The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-10-04

lheV are approved ana payment fccoHi-
meIded when they comply with the law.
Respectfully Submitted.
FRANK CERISfIEN.
JNG. s.. SEELI,
z. BAhILLEAUX
Which on Icing approved By the Jury, Mr..
Seeiy offered the following resolution:
Resolved. that the sum Of ($i032.79; one
thousand and thirty two 1900 dollars be and
is hereby appropriated out of their proper
funds to pay tie within claims.
And same was duly adopted by the follow
ing vote.
leas-Grisamore. Seelv, Lepine, Bourgeois,
Barrilleaux, Ayo, PARA, Christen. Lerille
and Claude.
NavS-None.
Mr, Claude presented the following report
on the part o1 the Committee on Drainage.
Thibodaux La. Sept. %, 1890
To the Police Jury.
Gentiemen-1our Committee on Drainage
have carefully examined aud compared the
report 81 Treasurer on the Drainage Fund OF
tie parish. and found same 10 be a correct
statement OF what il purports; and they
Therefore return same only approved.
Respectfully Submitted
l.. +. GAUDE
H.. ago.
!. B. BOURGEOIS
Committee ON Drainage.
Mr.. PARA. on tile part of the Road and
LbSGt 1DnlilIlttt ptGstlbtu lEc oiio WIZ
report. Carried
Thibodaux. La. Sept 90, 1890.
To the Police Jury
Geutlelnen-Your Committee on Roads aud
Levees to whom the communication of Sidney
+. Lewis. Esq, asst state engineer was re
ferreG. be- leave to report that they recon-
NERD that the president uf this Board. shall
insist upou the dangerous points in the levees
# ,l.E lmt district al rIiS .EI t. - 4, l. -
proper attentions of the State Board OF En-
gineers, in due proportion of the Ievee tax
paid into the treasury by the people of this
parish.
That the people of the lower %portions of
this parish paying levee taxes are clearly en-
titled TO le wees for the protection of their
lands from overflow and that the people OF
This parish will not consent to the expendI-
tire OF the entire money of their respective
levee districts for the repair of the river lev
ecs and none 10 the bayOu ievets on their
fronts. in other v ords they cannot. apprecia
ting any difference between overflow from
the river and overflow from the bayou.
! Your committee would call the attention of
the commissioners OF the levee funds of the
Lottery Company TO the above mentioned
letter of the asst state engineer and urge
them to attend to the repair of the threaten
ing ievees in their said respective districts
and also warn them if possible to reserve "a
SNI1lcitflJ atloHHt Oh ihelE ln1uS IUr Use dur
ing the next high water season.
Respectfully Submitted
+. p. PARA,
l.. +. GAUDE.
The president at this time called I'D the
unfinished business. and the matter of deter
mining upon and laying out of a public road
from Baton Pilon, Choctaw and Cotear I;ou
dreanX ridges to Bayou Lafeurche. Where
uron Mr. Seely seconded by Mr.. Ayo, offered
! the following resolution. Carried.
Whereas the jury Of treaIolders appointed
10 locate a public r0ad from tile settlements
on Baton Pilon, Bayou Choctaw and Cotear
Boudreaux have failed to accomplish the
! work assigned to them,
BE- il resolved. That another Jury of : free
holders he appointed TO locate q public road
from aforesaid Cnt~aux and report to this
jury at liz neAt session.
The president appointed the following nam
ed tree ii0iners 10 compose The above com
mittce. 10 vii. Trasimond Robertson, Loviu-
~ itodrigu ne. SymphOrs Rodrigle, Urban
Presteubach l.. rrosclair. Sylvere Morvant,
and Brace Griffin
On motion duly made and carried the clerk
of this Jury was required 10 attend sub.com-
mittee ut free holders Tor the purpose of
qualifying them and also to prepare the pro-
cess verbal oil their finding.