St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-17
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
POLL CE j z Y.


! Present-Wm. Badon, President;
Pat. Welch, j. Y. Crow, George
kepp, n. Fendleson, j. NJ. Abney,
j. L. Dicks.
Absent. Cousin, James W.
Smith.
The minutes of the last meeting
We're read.
Mr.. kepp offered an amendment
that the oyerseer OIL the Turnpike
road, commencing ut the junction
with the Bridge Road, work to the
center of Gum Pond" instead of
ito Gum Pond"
Also, that the road from "Gum
Pond to the parish line" be chang
ed SO as to extend from the center
of Gum Pond to the parish line"
Adopted.
Mr.. Dix offered an amendment
substituting the name of Ira L.
Strain i'll place of 4. e. Shoultz, as
orerseer on the road leading from
Ponchatoloway bridge to the Chin
I chuba.
Also. an amendment changing
the road district from the CHM
chuba TO Rayine de Cam" SO as to
extend from the Chinchubu to
Bayou Castalng.
Adopted.
The minutes. as amended, We're
then approved
The following was then adopted:
Resolred, That road oyerseers are
hereby instructed to have all dead
ened timber cut down, within twen-
ty-tive feet of the public road.
The following road orerseers
We're appointed:
SEVENTH WARD-From Bayou
Castaing to the five mile post, OH
the Vaudeville and Bayou La
conbe road. John Workman, over
seer.
From the five mile post to Bayou
Lacombe, ON the same road. James
Tally, overs"er.
From Bayou Lacomhe to the
ward line, on the Bonfouca road.
Drosin Ducrey, overseer.
EIGBTs WARD-trom the center
of Gum Greek bridge to the race
track, On the West Pearl River
road. Thomas Crawford, overseer.
From the race track TO Indian
Village, Oh the same road. Charles
McMahon. oYerseer.
From Stroye's place to Salt
Bayou, on tue same road. Marcel
lus orry, oyerseeE
Ninth WARD-From the west |
bank OF Bayou Liberty to the par
ish line, on the Bayou Lacombe |
road. MAJ Cousin, overseer.
From Bayou Vincent to the |
church, OH the Pearl River road.
Martin Gusman, overseer.
Mr.. Crow offered the following:
Resotced, That whereas, the COM !
mittee Of SIX appointed at the Feb
ruary term, 1879, to lay out pub
tic road from Bayou Lacombe to
the Pearl river road, near Pat
Welsh's, having failed to perform
the duties required of them, and
the chairman having removed from |
the parish, be it
ReSoIctd, That a new committee
be appointed, consisting of b. d. !
Mitchell, chairman; james Tally, !
Phillip Alagee. Walter Ernest, Jo-
seph Badon and j. Y. Crow.
Resoired, That the committee be
instructed to stlaighten the road
on the opposite side of Bayou La
combe.
Adopted.
Mr.. Abney offered the following:
CoyINGToN, La. March %, 1880.
To the honorable President and men,
bers of the Police Jury:
GentLemea-The undersigned pc
titioner asks permission to build
gate across the pnblic road, near
bis house, in his lane, and your pc
titioner, in duty bound, will ever
pray, etc. j. NJ. ABSEY.
On motion, the prayer of petit
toner was granted.
The following petition was then
read:
CONVICTION, La, March 90, 1880.
To the honorable President and members
OF the Police Jury:
Gentlemen wv The undersigned
petitioner would respectfully ask
your honorable body to make a
change in the public road leading
from Covington to Bogue Cbitto,
in this: That there is a bend in