The Opelousas courier., 1886-12-18
Proceedings OF the Police Jury.

OPELousAs, La, Dee. 18th, 1886.
The Police jury met pursuant to adjourn
mept Present Messrs. A. Guidry. A. Fer
rodip, D. P Saizap, and 8. Haas.
No business transacted. Adjourned TIL
Tuesday, the i4th, at 10 a. m.
TUESDAY. Dee. l4th, 1886.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjourn
,ueut. Present Mcssrs. Albert Gudry, a.
PeFrodin, E. Dubuisson and Sam Haas.
The reading OF tue minutes of the last
meeting was Dispensed with
On the petition OF the residents OF Vile
Plate aud Mameutb for the rebuilding OF the
bridge known as Morein bridge, Mess"s I
Correil, Oin Vidrine, Robert Tate, A. j.
Thompson aud Joseph Tate, were appointed
a committee to ascertain tue cost to oulld
said bridge aud report.
petition from residents of GrJud Coteau
and vici ity. was read, asking for public
road starting irom VerluillioD crossing Tor
Gross Bayou, aud runniu. west us far as the
public road leading from Mrs. Mcpherson to
J. e. Spyrer, when ON motion Messrs Andeol
Landry, FRANCOIS Savoe, ii. y. Meehe, David
Mache, Adolphe Sicily, Felix Miller and
Joseph Mouton, were appointed to lay OUT
tue road as prayed for aud report.
The com mittee appointed to sell the cop
tract to build the bridge over Beaver Creek,
Oh road FROM Piue Prairie, reported that tue
contract was sold according to Jaw TO W. w.
Oueal for the sum of One Hundred Dollars,
Ul,i
theui when OH motion tue report was accept
ed, the amount ordered placed to the credit
of W. W. Oueal and the committee DIS
charged.
The committee appointed to sell the con,
tract to keep a free" ferry across Bayou
Crocodile on tue Viiis Plate and Ena road,
reported that they sold he contrant til a. y.
Suddrih for tue sun uf $25. 90, T~enty'Five
Dollars per month, said contract to last until
cancelled by the Police jury. The ferry IS to
he free to the public from the hour al 4 a M,
to 8 p. M, during the summer mouths, ahd
from q a. VI. to p. NJ. during tue Wintef
months. After said huurs the keeper Is au'
thorized to charge u moderate fare to cross.
On mutton it was resolved, That au appro'
nriatiou Of S220 90, Two Hundred and Twenty
Dollars is hereby made to defras tue ex'
penses of w. c. Satterly, appointed as cadet
to the Louisiana State Unlverslt, ut tsatob
Rouge, for the session 1867. to be pad QUE
of funds not otherwise appropriated
Mr.. Pintard Williams was appointed ROAD
oye seer on road from corporation line to
soutl, Ine r. B. Blanks.
Mussrs d. Duplecha.u, Sr., Pierre Guillory
ThGpdat Fonteaot, Oval Soiieau aud Loule
Young were appointed COMMITTEES to ascef
taji, the cost to build bridge over bayol
Neg Piaus on, road fra,n Mamuuth to sarisi
line via Willis Toung'e saw mill mud report.
t,n motion il was resUlyed. That Aioer'
Ap,ttus. read ogcrseer on the road froiu Eisi'
Plate TO Lut2's, il Instructed not 70 Close "
allea to be slosed, the old road, before th.
nsw read near Vidrtne is put i'll good travsi
ing condition, aud that the bridge on satt
road be also put IN gnod enndition.
Messrs. w "A. Robertson, Leon Wolf. Il. !
Wilkins, Isaac Eayes aud Charles Autohio
were appeiuted n raniuittee to select loea
siot Tor q draw bridge over Bayou Courta
blean ut Washington, aud ascertain the cos
of building said bridge
Messrs Frauk Wharton, Benz. Wall, W. "
Maddox, Dave Bass aud B, G. Conuan wer
appointed u committee to ascertain tue cos
e., repair the bridge over Bayou Crocouii
near Griffin.
Messrs Chas DnssinaB, Chas. Iaiiuan. y q
Barnase. Geo. n. Singleton autl Frank Whai
ton were appointed COMMITTEES, 10 ascertai
the Gust 10 build IL bridge over Bsyon Crnc'
die on the road FROM Vile Pais to Eoia.
Messrs G. G. Dusou. j. .. Chachere, Marti
Carrou. Wm D9jean aud DIR. Theogene Ch;
ciier6 we're appointed u cou,mit tee to appo
lion the remainder of the 9Th Police Jury tut
tie 7th aud lst Police jury ward. and also II
!, port to which magistrate wards said appo
tloglneuis have been attached,
On motion it WAS resolved. That Tue toiioV
ips is the estimate exhibiting the yariot
items of OK penditures necessary Tor the Sc
! vices Of the year 1887, and that the said est
mate be published for 1907 thirty days betol
the amount OF the tax be fixed aud dete
lniued as the law requires: 10000