St. Landry democrat., 1881-06-25
NUMBER %.
Proceedings of the Po.;c. u
OPELOUSAS. June 1oth !,

The Ponce jury met pursuant to adio,,r,,
ment. present: Mcssrs. Albert Gudr,o no.ii o u
dent; D. Meche, T. A. Hicks, EunrS, E. nEh,,i rres-
Sam. Haas, l.. Young r. q rh n'"''lsson,
Clark and A. Perrodin oiachcre, B. E.
The reading of the minutes of +h
ing was dispensed with. 'uo i'st meet
A petition signed by numerous roa;,
Plaisance praIrie and vicinity nra,i' ioniuthts or
public road from Opelous,s pnd py ny W. that the
road TO prairie Chatalgner be channed rIate M
read, when on motion the petition 6cu, 49, was
the road ordered changed a. Twas was granted,
accordance with section road nrI}}nol }Hu lof IN
under the supervision of the road ds'nce o,n.a and
iS.i.1olas t' iio various portions of the uarish
repairing OF bridges, We're read ,nI ,i ana
the fund appropriated for that nnrnoaa lai4 over
been exhausted by previous appropriafonas a''s
tainne in the neinhhnohs ierohs residents OF Faoue-
and j. Bite. Manuel's, praying that Us rs kozat
road be changed so as to run on the 1i nn" pupnc
Rozat ana j. Bte Manues land sf ipsfead o, Ios; @
petition was granted, and the roaa ,do.loh h the
ordered to change said road in acco"d, oserseer
section OF the road ordinance o1'' ''aiice with
REPORTS.
me committee appointed to sell the co,,+,,o.
to build the bridge near Louis naviIo,. iTIo,l.ract
poItco tnat ane contract was sold to +. r si', M
Sletoll, accofdlnS to law, that the worI. @ oiii-
done according to contract and aonon, muih was
them and recommend that thc snu p.eu ny
dollars pe pald to said Singleton. heina MY t.s
t eino, 49, W 'o cohtl' ut Wnen upon motion tho
report was accepted and the committon "a, ne
charged. iiittte us
Inc committee appointed to sell tle con+r.o ~
to repair the draw bridge over Bavon Crnaodiia
reported tnat the contract was sold .,no"ni
to law, to V. Y. Guillory for tba u s'I according
hundred ana nifty dollars, that the w"n 'llee ,
done according to the contract and accn,f " as s
then, ana recommend that the sum ef thross ns
GuIInrv "uh When c oolafs DC paid to said v Y.
cepted ana the committee DISCHARGED ""' 'e-
1he committee appointed the Ilth of Anr tn
sen lne Tue, contract to build Garrgues' hri',r" "
reporteu tLat the contract was sold accnrdi77',, =,
to law, to VIM. S. Evans for tho & "eootulng <
hundred aud ninetyfour dollars and ftv - ,,s ,"o
Aiter the WORK was completed they eXam,n"i
sans 1i ana u. FOUND that the contract for tLe
Duliolns u salu bridge had been violatcd Nv
the contractor III many particulars. snfientI );
to cause them to reject the entire unn1 ,ol.iy
recommend that Mr.. Evans be not MIA anu fnl
saint V iiolioil the report was acceptad tho
committee discharged and the matter retS .nS =
to the parish attorney, "''ol referred
ny ~ committee appointed April l1th last +o
nr+ad ~ oo 10 Dulld POirets bridge re-
law, to T. L. Backshear for fha s,' t TO
hunofeu collars, that after the work was M nnn' eo
ploteti, they examined said work and found
Inat one contract had been violated in many
ieiectcd th pS .ne contractor, and therefore
ItJeGtGtl If tlt entlfe work, and recommend that
Mr. blachshear be not paid for the WORK On
motion the report was accepted, the conmittaa
parish attorney. ~ ene
The committee appointed to ascertai, tho
cost ana practicabilty of changing fhe nnhiio ,Hc
roau rom iid4uenlne to Rayne Station and
chanas IS iionIaas ha, hmdge, reported that the
entail useless expenses to the parsh and 1'r.,' AZ
commend That no change be made. whe,, ~,
motloh 5he report was accepted ana tha no,,, VI,
mlttee discharged lAe coHi'
On motion, Mcssrs Aao,i,
and Paul Blanchard of Arnaudvi,la o4is 4ho fsoSel @
tl'eo appointed previously for the nurnosa
OF conferrlng with a like committee f,!r,n f. 10.
