The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-12-23
POLICE JURY
MONDAY, OCT, End 1882.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF VERMIL1oN,

l. i SoNIA IhSV LII o"y III
regular session at the Court House
in Abbeville.
Present - Howard Hoffpauir,
President. aud the following men,
bers. VIZ :~Messrs. Broussard, Van
slyke and Trahan.
Absent :-ihibeauX. Nunez and
Primpaux.
The following named commission
eri Of unbranded stock made due
VT item reports aud the same Were
ordered filed, VIZ:
End Ward Austin Lee, sold (net)
for S Is IS.
3rd ward Demcs!hen Trahan fnc
sale.)
9th ward John Morgan sold met
fol S % Is. For which respective
sums. they exhibited the Treasures
receipt.
Tbeolin Landry was appointed
Road Overseer Of the Bird road DIS
trict vico T D Leleu excus, d on ac-
count of over age.
T Despanet Lege was appointed
road overseer for the 18th road dis
trict vice Clement Fletcher excused
on accoun, Of li-heallh.
Onesiphore Leblanc was Ike wise
Amounted for the 4th district vice "
lC Broussard excused for sam.
reason.
Art. Is. resolved, that he 10tl
and 18th road districts commencing
at the north end Of the Abteyil!s
tridge until it strikes the forks q
said two road districts, be and the
same are changed in the following
particulars, viz: To run north from
the foot of the Ahieville bridge fol-
lowing the lines that sepcrate the
lands Of David Frank and Desire
Leblanc then continuing the same
direction until it strikes the corne,
Of Boniface Bigat's present pasture
or field fence, turning said cornt'
towards the east and following said
fe ce until it strikes the lands Of the
Primeaux then turning north, fol-
lowing the lines that separate the
lands of Boniface Big,t and the
Primoaux until it strikes the small
bridge 5uilt and used as a public
read being the forks Of the said 10th
and 18th road district. The sai(
change is to have no effect until the
said Bigat shall bv authentic ac|
donate to the parish the right of way
sufficiently wide for a public road
and provided no expense whateve,
shall accrue to the parish in conse.
quence Of said change.
Art. End resolved. that Messrs
Paulin Decuir, U w S,ansbury
Gerard Decuir, Alex Moss, Sara.
Yin Hebert, Joseph T Guidry, Ma
than Perry and Henry G Harring.
ton, be and they are hereby appoint.
ed a jury of frecholders to trace and
lay off a public road from Perry's
Bridge to Cypress point, and thai
they make due report at the uexl
regular meeting Of this body.
Art. 3rd resolved ,.that the follow
ing change be made to the 18Th road
district, viz After crossing Crosse
Isle Coulee where it crosses the line
between w l. Va"slyke and DR. j Z
Ramsey shall continus along the
line between said w L Vanslyke
and DR. J B Ramsey and thence
along the line between said Van
sIyke and Bagley Bros, to thu pub
lie road again on the land of said
Baglsy Bros. Provided That the
said w L Vanslyke work the new
road and put it in good travelling Or
der ; also to execute an authentic ac'
of donation in favor of the parish Of
said land in due form of law, anc
that no expense shall accrue to the
parish in consequence Of said change
Art, 4th resolved, that the rcsolu-
ton passed by this body allowing 'he
Clerk of the District Court to pur'
chase at the expense Of the parish
the necessary stationery for the use
Of the Court Except record books
be and the same is hereby repealed
'Onesime Meaux, road overseer fol
the 9Th road district, was authorized
to purchase for account of the par
ish, the quantity of lumber he asked
for by his written request, to be usec
in building bridges in his said dis
trict.
On motion Of Mr.. Bronssard.
Art. Ssh resolved, that the Police
Jury of the parish Of Lafayette be
respectfully requested tosappoint
committee Of three or more members
Of their body or outside, for the pur.
posa of meeting a similar committee
to be appointed by this body for the
purpose of devis:ng means and meas
ures in order to build jointly a
bridge on the public road crossing
the Coulee des Noix which is the
| DIVIDING line between this and the