The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1880-02-14
Town Council.
January 9Th 1873

Mayor }. j.. Abadle, y. lsaacS
and Henry Libersat. Absent ::
Solomon Wise.
On motion of Mr.. Abadie, the
reading of the minutes of the pre-
vious meeting was dispensed with.
Report of r. G. Smedes corpo-
ration attorney, was presented
and read, and On motion the re-
port was adopted.
Committee of three, Messrs. A.
vanslyke, W. A. White and Il.
B. Lyons appointed by the Police
Jury, made their appearance, and
requested the Council to turn
over to the Parish Treasurer the
tax collected on the q 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 Vermilion at Abbeville. =
Whereupon, on motion of Mr..
Abadie, it was resolved, that the
Secretary be directed to request
The Police Jury to furnish q state,
ment showing the total amount Of
expenses of repairing the said
bridge, the amount paid for re.
pairing said bridge, and the
amountsiill due j; 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
Abbeyil.e. S 1854 II
Paid Mr. Wise 763 s.
Bal due S. Wise S 100 So
Signed A. LAcoUR.
Clerk Police Jury.
Ga motion of Mr.. Abadie, il
was resolved that the Treasurer
of the Town Council be, and lie 81
hereby ordered to pay over to the
Parish Treasurer the sum Of
Is 1919 e~ighty-niue dollars and
thirteen cents, amount of special
tax collected on.he % mills tax
levied for the purpose Of repairing
the Bridge across Bayou Vermil.
ion at Ahbeville.
On motion of Mr.. Isaacs, re,
solved that the licenses for the
corporation for the year 1880, or
professions, trades and occupa
tons be fixed at the same rate as
for 1879.
Resolved further. that one.hal.
of said licenses may be paid il
claims approved by the Council
and in outstanding u~npreseribec
cooperation warrants.
On motion of Mr.. ISaaes,
LIST Resolved, That al mona
collected for the corporation bt
turned into the treasury when col
lected ;
I'd That when there is rot sal
6cicnt money il the treasury Il
the credit Of the diferentf funds t.
pay all the claims, on the respcc
tive funds, IN FULL he said claims
shall bc paid pro rata, out of tht
mones to the credit of the func
provided for the payment Of thu
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 ant
he is hereby ordered to pay owe
to the Treasurer the sum of SSH
the amount he has on hand, &C
cording to his report, collected
tor the corporation.
The report of w. B. White
Treasurer. was read, and JOS.
Abadie and e. G. Smedes as ;
committee to examine the report
the vouchers, receipts, &C.. Of tn
Treasurer, and report at the mex
meeting of this body.
The claim of j. S. Cartright
Bridge Keeper for The quartz
ending January 18th 1880, wa
allowed, amounting to the sum 0
$3.50 Godchaux & Abadie tran
ferees.
The claim of T. B. Patten 70
fees as Justice os the Peace. ii
suits Of the Town Of AbbeyilI'
against different parties, trans
ferred to Jacob Isaacs, for tn
sum of $l0.85 was allowed.
On motion of MIR, Ahadie, re
solved, that all licenses issued fo.
the yearsl88O. and which are no
paid by the 18th day of February
shall be turned over to the corpo
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