St. Landry democrat., 1881-01-08
Proceedings of the Police Jury.
...m opE1ousAs, December 18th, 1880.

OPELousAs December 18th, 1880. |
The Police Jury met pursuant To I'D jour nment. !
Present: Albert GuidrF, President; Anguste
Perrodn. T. Dubuss"n, sam. Haas, L. 1onng, ,
I. c. Chachere, b. E. Clark, Ihos. a. Hicks ana
The reading Of the minutes Of the last meeting
was dispensed with.
PETITIONS.
petition from the residents OF Bayou Btenf
was received and read. praying for the passage
of an ordinance declaring il unlawful Tor hoNs
to run ut large on said Bayou aud vicinity.
counter petition WAS also received anu
read from residents vt the same locality much
more unanimously signed, When on notion,
both petitions were laid on the table.
petition sigG.d by numerous residents OF
Plaisauce Pl;luueniine Ridge and vicinity pray
ing that an ordinance be- passed declaring II
una fltl for hogs to at large III that ioralitE
was read, when ON motion " was ialu over
until the next regular meeting OF the Ponce
Jury. ;., 80
PlaGuemine and Paquenne Ridge. praying
that a public road bs, laid out from Church
Point to the Bellevue and OpeloHsas at Las
trapts and Groves plantations, VAS read, when
m motion of Mr.. Clark, the following property
owners were appointed Il e mnittes 10 ascer-
tain the best location aud the cost al liylh!
said road, and to report at the next meeting o1
the Police Jury or q. soon as
| Edgar Barrousc. John L. Collagan, UVal Bour-
| cue ana DR.. L. Chach-rc.
The committee appointed iaSt uDe 10
public road, TO run from Vile Plate 10 .lle
| ODelul,sas and atagner road. reported that
! they have laid out said road i'll acc0lHiance
with petition therefor, when on motion OF Mr.;
| Young the report was accepted ana the ROAD
declared public road =.
On motion of Mr.. Young the road overseer is
instructed to change the public road 1roln VINE
| Plate to Chataignpr, so as TO run Oh the ives
fern lines or Onile ri. FontenOt ana IheOduic
soilrau IA prayed for by petition signed by tue
above parties ana others. =.
JnuE n
resolution of November last i'll regard I" the
change on the Vile Plate AMI Washington read.
he amended TINS. that the road be changed ~
prayed for. provided that that portion Oh the
| road passing north OF DR.. Foster shall not pass
on Ms land. That Nessrs. ). F. shaw. Ad lphus
| Audrus James Hicks, Andre VidriHe, Cesalre
! Ar,iuin VIM. Tate and K. ". Tatnan hc an"
are hereby appointed q committee to make the
change on said road aud report
On motion Of Mr. Perrodin. Resolved that an
inspector OF roads. at salary or saoo per Al
| num- shall be elected at the next meeting III
the Police Jury, at which time the cutles OF
said officer shall be defined.
On motion 4 COMMITTEES OF seven, consisting
| of Mes,r. f. DnhuissOn. member OF the 9Th
ward f. Plonsky, Joseph Elliott and John u
Tralnor OF Washington. J. Q: Chachere, JOS
| Bloch and W. y. Posey, OF Opelotsas, were
appointed to examine ana report Mt the nexl
injecting Of the Police Jury, what action shou 9
he taken to repair and maintain the road and
bridges between Opeiousas and washington
and whether said road and bridges shall hf
repaired and maintained by the parish or bt
released ~ toll road and bridge.
On motion it was Resolved. that the Clerk Of
! the Police Jury be hereby directed and author
lied to issue certificates for amounts due .!
the parish of St Landry, in accordance viii
section 8 Of the constitution, " miscellaneous
ordinance for relief of delinquent tax payers.
/ and said certificates, when so issued shall be
receivable for all taxes and licenses due to the
parish prior to the 1ss of JANUARY, 1879, ana 1ol
no other purpose. and the tax collector slial
endorse on the back OF sad certificates fol
Whose tax they were received.
On motion 1t was Resolved, that when certlfi
Gates for payme. o. asih th a ,aSts .h.
Police Jury to divide and issue said ceruncates
in such sums - the the owner or the same may
require, and he shall be entitled to charge
fee of fifty cents for such additional certificate
on motion it was Resolved. that the salary
of Magistrates and Coustabics, for the veal
1851, shall he based on the number or votes
poled in each magistrates ward, at tie eleclor
held on the ed day of November, 1881. at twenty
| five cents for Magistrates and thirty cents lo
Constables, each per vote in their respective
wards
Messrs. Dubuisson, Chachere. Clark and
Perrodin having been appointed mnlttet
| to examine the vouchers in the hands OF tnt
Treasurer reported through Mr. Dubnisson
| their chairman. that they had examined ant
| counted the vouchers presented by the Parlsl
Treasurer, amounting to ts3U'S 80 nFe tnous.sli.
| and eight 23ll0n dollars, which amount CORES
| bonded with entries III the cash book. ana III
| moved that the vouchers be cancelled and tina
| The Treasui er have credit Tor thH amount ol
| the books OF the parish, carried, aud voucher
cancelled in accordance Herewith
on motion the Police Jury adjourned to NEE
on Tuesday the 18th inst. at 9 A. ".
, TUESDAY, December 14th, $780,
The Police Jury met pursuant TO adjournment,
Present: Messrs Albert Guidry. President;
| Pcrrodin. ID. Meche, L. A. Hicks. Louis 1eung
sam Haas Il. c. Chachere and b. l. Clark.
On motion Of Mr.. Perrodin, Resolved, tina
at a meeting of the Police Jury OF the parish G
ST. Landry to be held Oh the Sd Monday O