patisn t oi 81. Martin in regard to the repairing
are hereby requested to confer with tha CON.
mlttee from st. Martin to ascertain what stems
the pollce jury OF that parish has taken in the
nlatter, anu can their attention to the appr0-
prlatlon made by this parish in ,Januarv last
for that purpose. 'ae'
Ihe police jury proceeded to appoint DIR,
lanes thd Kay and and Dr. D. L. Todd as melphers OF
caused by the death of nrs. Estorge and Co."
Drs. R: II. Litte!l, Y. Roagri and +. q C.,at,
bell still op The hoard, - Camp
4ne police jury appoint ted the following road
Overseers: 'no ioio"ihS ioae
Louis ritre, from junction of Willie Plate
and Bayou BGuf road to Crocodile bridge
instead of Theodule Vidrine,
John Humble, from Washington toll bridge
to,bGSgs lower ilne, instead of Thos. Quirk.
j. B. Rldeau, from Vile Plate and Onelousas
road to Vile Plate and Washington road Vi;
Roberts bridge, instead of Alex. Deville, Jr,
!. A. Cooke, re-appointed, from Opelousa.
to Montgomerys upper line, instead Of ]. 7
Barry. - =
John Smith, from Daniel Boone's to Pau
Stages store.
Leon Vidrine, from Vile Plate and Washing
ton road to the Vile Plate and Opelousas roat
via A. Guidry's old place.
Anatoh Fusllier, from Jn. Pierre Lafeur's t,
EdOuard Dardeau's.
Messrs. Clark, Haas and Perrodin having
peen appointed committee to examine tht
claims on file against the parish, reporte,
through their chairman, Mr.. Clark that the,
had examined and found correct the following
claims:
Mount Mo- q, Pleasant Mills, lumber. $500 6
JOS Bloch, spikes, 78 S
JOS Bloch, sundries to Jail l3 i
Il. L. Garland, timber 16 O
Jules Perrodin, nails and spikes... s
E n; a; Biacksnear, lumber q !
:. w. russell, ................ 1aD 0
J. F. j. Landreneau, .... II 5
Y. '. Guillory, - 70
D. COurville, - = 4
Sam. Haas, .. 35 O
0. Dardeau, - I
p. P. Dejean, repairing bridge .... IA O
40l' oUues' naullnS 10 0
]. Q. Chachere, cerk aS district cont foo: a5 a5
Laurent Meaux, wolf scalp 40
J. a. Castain, tables for police jury .,.... s 5
j. Y. Chachere, shelf observation-disclosures O
A. u. Hawkins, inquest st Is
n. A. " u, Nd La Juror on lnqust 10
n " ~; thompson, c0roners fees ...... 80 0
Dr. =: D. Barry, professional services. 10 @
JOS. hayes, juror Oh inquest. 40
AdOlphe Donate " I" A n
Henry Keller {" i" ~ > q
GGohces Idione+, ....-....... 20
Joseph Hayes, " % ............ 20
Sam Haas, hroken plow and spades on
Pierre FruSe, broken shovel on public
ioau .:..-..-..-.-...-..... s
onere Atalls, broken spade on public
r, iottu .....-......-.,.......... / 5
Chas. Qulnalty, broken plow and spades
on public road. d...,....... a.
On motiop the Police Jury adjourned unit
Inc het 2a monday III August, i being the Sth day
ALBERT GUIDRY, President
Attest: P. j. LEFEBvRE, Clerk.
New Bakery.
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