The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-12-06
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$6O4S, 40
This amount over paid has been
taken out of the Rice flume license
fund having for said account previous
to paying that amount the sum of
$215,64. Balance now on hand,
$171,95. The law for rice fume Ii
cenSes having been repealed would
respectfully ask your honorable body
to authorize me to transfer this fund
to the general fund,so as to entirely
close the rice.tluMe account. Ihave
annexed an itemized acct showing
amount paid to each.
Respectfully submitted,
(Slgned) A. ROBBINS,
Parish Treasurer.
the Levee Inspector for the Right bank of the
river showing that repairs made on the leyees
on said bank including the cutting out of cray
fab holes amount to $2477 80. 1t appearing
from said report that the expenses for levee
repairs amounted to 1923, over the apprOpria
ton made for said purposes; Mr.. Rost offered
the following resolution which was adopted.
Resolved, that in addition to the appropria-
ton of $500, Tor levee repairs on the Right
bank, o further sum of 1923, is hereby apprO-
priated to cover balance OF levee repairs, ac-
| cOrding to the report of the Levee Inspector,
said sum TO be paid out OF the contingent fund
of 1884.
+ A communication from the Superintendent
of the Morgans La, g. Texas Railroad, rela-
tive to repairs needed on the Louisa Place
and other levees, having been read, Mr.. Rost
presented the following resolutions which were
adopted viz:
Resolved, that the communication of the
Superintendent of the Morgan's La, & Texas
Railroad, be received, and that the offer of the
Railroad Company to cooperate with the
Parish of st. Charles in securing and fascinng
the Louisa and other levees is gratefully ac-
oepted, as the Parish authorities have spent all
their available funds for levee repairs and
much remains to be done.
Re olved, that tho Police Jury concur with
the Superintendent in the idea that the said
work should be completed as early as pc ssible
! Resolved, that the secretary send copy of
these resolutions to the Superintendent of the
MOrg ans La, IL Texas Railroad.
The petition of certain rice planters residing
in this Parish, to the District Court, praying
for writ of injunction prohibiting the Police
Jury from digging up their rice-humes, and
said writ having been read, the following pre-
amble and resolutions offered by Mr.LeBreton
was unanimously adopted:
Whereas A. Madere, L. g. Madere, P. Caillet.
i q, Madere, A. Hymel, X. Champagne, Il. Dry,
o. Shexnaydre, .. T. DuOazon. p. Harper A.
zeringue, =. 5. Ferret, n. zeringue, o. Dupuy,
Arthur Zeringue, F. Friloux, j. kinlt +, Joseph
Champagne, Louis Champagne N Louque, 4.
Latitte, A. Keller. II. Labranche and Ii. Lorio
and others residing in this parish have applied
! tor and obtained from the District Court writ
OF injunction TO prevent and prohibit the Police
Jury of this Parish from digging out defective
and dangerous rice-humes according to the
imperative provisions of Act "a, of 1884, and
said Injunction was issued by the District
Court on a bond of Two hundred and fifty dol
lars; and whereas the Police Jury of this Par
ish In carrying out the provisions of Act "a
have had III view The pr 1tection of the people
of this and other Parishes from another calam-
ity as that caused by the Davis crevasse; and
whereas several dangerous rice. fumes still
remain in the levees and the Police Jury is
powerless to repair them or dig them out on
account OF the writ of ihjunctiOn;
Resolved, that the Police Jury enter their
earnest protest against the issuance of an n-
junction on a matter of such vital Importance
ON nominal bond of $3.50.
Resolved, that the rice-1umes of Messrs.
Bourgeois, Dryer and Madere ON Fashion
Place ARE dangerous and will not stand another
high water season like the past and the atten
nOn of all interested is called to the dangerous
condition of these fumes.
Resolved, that the Secretary of the Police
Jury send = copy of these Resolutions to the
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& Texas Railroad Co., and to the New Orleans
1lANes- Democrat, PicGyatSe and Ssgar Bowl
with request that they be published.
| MIR. Rost then offered the following which
was also adopted:
Resolved, that the attention of the Board of
State Engineers is called to the caving of the
levee IN front of Ashton plantation, near the
upper line, in this Parish, and that they be
requested to take steps at once to have a new
ieVee stake out and built around the cave.
Resolved, that the Secretary send copy of
this resolution to the Board ofState Engineers
The application OF Mesnrs. Charles Laiitte
aud Pierre Darensbourg for permission to put
rice-humes in the Speranza and Hahnvile
levees were refused the time within which such
permission could be granted haYing expired.
On motion, Nj. LeBreton, the member newly
appointed from the Second Ward, was APP
pointed Syndic OF said ward
The Jury then adjourned to meet again on
the hrst Monday OF January 1885.
L. L. BAUDoUlN,
Secretary Police Jury