St. Landry democrat., 1889-12-21

st meeting were adopted '!S rtlu'
ootion of Mr. Dossman, BE 1t resolved
s petition from the citizt Ms OF vile
4latiye to the division Of the Twelfth
4 Ward be indefinitely laid on the table.
,erenpon Mr.. Haas moved to amend hy lay
ID It over until next regular meeting.
mendmcut earned
m motion Of Mr. Robin the report OF the
z1aTniltec appointed to ascertain the proha-
costs to repair Robins bridge was Iald
mill next regular meeting.
otien Of Mr. Mllburn, BE it resolved
he case No. lll6, State OF La. vs..
iarrigues ct al. it appearing that a
a. Sned by Mr.. Nicholson had been tor
5f,itaa~and sufficient reason having been given
20 the Jury to satisfy them that the security
&qht to he released from said bond, ana upon
Recommendation of the District Attorney,
accordingly released from the same upon
Il the legal costs and commission.
motion of Mr.. Dossman, BE it resolved
ne petition Of Augusto Fontenot relative
.,oa of road leading from Vile Plate to
atioic church at Chataignier be grant
divided said change be made according
tion of road ordinance, under the SUI
sion of Hebrard Vidrine, ID. p. Laticur
II j. b. S. Manuel, committee.
W On motion of Mr. Robin, the report OF the
committee appointed to sell contract to build
the bridge over Bayou Fuselier at Arnaud-
vile was accepted and committee discharged,
and that twenty,seven dollars and fifty cents
ternal improvement funds OF lo9O to REIN
Nurse the corporation OF Arnaudvil!e for mon
les disbursed in payment of extra work on
said bridge.
Mr.. Mlburn moved to reconsider the rcso-
Iutiou passed at the last meeting relative to
forbidding hogs from roaming at large in all
that territory lying between the bayons Wa&la
and Cecodrie, from the Avoyellcs liue to
Washington. Carried.
On motion Of Mir. Milburn, BE it resolved
Il L. H.. ~, i
from roaming at large beyond the woods, i'll
all that portion of country lying on east side
of bayan Bpuf from the Avoyelles line TO the
road leading from Drbuissons bridge 10 Will
sons mill Oh tue west bank, and from the said
parish line to the Bi, Cane road the east
bank; and be it furthe resolved that all hogs
be and are hereby prohibited from roaming
at large in all than portion Of country lying
between Gaiiher's lower Inc bayou Courta-
bleau and bayou Little Waxia.
On motion Of Mr. Ward, the name Of Bazile
Matte was placed upon the INDECENT list
On motion of Mr. Stage, Be it resolved that
j.. O. Robertson be aud is hereby appointed
keeper of the Washington iron bridge, his dGl-
ties to be the same as heretofore, except that
he must keep bolts and rods tight, his com
pensation to he the same as here toiore, dating
from the 18th of December, 1889.
On motion of DR. Barry, BE it resolved that
the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, or as much
thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby
appropriated ont of any funds on hand TO pay
Jurors and witnesses at the last term of court.
Mr.. Nj. LaZaro paid i'll thirty-one dollars Tor
sale of unbranded stock.
On motion Of Mr. Bihm, the name OF Mrs.
Pierre Godeau was placed upon the INDECENT
list.
On motion, a.recess was taken until 3 p. IN.
EVENING SESSION.
Present: E. NJ. BUagni President, j.. E.
Milburn, q. L. Bhm, T. Stagg, c. w Ward,
L. J. Dossman, II Dnrio, p. Robin and Sam
Haas. DR.. Barry having been excused by the
ChafS
On Motion, tile petition OF the citizens of
bayou Marie Croqnant relative to hogs roam
. ing at large was laid on the table until the
next regular meeting, IN
On motion Of Mr.. Durio, Be it resolved that
whereas, it is a well known fact that on ac-
count of the trial Of what was known as the
Ceulee Croche regulator cases, that nearly
tle whole time of the District Attorney has
been taken up in tile trial of said cases. labor
ing frequently until II hate hour at night and
whereas, said cases necessarily prevented him
from attending, as he could otherwise have
done, to the other criminal cases, be it re-
solved that the sum of two hundred and fifty
dollars be appropriated as extra compensa-
ton to the said John n Ogden, District AT
torney Whereupon motion of Dir. Ward, the
same was laid on the table.
