The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-04-24
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! Police Jury met at the Court Hous,
| in the town of Lake Charles, La, OF
this l4th day of April, A. ID. 1886
pursuant to adjournment, this beiug
the regular meeting. The roll being
called, the following named member
answered to their names ]. w. Bryan
President; ID. ID. Andrus, James Cole
/ Dempsy lies, VIM. Vincent and Isaat
Nichols. Absent: ]. 7. Hewitt ant
/ D. A. Lyons.
/ Minutes of last meeting were reat
and approved.
Report of ID. ID. Andrus, in relation
to the building of the bridge across
Bayou Iaeasine, WAS received, reac
and adopted, and the claim Of G. d
Welsh for building the same, amount
ling to the sum of 1927 80, is hereby
approved.
Report of Isaac Nichols, in relation
to the building of the bridges across
Trout Greek and Clear Greek, was re
ceived, read and adopted, and the
claim of j. M. Nichols for building
said bridges, amounting to the sum OF
$50, is hereby approved.
Petition of Lock, Moore & Co., and
others, asking for a public road from
West Lake Charles to Vincent Settle.
ment, said petitioners also asking for
an appropriation to build bridge
across Bayon Dinde, was received,
read and referred to the committee on
roads and bridges.
Petition of Olan Read and others,
asking that the public road be changed
so as to pass around the field of said
0lan Read, was received, read and re-
ferred to the same committee.
Petition of ]. w. Moore, J. NJ. Dear
and Others, asking that the road lead
ing from Sugartown to Leesville be
changed so as TO run on the west side
Henry lies place, as far as George
Thiellman's land, thence on the line
dividing the land of said Thiollman
and Hes, was received, read and re-
ferred TO the committee on roads and
bridges.
Petition of citizens Of the seventh
ward asking for an appropriation to
build bridge across Barnes creek at
Jesse Lyles', was received, read and
referred to the committee on appro:
priations.
Petition of citizens of the first ward
asking to have the road from Oakliu-
Springs to the Hickory Flat road
changed so as to cross at new bridge
lately built across Bayou Blue was re-
ceived and read. Also, another petit
ton Directing TO said change, was
also read and referred to the commit
tee on roads and bridges.
Petition of John Landry in relation
to road business, was received, read
and referred TO the committee on APP
preparations.
Petition of w. j. Slaydon and 9th
ers asking to have a public road laid
out from the ford in Big Indian Bayou
to Slaydon's mill was received, read
and referred to the committee on
roads and bridges.
Petition of James Cavanaugh and
Others asking to have a public road
laid out from the northwest corner of
Jack Harris field to Loretta was re-
ceiyed, read and referred to the com
mittee on roads and bridges.
the report Of the committee APP
pointed at the last meeting of this
body to lay out public road from Jen-
nings to Dennis Miller's ferry, was re-
ceived and read, and said road, as laid
ont by said committee, is hereby de-
clared to be apublic road, and Ephraim
Crouk is hereby appointed as overaeer
on said road.
Committee appointed at a previous
meeting of this board to lay out
public road from near Lastie Rooms
to the Cameron line, was received and
read, and said road as laid Quits here
by declared public road, and Frank
Ledonx is hereby appointed as over
seer thereon, and all that portion of
said report relating to tho appropria-
tion for said road is hereby referred
to the committee on appropriations.
VIM. Vincent offered the following
resolution:
Be IL resolved, That committee of
three be appointed to investigate the
Jail, and see where the fault is in re-
gard to prisoners escaping therefrom.
Adopted