The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1889-04-26
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ELLY Il. DgEs. pE. Tax ColIestor..

On motion of T. j. Carroll the report oil
the treasurer and tax collector Wa'
received and adopted, and THAI the war.
rants redeemed by said Teasurer-RmOunt
ing to twenty two thousand four hundred
and eleven and sixty seven One-hundTedthl
dOllars-be destroyed.
The proposition No. / of Messrs. Graz
d Hardy was read and referred to tht
committee on poor farm.
On motion the Board now took recess
uutil two o'clock p. m
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment, members present as before.
The communication of Mr.. Nicholas
Quincy, secretary of the Soldiers Home o.
Louisiana, was read and laid over unit
ten o'clock tomorrow morning
Petition of MessTs. LigLtneF & Welty
Of Iowa City, for an extension of public
road, leaving the old road from Lake
Charles at or near Mr.. Gardeners residence
leading to Iowa City, be granted, and thai
|, r, WelEy, W. StockWell, L. Tumble,
W. Jones, Clark johnson, d. COrbello be
appointed as commissioners to lay out said
road and report at the next meeting oi
this body.
Petition of citizens from first ward oi
Calcasieu parish respectfully asks that &
public road may be established to COnneGi
the following points, viz : Starting at the
southwest corner of section lS, township
No. 7, range 8, west, and thence running
east along the section line to the inteEsec
tiOn Of the road from Prairie Swallow tC
Jennings, near the French camp, being ID
distance about three miles, and that youl
honorable body will be pleased to appoint
commissioners to lay out said road
Referred back for further instructions.
The petition of residents OF ward three
for road in sections ~ and 2s in township
0, s., range 7, W, is respectfully returned
10 petitioners, for further instructions.
The petition of citizens OF the eighth
ward asking that the road intersecIing
and leaving Bear Head road at s. J. Per
kins' residence, running east to residenc6
of I. A. Perkins, TO the junction Of Beck
worth creek and Hickory branch, be
referred back to petitioners for further
instructions.
The petition Of citizens Of sixth ward
asking for road, leaving West Lake
Charles, and cross Houston TO Bryant and
Stark's Ferry, be referred back 10 petition,
ers for further Instructions.
The petition of citizens Of ward six, ask
ing for road leaving the public road from
Lake Charles to Slay dens place, thence
on 10 Stark's Ferry, be referred to the
petitioners for further instructions.
The petition Of citizsna Of ward five, fOI
Eoad leaving Edgerly station 70 bridges On
Houston river and on TO Merryyille, be
referred back TO petitioners for flrthel
instructions.
The petition of r. s. stoddaFd, f. g,
James and 4. Williams for public road, ID
referred back to above petitioners for fur
tler instructions,
The report Of commissioners on road
CON mmencipg at LoEraine's mill to interseci
Lake Charles and Welsh public road, be
referred back to the commissioners for fur,
ther instructions
The petition Of citizens Of ward three,
asking for q change of road, leading to
Hickory Flat, be referred TO petitioners fot
further Instructions.
on motion the board adjourned uatil
tomorrow morning az nine o'clock 3. N,
Approved, ApoLPH MEYER,
President Police Jury.
Attest, DosIrE VINCENT, Clerk.
LAKE CHARLES, April II, 1889,
The Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Present A Meyer, president, and MessEs.
Emile Butler, d D Andrus, Charles
Miller, Reese Perkins, H. ] Carroll, Levi
"a Miller and I A Perkins.
The minutes Of yesterday we're read and
approved,
10 tie president and members OF the
Police Jury Of Celeasieu parish
We the undersigned Committee sp-
pointed at your last regular meeting 70
draw up suitable Road Law for the par
ISL AZ CalcRsieu herewith submit the same.
Respectfully,
w A MiiI.ER,
b. b. ASpRUs,
ApoIFH MEgEn