The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1890-05-17
Proceedings oG tEae Police .gysry.

itEL0I1AH, .LaF I9tH, 1tTn.
The Police Jury met pur,nG.r t. 2tjauru
Present: +. II. Boagn, ,5r2si7tnt :. IF&a. i
StagE L. J: Dossman, G. u ward. e.. I. I:'f:'
7. Robin, L. c. MilhuYn
On motion Of ?. StaSs TIE niiiu!&s - a.
meeting was corrected SO q t. rGaG Jnu1 Il
Humble road ovor3eer from Washington bldg:
TO the Lunc4on Of Bayou Bnuf ana Coy9sr!c
and i. NJ. Moore from tbs junction I Ij#yu9
BHuf and C0c9drie to HuGBpGth bridge.
On motion of P, Robin fhe minutes II l.,
last meeting we're adopted rs ameada:
On motion OF Mr.. stag. BE 1t resolved illu
the petition OF the citizcns o. the second p0:icy
Jury Ward relative to laying out q Kew r0&a
+ be laid over until the next csulaH melti4&.
On motion OF c. ". Ward, BE il resolved that
Il. ). Barry, Adolpli Guitiry, Wnl. Miller lua
Auguste Roger, be and arc hereby appointed s
committee 10 investigate into the trouble %
tllat part OF the road starting from Chas AIislt
to Bayou Carancro aud frnorY at the next
regular meeting.
On mot on OF G. I. Bihtn. BE it resolved tI.a5
McsSr3. j. p Gnidry, JOS. BeauE, .r., J. K. Ne,
] Alllland, Lastic Lavcrgne and S0slhenc BOarQuc
i'e and are hereby appointed 4 committee to
view ont change of public road staring from
Sosthene BouIquc 10 The pa ish line uf Acadia,
so as to run as follows viz Commencing from
Sosthcnc BCurQue'6 TO iNtc}s1ct the fa2d fran.
De |. Il. Shutc's To parish line, ant report Al
the next regular meeting.
On motion Of Capt. Haas, E;. II resolved thai
the report OF the committee appointed III t1H
April meeting T. view cut . public read irarl
thc east side of Bayou Cncodrie to u certain
point aud theme" up the east side Of Elm El.
Non to tIegles .uc, TO intersect tie main pub
nc road leading from Griffith bridge to IIaaR-
'ilie, he accepted and committee discharged.
On motion oi c. I. Bihn, Eo it resolved ,Iat
Messrs. l.. ". Cbilds Placifa Blanchard, 4 r.
DeieaH, Leon SOuuier and Adll1n Guiflrv he
and are hereby appointed committee to view
OUT public road, beginning at the public road
a. the north east corner Of the LAND of Guilds
Chits and TLeodule Thibodeau, thence nortl-
east between lands Of A. Richard aud Ile0dule
lhlDodeau, thence west un section line be
tween laDda Of C. Richar4 aud- a. Richard.
SlalDorne Blr0tte a1d Dr.. z. /, Young, Laari0
Richard and Leon GCnnler, thence north tJl-
lowing the parish line TO the north east c0rnar
8f the parish Of Acadia, thence west following
sat1 parish limo to the public road near .Irs J
B. Young, and report at thu next regular
meeting
On motion OF Capt, as, Be Il resolved that
the report OF the commit Q appointed 10 ex-
anime the bridge at Bayou Petite PaG5e. aud
to have the necessary repairs made. be az ,ept-
ed committee discharged: and the following
lumber s6;s5: Edmond Joubert work SIS: Paul
Stage spikes 90 cents, payable out OF internal
improvement funds OF 1880.
On motion OF Capt Haas, BE Il resolved that
the report OF the committee to view out a pub
lie road from or near George ". KelIy-'s to pub.
lie road leading from Bayou ChiCot TO Eola at
OF near o, c. Griffith, be accepted, committee
discharged and the same DECLARED public road
as laid out. Ana be it further resolved that Il
committee OF seven composed OF GeS5rG. Elmu3
Campbell, James West, Eli Clark, Austin Camp
bell, Wm Clark John G, Smith and o. c. Crit.
It'll be and are hereby appointed TO ascertain
Nhdt damages, il anJ, tj caused TO Ny. apalguts
BY the opening Of said road.
On motion OF L. j Dossnlan, BE il resolved
that the report OF the committee appointed 10
sell contract to repair bridge OH the road from
Nezpique via Perrodn to paEieI line, and ou
road from Prairie Gully Saw Mil via john
Bond TO Calcasieu line be accepted, committee
discharged and AIr j. L. Stanley contra ,t0r,
be credited with the sum OF 5000 CUT Of tie
internal Improvement funds Of 1880
On motion the Jury took q recess uutll
o'clock p, IN.
EVENING SESSION.
The Police Jury met ut O'clock p. ii.
Present: f, NJ. Eoagni, President; 2. Haas,
Stagg, +. c. Milburn aud P. Robin.
On motion of C. W. Ward, Be it resolved that
whereas the recent overflow has washed away
large amount of fencing leaving many 1ields
exposed or partly so, and whereas the season
is far advanced and many persons are unable
to construct new fences and especially such
fence rs would protect their crops from being
destroyed by hogs.
Now therefore be il resolved that from and
after this date, until the lst of November 1890,
all hogs arc prohibited from roaming at large
in all that section lying between the Bavot;s
WaXia and Courtableau, from the junction Of
said bayous to direct line drawn from Gantt's
upper line on Bayou WaXa 10 Chevis's lower
line on Bayou Courtableau
Paul Stagg, chairman OF til" C6nmIttc, ap.
pointed TO employ counsel to defend the sui OF
DR.. Vincent Boagn ". T, NJ Boagni, Fresi.
dent, ct ais, No, 14,623, reports that the com
mittee have employed Thomas Ii Lewis, Esq,
to defend said suit, aud that they have con-
tracted to pay him a certain fee OF seventy-tive
dollars ana one hundred dollars adctltloual,
contingent upon the suit being successfully de-
Tended, and he further reports that ho made a
tender to DR.. Boagni OF the balance due him
according to the statement handed him by the
Clerk of the Police Jury after Geductln; the
$500 as per resolution of the Police jury.
On motion OF E. &. 1iilburn, the report Tas
accepted and the committee discharged.
Yearly Statement Of the Treasurer OF st, T.ar-
dry parish for the year ending the 3l8t IF
March, 1890: