The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-03-09
Town Council.
ARREyJIIE. la. Feby 10. 1896

Mr.. Coastal. Reading of the minutes of
previous meeting was dispensed with.
The Mayor stated the objects of the
meeting to be, first, to amend the Ii
cense law adopted Jany. IA, 1889; and
secondly, to consider and act upon pc
titions of citizens asking that the cor
porate limits of the town be extended
and enlarged so as to include certain
territory as set forth in said petitions.
On motion Of Mr.. Wall, duly second
ell, resolved that section 4 OF the Lii
cense Ordinance of the town OF Able
vile, adopted January IA, 1889, be
amended by adding thereto, the follow
ing: That for every business of bar
room, cotfee-house, beer saloon, drink
ing saloon, liquor house, grog-shop II
any place where any distilled, vim
tous, malt or mixed liquors or any kind
of intoxicating liquor is sold the license
shall be basedon the gross annual re-
ceipts of said business, as follows
Class l. When said gross annual re-
+ceipts are more than $4,000 the license
shall be seventy-five dollars. $500.
Glass 2. When said gross annual re-
ccipts are $4,000 or less, the license
| shall be fifty dollars. $4,000.
The following petitions N'ere pre-
sented and read:
Petition of property taxpayers of town
of Abbeville.
To the Hon. Mayor and Aldermen of
the town of Abbeville.
The petition Of the undersigned prop
erty taxpayers of the said town of Alb
beyille with much respect represents:
LIST. That they represent at least
one-third of the property Taxpayers OF
said town; and that it is their desire to
take advantage of the provisions of
section one OF act number ITO Of the
General Assembly of Louisiana, APP
proved April 10, 1880; providing for
the amendment of charters of cities sand
towns in the State Of Louisiana, to
amend section n of the charter Of the
said town of Abbeville, as amended by
act number 179 Of the General Assem-
: bly, of the State Of Louisiana, approved
March Is, 1855.
Cd. Petitioners desiring to extend
the corporate limits of the town Of Alb
beville ask that said section me of the
said charter 'as amended" be further
amended so as to read as follows:
"Commencing at a point on the
"Bayou Vermilion at the mouth of the
'%'coulee between the land of Walter A.
"White and VIM D. White, thence fol-
Glowing said coulee to the south line of
Gland belonging to W. W. Edwards,
"thence in an easterly direction on the
Cline between the land of ". w. Ed
"wards and Mrs. II. B. Lyons, thence
ION line dividing the land of ". W.
Edwards and Mrs. Widow CRevis and
'sheirs, thence on line between land OF
wv. W. Edwards and Mrs. widow Che
Evils and heirs'to a road now open be-
''tween the land OF Mrs. widow Cheyis
"and A. /. Leblanc and others, thence
Gin a southerly direction. Oh said road
''to the public road leading east from
"Abbeyille, thence across said public
'Eroad to the road now leading to Cald-
"well's brick yard, thence on said road
ITO the corner, thence across the land
''of j. M. BeauXis, thence across the
Gland of F. f. Young to the northeast
"corner of land belonging to iastle
''Broussard, thence between LANDS 81 \
&c. Maxwell and Lastie Brou>saI&.
thence between lands of III X Robinson
"and A G Navel, thence between land
"Wilson Melton and Wm T Area,
Athence across land Of VIM + Area to
1.-THE Usage Orange hedge, thence in a
"westerly direction following the line
''of said Usage Orange hedge to the
"public road leading south from Able
''ville, thence across said public road to
"the Usage Orange hedge, thence fol-
Glowing said Usage Orange hedge to
...the Bayou Nermilion, at a cypress
"tree now on the line between the lands
''of Smedes & Lege aud VIM L Area,
"thence in q northerly direction along
"said Bayou Vermilion to the point OF
"~beginning."
Sd They further show that a special
election should be held to take the
sense of the qualified electors Of the
said town Of Abbeyille whether said
amendment should be adopted or not.
4th. Your petitioners therefore pray
that their demands be considered, that
a special election be ordered in confor-
nance with said act No. ITO, approved
April 10, 1880, and as prayed for by
your petitioners and that notice be pub
lished as required by said act.
G Godchaux, SEVERN Leblanc, Ophelias
Bourque, NC Young. JOS Abadie. p d
Dupuy. Numa Frederick. Albert d La.
berde, tn Dutel, George w Caldwell, D
w Wall, F Melebeck, Jacob J Isaacs, l
Leotaud. David Beer, II Mestaycr, Geo w
Petty, AL NJ Mehault, J Boyance, E Ira.
han n AZ Ivnor 6 Tah1ano Geo =
Lyons. Severien Primeaux, Geo w Sum
mers. L C Lyons, Alcide Leblanc, Henry
L%eguennec, Eraste Mouton, Dnpre Blan-
J N Beauxis, Ernest Lyons: Ulysse Aba.