St. Landry democrat., 1883-10-13
Proceedi ngs of the Police Jury.

ment. Present Messrs Albert Guidry, Presi-
dent A. Perrodin, D.. Meche, It. A. Hicks,
E. DubuissOn, s. Haas, T.. Young, T.. G. Cha
chere, and B. i. Clark.
The reading or the minutes of last meeting
PETITIONS.
A petition from the residents of upper Bayou
Bnuf, praying that an additional Justice of
the Peace Ward be established in the 5th Police
Jury ward, was read, when on motion of Mr..
Dubuisson it was resolved that new Justice of
the Peace Ward to be known as No. 90 twenty
be and is hereby established, embracing the
territory, as follows: Starting at the parish
said bayou to the line between Garland and
Huckaby to west bank of Bayou BRuf cross
Ing said bayou, thence following the line be-
tween Garland and Donnell to the west bank
of Bayou Waxia, and following said bayou to
the parish line again.
A petition from the residents of Bayou Beuf
praying for public road from Bayou BHuf to
Vile Plate north OF Cocodrie was read, when
on motion of Mr.. Dubuisson. Messrs. Louis
stagg, Hypolite Fontenot, Chas. Lafieur, w. j.
Nelson, A Sayant, Onezime Savant and Joseph
johnson were appointed committee to Law
out the road as prayed for, and in accordance
with section of road ordinance.
A communication from DR.. r. r. Lyons of
Plaquemine Brulee stating that he had changed
that portion of the road from Louis T. Guidry
to Rayne Station. immediately back of his
place, and praying the Police Jury to recognize
Clark the prayer was granted.
petition from residents of Point-aux LOups
praying for public road from Hayes's bridge
motion of Mr.. Chaehere, Messrs. Felix Andre
pont, Placide Semare, w. NJ. Reed, 8. Cart
A. Cart, Christophe Gate and N. Doucet were
appointed a committee to lay out the road as
prayed for, and in accordance with section 9
OF road ordinance.
A pet ition from residents of Point-aux-L oups
and Mermentau, praying for a road from
ointe-aux-LOups to Mermenteau Station, was
read. On motion of Mr.. Clark, Messrs VIM
Reed, Melon DOucet, Archile 81. Doucet, Pla-
a. Con- A NfrHn IA I.fxy1 a II /
Frank Quibedeau, were appointed a committee
to lay OUT the road as prayed for and in accor-
dance with section of road ordlnace.
petition from residents OF Grand Prairie, |
praying for road leading from Wilson'S saw
mill to Paul Stages was read, when on motion |
of Mr.. Dubnisson, Messrs Paul Stage, Alfred |
Joseph Vidrine, John FOntenot and D. w. Will
son were appointed a committee to lay out the |
road according to section OF road ordinance.
communication from Hon. G. W. Hudspeth |
requesting the Police Jury to appropriate the |
sum of $50 Zone hundred and fifty dollars or as |
much thereof as may be necessary out of the |
fines and forfeited bonds during the December |
term of the District Court, to be used for the |
purchase of furnlturefor the Court and pay for /
repairing the doors and windows of Courthouse,
was read, when on motion of Mr.. Perrodin, the
request was granted, and Messrs. B. A. Martel,
Fl. l.. Garland, e. Ell. Lewis and G. G. DusOn
were appointed committee for that purpose.
t2d) Police Jury Ward be and is hereby divided |
into two t2) Justice of the Peace Wards Grand |
Couteau and Coulee Crochet the dividing line
running thus: From township z, south,range
three east, one mile south of north line Of the
I'd Police Jury Ward, running south (2) two
miles, thence east to Bayou Carencro-the new
ward, Tor Coulee Croche Ward to be known as
Justice of the Peace Ward No. 10.
The road inspector for the 5th Ward is di-
rected to call the attention of Mr.. w. s. Evans, |
the builder Of Poiret Bridge, to the dangerous
OF said bridge and to have the same
repaired Immediately.
Mr.. Augustin j. Fruge is appointed road
Dverseer on the road from Onezime Riders to
Bayou Nez-Pique at Ernest Fruge's.
Whereas it has come to our knOwlege that the
New Orleans Pacific Railroad Company as as
,ignee of the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and
Vicksburg Railroad company, are now press
ng, before the Interior Department a claim to
he land granted by the 22d section of the act
If Congress approved March Sd, 1871 to the lat
er, which then had corporate existence
And whereas, further, by act ITO of the Leg
stature of the State of Louisiana approved
April goth, 1877, the charter and all acts amend
tory thereof Or relating thereto, of the New
pofny