The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-05-23
WEDNESDAY,, May Is, 1885.

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Minutes of yesterday were read an
adopted.
Committee on Roads and Bridge
made the following report:
To the President and Members of the Polie
Jury:
Your Committee on Roads an,
Bridges beg leave to report favorabl
on the petition asking for an appro
priation of one hundred and fifty dol
lars for building bridge across Bun
dicks creek, known as the old lie
bridge also for appropriation of on
hundred dollars for building bridg'
on Barnes creek, known as the Frngt
bridge, and that said sums be appro
priated out Of the contingent fund o
1885; and unfavorably on the petition
asking for change of road crossing al
the Wooley bridge; also for division
of hands on the road leading from
Barnes creek to Bundick's creek
also road crossing Whiskychitto neal
Andrew Young's residence.
Respectfully submitted,
Isaac NICHOLS,
Acting Chairman
d. D. ANDRUs.
On motion the above report was
unanimously adopted.
The following claims were read and
referred to the Committee on Claims
viz:
VIM. Meyer, drugs, etc, for prisoners 8 0 0s
Aaron D. Shields building bridge" g g SG SG
j. W. Bryan, stationery for Police Jury 81
Lake Charles Echo, printing. .....,.... 40 OF
Demsy lies, services as Police Juror In
1884, Observation-Disclosures. ,,..,'., 40 w
j. W. Bryan, sundries. d W
Committee on Claims made the fol.
lowing report:
To the President and members of the Police
Jury:
Your Committee on Claims beg
leave to make the following report, that
they have carefully examined all claims
that have been presented to them at
this meeting, and report favorably
thereon, with the following excep-
tions, viz Lake Charles Commercial,
for job printing, we have reduced
from SAL so to $36 so, and unfavor-
ably on claim for advertising the let
ting of the bridge contract, claim re-
jected, 81 so,
Respectfully submitted,
D. d. ANDRUs, Chairman,
DEMsY lies,
J. 7. HEWITT.
On motion, the report of the com.
mittee was adopted.
On motion, it was
Resoi0ed, That the Clerk of the
Police Jury be and he is hereby au-
thorized to fit mp the room set apart
for the use of the Police Jury with
suitable furniture and such stationery
as may be necessary.
The application of A. 0. Lyons,
Inspector of Weights and Measures,
asking for an appropriation of 81 s7.20
in cash, for the purpose Of purchasing
set of Standard Weights and Meas
ures, was laid aside for future consid-
Grafton.
Whereas, Lucinda Perkins, wife of
Allen Perkins, resident of this par
ish, is now in the Insane Asylum at
Jackson, La, and having been in
formed by the physician in charge
that her physical and mental health is
such as to admit of her discharge from
said institution, and as the said Allen
Perkins is unable to defTay the ex,
penses of said Lucinda Perkins from
the asylum to her residence in this
parish,
Therefore, be IL resolved, That the
President of the Police Jury be aud
he is hereby authorized to warrant
upon the Treasurer for the sum of
$35 in favor of Isaac Nichols, for said
Allen Perkins, to be paid out of the
contingent fund of 1885.
On motion, il was
ReSolVed, That the Treasurer be
and he is hereby, authorized to pay
the following claims out of the funds
Of 1884, for work done during that
year in building a bridge across Hons
ton river, the accounts for said work
having been approved in 1885, viz:
Aaron ID. Shields, $500, w. N. Per-
I1ins. -$83 .00.>~-----~
The application of the Sheriff, ask
ing to have fence built around the
iail, was read and referred to the Com
nittee on Public Buildings.
The report Of the committee ap-
pointed by this body at IFS last regn-
lar meeting to estimate the probable
cost of building q bridge across the
calcasieu river near Oakland Springs,
was received, read and laid upon the
table, subject to call.
W. i. Hntchips, Parish Treasurer,
and turned over 10 this
Board warrants redeemed by him
amounting to the sum of S409s.9l
al of which was turned over to the
Finance Committee IN order TO verify
said warrants with the TreasureF's
books.
On motiop, the Police Jury ad-
journed until tomorrow morpips at
10 o'clock.
THURspAY, May IA, 1885.
Police Jury met pursuant 70 adj
joUrDment; members present same as
on yesterday.
Minutes Of yesterday were read and
On motion the regular order Of
business was postponed for ten min
utes.
Regular order of business was 70
sumed