St. Landry democrat., 1878-10-12
Proceedings of the Police bury
OPELoUSAS, October 7th, 1878.


or,o r,lio Irr,, ,nat ,,nrsuant TO adiourument
prasent. r r iittrll President d. P. SaizaI,
G, r Hawkins, e. Dubuisson, S. Haas, H. J.
Cniliorv. F. savoy and B. E. Clark.
nv rSSinntes If the last meeting were read
.,d onnroved
"'l1 On mnntion of Mr.. Guillory Resolved, that
tbo vntinG Mace fixed at d. p. Latieur's, in
Chotai,rnier hn aholishcd
Vntinr ave. Guillorv Hawkins and Savoy.
Votin9 nay: Dubuisson. Saizan, Clark and
Haas '
a., ,notion of Mr. Hawkins Resolved that
the votinr place in Plaisance be fixed at Joseph
Vidrna's Wa stnrp
On motion of Mr.. Hawkins. Resolved, that
tho sum Of twenty-iye dollars per month,
WI, +hn 1s+ Of Jan1iarv 1879 be and is hereby
wv .";ated to mnintain a free ferry over
appfol- pp -ii,ourtahleau at the place known as
bayou Bayou 'uu, tnr,ys v"''
iaS l'l .;o,' Sof Mr. savov Resolved, that 800
on notlon Oh ~, lnro a oaioS 10 harehv apnropriated
Ieet VI lun1h ~ hr,ea On Jhe unIiic road under
~ ~, ls rr.Is,on &C. ~. ~ NJ Eeyland road Oversoer.
the supervision ol W ilcS ,"ir Psnjued that the
vi ~ is'o.to t ~ dn11arc 40 no and 10 hara,7- o,nro
sun VI ot' w CO.. M F Richard for hnildinr a
F,idtoa Ftdna o,esr ~ rJ Raraud,s canal.
pttusI pI ~ I,ennnr on ,he mart Of the committee
s s n Sss1e of eas sae Of ry fa to
cAilio ~ ut @@ llio htd IA ,a " ,,a1o lis renort ON the
same when on motion of Mr.. Savoy, Resolved,
that the sum OF one hundred dollars pe ana IS
hereby appropriated tOrepair Garrlgues bridge,
and that the same committee be and are nerepV
authorized to sell the said work to the lowest
bidder and receive the same when coinpleted.
On motion Of Mr.. Haas, Resolved, lnaI WheFe-
as the committee appointed at the last meeting
of the Jury to examine and report the probable
cost of repairing Drbaillon's bird 90 nave Iallco
10 report therefore be II Resolved, tllat the
sum of one hundred dollars he ana Is hereby
appropriated to have Dehalilons bridge re-
paired and that A. Z. Fidrlne, Damon DeVllle
and U. T. Blackshear are hereby appointed a
committee to sell said work to the lowest bidder
| and receive the same when complete.
| To the Hon. President and members or the
! Police Jury of the: parish Of St Landry;
| GentiemeI-~e the undersigned committee
| appointed by your body, ask of you the priv
| iege of making the fol owing report i'll regard
| to the bridge needed over Wikotf . bayou
In consequence of the impass hlity of finding
| banks suitable for such purposes near the resi-
| dcnce of Daniel Lyons, rs designated we beg
! the privilege of locating said bridge about of a
il ~ .S;ax SSTa Of this bridge ssoo feet Of
! lumber, exclusive or 1ha' that Is sooo III inc
| Old one. are necessary. .,,:, ~
II Is our nt,lo'e t Az h,,dsd n " INA tiftv
be hui for fne sum on nv: ht1luItu anu 10y NY
! dollars $50 oo) Whlcn NAY II peaSe your po"S
to appropriate fot saln llsl@Se'
| Respectfully y suDliI' ,.ens ten,
" n ~ Jus, fru....
a. ArcellthuN' Coihinlt'ee'
Ii. M Aho'ue'
| On motion of Mr.. Clark. Resolved. that the
| ahnva renort he rec.ved and iLat the SUN OF
five hundred and fiftv dollars he and is hereby
| annropriated to have said bridge built, and that
the same committee be authorized to sell the
| tn q
| rbnn comn,ete
TO the Honorable President and members of the
| Police Turv.of the parish of ST. Landry:
| ,antlemen-We the undersigned committee
| .nn,;n+ad nv vour Hon hody TO examine an(
| raannrt the nrohahlp cost of building the bridge!
| across the gully near HAYES bridge and over
| Ravon long Point, near the residence of Wm
| Riiav make tho following report viz: Tha
va bave examined the said Bavou's and tint
that the bridge across the gully will have to b.
70 feet long and 70 feet wide, and the one acros
Foo+ Io,,f q RI q
| II is our humble opinion that said bridges cal
he built for the sum of three hundred dollars
| nv using white oak timber, except the flooring
We therefore ask your honorable body to gran
| lis an appropriation of three hundred dollar
to build the above bridges.
| Respectfully submitted,
ThOs. laughing
Isaac Hayes, SCommittee.
r. B. Sloane,
On motion of Mr. Clark. Resolved that tn
above renort he received. and that the sum c
/ three hundred dollars be and is hereby apprt
nriated TO have the said bridges built, and tina
r. B. Sloane, A. Raspberry and W Higginbotha1
G | he and are hereby appointed a committee t
sell the work to the lowest bidder and receiv
2 the same when complete
, on motion of Mr.. Hawkins. Resolved, ths
. one hundred and fifty feet of lumber be and
| hereby appropriated for the public road unde
l the snpervision of S. R. Proctor road oversee
2 The President appointed Messrs Dub1issol
? l'Haas. Clark and Savoy a committee to exami1
+ the vouchers in the hands of the Parish Urea
! nrer. for the monies paid by him, wlereupo
| Mr.. Haas reported that they had examined an
s counted the vouchers presented by the Paris
e Treasurer, amounting to seven thousand or
ta, doll lJyyhif