St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-24
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
p OIL G E J 9 r Y
st. Tammany Parish.
CorISaToS, Ia, July 5, 1880.

house on the ;aoATe date, all the
members being present.
The minutes Z. the last meeting
We're read and adopted.
The Presiden3 :aen appointed
Messrs. A. Cousin, Cb;s. Aubry and
Paul Dullon, as Z committee to ex-
anime ali evidences 9. indebtedness
against the parish, issued prior 10
january l. 1879, with Instructions
To indorse them as valid" "inyul-
ia" or prescribed" as the case may
be, and to keep a record of the
same, giving the number of the war
rant, the amount, and the names Of
the persons presenting them.
The following petition was then
read and approved:
CoyISGToS, La, July 5, 1880.
To the honorable President and men,
beers of tie Police Jury:
Conference.-The undersigned re-
specially state that as the present
Goodbee bridge across the Bogue
Falia is IN u dangerous aud rotten
condition, they design building u
new one about three hundred feet
from the present site, and that, as
the same has met the approval of
Z. NJ. Barker, oyerseer of the road,
we ask that you confirm his s,lec-
ton and formally grant us the right
of way at the proper points and
along certain routes to be deslr-
mated by him, along, the ldee Of the
old CJodbee place, III thence
aur 5 the former Htanbridge
tract. now owned I al IA Thorn
son, Esq. al 81 which we respect
fully submit your consideration.
tSigne1, J. Smith. Chs Heintz,
I'd Doyle, W. b. Cook, T.
d .rJlndale, j. Il. Hosmer.
I 5. Frederick, Ii. n. kella-',
Jr. J. F. Chambers, Paul La
horde, A. S. kottwitz, L. Los
set. j. Cahier. J. Cooper, John
Desmond, Thos. Corcoran, Joe
Jaufroid, IL. IL Smith, August
blanche, j. b. Maille, Lionel c. |
Levy.
A petition asking that certain
hands be consigned to the road |
leading from Covington to the
turnpike road. by way OF Lacroix's
bridge, was laid over until next |
meeting.
A communication from Frank
jackson, road overseer, calling at
tention to the dilapidatcd condition
of the bridge across the .Abita, on
the Vaudeville road, was also laid
over until next meeting.
SIR. Burns offered the following:
Resolved, That the warrants of
1879 be received for licenses and
taxes of 1850.
Adopted.
The bill of VIM. Kennedy, JUS
tics of the Peace. in the case of the
State vs.. Bernard Seserstein,
amounting to S.. WIS reduced to
81 and ordered phi.
The bill of s. Is. S;sDles, Consta-
bic, in the case os She State VS.. Ber-
nard Segerstein. sn2ounting to
$1I 20, was reduced. = IS aud or
uered paid.
Mr.. Barns offered the following:
R,.soi cst3, .1ha, the Kimball road
be rei:scateS. ~ !, public road, from
the Lee load . the parish line, and
that Francis McIntire be appointed
overseer.
Adopted
Mr.. Duiion offered the following:
Rcsotued, Thai 1t lie declared
penal offense for amy person to
battle in the river, between Joe
Burton's house and Widow jacob
GALES shipyard, in Madisonville,
except i'll bath houses; and that any
one so offending be subject to fine
of 81 80 or five days imprison-
ment, for the first otfense, and So
fine AMI ten days Imprisonment FOR
each subsequent otfense, the guilty
persons to pay tile costs of court, to
be prosecuted before any court OF
competent jurisdiction.
Adopted.
Messrs. Burns and WEIGH were
committee to examine
, lie desk in the Re orders office. 2
and ascertain the value and cost of
the same. :
a petition offered by Mr. Rodgers
asking for tho establishment of
public road from Vaudeville to the
BoSue Chitto ferry, was laid over
until next meeting.
The following bills were then is
sued to members: e