The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1885-09-19
Report Of the Grand Jury.
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A OF LOUISIANA,


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STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PAs1sH OF VERMIIIoN.
In the name and by the authority
of the State of Louisiana the Grand
Jurors of the State of Louisiana du,
~ empannelled and sworn to enquire
within and for the Parish Of Yer
million in the 25th Judicial District
of the State of Louisiana upon their
oath do present
That in pursuance OF the duties
imposed upon them they have exam,
ined the Parish Jail and the manner
Of treating prisoners therein and
have to report that they found the
prisoners we'll fed and we'll treated;
the Jail is clean but the hinges and
locks Of the doors should be creased
the pump in the Jail yard and the
water pipes need repair seriously !;
the fence around the Jail yard needs
repair and the Jail yard itself needs
cleaning !; the grass should be cut
up aud whenever cut thrown outside
of the yard {; there is also in the Jail
yard near the pump a hole that
needs draining and the Police Jury
should cut a ditch to drain it. They
take this occasion to call the atten-
ton of the Police Jury to these facts
in order that that they may cause
the necessary repairs to be made.
An examination of the conduct of
pnblic officers shows serious grounds
of complaint against Gilbert La
bauve, Justice of the Peace in and
for the Third Ward Of Vermilion
Parish in this
That said Labauvc does not exer.
else proper discretion in receiving
of afidavits and in the disposition
of the same made by him. In many
ms ances he entertains and permits
prosecution in cases that arc utterly
frivolous and on charges wholeiy
unknown to our criminal statues f;
thereby entailing burdeusome aud
useless expenses on the parish, be-
sides subjecting innocent persons to
uuwarranted harassment and vexa-
ton. And they take this occasion
te condemn the conduct Of said La
bauve in this respect and to urge
upon him the necessity of exercising
greater caution and prudence here
after IN the discharge of the duties
of his Office. They find the
clerks Office and sherif's Office are
kept as the law reqni'e s and have
been neatly furnished By the Police
Jury ; the clerks Office being prov;.
ded with two good safes for the pub,
lie records. Further examinations
shows that the Sheriff as Tax-Col-
hector make the monthly settlement
required Of him by law, and the other
officers are doing their duty. An
investigation Of the road matters Of
this parish shows that the need If
money to buld bridges is the great
est cause Of the bad condition of our
roads. They would suggest that the
o%verseers of public roads work their
roads with more system especially
in the digging of bitches ard side
draius and the removal of earth 70
fill holes and that hey proceed
Immediately to Gil all holes IN their
respective roads which can he made
good with earth without ;r.1ges
They recommend 10 the pei'ce jury
of this parish he rropricty x >nr-
yeving and iariog III hv ne Of
stakes ell thc pH9sies ia;s1- ~ his
pari-h ,haf tbs ~cve.ssss II :en.!c
roads may know wbers e lads in
their respective Dstrlgs re.
Respectfully
{Signed) d.. NUNEz,
/ Foreman.
Filed Sept 18th 1885.
(Signed) LAsTIE BRoUssARD,
Clerk of Court
The above was ordered to bt
published and a copy furnished tc
the Police Jury.
Attest LAsTIE BROUssARD,
Clerk of Court
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH OF vERMILION.