The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-09-07

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The following report were read
LAKE CHARLES, La, Aug. 30, l8SS.
10 the Hon. President and members Of
the Police Jury, Parish of Calcasiau.
Your committee appointed To secure
right Of way from Lake Charles To
Oars Ferry by the way of Moores
Ferry across English Bayou. respeet-
fully recommend.
lat. That your committee be author
lied to lay out d highway as nearly
direct as practicable from G0ssport To
sMoore's Ferry, and thence to Cars
Ferry; sixty feet wide.
2nd. That when said comnittea have
secured good title To all lands included
in said highway and the same has been
approved BY the President OF your Hon.
Bopy then authority be given TO con-
strnot a bridge across English Bayou at
said Moore Ferry.
3rd, We further recommend that
when said public road shall be secured
and made practicable for use, all other
public roads leading from IAo0sp0rt to
Cars Ferry be abandoned.
Respectfully submitted
S. a.. KNAPP
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On motion the above report was
on motion j, w, Rosteet .. W. Bryan
| and w. N. Nelson was added to the
committee to lay out the Public road ia
accordance with above report
On motion five hundred was appro-
priated to build bridge on English Ba-
you at moores old ferry said appropfia-
| tion to be paid out Of the funds Of 1888
| Communication from DE A. If Perkins
Jr were read, and on motion was laid
over until our next meeting.
the following Resolution was offered
and read
Resoiped; That the District Attorney,
of this District, is hereby most respect
| fully requested, by the Police Jury Of
the Parish Of Calcasieu, TO institute,
and vigorously prosecute by iniorma-
| tion or otherwise, all road 0yerseeTs III
| the Parish of Oalcasieu who fail to dis
charge their duties according To law;
and to prosecute any and all persons
| who may violate the Road law by plAc-
| ing obstruetions across the Public
Roads or otherwise.
BE Il further fesolped That whenever
| it shall come to the knowledge of tho
President of the Police Jury by reliable
| information, that any Public road, IN
said Parish, has been obRtructed, or
changed, Without any order from the
| Police Jury, that it shall be his duty to
notify said Persons in writing to remove
said distractions within q reasonable
| time, and in the event they shall fail TO
do SO, then IL shall be his duty to insti- y
tute such proceedings in the name Of
the President of the Police Jury to
cause the removal of said distractions,
and recover such fine and forfeiture
from the Defendents as are authorized
by the laws Of the State of Louisiana.
On motion the above Resolution was
adopted
| ON motion the sheriff was authorized
to employ jaller at the sum OF forty
dollars per month
The Police Jury in Body visited the
| Parish Jail, and find that the Jail need
some minor repairs such as new hand
rail, and also the yard be cleaned out OF
all RUBBISH and Vegetation, and the
sheriff is hereby authorized 70 have
said work done
On motion ii was resolved That the
sheriff be instructed to employ prisoners
sentenced to parish PRISON as he may
see fit and best in accordance with act
101 nf 1899