The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-08-25

Total, $543 50
fsigned] JNo; $. sEELY;
L. KRAEMER.
Committee on Claims
Tho claim Of MIR. Folse, for Fourier Gre
vase, was referred back to the jury.
The committee On Public Buildings. report
ed orally in the matter Of building q %jailor's
residence !; they stated, they thought the par.
ish could save money by delaying the matter
for o while, and asked Tor further time. Fur
Their time was granted.
On motion Of Mr.. Moran seconded by Mr..
Seely, the following report was received.
Thibodaux. Aug. 9, 1883.
To the President and Members Of the Police
Jury Of the Parish Of Lafourche:
Gentlemen: The committee on Roads and
Levees to whom was referred the petition of
many residents living on the Chackb bay ridge,
praying for the construction of Bridges over
the BayoLs intersecting the public road in
that section beg leave to report favorably
thereon ; and. in order hat the interest Ut
the parties praying AZ we'll as those Of the
entire parish be fully served, we recommend
that q committee Of three, composed of one
member of this jury and two citizens, resi-
dents Of the district whence issued the petit
ton, be appointed whose duty shall be to
examine into the matter of constructing these
bridges az we'll az to whether these coul6es or
bayOus arc natural drains and to report las
tho case may DO on the construction
Of Bridges or tho throwing up Of dykes
across the coulees, and also to present this
Jury with complete estimates upon whatever
plan they may adopt toward fulfilling the con
tract OF the parish towards furnishing suita
BILE roads to the citizens thereof.
Your cOmmittee further take occasion to re
| commend that the President Of this jury
wpnvr1A ono tbuf Tho Rn0A aud In~on Tcn~c0
tors do their duty to the full extent Of the
Law, that Is to say that roads he kept practi
cable throughout the Parish, this remark is
especis lily directed against places where bad
holes or crcvasses have existed in the
Lcvee.
Your committee understand that there are
some places where the roads are impaeeable
and that they are made 80 by water inundat-
ing the roads from the overflow of the rice
fumes. We alsO recommend that the Presi.
dent as executive officer of this board would
see that the Road and sLevce Ordinances OF
this Jury are strictly enforced
Respectfully Submitted,
tSignedl Fl. n. COULON.
SOSTHENE FOLSE.
JAMES MORAN.
VALERIE GUlDRY,
Committee ON Roads and Levees.
Mr.. Seely, seconded by Mr.. Kraem-r, NOV
ed that in sccOrdance with the suggestion 81
the District Attorney q committee of three
be appointed to confer with Mr.. Wormold on
the subject of opening the public road through
bis place, to the back settlements from the
Bayou Carried.
The chair appointed on said committee,
Mr.. Coulon, seconded, moved that the ap-
p0lntment of commissioners under drainage
ordinance No. l53 be postponed until the new
business was disposed Of. Carried.
On motion of Mr.. COnlOn accounted. the .Tnrv
resolved itself into = committee Of the whole
to act upon Revenue Ordinance No. - sub.
mitted by the committee on Finance. Mr..
Seely was called to the chair.
The president having resumed the chair,
the committee reported that they had taken
up and adopted the Ordinance section by sec.
ton ana recommended its adoption by the
Jury rs q whole.
Mr.. Coulon seconded, moved to adopt the
ordinance as q whole.
Mr. Moran moved to amend by st, liking out
section 2; the motion was not seconded and
SO declared lost.
Dir. C0ulon's motion to adopt as q whole
was carried by the following vote:
Yeas: Messrs. Grisamore, Secly, Folse, De.
laune, CoulOn, Guldry. and Kraemer.
Nay Mr.. Moran.
Mr.. Moran qualified his vote in this, that
he was in favOr Of the ordinance in all its
parts, except section Z, which he opposed.
On motion of Mr.. COulon, secondcd'by Mr.:
Moran, an appropriation out of the General
Fund Of 3542.33 to pay claims from No. l to
II inclusive, and u further appropriation out
of the courthouse fund of one dollar to pay
claim No. Is, were made by the following
vote.
Yeas Messrs. Grisamore. Seely. Folse,
Coulol, Delaune, Guidry, Kraemer and Mo
ran.
On motion Of Mr.. Coulon seconded by Mr..
Moran. Mr.. Folse was authorized to take
from the Fonrnier crevasse after the bayou
has gone down, q sufficient quantity of lum
Der to reimburse himself for tho amount
(slls.97) expended by him in closing said ere.
vase, over and above the sum that had beeu
donated by the State and appropriated by
the Jury.
The chair appointed Messra. L. Kfaemer,
James Laforet and Sylver Morvant on the
COMMITTEES recommended ny the committee
on Finance, to look into tho prayer of petition
from the Chackbay settlement.
Mr.. COul0n seconded, moved to amend Sec
ton ) Of Ordinance No. l53, by making it
| read rs follows:
That in order to meet the expenses Of said
drainage. an annual tax shall be raised on
the assessment rolls of the parish and paid
| over to the Treasurer Sc.
Mr.. FOlse here stating that business of i'm
portance made it necessary for him to leave
on the one O'Clock train, asked for and obtain
ed . leave Of absence.
Mr.. COulon's amendment was carried by
the following vote.
Yeas Messrs. Grisamore. Seely, Kraemer.
ConlOn, Delaune & Guidry.
Nay: Mr.. Moran.
The Jury then proceeded to the appoint
ment of the following commissioners, under
Drainage Ordinance No. l53.
District No. ]. Postponed.
District No. 2. Aessrs. John II Howell,
John McCulla and Thomas L. Winder.
District No. 3. Messra. Felix SEWN, Eve.
lien Bourgeois and Sostheue Eolse.
Dis crict No. 4. Messrs. Bernard Claudet
Theodule Savoie, and Lovingly Levert.