The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-07-30


ALEXANDRIA, La, |
July 22nd, 1890. !
The Police Jury met pursuant TO
adjournment. Present: c. J. Bar
stow, President; and Messrs. Bar
ron, Flower, Lawrence, Randolph,
Swami, j. W. Texada and L. NJ.
Texada.
The minutes of yesterday were
read and approved.
Mr.. VIM. Polk, Jr., having been
appointed d member Of the Police
Jury for Lamourie Ward, presented
his credentials and took his seat.
On motion of Mr.. L. NJ. Texada !:
Resolved, That the sum of $3.50,
or as much thereof as may be neces-
sary, be appropriated out Of the
bridge fund Of 1890 for repairing
the bridge across Bayou Verron, and
that I. L. Bedside, Tom Cleveland
and Robert Runk'es be appointed
commissioners to let out and receive
the same according to law.
Mr.. Flower called for the yeas and
nays on the above resolution. Yeas,
l.. NJ. Texada, j. W. Texada,
Swami, Barron, Lawrence and Ran
dolph, 6. Nays, Flower and Polk,
2. The resolution was adopted.
On motion Of Mr.. j. W. Texada :
Resolved, That the sum of $3.50,
or as much thereof as may be neces-
sary, be appropriated out of the
bridge fund of 1890, for building
Texada's bridge over Bayou Ra-
pides, and that NJ. j. Dunnam, j. A.
Cruikshank, and 2. j. Sleet be ap-
pointed commissioners to let out and
receive the same according to law.
On motion of Mr.. Flower:
Resolved, That the sum Of $25
be appropriated out of the pauper
fund of 1890, for the relief OF
Lucinda Lynch, an INDECENT person,
and that Jno. G. Ryan be appointed
her disbursing agent.
The committee appointed to ex-
anime into contagious diseases pre-
vsiling among animals in the Parish,
was received and accepted, and tue
committee discharged.
Ou motion Of Mr.. Polk:
Resolved, That committee Of
six freeholders be appointed to lay
off q road in place of the one nov
INSTRUCTED by improvements of The
I. &, p. Il. R. leading from Lamou'
rie to Lecompte. That the said jury
of freehoIdcrs be composed of D. C.
Clark, James Hardy, R. II. Smith
G. w. Gaiennie, c. H.. Hardy ano
IL. W. Murdoch. That said jury
lay off and assess all damages sus.
tanned by parties in laying off afore
said road. Said road TO commence
at the intersection of land owned by
Fred Pueh, Z. V. Weems and til.
7. & p. r. r. {; said road to continue
in the line between said Pugh ant
Weems to Hardy street, or 10 wider
and fill road at Browns brick xii,
continuing the old road.
On motion of Mr.. Flower:
I, Be it ordained, That there shall
be, and is hereby, established ant
created in and for the Parish Of Ra
pides, a stock sanitary commission
for the purpose Of preventing TIT
spread Of contagious and infec
tious diseases among stock.
The said commission shall be com
posed of eight members, to be ap
pointed by this jury. Their term o
Office shall continue at the dissentio!
OF this jury, and any three Of whom
shall form quorum.
/ These said members shall be lega
voters of the Parish, and shall b.
qualified by taking an oath to per
form the duties incumbent upol
them under this ordinance.
The duties of said commission
shall be to enquire into and ascer
tain the existence of any contagiou
or infectious disease among an,
stock in this parish, and when sucl
fact after careful enquiry, mad
through experts if necessary is ascer
tanned to exist, then the said com
mission shall take such measures a
in their discretion may be neoessar,
to prevent the spread Of the diseas
either by having the infected ani
NAL isolated, or killed, as the cas-
may be, and to take and use al
proper means for disinfecting TIL,
locality where such infection may b,
discovered to exist. And in cas-
any damage may accrue to any indi
vidual, then the said commissio,
shall assess and certify the same t,
this jury; provided that in all cases
where 1t may be necessary to xii
or destroy any animal the cash valu,
Of the same shall first be ascerlsjnet