The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-08-30
from and after its final passage &C
cording to law.

Aiou ouA oAICi ttS AlAA paoouSV az
cording to law.
"A motion being made and adopt
ed to take these resolutions seria
tim and to vote on proposition O
Subdivisions Of the 9th and 7th wards
separately,
That, reference to the 9Th ward
was unanimously adopted and the
one in reference to the 7th ward was
rejected and
On motion of Mr.. Putnam, who
had voted against said resolution
the vote by which the same was re
jected was reconsidered and
On motion Of Mr. Broussard said
resolution. in reference to the sub
division of the 7th ward was adopt
ed by the following vote Z: Yeas, }
T Broussard, J H Putnam. Thos
j Morgan, j A Leblanc and Rober,
Green. Nay-H II Bartels, and
said resolutions were declared duly
adopted by the president.
The Report submitted by the Fl
nance Committe was read, and on
motion of'J H Putnam, same return.
ed to said committe for the purpose
of expunging the delinquent tax roll
of all erroneous and illegal assess
ments, and such as they may consi
der uucol llectable, with view OF
obtaining receipts from present col
lector for actual amounts due, and
that said report be retu' ned to this
body at next regular meeting, with
receipts from present tax-collector.
On motion of I J Morgan, the
name of J Fl Putnam, was added to
finance committee as a member.
On motion Of J T Broussard. the
report of the jury Of freedolders, ap-
pointed May 18th 1884, was read
adopted and ordered spread on the
minutes and that the clause there
in asking that Therozin Toups be
allowed the privilege of enclosing
his land upon keeping good gates,
be accepted, and that no damages
be allowed.
EPoRT:
To the President and members of the
Police Jury in and for the parish
of Vermilion.
The undersigned jury of freehold
ers appointed 'by your Honorable
BODY to lay opt a pulic road from
the lands Of Henry c. Harrington,
on Cow Island to the puplic road at
Cypress Point, by the way Of Mar
ceaux's Island in said parish. beg
leave to present the following re-
port Of the laying out Of said road,
to wit: We started said road on
the line dividing the lands Of H. c.
Harrington and Nathan Perry, viz
the line between the NE4 Of the SCI
and the Sci of the SCI Of Section
33, T. l3, 5. of r. 2 E., and running
in a direct easterly course to the
middle or center Of the Sci of Sec.
ton "a of same T. and r. and thehcc
running north seven arpents on the
line dividing the NE4 of the SCI
from the NW4 Of said SCI of said
Section "a; thence east fourteen ar.
pents following the upper line of the
NE4 of said Section "a and the up
per line Of the NWI of the SW4 Of
Section 35, same 7. and r. thence
north seven arpents following the
line dividing the Sci of the NW4
from the SW4 Of the NWaa Of said
Section IS, thence East seven ar.
pcnts following the line dividing the
NEI of the NW4 of Section IS from
the SCI Of the NW4 of said Section;
thence running North to opposite a
point on bayou Marceaux and on
land beloning to 7. Toups, where a
cypress tree stands ON the bank ol
said bayou, ON the west side of said
ba yon, in a Northeasterly direction
which tree is marked with large
cross, thus: + thence crossing said
bayou to the high bank Of the same
thence following the bank Of said
bayou about one arpent more or less
in a Northwesterly direction through
the land of said Toups, aud thence
in a NortheasterIy direction still
across the lands Of said Toups until
the land OF Eloi Guidry is reached
thence running East Oh the line di
viding the lands Of said Eloi Guidry
and Therozin 'Toups to the Eastern
line of the SCI of Section rs, same
T. and R., thence South on said
Eastern line of said quarter section
nnaI the line dividing the north from
the south lfalf Of the SW4 Of Sec.
,idh 25, said township and range is
reached, thence in due easterly di
rcclion. to the middle or center d
a.. CIf1 ac C,ot:,, Or cold %or,,.