The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1886-07-24

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lines Of 6 and Z in T IL, SR 3 E.,
land south of said line belonging to
G Landry. D Broussard and G LIE.
blanc north of said road, land be.
longs to Elias Spell. P Foreman and
3 Foreman. continuing east on lines
Of sec 5 & g., in I 10, SIR 3 East (;
lands south of said road belonging
to Lalande and others. north by L
Williams, colored and others, said
road beng now at the northwest
corner Of land of ] B%oudreaux,
thence south on dividing line of J
B%oudreaux and A Breaux to SW
corner same tract ; thence east On
dividing line of J Boudreaux and
others, being north Of said road,
Mrs Bansept, Fl Libersat and Hyp
L6ge north. We came to Sc corner
of the lands Of j Boudreaux, thence
south On dividing lines Of Hyp Lege
and Theogene Meaux to bayou Yer.
million road.
Your committee laid this road out
to he forty feet wide, taking twenty
feet each side the line, and to be
open as soon as necessary, there are
some that should be open as soon as
possible. We were asked no DANA.
ges, we assessed none, trusting this
may meet the approval of your Hon.
body, and be established as n public
road, as we have tried to comply
with onr oaths in laying out same.
Fl Hoffpanir, Geo HAYES, Joseph
Foreman, Albert Morgan, Thomas
Hoffpaair and Preston Spell.
Filed July ~, 'S6.
l.. G. Lyons, clerk.
On motion Of I j Morgan. re-
solved that the Police Juror of each
ward is authorized to contract with
a mechanic to assist sn%perintend and
lay OF work fer such bridges as NAV
he necessary id their respective
wards, provided such BRIDGES are
not less than twenty feet IN length.
Jury then took a recess until half
past ! O'clock, and nee at half pas
| o'clock, same members present.
The Jury then proceeded with
their work examining assessment
lists:
? Gneydan complained Of his
lands beng appraised too high :
Whereupon the Jury allowed said
Gucydan to make a new assessment
designating his marsh land from
the high land, by the effect of which
the estimation placed on his lands
was reduced in the following parti.
cular. Low or marsh lands at 50 C
high land at 81 90,
The Jury then adjourned until
tomorrow at 9 o'clock.
Tuesday. July 13, 1886.
Jury met pursuant to adjournment.
Same members present..
On motion of w l. Vanslyke, re.
solved that it shall be unlawful for
any person Or persons to travel on
the bridge across the bayou Yer.
million at the town of Abbeville, on
horseback Or in any kind of vehicle
in a gait faster than a walk. and fur.
ther that it shall be unlawful for any
person Or persons to drive more
than ten head of cattle or horses
over said bridge at M time /; that
all persons violating said ordinance
shall pay a fine OF twenty-five dol
lars to be recovered before any
court of competent jurisdiction, and
in default OF payment Of said fine
and costs to be imprisoned in the
parish Jail for not less than ten nor
more than fifty days, at the discre.
ton of the court. And further that
it shall be the duty of the bridge
keeper to keep a list of the persons
violating this ordinance and to re
port them to tie district attorney
the first and third Mondays of every
month. with the number of times
and respective dates when said oydi-
nance was violated by each respec-
lively and the names Of witnesses to
each violation. And it shall be the
duty Of the district attorney upon
the receipt of said list to proceed i'm.
mediately by suit to recover the fines
so incurred in the name of the parish
Of Vermiiion, that all former ordin.
ances and resolutions in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed. this