The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1885-01-17

ana that to secure tlat amount, o tax OF lU
| mills on the dollar is hereby levied on all pro.
perty borne on the assessment roll of the par
| ish, and not included on property on the as
sessment roll situated within the incorporat-
ed towns of Opelouaas, Washington, Grand
Coteau, Vile Plate, Arnaudvile and Rayne; !;
and that on the property situated within
| theseeincorporated towns to defray their pro-
portion of the expenses of the criminal pro
ceedings, there be levied in accordance with
section 80 of the General Assembly OF Louisi-
ana, regular session 1878, approved March A..
1873, a tax of tfve) mills on the dollar.
| The licenses for the current year, 1885. on
all trades, professions, &C., will be the same
as those imposed by the State for the same
year.
! A petition from residents of Prairie Mamou
was read, ting that that portion of the Vile
Plate and Nez-Pique road near Hypollte Lap
dreneaus and Germain Fontenots be chang
ed, SO as to follow the lines of said Landre.
neau and Fontenot running due east and west
Granted-said change to be made according
to sec. of road ordinance.
petition from residents of Mallet was
read. asking that the public road from 81.
mien's bridge to Mallet woods be changed
from Napoleon Cortezs to the old road.
Granted-snbject to sec. 8, road ordinance.
The committee appointed in December to
lay road from the Vile Plate and Opelou-
sas road to the Vile Plate and Anse.aux-Faii-
les road. reported that they had laid out the
road as prayed for, and that damages to the
amount of 500 Tone hundred dollarsl were
assessed.
On motion, the report was accepted. except
for damages which are not granted, and the
committee discharged.
On motion, Messrs. Gerand Forest, Hide.
vert Deshoteis aud Gabriel Joubert were ap-
pointed committee to ascertain the cost to
build a bridge over the coulee near Mrs. Cy-
prien Fontenet's, and report.
On motion. Messrs. Albert Burleigh. Andre
\ Scta aud Svlu tpoS mil quDOinfad 81
committee to ascertain the cost te repair the
bridges on the road from Grand Coteau to
Bellevue station, and report.
On motion, Messrs. j. B. Thibodaux, Philo-
gene Richard and Evariste Savoie were ap-
pointed committee to ascertain the cost TO
| open canal from Bourbeux fiat to Bourbeux
Bayou, on the road from Grand Coteau to
Bayou Bourbeux.
On motion, Resolved, that to- road hands
| on Camp Hamilton Plantation will hereafter
work on the public road from Opelousas to
Meats old place.
Resolved, ON motion of Mr.. A. PerrGdin, that
execution of the Judgments in the cases of
Robt. Bowman aud Jos. Reed, for bonds for.
feited at the last term OF the District Court,
be stayed until March term of the said Court;
provided, that the securities on said bonds
pay the fines of the Dist. Attorney and the
other costs incurred by said forfeiture.
On motion, the Clerk is authorized to issue
a warrant against the INDECENT fund, in favor
of Hyp0lite Bergeron, an INDECENT, to pay his
passage and expenses to the Charity Hospi.
tai in New Orleans.
! On motion, Resolved, that from and after
this date no more accounts of constables and
magistrates will be approved by the Police
Jury in road cases, and the magistrates and
esnstables throughout the parish OF st. Lan-
dry are hereby mortified that in all such cases
they must make their costs out of the person
sued.