The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-01-10

road district, be and he is hereby
required to order out all men sub
iject to road duty in his district to
work on said road, and particular
ly the Coulee Kinney bridge that
he be and is hereby authorized to
warrant for the sum Of thirty dol
lars out of the bridge repairing
funds Of 1879, or so much thereof
as may be necessary, for the pur
chase Of all necessary lumber te
be used on said bridge.
The Jury on motion Of Mr.
lVanslyke adjourned until to-mor'
! row at 9 o'clock A. NJ.
| Tuesday, Oct. I, 1879.
! The Jury met pursuant to ad.
.iournment-on call of the roll. the
same members were present as on
yesterday.
Whereas, the Supreme Court oi
the State Of Louisiana has decided
that Police Juries were without
authority, previous to the year
1877, to levy a tag in excess of 4
mills on the dollar for general
| expenses.
And, whereas, the taxes levied
nv The Police Jury of this parish
prior to said year to defray the
general expenses of the parish
were in excess OF said rate of four
mills Therefore +:
Art 6 Be it resolved, that the
tax collector of this parish be, and
he is hereby instructed in collect
ing delinquent taxes prior to 1877
to collect at tse rate of four mills
on the dollar only on the general
fund taxes.
Art 7 Resolved further, that the
Finance committee be and they
are hereby instructed to calculate
and make the reduction on all the
delinquent rolls previous to 1877
according to the above resolution
and turn over the same to the tax
collector for collection.
Leo Perrct. Recorder, was au.
thorized to procure a Record
Book for the use Of his Office and
present his account for the same
at the next meeting Of this body.
Messrs. Lacour. Vanslyke and
Edwards, committee of correspon.
dence on the subject of the Jail,
submitted letters, &C., received by
them the same we're read, and the
committee discharged.
Art s Resolved, that the presi,
dent of this body be and he is here
by authorized to appoint com.
mittee composed of seven persons,
whose duty it shall be to make an
estimate of the probable expenses
of building a parish Jail; to devise
ways and means to raise revenue
to pay the same.
Whereupon the president ap-
pointed Messrs. a. Lacour, W. A.
White, Severin Leblanc, Emile
! Thibodeaux, JOS I. Guidry, }. }.
Abshire, ST., and w. w. Ed
wards on said committee.
On motion of. Mr.. Vanslyke,
Art 9 Resolved unanimously.
that the sincere thanks Of this
body be and the same are hereby
rendered to F. NJ. Dumartrait,
ESQ.,, Clerk of the Police Jury OF
the parish of Avoyelles, for hav.
ing courteously and kindly fur
nished this body through its clerk
and chairman of the committee ol
correspondence, most useful and
valuable information and sugges
tons on the subject Of building
parish Jail.
Art 10 Resolved further, that
copy Of the foregoing resolution
be transmitted by the clerk Of this
body to F. NJ. Dumartrait, Esq.
without delay.
Art II Resolved, that the fol
lowing named persons be and
they are hereby appointed com
missioners and clerks for theil
respective election precincts, t.
wit:
lst precinct, residence of N
G. Broussard commissioners. Q
H. Remick, J. N. Dillon and j
Alcee Leblanc, clerk NJ. NJ. Hart
man.
/ I'd precinct, residence of Cam
E. Broussard, commissioners Z
Is Hecrv Lastie Dubois and j. n