The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1879-09-13

Poll No 1--at Richardson's store-Wm
4 Perkins, T . lies, James M Hanchey, com
Inissioners;.J q May clerk,
A Poll No 2--At Lewis sGoraIran g residence
lis III Platts, Hiram Cole, Joseph Cole, com
missioners George w Ford, clerk -
H Poll No 3-4At John lies resldence--A ~
/ Lindsey. a B Lindsey, Vim Bishop, commits
sioners; j jim Whittmgton, clerk
Ward No. g.
Rdn No a-At III w These B Long, gohI
IInyens, ST., Isaac Gilly, commissioners; ~ T"
/ Hes, clerk
PoIl No 2--AttO S Lyons store--A,J Lyons
/ 3 n Prater Jesse Hagar commissioners; D q
Andrus, clerk.
ION motion. he. it ordained, that tire follow
ing named persons, viz Augustus Lyons, ~
q i6iuillory, w e Whatley, Joseph Saliier, NJ
H Lee and Daniel Coos, are hereby appointed
commissioners to lay out and mark The pubhc
road leading from Nix1s ferry to Kayoshe =
i-coulee, and report at the next meeting Oh the
IC,n motion, he ii ordained, that a commit
tee of ithree-Messrs VIM III Haskell, ID RIOS
teet and C p HamptoIl---be and are hereby APP
Ipoiuted to examine and enquire into the books
and accounts Of the Parish Treasurer.
Onmotion, this body prooeededdothe cleo
ton of a Parish Treasurer, with the following
result, te-wit,: Vim l. Hlitchins, six votes; NJ
j Rosteet two votes; whereupon WIN IL
Hutchins was declared reelected Parrish Treas
urer, for ono year from date, at salary OF
two hundred dollars per annum
Personally appeared before the Police Jury
VIM Never d Bro. proprietors of The lCalca-
sieu Gazette newspaper, and stating that they
had permanently suspended the publication
OF, said newspaper, requested to be released
from further compliance with their contract
for the public printing made with the Police
Jury at its June session 1879, for one year
from June4, 1879. Whereupon, on motion, the
Police Jury adopted the following resolution;
Resolved, That, ON account of the perma-
ineIit suspensionrof .1'Tie Calcasieu Gazette "
newspaper, itspropfietoEs, VIM Meyer d Bro,
at ther request, are hereby released from fur
ther compliance with their contract to do the
public printing forone yearfromJune 4, 1879,
made with the Police Jury at its June session,
1879
ON motion, be 1t ordained, that the official
public printing, of the parish of Calcasieu, is
hereby awarded to D. W. Bryan &fOo., pub
fishers, Of the Lake Charles Echo, forohe year
from date. September 9th, 1879 .andthat they
be allowed one hundred dollars ($10D) per
annum, payable quarterly, forp publishing pro-
ceetiings Of the Police Jury and their ortlin
ances and aiGkal statements of receipts and
they to be allowed additional
compensation for any necessary work done,
other than that herein specified; provided,
their charges for such extra work shall not
exceed legal rates.
The petition of DR. E M Moore, of st Lam
dry, telthe Police jury 4or relief, claiming er-
for on his assessment Of 1850, was read and
laid over until thenext meeting Of this body. 4
The following claims were presented and
on motion, the accounts were approved:
Z b Ferren, j ? fees, 3D. ward, $50 81
CT Pendleton, juror on inquest, 2G0I
John Henning, j Pfees, 4th ward, 10 So |
Ursin Vincent, cons 'ble's fees, atil ward Is 30 |
w L Bowen, constable's fees, 9th ward, 8 o0a
w X Bowen, constabes fees, 6thWard, 13 80 /
Allen Gilly, travelling expenses, 81 35 |
DR. Z. j Lyons president board ofhealth - so |
Lake Charles Echo publishing Police
jury proceedings fromJune I'd, ''78to
June 2, 70, Jury list, selec notices etc 1876 90
Lake Charles Echo, quarantine notices
per board of health, 8 90 /
Lake Charles Echo, registrars and as
SCISSORS notices, 10 90 /
0nmoton, this body adjourned until to-
morrow at 10 o'clock "A. III. 4,