The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-03-04
MrpnrspAr. Feb. %. 1882.

p, 1882, at 30 CLOCK. Sc
WEDNESDAY, Feb. %, 1882.
Police Jury met pursuant to ad
iournment. Members present as OF
day previous.
4 This being a legal holiday, on mao
ton, the Police Jury adjourned t.
meet at 8 o'clock Thursday morning
/ Feb. %, 1882.
TnUHsD4Y, Feb. %, 1882.
Police Jury met pursuant to ad
journment. Members present as OIL
yesterday.
4 On motion, Resolved, that the Pub
lie Printing for the ensuing year shall
be let to the lowest bidder under thu
both Section of the acts Of the extra
session of the General Assembly of the
State of Louisiana, approved Deem
Der "a, 1881.
Be it further Resolved, that the
contract to do the Public Printing for
the parish of Calcasieu for the year
1882, shall be let at public auction, TO
the last and lowest bidder, at the
Courthouse door in the town of Lake
Charles, on Monday, the 10th day OF
July, A. d. 1882; that said sale shall
be made by the Sheriff Of said parish
or either of his deputies.
On motion, Resolved, that, whereas,
thousands of acres Of land in this par
ISL have been purchased from the
United States Land Office at New
Orleans, La, of which the Assessor
has not been notified; therefore, be it
ordained, that the Register of the
United States Land Office at New Or
leans, La, be aud he Is hereby re-
quested to prepare and furnish at his
earliest convenience a complete alb
stract Of all lands in the parish Of Cal
casieu purchased from the United
States since the public land sale of
May, 1878, to date of forwarding
same and that every week, until the
LIST of June next he forward a supple
mental abstract, showing name of pur-
chaser, date of purchase, description
of land and No. Of acres in each entry.
BE it further ordained, that the
original abstract and supplemental alb
stracts shall be forwarded to the Clerk
of Court WHO on receipt of same, shall,
with the Clerk of the Police Jury, ex-
anime them, and if found correct, the
Clerk of the Police Jury shall draw a
warrant on the Treasurer who shall
pay the same out of any funds on band
not otherwise appropriated, said war
rant TO be fer an amount equal 10 tif-
teen cents per entry on said abstract
and supplemental abstracts.
BE it further ordained, that the
Clerk of Court shall file and preserve
in his office said abstracts, for the use
Of the Assessor or other parties inter
rested.
On motion, Resolved, that Daniel
A. Hortman be and he is hereby
granted charter for ferry across the
Calcasieu river, at IIortnan's ferry,
with an exclusive ferry privilege below
said ferry to the Railroad bridge. and
above said ferry to oneshalf the dis
tance between said ferry aud Nix's,
and that said lIorman be allowed to
charge the same amount for crossing
as has been heretofore allowed at said
ferry.
Before this body appeared S. O..
Shattuek, Esq, on behalf of commit
tee appointed by the School Board of
this parish, and presentedsa memorial
from The School Board requesting that
a portion Of the taxes Of 1882 should
be set apart for school purposes. This
body, in view of the fact that tue
taxes for the year 1882 lad already
been levied and apportioned, and that
the parish is still in debt, deem it at
present wholly inexpedient to appro-
pirate any portion of the taxes Of 1882
toward the maintaining of the free
public schools oE this parish.
Nv. l.. lIutchins, Parish Treasurer,
appeared before this body and pre-
scented warrants redeemed by him,
amounting to the sum of four thou
sand one hundred and fifty-one 5l-loo
dollars, which, after having been care
fully compared with his books and
found correct, were destroyed.
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