St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-04-24
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
POLL CE JU r Y.

Present-Wm. Badon, President
Pat. WEIGH. J. Y. Grow, George
0 Kepp, n. Fendleson, J. NJ. Abney,
0 J. l.. Dicks
+ ABSENT. Cousin. james W.
Smith.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read.
MIR. kepp offered an amendment
, that the oyerseer on the Turnpike
J road. commencing at the junction
with the Bridge Road, work to the
center of Gum Pond" instead of
''to Gum Pond"
: Also, that the road from "Gum
} Pond to the parish line" be chang
ed SD as to extend from the center
of Gum Pond to the parish line"
Adopted.
Mr.. Dix offered an amendment
substituting the name of Ira Z.
Strain III place Of 4. q. Shoultz, as
overseer on the road leading from
Ponchatoloway bridge to the Chin
chuba.
Also, an amendment changing
the road district from the Chin
chuba to Ravine de Can" SO as to
extend from the Chinchnba to
Bayou Castaing."
Adopted.
The minutes. as amended, were
then approved.
The following was then adopted:
ResOlCed, That road orerseers are
hereby instructed to have all dead
ened timber cut down, within twen-
ty-tiYe feet of the public road.
The following road oyerseers
were appointed:
SEVENTH WARp-From Bayou
Castaing to the five MIL post, on
the Mandeyllls and Bayou La
combe r5ad. John Workman, over
seer.
Trom the five mile post to BAYOU
.Iacombe, on the same road. James
Tally, oyerseer.
From Bayou Lacombe to the
ward line, OH the Bonfouca road.
Drosin Ducrty Y. oyerseer
EIGHTH WAED-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, on the same road. Charles
Medallion, oyelseer,
From Stroves place to Salt
Bayou, on the same road. Marcel
LUIS Crary, overseer.
Ninth WARD-From the west
bank of Bayou Liberty to the par
ish line, on the Bayou Lacombe
road. Max. Cousin, overseer.
From Bayou Vincent to the
church, on the Pearl River road.
Martin Gusman, overseer.
MIR. Crow offered the following:
ResOiced, That whereas, the com
mittee of six appointed at the Feb
ruary term, 1879, to lay out IL pub
lie road from Bayou Lacombe to
the Pearl river road, near Pat
Welsh's. having failed to perform
the dnties required of them, and
the chairman having removed from
the parish, be it
Rcsotced, That a new committee
be appointed, consisting of b. ID.
Mitchell, chairman; james Tally,
Phillip Magee. Walter Ernest, Jo-
seph Badon and j. Y. Grow.
Resolved, That the committee be
instructed to stlaighten the road
on the opposite side Of Bayou La
combe.
Adopted.
MIR. Abney offered the following:
CovlNGroN, La, March %, 1880.
To the honorable President and men,
bers of the Police Jury:
Conference.-The undersigned pc
titioner asks permission to build a
gate across the public road, near /
his house, in his lane, and your pc
titioner, in duty bound, will ever
pray, etc. }. Nj. ABNEY.
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 - The undersigned
petitioner would respectfully ask
your honorable body to make Il Z
change in the public road leading
from Covington to Bogue Chitto, :
in this: That there is bend i'll '
said road. at or near Goodbee's