The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-10-25
road district, be and he is hereb,

lrequired to order out all men sub
|ject to road duty in his district Il
work on said road, and particular
" the Cculee Kinney bridge ; tha
he he and is hereby authorized t
warrant for the sum of thirty dol
lars out of the bridge repairing
funds of 1879, or SO much thereo
az may be necessary, for the pur
chase Of all necessary lumber tt
be used on said bridge.
The Jury on motion of Mr.
Vanslyke adjourned until to-mor
row at 8 o'clock A. N.
Tuesday, Oct. I, 1879.
The Jury met pursuant to ad
journment-on call Of the roll, the
same members were present as or
yesterday.
Whereas, the Supreme Court oI
the State of Louisiana has decided
that Police Juries were without
authority, previous to the year
1877, to levy q tax in excess of 4
mills on the dollar for general
expenses.
And. whereas, the taxes levied
by the Police Jury of this parish
prior to said year to defray 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 parish be, and
he is hereby instructed in collect.
ing delinquent taxes prior to 1877,
to collect 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 calculate
and make tie reduction on all the
delinquent rolls previous to 1877,
according to the above resolution,
and turn over the same to the tax
collector for collection.
Leo Perrct. Recorder, was au-
thorized to procure q Record
Book for the use Of his Office and
present his account for the same
at the next meeting Of this body.
Messrs. Lacour, Vanslyke and
Edwards, committee of correspon.
dsnce 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 be and he is here
by authorized to appoint a com
mittee composed of seven persons,
whose duty it shall be to make an
estimate Of the probable expenses
Of building a parish Jail to devise
ways and means to raise q revenue
to pay the same.
Wbereupon the president ap-
pointed Messrs. 4. Lacour, W. A.
White, SEVERN Leblanc, Emile
l'hibodeaux, Jos T. Guidry, J. J
Abshire, sr., and w. w. Ed.
wards on said committee.
On motion of Mr.. Vanslyke,
Art 9 Resolved unanimously.
that the sincere thanks of this
body be aud the same are hereby
to F. NJ. Dumartrait,
ESQ.,, Clerk of the Police Jury of
The parish of Avoyelles. for hav-
ing courteously and kindly fur
nished this body through its clerk
and chairman Of the committee Of
most useful and
information and sugges.!
ions on the subject of building q
parish Jail.
Art 10 Resolved further, that a
,opv Of the foregoing resolution,
" transmitted by the clerk of this
'cdy to F. NJ. Domartrait, Esq,
without delay.
Art. II Resolved, that the fol.
owing named persons be and
hey are hereby appointed com.
and clerks for their
respective election precincts, to
Wit:
lst precinct, residence of NJ.
;. Bronssard commissioners. c.
]. Remick, J. N. Dillon and J.
Alcee Leblanc, clerk NJ. N. Hart
nan.
I'd precinct, residence of Cam.
:. Broussard, commissioners r.
J. Henry, Lastie Dubois and j. N. 3,
clerk. W. w. Knehling. l
Sd precinct, at the courthouse,
+: Nj. V. Lampman,
!. o. Leg9 and A. D. Martin
Jerk G w. Summers. {
4th precinct, at Lazare Brous-