St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-06-16

| BY PARISH WARRANTS tttltl
which were counted exam
ined and cancelled as per
resolution of Police Jury
BDecember u, 1882 .-..--.. 1884 40
| parish warrants paid
which were counted exam
ined and cancelled as per
resolution OF Police Jury
January H. 1ss3....-.. 4,29s II
By parish warrants paid
which were counted exam
ined and cancelled as per
resolution of Police Jury
February Goth, 1881. ------- 2,483 SO
By parish warrants paid by
treasurer as per his state
ment of 31st March, 1885,. 6,7lS Al
Total expenditures s32,4o5 50
Balance on hand eerried to
new account OF 1S83.----- 80
! $50, 400 II
| solemnly swear that have paid the full
| amount expressed on the face of the above
claims against the parish, and that have. not
acquired any OF them either directly or lndl-
rectly, by speculation with pnhlic money.
w. A. ROBERTSON.
Sworn to and subscribedl Treasurer.
before ME this 14tf day
OF May, 1885,
JAMES o. CHAcHERE,
+ hereby certify that the above statement is q
| true and correct transcript of the books.
| 80 W. a. ROBERTSON,
Opelousas, La, April 5, 1888: Par. Treasurer.
| Doctors r. I'll. Lttell and w. M. Thompson
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| board of health, which. on motion, was accept
| ed. and Doctors P. J Parker and W. E. Jones
were appointed to fill the vacancies caused by
| the above resignation.
| Mr.. L. Adolphe Sandoz representing the
Board of Police Of the town of Opelousas and
| the Fire Department OF said town, and in their
| behalf asked the approval Of the Police jury
| to allow them the privilege to erect on the
present site of the old market and engine
house, a building to be used as a market house
| or for both market and engine house for the
| fire department.
| On motion the privilege was granted.
The treasurer reported that he had received
| six hundred and forty-eight dollars and thirty
| two cents for balances due by A. Garr1gues, ex-
| collector and by himself as per report OF spe-
cial committee of which c. g. swayze was
! chairman said amount being for balances due
| for the years 1877 to 1881 inclusive.
| The following road overseers were appointed:
For the first ward:
VIM. Bacon-from Jos. Guidry to the Opelousas
and Grand Coteau road at Dimmick and Boutte.
| For the fifth ward:
| VIM Keller--fronl Bayou Boeuf to Buffers
place,
G. G. Rlehard-to work addition of road from
| Gilbert Wykoff.
For the sixth ward
Jos. Ford-from Joseph Ford to Bayou Touro
| bridge.
For the seventh ward
Hypolite Fl. Fontenot from Mammouth to the
For the eighth ward
| Onezyppe Ledoux-from Ambrose Lejeune to
Pointe-anx- Pins.
Cezaire Frugee-trom Bayou des Cannes to t.
| Fl. MCGEE and Frank Reed and to James Ba-
4 con at ward line.
| For the 9Th ward
Luke Jones from Hoffman's bridge to Rayne
| Station.
Jean Gray Jr.-from CARROTS ferry to Afiller's
/ ferry.
| The following commissioners for tile sale of
| unbranded stock were appointed:
LIST Ward-Alcide Richard, Ernest Roy, and NJ.
/ Hinckley.
I'd Ward-Cezaire Miller and Henry Guidry.
Sd Ward-Antoine Lanclos and e George New
4th Ward-H. B. Hartman, J. NJ. Martin, T. B.
Cason, Jules Godeau and Jos. Leieune.
| 5th Ward-W j. Young, Alfred Stagg. Louis
| Fontenot. Ernest Morrow, Jos, L. Fontenot
and O. s. Hinckley
9Th Ward-James Russell, David Elliot, Mar
| cisse Belaire, Henry Courtney, Vim. Randall.
| James West, El1nus Campbell, Steven De-
vile, F. w. Wharton, j. T. Oliver. P. L. Fon-
| tenot, Ely Clark, Wassom Maddox, Eyarlste
| Fontenot, and Thomas Morris.
| 7th Ward-J0s. H. FOntenOt, Valm0n Vidrine,
q. 8. FontenOt, Onile Lafieur, Onile B. Foute-
not, and Hilaire BOutte.
| Sth Ward-F. Ledoux, Antoine Guidry, Jules
| Fisher, Philogene Richard, Benz. Jahunn,
| Rousseau Guidry, Joseph Langley, Sr., Dutii
/ Sonnier and NJ. B0urque.
| 9th ward-R. B. Sloane, FL. B. Sloane, Charles
| Melancon, Alfred Perry, Euphrosin Hebert,
Christopher CAN'T and Z. w. Lyons.
Messrs. DubuissOn, Young and Hicks having
! been appointed a committee to examine the
vouchers IN Tile QalUS OF the treasurer, report
| ed through their chairman Mr.. Dubuisson that
! they examined and counted the vouchers pre-
| sented by the treasurer amounting to (s6,f1S.47)
| six thousand, seven hundred and eighteen dol
! lars and fOrty-seven cents, being amount paid
4 by him to the 31st of March. 1888, and also
vouchers amounting to (s3.390.9D three thous-
| and three hundred and ninety dollars and nine
| ty-oneAeent being amount paid by him to the
9th OF May, 1883. which amounts correspondent
with items In the cash book, when on motion
it was resolved that the vouchers be cancelled
| and that the treasurer have credit for these
amounts on the books Of the parish, and the
vouchers were cancelled accordingly.
Messrs. Clark, Haas and Perrodin having
been appointed committee to examine the
claims filed against the parish, reported
throu gh their Chairman, Mr.. Clark that they
examined and found correct the following
claims
q 6 Duson. criminal fees .S978 IS
G G DusOn, attendance on court. 245 90
G Dus0n, election. 800 90
G G Duson, conveying conyicts- ..---.---. IA 90
Jos Bloch, spades I'll 70
Jos Bloch, sundries to prisoners. IS IS
O Chachere, clerks fees. ....--..-..... los 80
C G Dus0n, blank books. 46 90
st Landry Democrat, bl'ks and ex prin'g 101 90
Washington Argus, advertising Is 90
PJ Lefebvre, PCT and hauling 3 so
Mount Pleasant Mill, lumber. 1N 30
Sam Haas, lumbers spikes DC 100 40
David Couryille, lumber ...-.--..--... 46 70
= Wllllams, lumber. -.-------s 10 ~
Warren Maddox, lumber d5c.....-...--. 90 20
Geo Mcdaniel, wagon damaged. IL 80
Onezime. Fontenot, shovel. SO
Olivier FOntenot, axe. i so
Octave Ardoin, axe so
Eyariste FOntenot, spade u SO
T CChaehere, lumber. observation-disclosures. IS 90
Chas w Pritchett, lumber. As 90
Neville johnson, lumber and hauling. - IL 80
Marius EontenOt, lumber and hauling. Is 90
w Boagni, lumber and spikes. -..--.--. 80 90
w ID Goodwin, lumber -..----.....--. 5 20
Up Landreneaux, lumber .-.... 90
Theorllile Guillory, repairing BRIDGE, rs 90