St. Landry democrat., 1884-08-09
Proceeding. Of the Police Jnry.
opELousAs, July 18th, 1881.

SpELOUSASJ JuIy Itu, 1Sst'
The Police jury met pursuant to adjourn
menu, present: Auguste PerrOdln, +. Dubu1s-
son, j.. EOung, s. Haas, T. G. Chachere, and b.
E. Clark. Mr.. Perr0dinin the chair.
The reading of the minutes of the last meet
ing.ware dispensed with. A petition from the
residents of Pine Woods, praying that the pub
lie read be laid OUT starting from the old
Matthew Nugent's place, via Snider's Saw MIL
to interscct the Wade road near l.. carpenter,
was read when on motion Messrs. A. ID. Snlder,
D. C. Wister, D. Bntchle, solomon Cole, z. l..
Smith, ]. b. Singletary and r. R. Chaddick
were appointed q committee to lay out the
road as prayed for and according to section
road ordinance
A petition from the residents of Waxia, ask
ing for the public road from hollands upper
line to Richards lever line, thence across the
Bayou to VIM. DuckWOrth's place was read
when on motion Messrs Geo. Mcdaniel Ralph
w. Adams, Vim. DGckwOrth, Clement Richard,
w. HI, DuckwOrth, Richard Winfield and John
NJ. Martin, were appointed a committee to lay
ont the road according to section OF road. or
dinanee.
On petition from the reeidents of Plaisance,
Messrs. HenryaJ oubert P. L. Blackshear, Eu-
gene Lachapelle, Delozier May, Antoine
Franchbois, Edmold Norman and John Simms
were appointed aeOmmittee to lay out road
from Henry Joubert's running between Black
shear, Simms and Lafeuf, and to intersect the
OpeIousas and Vile Plate road in accordance
Injection road ordinance.
The committee appointed to sell the contract
| to build Wyble bridge reported that the con-
tract was sold to Alexandra Nezat according to
law for the sum- of TS4O0l Four Hundred Dol
lars, that the work was done according to con-
tract, and accepted by them and recommend
that said NeZat be paid for same, when on
motion the report was accepted, the amount
ordered placed tO-the credit of said Alexandra
Nezat and committee discharged.
On motion, Messrs j. NJ. Martin, TheO. Haw-
kins and Lee G. sDuckworth were appointed a
committee to ascertain the cost to repair the
bridges. on the ,WaTia road damaged or des-
| troyed by the last high water, and report. On
ETylT foT. A foJ-u
and Prevail Ridean were appointed committee
to ascertain the. cost to repair the bridges on
Bayous WaTia, Petite Prairie and Cow, which
were damaged or destroyed by the late over
flow.
j. B. Ralque was appointed road overseer, on
road from Wyble'slbridge to AuZenne'S bridge.
On motion of Mfr: Young, Messrs. j. B. a.
FontenOt, Hilaire Boutte, aud J. Bite. Fusil-
lier. were appointed a committee to sell the
cuntract to build ,Borde1On bridge, the COM
mittee appointed for that purpose at the last
meeting having failed to act in the matter.
On motion the sum of $3.50 one hundred and
fifty dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the
guards over the small po1 cases on the Oak
land plantation, payable out of funds not 9th
erWise appropriated, and that Mr.. Charles An
tonic is appointed for the disbursement of
said money.
Mr.. 7. s. Richard was appointed commits
sioner for the sale of unbranded stock in the
1st Police Jury Ward.
On motion, DR.. W. NJ. Thompson. parish
be issued TO any physician in the parish for
pnbc use, the same to be paid for on his order
by the parish treasurer, the amount not TO
exceed $1,000, Ten Dollars.
TAX COLLECTOR'ss STATEMENT,
For all parish taxes collected during the
months of April and May, 1884
APRIL
Parish Back Taxes 18s0-83 S $40 70
Parish Licenses, 1884, $50 90
Less taxes refunded $85 70
Less collectors commission 50 10 81 80
Net amount paid to treasurer s $50 90
MAY
Parish back taxes, 1888 $ 1859 s.
Parish Licenses 1884, 270 90
Less taxes refunded $500 439 IS
Less commission 1GS d Sc
Net paid to treasurer $414 80
Messrs. Clark, Haas & Dubuisson having
1een appointed a cOmpittee to examine the |
vouchers In the hands Of She treasurer, report |
I'd through theig chairman, Mr.. Clark, that |
hey examine d Ped counted the vouchers pre- |
anfnd nv theatrSISurer amounting Ia A035 - 1