The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-02-22

required 20 WORK SAID road.
On Lotion, be it ordained, that JAS
Kingrey and Vim @ Reeves l,e. and
they are hereby appointed road over
seers, in their respective localities, to-
Wit. james Kingrey, on the road from
.Kingrey's crossing to the.middle of the
bridge on Big Marsh Bayou; VIM @
Reeves. from the middle Of the bridge
on Big Marsh bayou to the intersection
of the old Lake Charles and Sugar
Town road, at Or near Richard Morrow's.
On motion, be it ordained, that the
road overseers appointed to work the
public road from Lake Charles to En-
.glish Bayou be, and they are hereby
required, each of them, to work said
road to the middle OF Kayoshe's 5 coulee.
On motion, be it ordained, that the
petition of w B Norris, Thos r Jones,
and others, asking for a public road
from Lake Charles TO Norris mill be
received, and the said road is hereby
granted, and that Thomas r Jones be,
and he is hereby appointed road over
seer Of said road.
Be it further ordained, that all the
hands subject to road duty at Norris
mill be and they are hereby appoxtioned
to work said road.
On motion, be it ordained, that w
B Norris is hereby granted the right to
keep ferry across Calcasieu river, at
or near his residence, at the following
rates OF charges. to-wit: For q footman,
ten cents; man and horse, fifteen cents;
to and from, twenty-five cents; horse
and buggy, twenty five cents; two horse
wagon, fifty cents; four-horse wagon,
seventy-five cents; for each additional
lead horse, ten cents.
An ordinance to amend an ordinance
adopted at the December session. 1878,
relative to the special five mill Parish
Paper tax.
On motion, be it ordained, that the
special five mill Parish Paper tax, lev
led and collectable for the year 1873,
shall be paid ih Parish Paper, issued
previous to January lst, 1877, and the
tax collector is hereby notified and re-
quired not to receive any Parish Paper
issued Since the date above mentioned
in payment Of said tax.
AN oRDINANcE
Levying Parish Tax on the valuation
of 1878.
Section 1-on motioopt, be il ordained
that for the pupose Of defraying the
criminal expenses of the parish Of Cal
casieu, for the year 1879, under provi-
sion and by authority of Act No 02, ap-
proved March i4th, 1873, an annual
al valoruas tax of five mills on the dol
lar, of the valuation for the year 1873,
of all the real and personal property,
situated in the town Of Lake Charles.
subject to taxation, shall be levied. as
sessed and collected ih United States
currency.
Sec. BE il further ordained. that
for the purpose Of deiraying the Gu rent
expenses OF the parish for the year 1879,
criminal and other, an annual ad saIo-
run tax OF ten miils on the dollar, Of
the valuation for the year 1873, Of all
the property, real and PERSONAL situa-
ted In the parish, subject to taxation,
shall be levied, assessed and collected
in United States currency,
Sec. 3--Be IL further ordained. that
the funds arising from the taxes levied
and provided for by the two preceding
sections Of this ordinance, together with
the licenses Of 1879, shall be consolida-
ted and known as q general fund, which
said general fund shall be apportioned,
disbursed and paid ont by the Parish
Treasurer in the following proportions,
to-wit:
Iwenty-fonr per cent thereof. TO the
sheriff, for his fees in criminal matters
and attendance on courts.
Ten per cent thereof to witnesses. In
criminal cases. before District Court.