St. Landry democrat., 1886-05-15
Proceedings of the Police Jury

! The Police Jury met pursuant to adjourn
! memt. Present:
Messrs. Albert Guidry. Presidents A. Perro-
! din. d. P. Saizan. f. Dubuisson. Sam Haas, l..
| Young 7. e. Chachere a,ld B. E. Clark.
Mr.. G. c. Duson being present made verbal
| report, OH behalf OF the committee appointed
| on the 24tn of March, 1886, to advertise plans,
specifications, etc. and call for bids for rebuild
| ing the Courthouse at Opeiousas. He inform
| ed the Jury that the committee had executed
! its commission by causing proper advertise
ment to be inserted in the Opelo,lsas papers
and III the TimeS-DemOcrat and Picayune OF
New Orleans, calling for bids. plans and specl-
! fications, etc, and that several bidders were
/! present.
| The Clerk OF the Jury also handed in two
bids received by him through the mail.
Before proceeding 10 the consideration of the
bids Henry L. Garland, Esq, on behalf of the
town of Opelousas appeared before the jury
and after informing 1t that the town OF Opeou-
sas had levied specaltaX OF . per cent upon
| the property taxpayers OF the town. placed the
| fo. lowing document III possession of the Jury,
| viz.
| OPELoUsas. La, May LIST. 1886
| The town OF OpelonSas having levied upon
| tee property taxpayers OF the town Il special
| tax of t25) two and one half per cent TO aid in
rebuilding the Court House, which tax is
| pected to realize the sum OF $4,000 Eight Thous-
and Dollars, the undersigned bind and obligate
| themselves that said sun: OF Eight Thousand
Dollars shall be realized for said purpose, and
shall be on hand in cash. subj let to the order
| of the Police Jury for said purpose, upon the
| completion Of the Court House:
| Fl. T.. Garland. Joseph Lassalle.
| J. Meyers & Co, f. ID. Estilette.
Vincent B0agn, d. RooS.
G. MOrnhinyeg, Sr.. E.. Dietleln.
| Remi MornhinveG, &C. Duson.
| Theodore ChacheLe, Leonce SandoZ,
Joseph Bloch, &. W. DuRoy.
James o. Chacnerc Geo w. Hudspeth.
| John N. Ogden, Jos. NJ. Moore.
J. PerrOdin,
The Jury then proceeped to consider the bids,
six i'll number.
Monday and Tuesday. the Sd and 4th of May.
were consumed i'll carefully considering the
bids, plans and specifications.
| The several bidders being repeatedly called
before the Jury, each out of the presence OF the
the Others. and the Jury being i'll executive SEES
SIon
After considering the bids until Tuesday at
p. NJ, upon motion of Louis Young, the plans
and specifications OF Wolters HarrOd, of New
Orleans, were unanimously accepted and adopt
ed by the jury. Whereupon, B. E. Clark NOV
ed that the bid of Harmon & Voss, of Baton
Rouge, to rebuild the Courthouse for the sum
of $20,850-$S, 900 on completion of the building,
and the balance payable i'll two equal annual
| lnstallments,. without interest. from January
| Is, 18s7-be accepted, their bid being the low
est offered Mr.. Clark's resolution was scccnd-
ed by Mr. I. e. Chachere and was adopted
Mr. Louis Young not voting and Mr.. AuSuste
Perr0dln voting no.
1t was further resolved that in order to de
fray the expense OF rebuilding the Courthouse
there is appropriated out of the internal i'm
proyement fund and out OF any other fund III
sum of 81, $50. of which &c. 425 is to he paid out
of the budget of 1887, and a like sum out of the
budget of 13SS-the cash payment to he made
by the fund to he raised by the town of Opel
ousas which is to he placed at the disposal of
the Police Jury when needed.
1t was further resolved that Hon. A. Guidry
President OF the Jury, be authorized and in
strncted to enter into n contract with Harmon
& Noss in behalf of this body, according to the
pans and specifications adopted for the re-
building of the Courthouse, subject to the mod
itcatons of the original plan stipulated and
and agreed to by the Jury and said Harmon
d VOss.
1t was further resolved that the committee
appointed by this body on the oath OF March,
1886. to advertise for plans and specifications,
be now appointed building committee, to SIT
perVlse the erection of the Courthouse accord
ing to contract. Hon. Geo. w. Hndspeth hav-
ing expressed the desire to be relived, Mr.. Jos.
Bloch was substituted in his place, and Mr. A.
Guidry having also desired to be relieved, Mr..
Augslste PerrOdin was substituted in his place
on said committee. Said committee is now
composed as follows, viz: c. G. DusOn, James
o. Chachere Joseph Bloch Auguste Perrodin, |
Hon. e. S. FOntenot, Joseph FrOzard, T. G. |
Chachere, E. Dubuisson and Frank Wharton.
The Police jury adjourned until Wednes-
day the 5th, at $3.50 a. m
ALBERT GUIDRY.
Attest President.
p. j. LEFEBvRE, Clerk