St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-06-16
Proceedings of the Police Jnry.

Dubuisson, Sam Haas, L. Young, T. C. Chaehe
re- and b. E. Clark
The reading Of tlleminutes Of the last meet
ing was dispensed with.
@ PETITIONS.
petition from the residents of Mamouth,
Bayou Nez-Pique and vicinity, praying for a
public road from Girard Frugee to Chomeaus
ferry was read when on motion Messrs. Ernest
Frugee, Ernest Langley, Augustin Frugee, Gy-
prien Frugee, Onezime Rider, Henry RIDER,
and DalicOurt Duplechaln Jr., were appolnle9 !.
committee to lay out the road as prayed TOT
and in accordance with Section . road Ordl-
nance.
petition from the residents of Plaisance
and vicinity praying for a public road leading
from the c. Comeau and Lemelle places on the
Vile Platte and OpelOusas road to the west emo
of private lane between Henry Lastrares a1la
Isaac Dupre, was read, when on motlon NO OF
Messl.s Henry Lastrapes, Armand Wartelle.
Gl1staye Dupre, Achille E. Dupre, Godfrey
Dupre C. Comeati, and Emile b. Dupfe, We're
appointed a committee to lay out the ROAD as
prayed for and i'll accordance Win sectiOh OF
road ordinance. sg l Z
A petition from the residents of Church Point
and Vicinity praying for a public road from n.
NJ Child's place to Church Point was Is. read.
when on motion Messrs. Wm Childs, Etienne
Latiolais, Joseph, Latiolais, jr. Il. Franquez, j.
Rarrouse, Al. Opry, and Jos. Latiolais. ST.,
were appointed committee to lay out the
road as prayed for and in accordance with Sec
tlon Of the road ordinance.
A petition from the residents OF Plaquemine
Point and vicinity praying Tor pubic
road starting from the Brooks place, TO
intersect the Bellevue road between Lastrapes
and Gillespie, was read. when on motion.
Messrs. Arthur Simon, IL. b. Brooks, Louis
Childs Euzebe Bourque, VIM. Dejean, Homere
I2arOllsSe and The0gene Don Richard We're all-
pointed committee to lay out the road as
prayed for and i'll accordance with section 9
of the road ordinance,
A petition from the residents OF Mermenteau
and vicinity praying for a public road from
Ponte Mouton and Emile Guidfy's ferry, was
read. when on motion Messrs. a. J. Vincent,
T.. Simon, D. Broussard, Jos. Roy, Emile Guild
ry, Ulysse Duhon and =. p. Frnge were APP
pointed committee to lay out the road as
prayed for and III accordance with section OF
the road ordinance.
A petition from the residents OF Church Point
and vicinity praying for a public road from
Othry Mcbride to the Grand Coteau Station,
was read when on motion Messrs. a. A. VIM
berry, P. d. Richard, Treville Leger, Palemon
Marcel Richard were appointed "a committee to
lay out the road as prayed for and in accord
ancewith section 9 OF the road ordinance.
"a petition from the residents of Coulee Croche
aid vicinity praying for public road leading
from the Grand Coteau and Queue Tortue road
TO the Dixon Grove was read, when on motion
Msssrs. Oliver Humble, L 4, 2: Spears, ". y.
W Wn,1, = CHS Belahoussaye. and Theosene
Dalgle were appointed a committee to lay out
the road as prayed for and in accordance with
section of the road ordinance.
petition from the residents OF Ch1cot and
vicinity praying for change in the public road
from tie bridge at Mrs CaIroll's to Chicot was
read when on motion, Messrs JohRA Payrott,
NJ Britchett, and ". H. WEIGH were appointed
a committee to make the change prayed for
and in accordance with section road ordi-
nance.
Aspetition from the residents of Faduetaique
and vicinity praying for public road from
Dorsey's gin to DuriO's place was read, when
on motion Messrs. ID. Durio. Adam Reed. Ed
ward Moreau, Jos. Gaubert, Willie Young,
Adrien Durousseau and Dalicourt Duplechain,
were appointed committee to lay out the
road as prayed for and in accordance with
section of road ordinance.
On motion Messrs. j.. Z. Lewis, e. p. VeaZie.
f. Burr, j. l.. Chachere, j. G. Gillespie. Arthur
Simon and Eugene Richard were appointed to
Law out q public road from the corporate limit
and Veazie and to intersect the Bellevue road
and in accordance with section 3 OF the road Or
dlnance.
The road inspectors made their first quarterly
reports which were read, accepted and ordered
fled.
The inspector Of the cd ward failed to report
The committees appointed to sell contracts to
build and repair bridges made their reports on
same, which were read, approved and accepted
when on motion the committees were dis
charged and the amounts placed to the credit
OF the respective contractors, as follows:
Barry & French, building Callahan bridge,
six hundred dollars $500 90
A. l.. Bertrand, building bridge over Nez-
Pique road, fifty dollars. so 90
James Mizel, for building bridge over
Boggy Bayou and others. eighty dol =
John McCan 4 j. B. Singleton, for repair u :
bridges over Elm and Crocodile ba-
yous, one hundred and fifty dollars. $50 90
Francois BOSNIAN, for building bridge
over Brignac Coulee, one hundred
and fifty dollars. Observation-Disclosures $50 90
Antoine Arnaud. for building bridgeover
coulee near Armand on the Teche two
hundred and ninety nine dollars and
fifty cents. Ivy 50
Robert zernott. for repairing bridges on
road from Washington to Vile Platte
seyenty-five dollars. rs 90
Robert Zernott, for building bridge over
gully at 0. Hinckley's, eighty dollars so 90
w. s. Evans & CO., for repairing draw
bridge at Washington, three hundred
and fifty dollars. -----..-....--------.- $50 90
leading from the corporation of Arnaudville to
Mrs. Evariste Robin, report that they laid out
the road as prayed for and according to law
when on motion the road was declared public
road and the committee discharged.
The committee appointed to lay out road
from Pointe Noire to Prudhomme City report
that they laid out said road as prayed for and
according to law, when on motion the road was
declared public road and the committee dis
charged.
The committee appointed to lay out road
from Joe Guidry ON the Opelousas and Church
tween Boutte and Dimmick ON the Opelousas
and Grand Coteau road reported that they had
laid out said road as prayed for and accoI-
ding to law, when on motion the report was
accepted, the road declared a public one and
the committee discharged.
The committee appointed to lay out road
from Gilbert Wik0f to the road leading to
lands of Fogleman and Cason reported that
they laid out the road as prayed for and accord
ing to law, when on motion the road was road
was declared a public road and the committee
discharged.
The report of the grand Jury was read and
ordered filed. ss 53 VIII s5
On motion, fessrs. Martin Carron, Ambrose
Leieune, OneNme Ledoux, D. B0udfeau and
sosthene Courville, were appointed a. commit
tee to ascertain the cost to repair the bridge at
Leieune and also to ascertain what
damage Ardoin would suffer If the road passed
through his land. ST