St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1879-01-11
Proceedings Of asae EeIice .surs.
OPELOySAS, December FL. Il

OPELOISAS. December 2t(. 1879.
| {. Mayo, ccIk of the Police Jury called the
! roll. when the following members were present :
J. j. Thnrpann, Albert t:ullr,. Hupu.villc
| EEaa~. Lolia Ycung. r. c. Ci,achcrc and Is. f..
| Clark-2ll nit:nl'"ra being present.
! The Police jury thea prnc"cdtt TO organize
; NY elcr1ing Icy Hecan'aior Albert Gut'ry a.
| President.
| On r.otnn Of Mr. Haas, ". \. Robertson was
| nominated fo:' FrrHanrt'r.
! On motion cf Mr.. MccllC Resolved, that q
committee he appointed to examine the Treas
;:r"r's t"'okr 2nd report o.! The salne at tho
next meeting alid fh' The election II Treasurer
! he dofeHrts until thai time.
! On iAotinn nf Mr.. Elawkin7 R'ao!"ed. tha
| tn" motion OF Mr. Mcchs !" laid or! the table.
| Voting ayv- MrsA',' Ha"Ains. Haas, Clark,
Duhlli%sol. Ci;Ach'r' an! Tll:,lnpaon
Nutinl; naE-McsSra Mech" an'. IOInE.
Mr.. Haas nI"tion wasr"li"tj, hcrnror there
being II" other non!nnt"n f"r Treasurer, ".
\. Robertson w24 "l.'rl"t; i,y Acrl,1n;tion.
Mfr. Clark nominated! +. J. Iefensrr rtlcrI.
Nr, Mtrhe nominated {. c. r"arH.e.
On motion OF Nr. Clark. Hcsolve' that the
voting ne by ballot.
The President appointed Tvs17>. Dnbui&son
and Clark tclr7. when MIR. I"fehlIt. r",..'iyttl
tiv" (5| vot"s and Nj. SwHyzer received three
90 votes. whcrerlpnn the President announced
Mr.. Lefebvre duly ctc"trtl Clera u til" t"!icc
Jury.
On motion q; >lr. Ionng. Dr. ". n. Thompson
was nominated H5 Parish Phyaicia:l--tllr he
ing no other uoD!naton-Dr. Thompson was
elected ny aCclamHtioil.
On motion OF Mr. Ehicilci%'. E,..olv",i. that
the Office. of Parish Auditor be and is hereby
abolished.
On motion OF NJ. Haas, Resolved, tilat the
prOIlositun OF e. &. Dnsni!. sheriff, 10 all
official notices required Ivy the Police Jury, for
the sum Of $50 "i, one hundred and fifty dol
lars I.-r annuln, ht: ana is hereby 'rvvEttetl.
On motion Of Mr.. Dubui*s0n. Resolved. that
the Sheriff is authorized to purchase for the use
of the Courthouse. three h"g>htatla nf coal.
On motion of Mr.. Iia;,e. Resolved. that the
Clerk be and ls hereby authorized to publish q
notice calling upon all persons holding parish
warrants, certificates of Indebtedness or cert-
ttcates issued by the CLERK Of the District Court
to Witnesses in criminal eases or jurors. tn pre-
sent the etinr 1T his office on ur before the Isl
day OF February. 1879. 70 he registered: and
after said date aii evidences Of parish in,leht
rtincs>. h!rh shall net have ijcs presented as
| above required s!l:a he mil and sHd
On 1UotiOn OF Mr. Haas, Resolved, that !. !.
Thompson, l. T. Littell, :. j. Lefehyrc am! c.
and report al the next meeting III thts Jury,
the present indebtedness OF the parish of st.
Landry.
the Clerk ho ami is hereby Instructed 30 notify
the publishers ~! thG s,stI; l'ane"s published
in the l,aI!Slt Of s.. LANDRY, that e.;lel bids
shall ~ received by tile Police Jur--, 1t its next
meeting. 81 Monday Uf .';t!i:r;-. 1872. for the
contract for p.ll;IshiEA; the proc ctliu"3 OF the
Poiicc Jury. ordinances 3uh either Nnri,ez re-
auircti hy law IT, be paid hy the i'ar.ah.
The Police Jury As committee Of the y hole
proceeded to examine the claims unpaid and
on lille against the parish, when the following
claims were approved:
{; f. Rnrr guarding Convicte. 90
b,~i, Z TSaac sundri,a for eonviris.:.. 3 5
!.r.c Lafieur juror on inuurst ...-...-... 80
ON molten the Police Jury adjourned until
Monday, January 18th. 1872
AI.REpT (.UIDRY, rreeidenf.
Attest: /. !. LEtEjl' re, E:CEH.