On motion of Mr.. Robin, BE it resolved that
q committee OF four from this parish be APP
DOIilhGu 10 HUI With ~ HhG CDHliiitLtb 10 DG up
pointed by the Police Jury of st. Martin par
ish to divide the lumber of the old bridge
over bayou Euselier at ArDaudIile. Com
mittee: luna Hebert, u. ID. Sicily, Joseph
Wyble and Joseph MGche the said committee
to use ST. Landry's part OF the lumber in re.
pairing bridges on their respective roads
On motion of Mr.. Dnrio, BE it resolved that
The petition of the citizfSS Of Bellevue rela-
tive to hogs roaming af large he laid over
until next regular meeting.
On motion of Mr. Robin, Messrs. P. Robin,
SxIanace Mcbride, Ozeme Moreau and A. I.
Castillo were appointed committee to aseer-
tain the costs of building a bridge across bal
YOU Teche near its junction with bayou Cour-
tableau and to consider the feasibility of
moving Lamorandier's bridge over said bayou
and laying out a new road to avoid the swamp
through which the present road runs.
On motion Of Mr. Dnrio, Messrs. e. NJ. Boa
pni. Chas. Barkhardt and A, Nalin were ap-
Dointed committee to ascertain tho costs to
rebuild the bridge over tho Little Teche
known as the Jonbert bridge aud to report at
the next regular meeting.
On motion, Be it resolved that the sum OF
Twenty-Five dollars, or as much thereof as
may be necessary, be appropriated out of the
internal improvement funds OF 1890 to repair
the Callahan bridge, under the supervision OF
Mr.. III. Dufio.
the sum Of seventy-fye dollars, or as much
thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby
appropriated out OF the internal improvement
fund Of 1890, to reaair Coulons bridge over
bayou Teehe, under the supervision OF N. G.,
Deyilliers w T.. johnson and Il. NJ. Boagni,
and said committee be authorized to sell the
contract to the lowest bidder, supervise the
werk aud receive the same when completed.
On motion of Mr.. Milburn, BE it resolved
that the sum Of sixty dollars, or a. much
thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated
ont of tie internal Improvement fund OF $780,
l.,tyi how RknrI
70 Big Cane village. and That 1fessrs B. s.
Haw, j. G. Nannoy and IL w Lowry be APP
pointed committee to let out the contract,
supervise the work and report the same to
this body
On motion OF Mr.. Haas, Be it resolved that
tile sum Of seventy-iye dollars, or as much
thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby
appropriated out Of the internal Improvement
fund of 1880, TO build a bridge over Gully ba-
you and also repair The bridge OH the road
from Pine Prairie to Beaver Creek, n portion
of which having been bnrned-under The sn.
peryision oil VIM. Clark Justin johnson aud
Austin Campbell, said committee to sell con-
tract to the lowest bidder.
On motion Of Mr. Haas it was resolved that
the following is the estimate exhibiting the
various items Of expenditures necessary for
the service of the year 1890, and that the said
estimate be published for t30) thirty days be-
fore the amount Of tie tax be fixed and de-
fermined as the law directs:
Officers and mem Uers. (. 900 90
Public Printing. .-.......4.-.... 40 90
Magistrates and Constables 1900 90
District Attorney ...........-..... GOO 90
SheriHTs criminal salary 800 90
Jail .......-. 2, 600 90
District Court witnesses ........-.. 1900 90
Grand and Petit Jurors ........-. 500 90
internal improvements G.....----. l0,500 90
Existing Debt 5000 90
Outstanding witness certificates. ~. 1000 90
Contingent tx penses. :. ...........- ], $50 90
Assessor Observation-Disclosures 1870 90