The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1889-04-20

Proceedings Of the Police Jury

OPELOUsAS, April 8ih, 1889.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjourn
ment. ~,
burn. p. Robin, Il. 8. Barry, l.. j. DosSman. 5
Haas, c. 7. Bihm. IL. Duro and T. stage.
On motion of Mr.. Dossman the minutes vi The
last meeting were adopted as rcad
A communication from the Farmers CMion
relative to taking the sense of the voters OF 3'i
ward rs TO whether hogs should be alloWoi 10
roam at large or not was recflTe @ we IA a9@ ta, TP""
Mr.. f. c. Milburn paid in for chas Laheuf;
constable 5th ward, 50 for hogs taken Up, ana
for Chas. stagg, for unbranded stock sod S' Ss2
On motion OF Mr.. Mburn, Messrs. ID. i. sal
zan. j. W. Bailey and Preston King were ap-
pointed a committee to ascertain what repairs
are necessary to be made to the draW,nrlGg9 s :59
across bayou Courtableau at Tay ylor's ferry, anG
to let the same out at public auction 10 lhe low
est bidder after duo notice.
On motion of DR.. Barry, the petltl9n to op,i open
the road near Flmain Jacobs and jim Black
well, was laid on the table until next regular
meeting. . ,
citizens of Cany Creek, asking for change of
road leading from GOdwin'5 Hill 10 parish iuS,
via ]. L. Perrodin's, As follows, VIZ: 10 lcaV"
the present road about hall mile east OF Ptr-
robins house. and run as direct aS The SITUATION
will permit, to the new bridge a.CAD}
Creek, thence west along or near an oid r"aQ
about half Il mile and interaect the present loa't
near PerrOain's hog pen.
same was granted, prov ided such change lee
made in accordance with section "f fohn or
dlnancc. ..... - -,-
committee appointed to lay out public road
i from mouth OF Jesse Malbroux's lane, on road
| from Washington to Vile Plate between lands
| of Sam Haas, Madison Fontenot, and Ernest
Vidrine and thence again by lands OF sam t1aits
until it comes to the lane near the place knoWn
the John Devle place anu tlen lntePsefI to
Vile Plate be accepted, committee d!scharged'
! and the road aforesaid be and is hereby declar-
| ed public road. ;,
Messrs. Lee McNicholl, C, D, Stewart, V. Bour-
din and Carl Wolff were appointed commlttee
! to examine the draW-bridge over bayou Gour-
! tableau at Washington, ascertain It's coaaltlon
as also that Of the Tenders OF said bridge anu re-
port at the next regular meeting.
On motion of Mr.. Fl. Durio, the road Inspec'
tor was instructed to cause any and all obstruc-
| tions to the drainage of the public road at Lon
| Pitre to be removed. $50
The committee appointed to lay out a PUBLIC
road in Pot Cove reported that they had laid
out said road thus Starting from Mrs Paulln
/ Hawkins, running north between Daniel HaW-
] kins and Daniel Webster, thence between the
lands of Lewis Rene and Augustin Lede and
| Dorsin Durousseau, and Camel Colbert and Au-
gustin Ledee, thence between Mrs. j. i. Gall-
bert and Sosthene Durousseau, thence between
Mrs. j. B. Gaubert and Emile Gauhert, thence
between Theodule Gaubert and Emile Gaubert,
thence southeast between Luclen Durousseau
and Emile Gaubert, thence between Edmond
Gustave Morain and Adelin Leieune, thence
between Adelln Lejeune and Cleophas Gaubert
thence between the lands OF sam Haas ana
Francois Birotte, thence between Iheodule
Charles and Francois Birotte, thence between
E. Latreyte and Pierre DurOusseau. thence be-
tween Pierre Durousseau and Louis Esprit,
thence to intersect the old public road at Veto
rim Lemelle's following the old road to the NAL
let bridge; from thence between the s. W. La
Land co. and Sosthene Lavergne, thence be-
tween land of ]. A. MeClelland and 8. ". La.
Land Co.. thence between land of ]. A. McCIel-
land and Therence johnson, thence running
south between land of J. A. McClelLand and
| Leon Pitre, thence running east between the
land Of Leon Pitre and Paulin Carriere to inter
sect the public road leading from Opelousas 10
Prud hOmme City.
the committee discharged, and the road as laid
out declared to be public road:
On motion of Mr. Bihm the petition from CIT
izens of the 18th ward relative TO hogs running
at large, --as laid on the table.
On motion of Mr.. Robin, the report OIL tne
Parish Surveyor relative to relocating public
road between the lands OF trozard CastlN anu
meeting on account OF the absence OF the F'}f
ish Surveyor. -......,.,
Messrs. J. o. Chachere, Homer Durio, Diome
Durio and Andre P. August as a committee tC
J view out change in the public road from the
west end Of the Greenwood lane on the souti
side to MaIyeaus bridge, so as if possible tt
make said road run on the line between tht
lands of II. l.. Garland and estate of Peter Mar
cy and Malyeau, said change TO DC MAI" ar
Ill cOrGiing to Sec. 9 of Road Ordinance.
III On motion of Mr.. Dossman, Be it resolved
that whereas Act A Of the General z Assembly
Il ssion of 1877. provides: W :,
That in all civil cases in ahleh Jnry may D, d
the party praying for theMury to deposit Will
the Clerk Of the Court tVelye dollars as jury
costs and no jury shall be ordered in any clVl
= case unless the said cost is paid; provided Una
in cases in which the Judge ex-oiiieio shall or
der jury in civil case. the plaintih shall ad
vance and pay to the Clerk the jury costs o
, twelve dollars which shall finally be taxed a
costs against the party cast in the suit. In cas-
the plaintiff does not advance the cost so ordel
= of the court and should he fail to advance tn
9 said costs by the next term of court, the Judg
!, shall dismiss the case as IN case OF non suit
, the close of each jury term OF the DISTRICT Couf
the Clerk 5ball pay over the total civil jury "a
4 for the term to the Parish Treasurer; and thl
a fund shall be expended for no other purpos
> than that for which it was deposited; ; provldec
II nothing herein shall be so construed as to II
: 1uire by any party payment OF such jury cost
= more than once.
3 As am aware that such cases were tried .
n the last term OF the civil court, have asked ta
, Parish Treasurer and he informs me that Il
u such money has been deposited with him.
@ be it resolved, that compittee OF three be a
q pointed by the President to wait upon the Cier
Of the District Court aud see how much OF sue
!, money he has collected, and turn same over
ia the Parish Treasurer. And be it further /
>, solved that every three months the Clerk
the District Court be ordered to hle stat
it lnent of such money turned over to the Paris
treasurer, with the Clerk OF the Police Jur
and the same be spread on the minutes,
lt Whereupon the chair appointed MessPs Dos
t. man, Haas and Robin on said COMMITTEES;
y On motion of Mr.. Haas, be it resolved, IN
i the President be and is hereby authorized
J. employ a surveyor to locate all lands belonglI
TO the parish of st. Landry lying in and ne5
theitown of Opelousas.
% On motion the Police Jury took recess un'