St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1891-01-24

Whereas It is impossible to arrive a
any certain conclusion upon which sid
would fall the balance, if any, of indebted
ness between the parishes Of st. Landr
and Acadia; and whereas,
All things considered it appears that tn
respective claims of fhe two parishe
each other are about equal under Articl
252 of the constitution OF the State Louis
lana and under Act39 Of the general as
semb1y of 1886 section, Ii, making tn
claim OF one parish fully compensated B.
parish of Acadia has been compelled Will
her small resources to make ali her owr
public improvements at her own expense
and Whereas, the mother parish should
evince just and generous spirit to he
smaller and weaker neighbor; therefore
Be it resolved, That the parish of st
Landry does now withdraw all claim.
against the parish of Acadia for and or
account of the parish debt existing at thu
time of the separation, provided, the
parish of Acadia withdraws all claim upor
the public property and assets belongine
to the parish of St. Landry.
The above resolution was unanimously
| adopted.
It was moved and seconded, that the
secretary furnish copy of these minutes
to the chairman of this commission to be
by him transmitted to the police iury OF
the parish of st. Landry; and that said
secretary retain copy to be by him trans.
m1tted to the police jury of the parish OF
Acadia,-carried.
| It was moved and seconded, that the
police juries of the respective parishes be
requested to approve the action of this
ommission-carried.
| GEO. K. BRADFORD, PAUL SrAeG.
Secretary. Chairman.
On motion of Dr. barry, be it resolved
| that the above report be accepted and com
mittee discharged Voted yea: Barry. Ro-
bin and Stagg. Nay: Bihm and Haas
MI Boagni, president, asked the privil-
ege OF recording his vote, and voted nav.
On motion of Mr.. Stagg, be it resolved
| that the report of Mr. P. King, road over
seer, relative to building bridge and rspair-
ing ieyee on the Fisher front, be accepted
and that Mr.. Kingsbs credited with the
sum OF forty dollars out of the funds of
1890, 9Th ward.
On motion of Mr.. Bihm, the petition of
the citizens of Plaquemine Ridge, relative
to change OF road, was laid on the table
until next regular meeting
On motion of Mr.. Haas, be it resolved
that the report of committee appointed to
sell contract to repair bridge over BAYOU
Nezpique, on road from Vile Platte to
Plne Prairie, be accepted, committee dis
credited with the sum Of 5000 out of funds
OF 1851, half to be charged to sixth ward
and the other half to seventh ward
On motion of Mr.. Haas, be it resolved
that the report of the committee appointed
to sell contract to build bridge over Bay-
ou Chicot be accepted, committee dischar-
ged and that Mr.. Justin Johnson, contrac-
tor, be credited with the sum of of seventy
five dollars out of funds of 1891, 9th ward.
On motion of Mr.. Haas, be it resolved
that the sum of one thousand dollars be
taken from the existing debt and same be
ADDED to the outstanding witnesses certifi-
Gates. ''HA
ROAD ovERsEERs.
From s. Haas store to c. +. Lutz. on road
TO Vile Platte, Louis Sylyestre from rl,me
to Nezpique bridge, on road to- NJ .aoufh,
: usiln Johnson; from same to leyou Tero
bridge, Saml S Walden; from same to
Been-Gheney Springs, via Pine Prairie, Ste |
phen Deville; from BAYOU Toro bridge to
Cocodrie bridge near Griffin place Edward
Me- Donald ;Hfrom gEiffin bridge 10 -Avuy-
elies line W.tsBz 5tewast;; from Belle
ey+spf1hH Hs fsitd ~ EueodraE bridge near /
Science Hih. Jesse King. from Louis Da- !
yille,s place 60 Lloyd bridge sad via Chad
dicks I b singaetarg; from Pine Prairie
Nierre IIdrinG; from Pine Prairie near
small bridge ut or near James Vests, to
Beaver Creea near Phillip Fontenot's, ohm |
.amppelIs from near Cedar Tree via Haas |
q Ciarke,s sawmiH to or near J. w. Leg
getts on Beaver Creek road, w. O. John |
so son I; from Nezpi4ue bridge 1ar Mamouth
u. Goodwin; from Godwin's mill via John
Bonds t. Calcasieu line, Henry Hender-
son; from Phillip Olin Fontenot's on Bea-
yer creek road to or near the old Fish |
place, John Leggett; from Elisha Whit
tington,s place to Keller graveyard, George
". Neal; from Edward Nugent's via Bell
Cheney Springs to John PARROTS, JOS N. |
Johnson; from Callahan gully to Spring
gully on Beaver Creek road near PhilIip |
Oin Fontenot's, Octave L. Fontenot; from
bayou Cocodrie via Black Lake to Ayoy- |
elles parish, Geo. s. Singleton; from Lau-
rent Dossman's s place to bayou Toro bridge, |
Alouis Dossman; from Griffin bridge via |
Carpenters old sawInill to Lloyd bridge |
road, J. 6. slocum from VIM: Foreman's
20 Cocodrie bridge, Geo w. Kelly; from
near James Vests on Black lake to or |
near Lawson place, G. T. Griffith; from |
Lawson's place on Bayou Cocodrie to Fie-I /
sles lane, R. A. sprears.
FOR THE EIGHTH WARD.
Louis M. Bihm from Deiean's bridge and |
Boudreaux south west corner; Allen Nc
Coy from Todd's bridge to parish line; Ad-
oiph Layergne from sDejean's bridge to
alty from Mallet bridge to Thompson; Al
Tide Fontenot fills from Thompson to Bri-
Tard bridge; Belisaife Godeau from Lee
nellie to Martins pasture; Louis F. Rich
lrd from Martin to 'Boudreau's bridge;
Thomas Tweedel from B6udreau's bridge
o ward line; George Bourgeois from Bou-
lreau's bridge to Brooke gully; Mentor
iuillory from eou1ee Joseph Briard to
Iohny Reeds bridge at bayou des Cannes;
Jlger Fusilier from Johny Reeds bridge to
Point Durable; Acduel Veillon from Point
Durable at Nezpiques bridge to Prien Noir's
;ove; Ulysses Manuel from Fruge's lane
tarting at John Duplechains, Choupique,
o Fruges bridge at bayou des Cannes;
1eandre Manuel from Fruge's bridge to
sezpique bridge at Ernest Fruges
Mr. Stage in the chair Messrs Chache-
e, Latreyte and Clements, committee from
he town council, being present. Mr. Cha
here for the committee informed the po-
ice jury that they came from the town
council to reqeust the police jury to assist
he town of Opelousas to sink an artesian
veil and also to grant to the said town the
light to sink said well upon the Courthouse
quare,
On motion OF Mr., Boagni, be it resolved
hat the sum of one thousand dollars, or
IS much thereof as may be necessary, be
md is hereby appropriated out of the
unds not otherwise appropriated of 1891,
o pay one-third of the cost of sinking an
lrtesian well on the Courthouse square in
he town of Opelousas; provided, that in