The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1888-05-26
Town Council Proceedings.
ABBEyILLE. Nav 3. 1898.

and aldermen Wise, Mills, Coastal and
Wall.
The minutes of the meetings of the
Council of March 10Th and April 10,
1883, We're read and adopted.
MAYORS CALL.
A%BBEvILLE, May 8. 1883.
To the Board of Aldermen Greeting
You have been called together this
day for the special purpose of taking
under consideration the following:
You are requested to consider the
condition ofour sidewalks, andthe feast
bility of putting them in a better con-
dition also the better preservation of
Madeleine square also to prevent the
throwing of dirt and garbage into the
streets and bitches also to consider
the printing bill OF the corporation of
Abbeville also to take under consider
alton the propriety of obtaining pos
session Of a street on the north bound
airy of the corporation of Abbeville, by
purchase OF otherwise ; also to receive
and consider a communication from the
Fire Company. BY request Of Il Of
the City Council to examine the tax
list imposed by the police jury upon
the corporation of Abbeville.
ELIJAH BOURNE, Mayor.
The claim of ". B. White, secretary.
for assisting in holding the municipal
election, and writing the returns there
of, on April 2, 1888, for $3.50, was al
lowed.
Claim of G. f. Lyons, .jailer for $500,
transferred to L. Leblanc, was allowed.
Claim of S. Wise for 1915 for draft
for the Finance Committee, was allow
ed.
The bond of W. B. White, corpora
ton treasury was presented, read and
approved.
On motion Of Mr.. Wall, resolved that
Mr.. E. |. Addison, proprietor of the
MERIDIoNAL newspaper, be employed
to do the public printing of the town OF
Abbeville, as follows
To print all necessary forms and
blanks, to publish notices required by
said town or the officers thereof, and to
publish the proceedings of the four reg
ular quarterly meetings of the Council,
for the sum of seventy-tive dollars per
year, payable quarterly and he is to
receive the sum of five dollars for pub
fishing the proceedings of each and
every extra or called meeting Of the
council the said proceedings not being
to be published in more than one issue
of said newspaper.
Resolved further, That the Mayor be
authorized to contract with Mr.. f. L.
Ad6iSnn IN that effect
Committee on sidewalks made their
report, which was read and ordered
published.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
AN ORDINANCE to provide for side
walks and banquettes in the town of
Abbeville, Louisiana, regulating the
same and fixing manner of construct
ing same, and how expenses of
making same shalt be borne and
paid.
SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the
Town Council of Abbeville, That aside
walk or banquette, shall be left on each
side of every square in said town, at
least eight feet wide where in the
opinion Of the street and bridge COM
mittee, an eight feet wide sidewalk or
banquette will not materially damage
owner or proprietor of lot or lots on
which said sidewalk OF banquette is to
be made. In case of a disagreement
between said committee and owner or
proprietor of lot or lots on which side
walk or banquette is to be built or re-
paired. In regard to width Of said side
walk or banquette owner or proprietor
may appeal to Town Council whose de
cision shall be final. All sidewalks
shall be bricksd or banquettes shall be
beveled and graded, and curbed on
side next to street with good two inch
plank securely filled and fastened to
post to be sunk in the ground at least
twenty inches below bottom of ditch.
Posts not to be more than eight feet
apart posts to be placed next to the
sidewalks. AL costs CT work done or
material furnished in building or re-
pairing sidewalks or banquettes shall
be equally borne and paid by the town
of Abbeville and owner or proprietor of
lot or lots on which sidewalks or ban
quotes may be built or repaired. Own
er OF proprietor Of lot II lots to have
the privilege Of building or repairing
sidewalks or barpuettes on their lot Or
lots when said owner or proprietor can
or will put said work on b%anquettees in
order at same cost street and bridge
committee can have the work done; in
which case the street and bridge com
ulittee shall draw warrant on the treas
ury Of the town of Abbeville, in favor
Of saidowner or proprietoroncompletion
of work for one-half of costs of work
done and material furnished. That
each and every proprietor or owner
, aforesaid who shall fail or neglect to
! pay his portion of the expenses incurred
in fixing the sidewalks as aforesaid,