The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-07-05
City Council of Vermilionvil!e

AOtu uay VI June 1919.
Present: John Clegg, Mayor, ard Councilmen
Jos. L. Mouton. Absent: C. P. Alpha and H
L. Landry.
| The reading of the minutes of the last meeting
were dispensed with and adopted as recorded.
| The committee on Bonds reported that the
bonds of the Treasurer and Collector have beer
| approved and fled with the Secretary.
The committee on Books and Accounts pre-
sented the following report
To the Hon. Mayor and Members of the Town
Council Of Vermilionville, La:
Your committee appointed to examine the
books and accounts Of the Treasurer and Collec
tor for the past year, report that they have
carefully examined the books of H. NJ. Bailey
Treasurer, up to this date and find the same cor.
rect they find that there is still due him, fol
| bis services during the past year, the sum oi
$78 80. They recommend that his bond be
Cancelled.
Upon careful examination Of the accounts OF
Galbert Bienvenu, Collector for the past year,
your committee find that he has .overdrawn his
salary to the amount Of sl2 05, and through
neglect of duty as collector, has caused loss
to this Corporation of $50 IS for market house
dues, and $40 90 for license of Edgar Dugas,
coffee house keeper, for which he should be held
responsible, as follows:
To amount overdrawn. =. $l2 O5
Market-house dues BY W. B. Lindsay, fs
less his commission. Z. % IS
] License of Edgar Dugas, less his
commission. ........ Is 80
Total. =. ...........s.s......... $50 70
Your committee recommend that the said Col
lector be held to pay the amount Of $50 70 to
TIE Treasurer within thirty days from this date.
g. Respectfully submitted,
N I'D
S & W. B. BAILEY,
June IA, 1879. JOS. L. MuUTON. :
Upon the statement made by Mr.. Bienvenu to
the Council, it was upon motion.
Resolved, that the amount, $l8 so, charged
to him for license Of Edgar Dugas, be and the
same is hereby remitted.
On motion of Mr.. Lacoste,
Resolved, that the delay Of thirty days he
granted Mr.. Bienvenu to settle the other
amounts charged against him in the report of
the committee, and that the Market-house claims
Of the Corporation against W. B. Lindsay, be
aud are hereby transferred to him..
Messrs Alpha and Landry then appeared and
participated ia the deliberations.
The following ordinance was unanimously
An ordinance relative to dogs running at large
within the corporate limits of the town Of
Vermilionville !: os ess
Be it ordained by the City Council Of the
town Of VeImilionville, that dogs shall not be
allowed to run within the corporate limits of
the town of Vermilionville, unless they wear q
collar with stamp bearing the figures denoting
the year for which said stamp is issued and the
number thereof The stamp made Of tin shall
be furnished by the Town Constable. at the rate
OF htty cents per stamp, and said Constable
shall keep registry of the names of parties
purchasing stamps and their numbers Be it
further ordained, that it shall be the duty Of the
Town Constable to kill all dogs found running
within the corporate limits of the town Of Yer
milionville, not bearing the collar and stamp az
above ordained. That one-half of the tax thus
imposed and which is collected under this ordi.
nance, shall be paid into the town treasury and
one half shall be retained by the Constable as
his fee; provided that the Constable shall fur
nish stamps at his expense. That all ordinances
in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby
repealed. This ordinance to take effect after
fifteen days publication in the official journal of
the town.. .szss.asz s.zszys
Mr. Alpha then moved to reconsider the reso-
luton passed at the last meeting of the Council
which reads, "members of the Council shall
receive no per diem for their services.n
The ayes and nays being called, the motion to
reconsider was lost BY the following vote /.
Ayes-Alpha and Landry. Nays-Bailey,
Lacostc, Mcbride and Mouton.
The Mayor called the attention OF the Council
to the tie at the last election between Messrs NJ
?. Young and r. L. Mcbride, and requested the
Council to take some action thereon, and
On motion, it was resolved, that a committee of
Two be appointed to confer with Messrs. Young
and Mcbride and ASCERTAIN from them whether
they desire an election to decide the said tc
The Mayor appointed Mesers. Bailey and La
:oste on said committee.
On motion the Council then adjourned to
Saturday the 9Th day Of July next, at 5 o'clock
?. N. JOHN CLEGG. Mavor.
H. N. BAILEY, Secretary.