The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-01-31
Town Council.
January 9Th. 1880.

Wv" ~
Mayor J. j. Abadie, ]. Isaaes
and Henry Libersat. Absent !:
Solomon Wise.
On motion Of Mr.. Ahadie, tho
reading of the minutes OF the pre-
vious meeting was dispensed with.
Report Of R. G.. .Smedes corpo-
ration attorney, was presented
and read, aud on motion the re
port was adopted.
Committee of three, Messrs. a.
Vanslyke, W. A. White and q.
B. Lyons appointed by the Police
Jury, made their appearance, and
requested the Council to turu
over to the Parish Treasurer the
tax collected on the 81 mills tax
levied by the Town Council, for
the purpose Of raising funds to as.
sist in defraying the expenses; of
repairing the bridge across The
Bayou Vermi.ion at Abbeville.-
Whereupop, on motion of Mr..
Abadie, it was resolved, that the
Secretary be directed to request
the Police Jury to furnish a state
ment showing the total amount of
expenses of repairing the said
br dye. the amount paid for re-
pairing said bridge. and the
amount sill due ; the Secretary to
report as soon as possible.
The following statement was
given in answer to the above re
quest:
Total expenses incurred for re
pairing the Bridge at
AbbeyilIe 864 II
Paid Mr. Wise 763 IS
Bal due s. Wise 5 100 So
(Signed) A. LAcoUR.
Clerk Police Jury.
On motion Of Mr.. Abadie. it
was resolved that the Treasurer
of the Town Council be, and he 81
hereby ordered to pay over to the
Parish Treasurer the sum of
Is 1919 eighty-nine dollars and
thirteen cents, amount Of speeIa.
tax collected on the p aiIls tax
levied for the purpose of renaiIjng
the Bridge across Bayou Vermil-
ion at Abheville.
On motion Of Mr.. Isaacs, re-
solved that the licenses for the
corporation for the year 1880, on
professions, trades and occepa-
tons be fixed at the same rate as
for 1879.
Resolved further. that one half
Of said licenses may be paid in
claims approved by the Council,
and in outstanding unprescribed
cooperation warrants.
On motion of Mr.. Isaacs,
Ist Resolved. That all money
collected for the corporation he
turned into the treasury when col.
lected ;
I'd That when there is not suf-
6cient money in the treasury to
the credit of the different funds to
pay all the claims, on the respec-
tive funds, IN FULL the said claims
shall be paid pro rata, out of the
none, to the credit. of the fund
provided for the payment Of the
different claims.
The report OF Geo. E. Lyons,
Constable Collector, was present.
ed and read, and on motion of Mr..
lsaacs the same was adopted.
On motion Of same, it was re
solved that the Constable be and
he is hereby ordered to pay yer
to the Treasurer the SUN Of $57.l4
the amount he has on hand, &C;
cording to his report, collected
for the corporation.
Tie report Of. ". B. White
Treasurer. was read, and Jos. J
Abadie and R. G. Smedes as a
committee to examine the report,
the vouchers, receipts; &c, of the
Treasurer, and report at the next
meeting of this body.
:. The claim Of j. s. Cartright,
Bridge Keeper fer ,heS quartz,
ending January 18th 1880, wa
allowed, amounting to the sum 0;
$3.50 ;Godchaux & Abadie tral.
ferees.
The claim Of F..B. Patten fo
fees as Justice ~ the Peace. III
suits of the Town Of Abbevill1
against different parties, trans
ferred to jacob Isaacs, for the
sum Of $lD.85 was allowed.
On mptioa of MIR. Abadie, re
solved, that all licenses issued for
the year 1880 and which are not
paid by the 18th day of February.
shall be turned over to the corpo