The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1884-07-12

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P E Broussard, do 4 90, j B Table
deaux, do 4 GO :; Ant Herpin do 4 go
J N Fraser do 8 so j B Mills S 90.
2 Lee, carrying box to Cheniere au
l'rigre, W D White assignee, ID 90 );
L c Lyons, Returning officer &C.,
70 90.
Other Claims Allowed.
Jos Trahan, Police Juror 5 20
Z Nunez do do 5 SO
L G Lyons ] P S12d
a D Laborde, for lumber 50 5s
Eloi Trahan, witness 2O61
Jesse Trahan, do 325
VIM Lee do $50
c Chargois do 28O
S Wise, for nails S 285
Alex Faux Dy Sheriff 1s SO
C A Mouisset Justice Peace 8 90
Lastie Broussard costs as elk 20 IS
=" planting trees
in conrt house yard a, At Is
VIM Cade Bros for road on his
plantation 60 90
N G Young Ex parish Treasurer
amt paid over through error q 43
On motion, Alcide Trahan was
added to the road commissioners in
Prairie Greig.
On motion the report of the Jury
of free.holders, appointed April 7th
1884, was read, adopted and order
ed to be spread on the minutes.
Report.
We, the undersigned jury Of free
holders, appointed by your Hon'l
body on April 7th 1884, having first
been duly sworn, beg to submit this
our report, which is as follows:
Have met on this 5th day of May
1884. and traced ont the road re-
ferred to in the extract furnished in
manner and form as specified there
in, which road shall begin at the
place where the public road leading
to Rice's Cove reaches the land Of
John c. White, for a starting point
and running in an easterly direction
along and on the north line Of John
C White and southern line Of j. G
Wiley, until reaching the land Of
w H Swain and J J Abadie, thence
in the seme eas'erly direction along
and on the sruthern line Of said
Swain and the northern line of said
Abadie, until it reaches the land of
Klebert Thibodeaux, thence in
southern direction along and on the
western line of said Klebert Thibo-
deaux until it reaches the northern
line of the tract of land purchased
by JW Darby from Celestin Carlin,
and thence in an easterly direction
along and On the northern line Of
said last named tract, and on and
along southern line of the contigu.
ous tract. until said road reaches
Grosse-1sle woods near Crosse Isle
Gap, and further we assess damages
for north side of said road on John
Whites land at rate o. six dollars
per acre, and same rate for east side
of road passing land 81 j J Abadie,
and we have further agreed that for
removal of fence on east side of land
of J j Abadie; that satne be removed
at costs of the parish.
(Signed) Basile Broussard, Jos G
Harrington, E L Demary, J Alcide
Broussard, j Cleomer Broussard, F
Mayard and Richard Leblanc.
On motion of 3. Nunez, Resolved,
that whereas tits necessary that GER
tain changes be made in the 9Th and
7th Police Jury wards in order to
facilitate voters residing therein.
Therefore, be it resolved, that the
9Th Police Jury ward be and the
same is hereby divided into three
election precincts, as follows to wit
| Starting at a point on the line
dividing said ward from the fifth,
opposite the corner of sections 20,
80, 81 ond 80, in township eleven,
south range 2 east, in a north and
south line, thence running in south
westerly direction TO the southeast
corner Of the southwest quarter, Sec
ton six, township thirteen, south
range 2 east, belonging to Rodolph
Broussard thence in a southerly di.
rection to the sea marsh and the line
dividing said ward from, the 7th
Police Jury ward, and that all the
territory east Of said line shall be
known and is hereby designated as
the 1st election precinct of said 9th
ward and one polling place estab'
lished therein.
And stating On the bayou Queue
Tortue, at the mouth Of Lyons cou-
lee and following said coulee to its