The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-06-14
Police jury Proceedings.
JUNE SESSION, 1879.

1 The Police Jury of the Parish of Cal
casieu met mt the Court House, in the
town of Lake Charles, La, ON Monday
the I'd day,of June, 1879, pursuant to
adjournment Present: VIM. NJ. Per.
kins, President; Abner Cole. d. ID
Andrus, VIM. Holland, Simeon Vim
cent, Isaac Nichols, J.J. w. Miller and
O. 3. Lyons.
On motion, the minutes of the last
meeting were read and approved.
On motion, be it ordained, That H.
! III. Weeden be and he is hereby APP
! pointed road overseer from the shell
bank, at West Lake Charles, near Per-
kins' store, to the intersection of the
road leading to Cameron Parish.
On motion, be it ordained, That the
following named persons be appointed
sellers OF unbranded stock, in their re,
spective wards, to-wit:
First Ward-Theodule Fontenot.
Second Ward--Coleman ID. Welsh.
Third Ward Simeon Lebleu and
Adophe Hebert.
On motion, be it ordained, That the
report of the commissioners appointed
Dec, 10Th, 1878, to lay ont the road
leaving the Sabine river road, at or near
Meadows mill, to run on the nearest
and best ronte. to the bridge ON Bear
Head, near Big Woods, thence to the
east end OF Big Woods, be and the same
is hereby adopted, and the said road as
laid Observation-Disclosures prhic road.
On motion. best ordained, That Ed.
/. PierceFbe and he is hereby appointed
poa IA, f,,n nly - Nil
let's Blnferoad tothe shoemake cross
ing on Bear Head, and that all the hands
subject to road duty on said road, and
those east of Bear Head, i'll the vicinity
OF the Green Island. be and they are
hereby appoitioned to work said road.
On motion, be it ordained, That
Harvey Jac6bs be and he is hereby APP
pointed road oyerseer, from Meadows
mill to- The shoemake crossing on Bear
Head, and that L. s. Meadows, s.. u.
Meadows, Joe Sanders. Harbin Smith |
aud Henry Spikes be and they are here
by appoltioned as road hands to work |
said road.
On motion, be it ordained, That the
petition of James Cole, ID. b. Hartman,
and others. asking for public road,
leaving the Alexandria road nj or near
the residence OF Alphonse Marckntel, |
and leading to Hickory Flat, and thence
the Washington road at
Bayou Blue bridge he received, and the
said road is hereby granted aud de-
clared a public road, and that Isaac
Reeves be and he is hereby appointed
oyerseer on said road.
On motion, this body adjourned un-
til tomorrow at 3 a. m.
TUESDAY, june Sd, 1879.
The Police Jury met pursuant TO ad-
Present as on yesterday.
On motion, be it ordained, That the
petition of IL, Clement, I'll. Gill, Louis
Langley and others, asking for a public
.oad from Philips Bluff, on Calcasieu
liver, through the Leblanc Settlement,
% Dry Greek, intersecting the Lake
Charles road at-or near DANES Miller's
place, be and the same is hereby grant
ID, and that Messrs. Geo. w. Ford, |
Ioni Leblanc, Emile Leblanc, Alex.
Cole, Geo. w. Heard and II. A. Miller
,e and they are hereby appointed COM
nissioners To lay ont SAID road and re-
,ort to the PoIiceJury.
On motion, be it ordained, That the
,etition of Stephen Smith, Alex Frazer,
Toseph Nichols and others, asking for
public road, beginning at d. g. Fra (
er & Bros store on public road,
rom thence to Parson Fosher thence
o JOSEPH Nichols, thence to Isaac Coop
j, thence TO Elias Smith, thence to the !
arish line Of Vernon and Calcasien
arish, intersecting the Leesyille road
t the parish lire, be and the same is 9
ereby granted. and that Messrs. I. S. laa
Ieadows, M. 9. Frazer, Alex Frazer
J. q Carroll, r. j.. Cannon, Jeff. Bell =
nd Joseph Nichols be and they are J
ereby appointed commissioners to lay 9
rit said road, and report to the Police
ury.
On motion, be it ordained, That the
etition of j a. Loyett, asking for a 9
hange in the public road running
trough his land, near his residence,
q and the same is hereby granted,