St. Landry democrat., 1883-10-13
Proceedings of the Police Jury.
oPELoUsAs, La, Oct. sth, 1885,

Proceedings of the Police Jury.
OPELoUsAs, La, Oct 9Th, 1888.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjourn
ment Present Messrs Albert Guidry, Presi-
dent A. Perrodin, D. Meche, r. A. Hicks
f. Dubuisson, S. Haas, l.. Young, T. G. Cha
chere, and B. j. Clark.
| The reading or the minutes Of last meeting
were dispensed with.
~ PETITIONS.
A petition from the residents of upper Bayou
| BGuf, praying that an additional Justice of
| the Peace Ward be established in the 5th Police
Jury ward was read, when OIL emotion OF MIR.
Dubuisson it was resolved that a new Justice OF
| the Peace Ward to be known as No. 20 (twenty)
| be and is hereby established, embracing the
| territory as follows: Starting at the parish
| line on the east bank OF Bayou Cocodrie, down
said bayou to the line between Garland and
| Huckaby to west bank of Bayou B9uf 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.
| 'n retition from the residents of Bayou Beuf
| nrnylng for a public road from Bayou Bnnf to
Vile Plate north of Cocodrie was read, when
| on motion of Mr. DubuisSOn, Messrs Louis
Staeg, Hypolise Fontenot Chas. Latieur, w. J.
| Neison., A Savant, Onezime Savant and Joseph
Johnson were appointed committee to lay
out the road as prayed for and i'll accordance
| with section OF road ordinance.
| A communication from DIR. r. r. Lyons Of
| plannemine Brulee stating that he had changed
| thai portion of the road from Louis T. Guidry
| TO Rayne station, Immediately back of his
| mace. and praying the Police Jury to recognize
said change, was read, when on motion OF Mr..
| Clark the prayer was granted.
| netition from residents of Point aux LOups
nraving for public road from Hayes's bridge
| to Gantt's ferry be laid out, was read, when on
motion of Mr.. Chachere, Messrs. Felix Andre
| mont: Placide Semare, w. NJ. Reed, S. Cart
t 4 Cart. Christophe Gate and NJ. Doucet were
| appointed a committee to lay out the road as
prayed for, and in accordance with section
OF road ordinance
and Mermentau, praying for road from
Pointe-allx-Loups to Mermenteau Station, was
read On motion of Mr.. Clark, Messrs. VIM.
| Reed. Melon Doucet, Archille H. Doucet, Pla-
eide Semare. Al. Vincent, Z. Maignaud and
| Frank Quibedeau, were appointed committee
| to Law out the road as prayed for and in accor-
| dance with section OF road ordlnace.
| netition from residents OF Grand Prairie,
| nraying for Il road leading from Wilson's saw
mill to Paul Stages was read, when on motion
of Mr.. Dubnisson' Messrs. raul sIasg, aired
stagg, Jean Bite. G. Fontenot. Henry J0ubert,
.IoseDh Vidrine, John Fontenot and d. W. Will
son were appointed committee to lay out the
road according to section . OF road ordinance.
communication from Hon. &. W. Hudspeth
requesting the Police Jury to appropriate the
sum of $3.50 lone hundred and fifty dollarsl or as
much thereof as may be necessary cut of the
fines and forfeited bonds during the December
term of the District Court, to he used for the
purchase of furniture for the Court and pay for
re1airing the doors and windowsG OF Courthouse,
L
renuest was granted, and Messrs. b. A. Martel,
II. T. Garland, L. III. Lewis and e. C. Duson
were appointed a committee for that purpose.
On motion 1t Was If h sar the s1,
into two (2} Justice OF the Peace Wards Grand
Couteau aud Couee Croche) the dividing line
running thus From township 7, south range
three east, one mile south of north line OF the
cd Police Jury Ward, running south (2) two
miles thence east to Bayou Carencro-the new
ward Tor Coulee Crocbe Ward to be known as
Justice of the Peace Ward No. 10.
The road inspector for the 18th Ward is di-
rected tUcall the attention OF Mr.. W. S. Evans,
the builder of Poiret Bridge, to the dangerous
condition of said bridge ana to have the same
repaired immediately.
Mr. Augustin j. Fruge is appointed road
oyerseer on the road from Onezme Riders to
Bayou Nez- Pique at Ernest Fruge's.
Whereas it has come to our knOWiege that the
New Orleans Pacific Railroad Company as as
signee, of the New Orleans. Baton Rouge and
Vicksburg Railroad company, are now press
ing, before the Interior Department a claim TO
| the land granted by the 22d' section OF the act
of Congress approved March Sd, 1871 to the lat
ter, which then had corporate existence
And whereas, further, by act 40 OF the Leg.
April 3Oth, 1877, the charter and all acts amend
atory thereof or relating thereto, OF the New
Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad
Company were repealed and annulled and the
CORPORATION having ceased to exist, it no longer
had legal authority to transfer the grant at the
date of its assignnent-to-wit 18so-to claim
ant.
Orleans. Baton Rouge and VIcksbnrg Railroad
Company has never built foot OF the road,
nor ever expended one dollar SO Tar as known
for that purpose and that the delay liked by
Congress for the completion of the Road had
expired years before any effort was made by
any company to build o road through the lands
granted.
claiming the grant was bought and bullt py
jay Gould of the Texas and Pacific without any
reference to the grant and for the purpose o1
securing an outlet on the Gun az NeH dreams
for his Southwestern System:
Therefore, Be IL Resotred by The Pohce Jury
Of the Parish OF st. Landry in session assem-,
bed, That the confirmation ,of the above land
grant or the issuance of patents therefore to
the New Orleans Pacific silroad Company
would be IN violation Of law and a donation OF
the public lands to corporation without
equivalent. 1t would result III great injury to
hundreds of poor people who have settled and
built on these lands in good faith, DeheVlnS
them justly forfeited to the government by
the notorious failure OF the grantee TO com.
ply with conditions of the grant, and we ear
nestly protest against the issuance OF the pat
ents or the doing OF any act by the Interior De-
partmeht in furtherance OF this claim:
Be it further resolved, That Hon. Il. T. Lew
is, our representative in Congress be requested
to use his best efforts to defeat its confrma-
ton, to have these lands restored to the
government and re-Opened for entry and sale
at government rates. Passed unanimously
On motion, 1T was Resolved, Ihat three ~
polling places shall hereafter be established in
the sixth f6th) Police Jury Ward. and further
Resolved. That the Hon. M. D. Kayanagh, re-
turning officer for the parish be and is hereby
requested to locate said polling places as fol-
lows: one at Haas store, Bayou Chicot one at
Chas Dossman, at Mountain Bayou, and the
other at Thomas Morris on Beaver Creek.
The Police Jury adjourned until Tuesday at
A. N. ALBERT GUIDRY, President.
p. j. LEFEBvRE, Clerk.