The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1879-11-01

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required to order out all men sub
.ject to road duty in his district to
work on said road, and particular
ly the Coulee Kinney bridge thai
he he and is hereby authorized to
warrant for the sum Of thirty dol
lars out of the bridge repairing
funds of 1879, or so much thereo
as may be necessary, for the pur
chase of all necessary lumber to
be nsed on said bridge.
The Jury on motion Of Mr.
Vanslyke adjourned until to-mor
! row at 9 o'clock A. NJ.
Tuesday, Oct. 7, 1879.
The Jury met pursuant to ad
journment-on call Of the roll. the
same members were present as on
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 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 offour
mills Therefore
Ar, 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 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 auj 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 a Record
Book for the use Of his Office an
present his account for the same
at the next meeting of this body.
Messrs. Lacour, VansIyke and
+, Edwards, committee of correspon
1 d.nce on the subject of the Jail
submitted letters, &c, received by
them the same rere read, and the
committee discharged.
Art s 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 al,
estimate Of the probable expenses
! Of building parish Jail =; to devl>c
ways and means to raise revenue
to pay the same.
Whereupon the president ar-
pointed Messrs. \ Lacour, w. A,
White, Severin Leblanc, Emile
Thibodeaux, JOS T. Guidry, j. }
a Ahshire, 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
rendered to F. NJ, Dumartrait
ESQ.,, Clerk of the oIice Jury OF
/, the parish of Avoyelles, for hav
ing courteously and kindly fur
nished this body through its clerk
and chairman of the committee o
correspondence, most nseful anc
valuable information and sugges
tions On the subject of building
parrish pa'l'
Art 10 Resolved further, that ;
copy of the foregoing resolution
be transmitted by the clerk of this
body to F. NJ, Dumartrait, Esq.
without delay.
Art.ll Resolved, that the fol
lowing named persons he ane
they are hereby appointed com
missioners and clerks for thei
respective election precincts, t
wit
:, LIST precinct, residence Of NJ
G.. Broussard commissioners. c
. H. Remick, j. N. Dillon and J
Alcee Leblanc, clerk NJ. NJ. Hart
] man.
I'd precinct, residence of Cam
F.. Broussard, commissioners r
s. Henry, Lastie Dubois and J. n