The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-12-18

District No. 8:
Balance rs rer last report al 81
Rec. from Tax Collector 03
Loss commission OOA 02A l4l "a
District No. 9:
Balance "a per last:repOrt 1l2 81
Rec. from Tax Collector 70
Less commission o. So ll3 90
Rec. from Tax Collector Il
Less commission 80 3 80
Total $2222 IS
To Drainage Tax Of 1886 rs per
Assessment Roll 2295 81
Less amount collected 1910
Balance S22l6 Al.
Respectfully Submitted.
r. SAMOAN
Parish Treasurer
Thibodaux, La Dec. 18th. 1886
The Road and Levee inspectors of Districts
Nos. !, 2 and ; submitted their re ports the
same were received aud action thereon post
poned until tomorrow. s3
The President submitted certain circular
letters to him addressed viz:
One from Gov. s ID. McEnery requesting
that the july pass an ordinance to carrv into
ACC <ACV wv III atDitN ia u uJy Ctus xC0U,
Apother from VIM. H. Harris, Commission
er of Immigration requesting the appointment
by the President of a Committee on Informa-
ton, to whom may be referred local questions
of persons who desire to settle IN tits parish.
Another from D. +. Boyd. President of
Louisiana State University and A. and NJ.
College. calling the attention tt the Jury, to
the fact that 'The Legislature has recently
empowered the Police Jnries Of the several
Parishes to send one Cadet from each Parish,
and the City Council Of New Orleans to send
one Cadet from each Representative Wards
of that City, making a total of seventy-fve
State Cadet'. to he maintained wholly at the
expense Of the Parishes and City of New Or
leans, provided the annual expense per Cadet
to Parish and City does not exceed $3.50. 90
No action was taken on the said circular
letters.
The following petition from Chief OF 'rhibo-
daux Fire Department was received and ac-
ton thereon postponed until tomorrow.
Office Of Fire Department, of the Town OF
ThihOdaux.
Thibodaux, Louisiana. Dec. 6, 1886.
To the Police Jury of the Parish of Lafourche /:
| have the honor OF presenting to you the
following preamble and resolution adopted
by the Fire Department of Tlibcdaux ut a
session held on Tuesday, November rs, 1886,
and to ask you favorable consideration Of
the same.
utTCAS tHc L lis Vi IsdluuTcut Is III DOS
session If valuable property located in the
Town of ThibOdaux, from which that corpo-
ration receives no taxes. and which is liable
to be injured or destroyed by fire, at any
time.
Be it resolved, That the Chief Engineer Of
this Department be authorized to call upon
the Police Jury Of the Parish of LafOurcbe
and solicit a donation from that body towards
deiraying the ordinary expenses of said Fire
Department..
l have the honor to remain. Respectfully,
w. G. Raglan,
Chief Engineer, Thibodaux Fire Department.
The following report of Drainage Commits.
siOners of Dist. No.. 9 was received und ap-
proved.
Thibodaux, Lafourche, La. Dec. 10, 1886.
To the Police Jury:
| the Board OF Commissioners for Drainage Dis.
tr;ct No. 2 met. in the office of S. L. Grisa
more GU September II. 1885, aud arganized by
the e~iection of J.. &. Brand President, join
McCulla Superintendent, and S. i. Grisamore
Secretary.
The Board then made a personal examina
.. nation Ut the work already done. and decided
to continue the excavation Of Bayou Terre
bonnie with a ditch similar to that already
| made. That is to say II feet wide, with an
I average depth of two feet. until the same
would pass the bridge of the Railroad al
Schreiv er Station.
This mas been done snd il is believed tina,
the surplus waters that may fall in thi.
' Drainage district will have u free and cas-,
+, outlet beyond the point to which the BayoI
I has been excavated.
: We have also had such distractions a. hav,
been formed in the canal heretofore cut, t.
! be removed.
Your commissioners, before continuing an,
| further in the excavation of the Bayou, de
sire to see what effect the work already com.
pleted will have upon the Drainage of tn,
surplua waters hereafter.
Then they will be more able to decide villa
steps may he requisite to take to insure
good and thorough drainage of their District
The cost Of the work that they have ha,
done has been
For cutting and cleaning canal, $3.50
For incidental exp. of commissioners 80
$3.50
Il Your commissioners recommend the nav
ment of the same oat of the Drainage Fun,
to the credit of Drainage District No. 9.
Respectfully Submitted.
JOHN MCCULLA.
OZEME NAQClN,
j. c. BRAUD,
The following report was received
Thibodaux, La. Dec. 10, 1886.
To the Police Jury
The special committee appointed to exam
ire the Treasnrers books, vouchers and re
ports have performed tire duty assigne,
! them.
They have examined vouchers from No.
t" las Intensive, heing all that rave bee
paid from J January l to June 30, 1886.
The vouchers accompany the report.
Respectfully Submitted,
81. GRISAMORE.
]. l.. AUCOIN.
The Jury then adjourned till II o'clock A
NJ. Tomorrow.
II. N. COULON,
= Presiden'
eag A i e