The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-10-15
Proceedings Of the Police jury,
Parish of Ascension,

PARISH OF ASCENSION, Oct IL, 1881.
The Police Jury of the parish of Ascension
met this day in regular session.
The roll was called and resulted as fol-
lows:
Present-R. T. Hanson, President; DR..
Edward Duffel, Messrs. Matthias Rodriguez,
Henry G. Braud, Ben Gibson and Solomon
Barmon.
Absent-Messrs. Pierre Klopman and G.
q. Blouin.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
On motion of Mr. Gibson, duly seconded,
Mr.. Stark Davis was appointed Overseer of
Roads and Levees for the 9th ward, vice j.
c. Green, resigned.
Messrs. Matthias Rodriguez. II. T. Richard
and Sebastian Gomez, the committee APP
pointed under the resoIetion adopted
at the last meeting in accordance with the
prayer of citizens residing in the Brusle
Sacramento, reported in..writing that the re-
lief prayed for could be afforded by digging
a canal twenty-eight acres long and fifteen
feet wide; which could be done at the rate
of fifteen dollars..per. acre.
On motion of DR.. Duffel, seconded by
Mr.. Barmon, it was agreed that the above
report be accepted and all action thereon
postponed to the next meeting.
On motion of Mr.. Braud, duly seconded,
Resolced That the Parish Treasurer is
hereby authorized to pay the bills of GIessrs
Il. Brewster, Criminal Sheriff of the parish
OF Orleans, ara A. l.. Bourgeois, Sheriff of
the parish of st. James, for serving subpnnas
in the suit OF the State of Louisiana rs. mo.
Ss) John and Emily Nargassans, amounting,
the first, to 50 90 and the second to 50.
DR.. Duffel presented thu follow ing resolu-
tons, which on his motion, duly seconded,
were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, The Constitution of the State
now requires that the Coroner "shall be
Doctor of Medicine" it is the opinion of this
Jury that it does thereby contemplate that
the Coroner shall perform all the offices per-
tanning to Doctor of Medicine in the
ordinary discharge OF his official duties, and
that he ought not to call upon and request
other Doctors to perform these medical
offices. Therefore, be it
Resolued, That no bills for post 1aortem
examinations made after this date, at the
request of the Coroner, shall be paid. Be it
further
authorized to pay all doctors bills for post
norton examinations made up to this date.
On motion of Dr.. DufeI, seconded by Mr..
Braud, the petition of P. A. Jones, Sheriff
praying for an increase of fees for main
tenance of prisoners on account Of the in.
crease of price for provisions, was accepted
but action thereon postponed.
The following petition was then prcsen ted
and read:
TO the President aud Members of the Police
Jury Parish Of ascension:
The petition of the undersigned Citizens
of the Town of Port Barrow and Of the 2nd
ward State of Louisiana Parish of Ascension
respectfully represent That one Theodore
Kline is now Carrying on the Calling of
Butcher and he Is guilty of leaving of the
Blood and other parts of the Beef so as to
Cause when in decay to produce an I'M
healthy smell and Causing the surrounding
Town to be unhealthy and detrimental to
the Health of the inhabitants thereof and
further throws into the high way Beef head
and causing number of dogs to Congre-
gate on said road or street and thereby pre-
vent all person who desires to drive There
milk Cows or other property to pasture and
grately to the damage Of said People and
CHcf pAdt bl4db dill VI ittW uc passed ttnu
enacted to prevent and put an eud to this
Detriment and give relief to the People or
Citizens thereof and in duty bound will
ever pray for relief 10 day October 1881.
Thomas J. Walton, William Bradford, A.
n. Sanchez, Louis A. Treskow, Augus.in
Gomez, John K Suarez, T. Gonzales, Wa
quin x Grow, F. Vinent, Il. Gonzales, H.
Ro driguez, Manuel Fuentes, j. Wilson Co
mez, Henry Droege.
On motion of DR.. Duffel, duly seconded,
it was agreed that an ordinace be enacted
to prevent the evil complained of, and to fix
the penalty for violating same.
On motion, duly seconded, it was
Resoiued, That no warrants of Overseers
of Roads and Levees shall be REGISTERED I'M
less first approved g correct" by the Police
Jurors Of their respective wards.
The Police Jury adjourned
A true copy: Il. PROSPER LANDRY.
Secretary.