The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1885-11-21
Proceedings of the Police .sury
OPELoUsAs, Nov. 9th, 1885.

OPRLoUsAs, Nov. 9Th. 1885.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjourn
ment. Present
Messrs. Albert Guidry, President: Auguste
Perrodiu, s. Haas, Louis Young aud B. E.
Clark
The reading Of the minutes of the last
meeting was dispensed with.
A petition from the residents of Bayous
Carron, Crocodile, &c, was read, asking that
the hogs be prevented from running at large
in the following territory, viz: Northern line
from Bayou Carron to Bayou Petit Passe, at
Marcelisn' bridge, thence m straight line
passing between Francois Guillory and Ortego
to the Bayou Crocodile, thence down the
same bayou to Bayou Courtableau, thence
down said bayou to the upper line of the town
OF Washington, following the upper line of
said town to the bayou, thence up said bayou
to the starting plaee-when on motion the
petition was granted. declaring it unlawful
for hogs to run at large in the above described
territory-from the lst of January next
4 petition from the residents of Prairie
Laurent, Bayou Teche, &c, was read, asking
that the hogs be prevented from running at
large, in the following territory, viz: That
portion of the Sd Police Jury Ward, bounded
north by the plantation of Lastrapes Bros, on
the south by plantations of Messrs. E. Lebour.
geois, BAlizaire Armand, Jules Queb6deau and
David Higgenbotham, east by the Bayou
Teche, and on the west by Bayou Bourbeux.
declaring It unlawful for hogs to run at. large
in the territory above described, from the 1st
of January, next.
a petition from the residents of Prairie des
Eemmes, was read, asking that the hogs be
prevented from running at large in the follow
ing territory. viz: From Frozard's bridge to
F. Marks bridge. 1.-THE public road forming
the boundary line) thence following the Cou-
lee to the swamp, thence TO Bayou Bourbeux,
thence to Frozard's bridge When On motion
the petition was granted declaring it unlaw.
ful for hogs to run at large within the above
described territory. from the drst of January,
next.
A petition from the residents of Piaquemine
Brulee, Pointe-aux-Loups, &C., asking that
a direct road be laid from Rayne to Pointe-
aux.Loups, and also for the construction of a
bridge over Bayou Plaquemine. was read,
when on motion, Messrs. W. w. Duson. Jo.
seph Gambrocher, John Stewart. James
Webb. Savinien Cart, j. D. Bernard and
Charles Dresler, were appointed a committee
to lay out said road iaccordiug to section g,
road ordinance) and also to estimate the cost
OF building the bridge over Bayou Plaque.
mine, and report
The committee appointed to repair the
bridge at Church Point, reported that the said
bridge had been heightened and repaired un.
der their supervision, that the work was ac-
eepted By them, and that Mr.. Homer Barousse
be allowed the $500, Two Hundred Dollars
appropriated by the Police Jury, for all una
terials furnished By him. On motion the re-
port was accepted the committee discharged,
and the amount ordered placed TO the credit
of Homer Barousse.
The committee appointed to build the
bridges over Nicholas Coulse, known as the
Nicholas bridge, Shaw bridge, and other
bridges on the gully near and east of the
Nicholas bridge, reported that the contract
was sold to Jean M. Laran, for the sum of
S20I 90. Two Hundred and One Dollars, that
the work was done In a workmanlike manner
aud accepted by them; when on motion the
report was accepted, the committee discharg-
ed, and the amount ordered placed to the
credit of Ir. Jean IL. Laraa.
STATEMENT TAX COLLECTOR