The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-12-06

lTOad district, be and ne lS hereby
Irequired to order ont all men sub
ject to road duty in his district to
work on said road. and particular
y the Cou'ee Kinney bridge that
he be and is hereby authorized to
| warrant for the sum Of thirty dol.
| lars ont Of the bridge repairing
| fsfnds Of 1879, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, for the pur
catasc of all necessary lumber to
be used on said bridge.
The Jury on motion Of Mr..
Vanslyke adjourned until tenor.
! row at 8 o'clock A. NJ.
Tuesday, Oct I, 1879.
The Jury met pursuant to ad.
iournment-on call Of The roll, the
| same members were present as on
yesterday.
Whereas, the Supreme Court OF
the State of Louisiana has decided
that Police Juries were without
authority, previous to the year
1877. to levy a tax in excess of 4
mills Oh the dollar for general
expenses.
And, whereas, the taxes levied
By the Police Jury Of this parish
PRIOR to said year to delray the
general expenses Of the parish.
were in excess OF said rate of four
mills Therefore /:
Art 6 Be it resolved, that the
tax collector Of this pari h be, and
he is hereby instructed in collect
ing delinquent taxes prior to 1877,
to csllecr at tse rate Of four mills
on the dollar only on the general
fund taxes.
Art 7 Resolved further, that the
Finance committee be and they
are hereby instructed to calcula te
and make tie reduction on ell the
delinquent rolls previous to 1871
according tn the above resolution
aud turn over the same to the tax
collector for collection.
Leo Perrc,. Recorder, was au
thorized TO procure a Record
Book for the use Of his Office and
present his account for the same
at the next meeting of this body.
Messrs. Lacnur. VansIyke and
Edwards, committee of correspon-
d.nce on the subject Of the Jail,
submitted letters, &C., received BY
them the same rere read, and the
committee discharged.
Art 8 Resolved, that the presi-
dent of this body lie and he is here.
by authorized to appoint com
mittee composed Of seven persons,
whose duty it shall he to make an
estimate Of the probable expenses
of building parish Jail to devise
ways and means to raise revenue
to pay the same.
Whereupon the president ap-
p ,inted Me,srs. \ Lacour, W. A
White, SEVERN Leblanc, Emile
Thihodeaux, JOS T. Guidry, J. J.
Ahshire, sr., and w. w. Ed
wards on said committee.
On motion Of Mr.. Vanslyke.
Art 8 Resolved unanimously.
that the sincere thanks Of this
body be and the same are hereby
rendered to F. NJ. Dumartrait,
ESQ, Clerk of the l'olice Jury Of
the parish of Avoyelles. for hav-
ing courteously and kindly fur
nished this body through its clerk
and chairman Of the committee ol
correspondence, most useful and
valuable information and sngges
tons on the subject Of building q
parish jail.
Art 10 Resolved further, that q
copy of the foregoing resolution
be transmitted by the clerk Of this
body to F. NJ. Dumartrait, Esq.
without delay.
Art.l1 Resolved, that the fol
lowing named persons be and
they are hereby appointed com
missioners and clerks for theil
respective election precincts, te
wit /:
| lst precinct, residence of NJ
G.. Broussard commissioners. G
H. Remick, ). N. Dillon and j
Alcee Leblanc, clerk NJ. NJ. Hart
man.
! ID precinct, residence Of Cam
] E. Broussard, commissioners R
s. Henry, Lastie Dubois and J. N
Williams, clerk, W. W. KuehliDg
Sd precinct, at the courthouse
o;ce;orors Al " I,amnman