The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-09-18
Police bury Proceedings.
sRprEMBER SESSION, 1880.

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The Police Jury of the Parish of Cal
casieu met at the Court House in the
town of Lake Charles, La. on Monday
September 9th, 1880. Present: J. J. w
Miller. President; Isaac Nichols, David
ID. Andrus, VIM. Holland, Lastie Vim
cent, Simeon Vincent and William O.
Reeves. Absent: Abner Cole.
On motion, duly seconded, it was re,
solved by the Police jury of the parish
of Caleasieu, in regular session con.
rened, that Andrew J. Kearney, Dis.
trict Attorney of the 14th Judicial Dis
trict, be and he is hereby authorized to
| represent and defend said parish in a
suit now pendingin in the District Court
of the parish of Calcasieu. wherein Da-
yid Fl. Lyons, sheriff, is plaintiff and
the Parish of Calcasieu is defendant, il
being No. All of the docket of said Dis
trict Court, and be it further resolved,
that said A. j. Kearney, District Attor-
ney aforesaid, be allowed, in full COM
pensation as his fees as attorney in said
suit, the sum Of five per cent. on the
amount Of plaintiffs demand, as alleged
in his petition.
On motion, be it ordained, that the
! petition of Alexander Cormier, s. A.
Fairchild, and others, asking that a
public road to De laid ont from the Sa
bine Station on the Louisiana Western
Railroad, and run SO as to intersect the
old military road at or near the Cade
Marsh, and to do away with and abolish
that portion of the old military road,
leading from said intersection to Nib.
blet's Bluff, was duly considered. and
said road was granted, and all that por-
ton of the old military road, leading
south of the intersection of this new
road, as far as Nibblett's Bluff, be and
is hereby abolished, and that John Pin
der, Jr., Joseph A. Foster. j. b. Gran
ger, Carnielia Fork, Thomas Berry and
g. Bellile. are appointed as commission
ers to lay out said road, and make their
| report to this body, at its next regular
session.
| On motion. James Heard was APP
pointed road overseer on the district of
road from Bagdad TO the Big Marsh,
on the Sugar Town road, and James
Sellers from the Big Marsh to where
this road intersects the road leading to
A. j. Perkins old store, and Richard
Nichols from the intersection OF said
roads to the middle of the Fruge bridge,
on Barnes Greek, each to serve for the
term of two years from this date.
On motion, the petition of Charles
Haudrechy. asking for a public road
from his ferry on the Calcas:eu river to
the Vincent Settlement, was received,
and, on motion, was laid on the table.
On motion, the petition OF VIM. Vim
cent. and others, in relation to the
above named road, and also the petition
asking that the charter granted to
Charles Haudrechy for ferry on the
Calcasieu river be abolished, was each,
upon motion, duly seconded, laid upon
the table,
On motion, Asa Clifton was appointed
as road overseer for two years from this
date, on the road from Moss gully to
the Cameron line.
On motion, Joseph Carr was excused
from serving as road oyerseer on the
road from the town OF Lake Charles to
Carr's ferry on English Bayou, and w.
10. Whatley was appointed oyerseer on
said road for the term of two years from
this date, vice Joseph Carr, excused,
On motion, Joseph Hall was excused
from serving as road oyerseer on the
road from Farquhar's store to the par
isll line, on the road leading from Su-
gar Town to John Davis mill, on ac-
count of continued i'll health, and Ben
iamin Stracner was thereupon appoint
ed as overseer on said road for the term |
Of two years from this date, vice Joseph |
Hall, excused.
On motion, John Leggett was APP
pointed oyerseer on the northeast road |
from the middle OF the bridge on Ten |
Mile to the parish line, in the direction |
of Alexandria, for the term Of two years
from this date.
On motion, A. J. Elder was excused
from serving as oyerseer on the road
from Sand Gully to the ferry on West
Fork, at A. ,. Perkins old store, he
being over age.
On motion, the petition Of Il. j. Ca-
gle, M. v Hargroye and others was re-
eeiyed, and, on motion, was Laid on the
table.
On motion, James Lee was appointed
road oyerseer for the term of two years
from this date, on the road from the
Williams place to Dry Bayou, vice II.
y. Pleasance, removed.
On motion, Villior Duhon, Noise Le-
bleu and Joseph Derouen, Were APP
pointed as sellers of unbranded stock in |
the Third Ward.
I'm motion, be it ordained by the Pc
lice Jury Of the parish Of oaicasieu,
that after the passage of this ordinance
all road oyerseers, at the expiration of
their time, shall be required to make Q |
report to the Police Jury Of the condi-
ton Of their respective roads, and to
furnish list of hands subject to road |
duty on each Of their respective roads,
and to recommend some suitable person
rs an oyerseer.
On motion. be it ordained, that the
following named persons be and they |
are hereby appointed as commissioners |
and clerks of election, in their respect
i've localities, for the election to be held |
on the I'd day Of November, 1880, viz
Ward No. /.
Poll No, II At Pine Grove Church
Walker, John Cryer and John |