The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1883-02-03
POLlCEJ JURY
MONDAY, OCT, End 1882.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF VERMIL!os,

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Parish aforesaid met this day i,
regular session at the Court Hous
| in Abbeville.
| Present - Howard Hoffpauir
President. aud the following mem.
bers. VIZ :-Messrs. Broussard, Van
s!yke and Trahan.
Absent :-Thibeaux. Nunez ant
Primeaux.
The following named commission.
er of unbranded stock made due
written reports and the same wert
ordered filed, VIZ:
End ward Austin Lee, sold (net>
for S Is IS.
! 3rd ward Demosthen Trahan (nc
sale.)
5th ward John Morgan sold met
for S % Is. For which respective
sums. they exhibited the Treasurer S
receipt.
TheoIin Landry was appointed
Road Overseer of the 3rd road dis
trict vics F D Leleu excuse 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 account of ill-health.
Onesiphore Leblanc was likewise
appointed for the 4th district. vice NJ
|C Broussard excused for same
reason.
Art. 1st resolved, that the 10th
and 11th road districts commencing
at the north end Of the Abbeville
bridge until it strikes the forks of
said two road districts, be and the
same are changed in the following
particulars, viz: To run north from
the foot of the Abbeville bridge fol-
lowing the lines that seperate the
lands of David Frank and Desire
Leblanc then continuing the same
direction until it strikes the corner
Of Boniface Bigat's present pasture
or field fence, turning said corner
towards the east and following said
fence until it strikes the lands of the
Primeaux then turning north, fol-
lowing the lines that separate the
lands of Boniface Bigat and the
Primaaux until it strikes the small
bridge built and used as public
road being the forks Of the said 10th
and 1lth road district. The said
change is to have no effect until the
said Bigat shall by authentic act
donate to the parish the right of way
sufficiently wide for public road
and provided no expense whatever
shall accrue to the parish in conse-
queuce Of said change.
Art. End resolved, that Messrs.
Paulin Deouir, U w Stansbury,
Gerard Decuir, Alex Moss, Sara
zin Hebert, Joseph 7 Guidry, Ma
than Perry and Henry G Harring-
ton, be and they are hereby appoint
ed jury Of freeholders to trace and
lay off public road from Perry's
Bridge to Cypress point, and that
they make due report at the next
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 Vanslyke and Dr. J B
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
Baylev Bros. Provided That the
said W L VansIyke work the new
road and put it in good travelling Or
der also to execute an authentic act
Of donation In favor of the parish Of
said land in due form Of law, and
that no expense shall accrue to the
parish in consequence Of said change.
Art, 4th resolved, that the resolu-
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 for
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 used
in building bridges i'll his said dis
trict.
On motion of Mr.. Bronssard.
Art. 5.h resolved, that the Police
Jury Of the parish of Lafayette be
respectfully requested to appoint a
committee Of three Or more members
Of their body or outside, for the pur-
pose Of meeting a similar committee
to be appointed by this body for the
purpose OF devising means and meas
ures in order to build jointly a
bridge on the tublic road crossing