The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-28
Police Jury Proceedings.

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of Vermilion met this day at the court
house, in the town of AbbeVille, in reg
ular session. Present j. T. Brons-
sard, President, and Messrs. Leblanc,
Morgan, Bartels and Hoffpauir. Alb
sent Eldredge and Conerly.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were approved after due reading.
By Mr.. Morgan, Be it resolved, that
should the Iberia and Vermilion Rail
Road Company or its assigns build,
construct and put in operation a line of
rail road extending from the town of
New Iberia to the town of AbbeVihe IN
the parish of Vermilion, we the Police
Jury acting in and for the parish afore-
said convened ip regular session do
hereby agree to exempt said road, de-
pots ard rolling stock or its assigns
from taxation for a period of ten years
from the time said roaa shall enter the
parish of Vermilion. Seconded by Mr..
Bartels and adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Bartels, be it re-
solved, that the road overseers of the
18th and 7th road districts of the 7th
Wlrd. to wit Messrs. H. j. Stanrbury
and Fernest Hebert, be and they are
hereby ordered to work the roads in
the 7th district eff said ward in con-
junction until the roads have been
placed in as good condition as the reads
are in the said 4th district when they
may then work their separate roads.
Seconded by Mr.. Hoffpaulr and adopt
ed.
The following road report was re-
ceived, to wit ard on motion of MIR.
Hoffpauir seconded by Mr.. Bartels, the
same was declared a public road, and
Messrs. Willie Swain and Clairville
Broussard, road overseers be and are
hereby ordered to work and put in
good condition said road. Adopted.
State of Louisiana,
Parish of Vermllion.
We. j. G.. White, j A. Broussard, Arthur
fYrahan. Gebuin Trahan, P. N. Broussard
j. G. Wiley do solemnly swearthatW We Will
lay out the road now directed to be laid
out by the Police Jury of the Parish OF
Vermilion, to the greatest case n adyan-
tage of the Inhabitants, and with as little
prejudice to enclosures as may be-Wlth-
out favor or affection, malice. or hatred
and to the best of our skill and abilities.
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we win truly assess all damagest to propri-
et0rs, caused by said road, to the best of
our Judgment and ability.
J.. C. White, J. Alcide Broussard, Arthur
Trahnn, p. Numa Broussard, Joseph q.
Trahan, J. G. Wiley.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
28th day of July, 1891. G. LABAgyE,
Justice of the Peace.
REPORT.
We, the undersigned Juryof Freeholders
Of the Parish of Vermilion, duly appointed
by the Police Jury of said parish to trace
and lay ont a public road leading from
the northeast corner of NJ. V. Lampman's
land to interseet with public road leading
to Grosse-Isle Gap on the section line dlyI-
ding the lands of the following prdprie-
tors, to wit
Lampman and w. A. White, then be-
tween the lands of Columbus Trahan and
the Whites tract; then between the lands
of Basile Br0ussard and Joseph Horace,
Louis Reeves, j. G. Wiley and Woodson
Mitchell to intersect the Grosse-Isle Gap
road having been notified7of u appoint
ment and of the time and place of meeting
by the person first named in said order of
appointment and having seyerally taken
and subscribed the foregoing oath, and
having given notice to each and every one
of The aforesaid propTietors IN writing, at
least three days previous, of the time and
place Of meeting and of the intended
laying out of said road throughthe lands
of said proprietors, which notices were
duly served on said proprietors, did meet
on the 30th day of July 1891, at James q.
Wiley's, the place designated IN said no.
tees, and did then and there, in presence
of the following named of said proprie-
ii. Y. Lampman, A. W. Richardson, J.
G. Wiley, Columbus Trahan, Louis
Reeves and Joseph Horace proceed to
trace and lay out said public road, as fol
lows I:
Beginning at the northeast corner of the
lands of NJ. v. Lampman running south
to intersect the road leading to Grosse-
Isle Gap and running thence on the sec
tion line dividing the lands of the parties
named, for the distance of u and one
fourth mile, taking a strip of twenty feet
wide off the land of each one along their
common boundary line, which boundary
was mutually agreed upon and shown us
by said proprietors, and by them designa-