The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1884-09-27
Proceedings
POLICE JURY.
State of Louisiana, Parish of Lafourche,

State of Louisiana, Parish of Lafourche.
EVENING SESSION.
Der 2nd, 1884.
The Jury met pursuant to adjournment.
All the members present.
The reading of the minutes Of the last meet
ing We're dispensed with.
The petitions of JnO Lyail ct ais, j. NJ.
Dai.re CT ais, Adrien Barber and I.0rens
Cheran!i, i'll regard to Levee and Road In
spectors were taken up. and after discuss ion
they were laid over until the Jury passes suit
able Levee and Road Laws.
The petition Of \. Latur"t and others ask
ing relief for the Mass family was taken mp.
The Jury granted Five dollars per month
to sa;d family until the month of March, sub
ject to the call of Hon. l.. Kraemer. member
OF the Police Jury from that District.
Mr.. FRANCOIS BergerOn, WAS heard as re-
CARDS repairing roads in his vicinity, and was
referred by the Jury to Mr.. Claudct for pay
ment.
The report of the committee on Roads aud
Levces, was received.
The Jury then resolved itself into a commit
tee OF the v hole aud reported favOrably GU
the following:
ThibOdauX. Sept, End, 1891.
To the Police jury:
Your committee on Roads and Lcvees re-
port that owing to the siortness OF time Civ
en- them to draft II road and leyJe Ordinance
and to the cl.ange of the law relative there
tO-ret Olnmco that Il committee OF fe:;r mem
bers of the Jury and four citizens of the par
lsh lie appointed to take the matter into con-
sideratiom, AMI to whom all III ,ttcrs relative
thereto shall hc REFERRED, with the request
they draft proper ordinances covering these
Objects. and to re- i0lt same at the next meet
ing of this Jury, one month hence, of which
due notice shall lie givcC.
That all legal advice that said committee
may Decd Shall be given by the District Attor
ney.
laune, Chs. :. Mathew, :. II. Grisamore, be
appointed on said committee on the part of
the Police jury. and that hessrs. Oscar LIE
pine, Teielnaque Badeaux, Cleophas Liyarde
and J. NJ. Howell, be appointed on part of
the citizens.
In regaad to the report on the Bayou Blue
roa.i your committee recommend that The
Police recognize. aud a~cknowle,ls. the public
road to he situated on the East Bank Of Ba-
You Blue, the entire length Of the Bayou up
to st. Charles Street.
In regards to the petition of mauy ~cit:zsns
requestiDgthc Police Jury to close cuts. gaps
or breaks III tbs levees Of Lower Latourclie,
let the resident Of tue Police jury notify ali
parties from b. Harang g. Co. down to JOS.
Callahan. having gaps Or breaks in their lev
ees, to close same otherwise they are TO bc
prosecuted to the full extent OF the law.
Respectfully,
C.S. MATHEWS,
SOSTHENE FOLSE.&
l.. CHERAMI.
The report OF the committee was adopted,
all the members voting yea.
The report Of the committee on Public
Buildings, as follows:
Thibodaux, La, Sept. end, 1884.
To the Police Jury:
Wanna .c,rr,t.o. -. I,.l,.. n-n,
leave to present the following report
They have mad q careful examination of
the Public Buildings and property OF the par
ish.
They find that the two lower rooms of the
Jail on tue East side require new floors, and
portion of its floor re moved. Some other
slight repairs need to be done also. Other
wise the Jail ia in good condition.
Ihey hhd the fences about the Jail yard are
becoming very bad, and that they should be
entirely renewed.
windows Of the Court House to be broken
and some of the glasses missing.
lAey learn that there are Still leaks in the
Dome Ut the Court House, especially in case
OF storms and winds during u fall OF rain.
Tour COMMITTEES present the following resO-
lntiOhs for the consideration Of this body:
Resolved, That the Presto ent Of this iurv |
and the committee ON Public Buildings take
tue necessary steps TO have the floors III the
East lower rooms made anew, aud the one in !,
the South west lower room repaired, and
have such other repairs Is may he deemed ex
pedlent and necessary.
Resolved, That the committee on Public
ascertain what will he the cost. of
building a plank fence, with 2 inch plapks
around the Jail yard ut least ten 1eet high
plans Of same.
Resolved that the same committee have all .
necessary repairs made ON the Court House..
Respectfully Submitted,
;. 4. GR[SAMORE.
L. KkAEMEK, and
SOSTHENE FOIASE.
Tire said report was received and the resp
utl0ns therein contained were adopted by all
he members voting yea.
Resolution by 5. l.. Grisamcre:
Resolved, That hereafter the Secretary
printed all ordinances passed by this
i'll the regular proceedings Of the Police
Jury, and that the ordinances be recorded in
he Ordinance Book as usual.
Adopted, all the members voting it it's favor
The Jury adjourned to tomorrow Sent.
tn at 8 o'clock A. NJ.
tSigned) H. N. COULON,
President.
Secretary,