St. Landry democrat., 1883-10-27
Proceedings of ssac Police .gnry.
opELorsAs, La, Oct. sth, 1855.

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OpELoUsAs, La, Oct. 8th, 1855.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjourn
ment Present: Messrs. Albert Gnidry, Fresl-
dent a. Pcrrodin, d.. Meche, i. =. HICKS ls
e. DubuiSsUn, ). Haas, IL. 3o'inS, i. y. Siia-
chprc, and B. r. Clark.
The reading or the minutes OF last meeting
were dispensed with; ,r,,,o>-s.
/, netitiou from the residents OF upper Bayou
| Ts,puf nrayug that an additional Justice or
the Peace Ward be established III the 5th foliee
Jury ward, was read, when on notion OF Mf:
Du6uissou it was resolved that Il new Justice Oh
the peace Ward to be known us No. 20 ttwenty)
| he and is hereby established, embracing the
| territory as follows: Starting at me parish
inc an fhe east bank of Bayou COcodrie, down
| said haven to the line between Garland and
| HuckaIy to west bank OF Bayou Bpnt cross
| mr. said bayou, thence following the line be-
| tween Garland and Donnell TO the west baik
| af Envort Waxia, and following said bayou to
| the parish line again. 7,,>,, ME
nra,iine q for n public road from iayOu Bmuf to
Vile Plate north of Cocodrie was read, when
| mn morton of Mr.. DuhuiSson. Messrs. Louis
/ Stasg Hypolitc Fontenot. Chas. Lafieur w. j.
Nelson. a savant, ohez,ite oaN'tno li'l osel'n
ant the road as prayed for, and in accordance
| with section OF road ordinance.
4 communication from DE-. K. Il. Lyons OF
piannemue Brlee stating that he had changed
/ that norton OF the road from Louis 7. Guidry.
/ 10 Rayne Station, immediately back OF is
place, and praying the Police Jury TO fecosiize
4
| Clark the prayer was granted.
/ uetiti0u from residents Of Pont-atix LOupS
praying for Il public road from Hayes bridge
| Io Gantt's ferry he laid out was read. when on
| motion of Mr. Chaehcre, Messrs. Felix Andre
mont, Plaeite Sensare, W. NJ. Reed. S. cart.
| 4 cart Christophe Gate and NJ Doucet We're
| .nnniI,te1 a committee to lay ont the road lis
| nrayed for, and i'll accordance Win section
u net i1ion from residents of Pont-auN-Lonps
aud fMtrmeltau, praying Tor road from
! pnin,p-u1,S- Lol,lrs to Mernenteau Station, was
| road ON motion of Mr.. Clark, MeSsrs. VIM
| Heed, Melon Doueet, Archiile Doucet, Pla-
n;de Semare a. j. Vincent, f. Maignaud and
| Frank Quibedeau, were appointed IL committee
| To law ont the road prayed for and i'll accor-
dance with section OF road ordinace.
/ netition from residents OF Grand Prairie,
nrav}n.r for a road leading from Wilson's saw
| mill tn Paul Stages was read, when on motion
of Mr. Dubulsson. Messrs. Paul StaSs, Alfred
starg, Jean Bite. c. Fontenot. Henry Joubert,
| Jnseuh yitrine, John Fontenot and d. W. Viii
sop we're appointed committee to lay out the
road according to section 9 OF road ordinance.
| 4 communication from Hon. q. W. Hudspeth
| ren,1estine the Police Jury to appropriate the
s,In of 81 so fone hundred aud fifty dollars or
/ nnch thereof as may be necessary out OF the
/ fines and forfeited bonds during the December
term of the District Court, 10 he used Tor the
| nulrhnse OF furmtnrefor the Court and pay for
/ repairing the doors and windows OF Courthouse,
| was read, when onlnotion OF air. Perrodin, the
| renuest was granted, and AesSrs. i. a. Martel,
| Fl. L. Garland, Il. II. Lewis and e. G. Duson
| were alpuiltted committee for that purpose.
| On notion il was resolved that the Second
| tad) Police Jury Ward be ard Is hereby divided
| inta two ~ Justice of the Peace Wards, tGrand
Ifonteau and CUlllee Crocne1 tile 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 sptlfh ~ Two
! miles thence east to Bayoa Carencro-the new
/ ward. Tor Conlee Croche Wardl to be known us
| Justice Of the Peace Ward No. 10.
Tbe road Inspector for the 9Th Ward is di-
recfed to call the attention OF Mr. ". ). Evans,
| the builder of Poiret Bridge. to the dangerous
/ condition OF said bridge and TO have the same
| repaired Immediately
| pyerseer on the road IRON Onezilne 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
| sisnee of the New Orleans. Baton Rouge and
| Vickshurg Railroad company, are now press
| ing before the Interior Department. claim to
| the land granted by the 22d section Of the act
| Of Congress approved March 81, 1871 to the lat
| ter. which then mad corporate existence.
And whereas, further, BY act 10 or tile Leg
| isIature OF the state 81 louisiana approved
1 April 3Otl 1871 the charter and all acts amend
atory thereof or relating thereto, OF the New
| Orleans, Baton Rouge and slcksbnf; Raliroad
! Company were repealed and annililed anu the
| CORPORATION having ceased toeNist. it no longer
| had legal authority to transfer the grant mt tile
date of its assignnent-to-wit 1sSe-to claim
| ant.
| IT being furthermore notorious that the New
| Orleans Baton Rouge and Nlcksburg Railroad
| Company has never built a foot of the road,
/ nor ever expended one dollar SO far as known
| for that purpose, and that the delay fixed by
/ Congress for the completion of the Road had
| expired wears before any effort was made by
| any company to build road through the lantis
granted.
And whereas we believe the road. now
4 claiming the grant was bought and built by
Jay Gould of the Texas and Pacific without any
reference 10 the grant and for the purpose OF
| securing an outlet on the Gulf at New orleans
/ for his Southwestern System.
Therefore, BE 1t Resoired by The Police Jaay
of the Parish OF st. Landry IN session assem-
bied, That the confirmation OF the above land
/ grant or the issuance of patents therefore TO
/ the New Orleans P;cific Railroad Company
| would be Ill violation of law and a donation of
| the public lands to a corporation without
/ equivalent. 1t would result i'll great injury to
/ hundreds OF poor people who have settled and
built on these lands i'll good faith. believing
/ them justly forfeited to the government by
/ the notorious failure of the grantee to com,
i ply with conditions of the grant, and we ear
nestly protest against the issuance OF the pat
i ents or the doing of any act by the Interior De-
! partlnent in furtherance of this claim.
i Be it further resolved, That Hon: u. l. Lew,
is, our representative in Congress be requested
/ to use his best efforts to defeat It's connf1na-
fion, to have these lands restored to the
government and fe-opened for entry anu SAFE
at government rates Passed unanimously. ).
On motion, it was Resolved, Ihat three ~
polls shall hereafter be established III
The sixth 9th Police Jury Ward. and further
Resolved, That the Hon. NJ ID. kavanagh, re-
turning officer for the parish be and is hereby
lows: one at Haas store, Bayou Chicot, one al
Chas. BOSNIAN. at Mountain BAYOU, ana the
& other at Thomas Morris on Beaver Creek.
4 The Police Jury adjourned until Iuesday at
a. NJ. ALBERT GUIDR1, President.
/ p. j. LEFEBvRE, Clerk.
| TUESDAY, October 9th, 1883.