St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-05-16
OPELOUSAS, LA. SATURDAY, MAY l6, 1891. SUBS
SUBSCRIPTION, 50 A YEAR.
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Proceedings Of the Police jury.

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Proceedings Of the Police jury.
May l1th, 1891.
: M The police jury met pursuant to adjourn
! ment Present, e. M. Boagni, president,
i Messrs- Durio, Hans, Stagg, Bihm, Robin,
Dossman and Barry. 4
/ On motion of DR. Barry, the minutes of
q last regular meeting OF date April 18th and
II special meeting of April 18th, were adopt-
I ed az read. g "a. isss5ss 80
Parish surveyor Littell submitted L.
port relative to railroad lands, with legal
opinion to the effect that the lands con-
4 firmed by the q. 8. government to the Tex
as and Pacific railroad company, are sub
/ iect to taxation whereupon, ON motion of
Mr.. Robin, the report was accepted, and
the sheriff was instructed to proceed and
collect the taxes on said lands for the years
/ 1883, 1889, 1890
4 DR.. ]. O. Ray, chairman of the sanitary
i committee, reported in behalf of said COM
mittee, that all necessary precautions had
1 been taken. and that at present there are
but two cases Of smallpox on Camp Ham
4 ilton plantation, and that the arrange
ments originally entered into by the presi-
dent of the police jury have been contin-
ued without change; whereupon, on mo-
| ton of Mr.. Bihm, the report was received.
! On motion of Mr.. Bihm, be it resolved,
that the report of the commissioners of
election relative to hogs roaming at large
| from the line OF Acadia parish to the line
| of 7th ward, be accepted; and that from
| and after the first day of January, 1892,
| hogs be permitted to roam at large in the
above described limits.
Dr.. r. Mayer, in behalf of the committee
appointed at the March meeting, 1891, rel
ative to building bridge over bayou Petit
Prairie. reported that it would require $500
to build said bridge. On motion Of Mr..
Haas, action on said report was deferred
until the member from thenward was pres
ent
On motion of Mr.. Robin, be it resolved
that the report of committee appointed to
lay out public road between lands of Mi
chel Robin, Autile Lalonde and Alexis
Moreau, the said road cutting Moreau's
land on the north, be accepted, and COM
mittee discharged, and said road be declar-
ed public road, provided same be done
according to section OF road ordinance.
Mr.. Stagg in the chair. On motion of
Mr.. Boagni, be it resolved, that the tax col
lector be and he is hereby authorized to
refund taxes to T. C. Gibbons on $1670 er-
roneously assessed on oil mill at Washing
ton; and further, that the said tax collec-
tor be authorized to reduce the taxes of
VIM. Ghaffe Il Bro. on their two-thirds of
the said oil mill, to $500, the difference
having been enormously assessed.
On motion of M. Bilim. be il resolved
that committee of six, composed of Ar
thur Pitre, Albert Andrepont, John Dero-
sier, Damon Bertrand, Paul Foster and
Ducoudrai Dupre, be appointed to lay out
public road leading from the Mallet road
at a noint hetween Elanfis f,f Y Rourrlin
and John Boone deceaaed. thence runninp
north until It infersects the nnhlic road in |
prairie Ronde at point between lands of |
Theogene Bertrand and Ducoudrai Dupre
lar meeting. -
On motion Of Dr. Barry he II resnlvad I
that on account nf tha scarcity ~ hay,fla ~ |
road from Peaks north line K, Dimmick'sI
south line, that Numa Richard and Albert |
Richard he transferred from their resnect-i
i've roads to said road s.
On motion of DR.. Barry. be it resolved.
that an appropriation ST $12 out of the in. in.
he and i bereby appronr;ateG s Is ted to % h hni,i
bridges on road dividing ST. Landry from
Acadia, under the supervision of the road
oyerseers.
On motion IL NJ. R;l,nn IA fts sesi,l
tf1at the petition from lie 81 pfis
RE Faauetaiune.. relative tp anpoint5ng 4 |
comn,ifAe al freeholders Ia lav nI1t 4 road
leading from Prud' 'homme' q bridge to point
aI,-Pin al the southeast corner rf lands of
Martin in rarron, @ sr at his residence ] = and % nm
ninp northeast to ioin the 3road from Prud- I
honime's bridge to coulee Joseph Young in I
Far,sefaiaue. and to i0iir said road At some
point south Of the fork Of road rlnningl
from Prnd d,hOmme to bavou des Cannes. he /
and IL ihdefiniteIv laid on fIe table
On motion Of MI. Gtaeg. the netition i
from the nitizens Of COurtableau relative
to chance az road from Taylnr,s bridge to
Teche, was laid ON the table subject to call.
On i,rtion Of Mr. Stapp. he n resolved.
that the report Of the COMMITTEES appointed
to sell contract to rebuild bridge over the I
BAYOU near Octave Fontenot's in Grand I
Prairie, be accepted, committee discharge
ed. and Mr.. /. Il Lafieur be ordered credi-
ted with the sum of $1195O out Of the 5th +
ward.
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