamllke manner.
In view of tue great labor and heavy expense
to the contractor and the faithful performance
of the work, ;ls we'll as tine small price ut W .1c
it was undertaken, which leaves little margin
for Il fair remuneration, the undersigned conn
mlssiOners would respectfully recommend to
your Hon. body the allowance Ut the entire
.,l1spu eight
dnllars (SSOo) originally appropriated for said
bridge and i'll making this RECOMMENDATION.
| We state that the amount will Dc small being
only s 4 40 in excess to each parish over the
amount of sale.
Respectfully submitted.
Ed. NJ. MIl!4rd
Albert Chi lty, st. Landry.
Lucirn Darby.
N;n5., y; C. fr"nss:'r' p,fisr' Lafayette.
On motion of Mr.. Haas, kes"l cd, that the
rep of the ah.Iyt ctD u 'sibttts be receifeH
and adopted. except AZ TO the rer,iienaati III.
and that tlle clerk he nStructe [" issue checn
for the alnoun. bid by the contractor.
STATE of LeUIsIAN,,
Parish Of st. Landry.
To thu, Police JURY OF the parish OF st. Landry
We the undersigned commissioners. isav!n%
been appointed sueh ny d recent ordinance
%. your Hon bniy, for the parn'ss. "f letting
ont to the last ami lowest bidder. the con rart
for repairing on rebuilding t1n rit'Sr over
Bayou Rouge at the vill;tle of Big Cane In Ihs'
Il ,r-s nd pirisL. w,ld respectfully represent
that id contract. i'll accord III with tie pro-
visiulis nf -ail prlinanre. wis awarded t" Nj
ton Fisher for t.e price AMI sum O! two
! n,ndr,L dollars That the sail flsrr has
complied with the terms of his contract and
has This day delivered the bridge +" lis c''s.l-
pletrd in a substantial and "rk'tnlike M ~
ne, that he Is ,inw entitled tn ccivr his nay
E,,p tllr SAM and we hereby rrc'nlmrnt nnt''
your Hon i.Oly tle payment of his Gain ot
two hundred ,'ais,-
L. y
On motion of Mr.. Dnbu,sS,,n, Resolved. that
the itbuEe rGppFI he received and adopted.
To tn. Honorable the President and members
Vf the Police Jury:
balloons and IA t,dse over the fotlee near
Vile Plate, aul to receive the same after their
completion After advertising the sae of the
| building thereof for ten days. W. plUceetrd the
sale thereof to the lowest bidder, When fhey
We're adjudicAted tn Damon Desille for the
ann Of three hundred and ffty-nine dollars
fs359) .-~- " E%
TIE said bridges being completed, and after
thUrough examination. we pronounce them
built lii q workInanike and substantial manner,
and pray that the sum above mentioned be
paid to said Deyille, in accordance with the
adjudication above.
In the = whereof we the said commissioners
herruntO sign our names this. 1lth day Of Nn-
ye,uier A, ID, 1878, E. A. Snilpau,
-s-s.r,.t : Andre 2. yidrine,
Emile iafieur.
On melton of Mr.. Guillory. Resolved, that
the above report he received and adopted.
On melton uf Mr.. Dubuisson Resolved, that
the sum OF five dollars each he ami is hereby
appropriated TO the following indigents for
their relief: d. Boutin, J. B. Kinney, VaInon
Chiasson, Lise -Dessnarais, MaFeeine Manuel.
Lysay L,ssayc Caroline Deshatel, Clotide Des-
hotel. Peter Foote, Avis Lacast. Edmond Nn-
gent, Marianne. Louisa jacques, Mrs. Elizabeth
GeitleIQen-YOur 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 he following Is the cost OF the same ::
Mount Pile SAINT mills 3135 feet lumber. .$78 50
Hi!aire Ror(1alon mud sils. s..-.......-..... 50
Hauling to v. Chachere 23l0 fe't lumber. IT 33
Hauling to Vim. G. InhnsUn 825 feet " :. 18
Awarded to Cirriere for building same. 30 on
Total ...... ......s.s...-...-..-.$154 50
Respectfully submitted,
--..r.',.-r...s ~ rr Jos. Bloch,
" @a~-4sfea ~. r. Carriere.
Opelonsas, Nov. 18th, 1875
~ Mr G,,;dp