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Thibodaux. La Dec 80, 1882.
To the President and Members of the Police
jury:
The undersigned commissioners of Drain
age District Ne , have the honor to report
that they have lately had the drainage canal
~ the bed of bayou Terre na1,na dsepened
nd thoroughly cleaned az far as the upper
line Of Weeds Bros plantation, which was
thou. hit to i've sufficient for present purposes.
They ais" havs had II ditch cut rom the
canal in tho Old bed of bryeu Terrebonne. i'll
the west side of ths town limits and of the
railroad so as to thoroughly open Il passage
from all surplus rainfall that may TAXA place
iii that part sf the Drainage District. ysur
commissioners think that some other work
hat may he properly done. tie Drainage OF
the district they have in charge will be Ell
cient an.. Thorough.
The work which they have done has hceu
accomplished at lay of four hundred
and forty nine and 7S-iC0 dollars (Si491S)
wages paid to labsrers.
Respectfully submitted,
o. NAQUIN.
p. f. BkAUD.
JOHN MCCULLA.
A letter from the United States Surveyor
General relative to tive parish maps was read
and laid ever Tor future action.
The following repsrt of the Grand Jury
wa. read aud ordered spread upon the mi
nutes:
To the Honorable Walter Guion Juds. Of
the 2ch. Judicial District Court pre-
siding at the December term 1889. there
of in and for the Parish of Latourche:
We. YOUR grand Jurors duly impanelletl
and sworn in and for the body of the Parish
"l Laiourche for the present term Of said
court beg leave to report:
That we diligently examined into srch al
! legged, III fractions as came or were brought
| to oul know led ge. and have presented such
/ bills as the evidence justified.
| We have examined and inspected the par
! ish Jail and found the same in good order and
neatly kept But we were panied to find
contined therein some unfortunate human
beings bersft of reason and whose proper
place should be in an asylum where their
malady could receive proper treatment and
| their person the required care. One of
| these has been thus confined for want of
| room at the asyl ylum for the insane a.
| Jackson La,
The authorities here have exhausted all
meaus at their command to effect
the transfer but to no avail. While on this
subjec We respectfully urgeiupsn eur legis-
| laters the pressing need Of early and effect
i've measures to relieve the apparently in
crcasing class Of unfortunate human beings,
to the and that net only their diseases may
receive prompt treatment and probable cure
but that the suffering attendant on their
helpless and wretched condition may be al.
leviated.
We have examined the various public
sffices and have found them in their usua
good order aud we'll kept.
Our attention was called in the Record
sr's office to an old riokety table used fsI
putting books on by persons using them
The table is old and rough, with unevsI
boards that wear the books covering in con
tact with them, and we respectfully sugges,
to the Police Jury the proprioty Of chang
ing said table by suite Bile enc.
We have carefully investigated the roper
Of the Parish Treasurer and found same cor
rect
We find from an examination OF the book
Of the School Board that the session q
schools. Throughout the parish has been long
er than in previous years. The school
have beeu kept open for five months in th
year
Reports are, that tho roads are in goo
order throughout the parish but this is du
mainly to the fine weather by which tn
present season was blessed.