The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1886-11-20

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\ south, range four west; thence du'
} east 10 miles to the northeast corne
! of section twenty-seven township eigh
J south, range three, west, to intersec
a road running from Jennings TO Den
mis- Mlllcr's ferry, and we recommend
the following named persons as com
missioners to lay out said road W
II. Simmons, Maurice Bryne, $. @
Davis, Gilbert N. Brown, Frank Lopez
and ]. C.,Bucklin.
Favorably on the report Of ID. A
Cole, Abner Tolbert, ]. B. Gill, +. M
Woodward and J. d. Cole, commits
sioners appointed at previous meet
ing Of this Board to lay out q public
road from near ID. A. Coles reaidence
to the parish line in the direction Of
John Davis mill.
| Unfavorably on petition Of Robert
Doucet, Alexander Buro and others,
asking to have public road laid out
from Welsh Station TO Billiards ferry
on the Darbonne, for the reason that
we deem said road entirely unnecessary
as there are already as many as two
roads running from Welsh in the same
direction. Respect'ly submitted,
JAMES CoLE, Chairman,
ISAAC NICHOLS,
ID. ID. ANDRUs.
The above report was unanimously
adopted.
The Special Committee appointed
at the last meeting Of this Board
to draft resolution setting
forth what shall constitute lawful
fence in this parish, presented the fol-
lowing resolution;
BY virtue Of authority vested in the
Police Jury to pass such ordinances as
they deem necessary, establishing what
shall be lawful fence in the parish bf
Caleasieu therefore, m
Be il resolved, That the following
fences are hereby declared to be law
full fence in the Parish Of Calcasieu |;
/, When constructed of plank or
pieux and barb wire, said fence to be
made of three planks or pieux, not
less than six inches WIDE, aud two
barb wire with post not more than
ten feet apart,
2, When constructed Of barb wire
alone, said fence to consist OF six barb
wire, fastened on posts not more than
ten feet apart,
q Whan anpafpu1taH Of Y,IapE
alone said fence to be made of not
less than six plankssix inches wide,
with posts not MORE than ten feet
apart.
4, When constructed of pieux said
fence to consist of five pieux, with
posts not more than ten feet apart.
5. When constructed of rails said
fence to be not less than five feet high.
Be H. further resolved, That all ordi-
nances or resolutions in conflict here
with are hereby repealed and that this
ordinance shall take effect from and
after the first day of January, 1887.
Read, and laid over until IL o'clock
tomorrow morning.
On motion the following named
persons are hereby placed upon the
pauper list, viz: Malinda Shuff, Mar
tha Jane Foshee and George Hoosier.
Mr.. Vincent offered the following
resolution which, after being read was
referred to the Committee on Finance,
viz:
Whereas, the Assessor, A, L. Reid,
of the parish of Calcasieu, has filed an
unknown tax roll, supposed to be the
lands of unknown owners and
Whereas, we find that said unknown
roll contains the lands Of actual resi-,
dent citizens and tax payers, who were
assessed by the Assessor or his lawful
deputy, and that said lands have been
stricken from the original assessment
list of resident Taxpayers without due
notice and placed on said unknown
roll without due notice to taxpayers
and
Whereas, said unknown roll is crea-
ting considerable annoyance TO the
taxpayers of this parish therefore,
be it
ResOLVed, That the tax collector be
and he is hereby directed aud instruct,
ed not to collect the parish taxes on
said unknown roll.
Mr.. Hewitt in the chair,
j, w. Bryan offered the following !
Whereas, the Finance Committee did
on the 10th day of April, 1885, in
clude in their budget of expenses for
educational purposes So, 10000 t9/be
used in the public schools of this par
ish; therefore,
ResoiOed, That the Parish Treasurer
is hereby authorized and empowered
to apportion said funds among the
edjucable children Of the eight wards
Of Cacasieu parish, under the same
appor.ionment which he is now, or
may hereafter, apportion Stale funds
and funds arising from poll tax.
Resolved, That said funds are to be |
held by the said Treasurer, subject TO
the order Of the Parish School Board |
of Calcasieu parish
Resolved, That the said preamble
and resolutions take effect from and
after their publication,
Above resolution was unanimously
adopted,
The Presidentfn the chair.
Mr. Hewitt offered the following
resolution
Resolved, That DR.. =. ]. Lyons be
and is hereby appointed for one year
as physician to attend all prisoners 10
jail at 40 annual salary of sa25.0e, IN
cluding all drugs used in his praesiee
in the Jail
Bc Il farther rssoiped, That Il case
Of a vacancy the President Of the fps
lice Jury Is hereby authorized % -.
point another physician % serve Hntll
ms noxk taeetihq "a this body.