The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-12-05
Police Jury Proceedings.

ABEEvILLE, LA Nov. TO, 1891.
The Police Jury in1itnd for the parish
of Vermilion met Thu day at the court-
house, in the town of Abbeyille, in reg
ular session. Present: J. T. Brous-
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 8 line of
rail road extending from the town Of
New Iberia to the town of AbbeFille in
the parish of EermiIion, &e the Police
Jury acting in and for the parish afore-
said convened in regular session do
hereby agree to exempt said road, de-
pots and rolling stock o. its assigns
from taxation for a period of ten years
from the time said road shall enter the
parish of Vermilion. Seconded by Mr..
Bartels and adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Bartels, be 1t re-
solved, that the road overseers OF the
4th and 9TH road districts of the It'll
wtrd. to wit: Messrs. ii. j. Stanrbury
and Fernest HILBERT, be and they are
hereby ordered to work the roads IN
the 7th district of said ward IN con-
junction until the reads have been
placed in as good condition as the roads
are in the said 4th district when they
NAV, then work their separate roads.
Seconded by Mr.. HoHpauir and adopt
ed.
The following road report was re-
eeived, to wit and on motion of Mr..
Hof1pauir seconded by Mr.. Bartels, the
same was declared a public road, and
Messrs. Willie Swain and Clairyille
Broussard, road overseers be and are
hereby ordered to work and put III
good condition said road. Adopted.
State of Louisiana,
Parish Of Nermllion.
We. J.. G.. White. J.. A. Broussard, Arthur
Trahan. Gebuin Trahan. p. N. Broussard
q. g. Wiley do solemnly swear that we will
lay out the road now directed to be laid
ont by the Police jury of the Parish OF
Vermilion, to the greatest ease and advan-
tage of the inhabitants, and with as little
prejudice to enclosures as may be-wltll--
ont favor or affection. malice or hatred
aud to the best of our skill and abilities.
So help us God. And furthermore, that
we viii truly assess all damagesto propri-
etors, caused by saidrOad, to the best OF
our Judgment and ability.
J. e. White, j. Alcide Broussard, Arthur
Trahnn, p. Numa Broussard, Joseph q.
1rahan, j; G. Wiley.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
-eeSth day of July, 1891. G. LABAUvE,
Justice Of the Peace.
REPORT.
We, the undersigned Jury of Freeholders
of the Parish Of VermiIion, duly appointed
by the Police jury of said parish to trace
and lay out a public road leading from
the northeast corner of M. Y. Lampman's
land to intersect with public road leading
to Grosse-Isle Gap on the section line diyi-
ding the lands of the following proprIe-
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 RasiIe Breussard and Joseph Horace,
Louis Reeves, j. G. Wiley and Woodson
Mitchell to intersect the GrosseIsle Gap
road having been notified g our appoint
ment and of the time and place of meeting
by the person first named in said order OF
appointment and having severally taken
and subscribed the foregoing oath, n
having given notice to each and every
of the aforesaid proprietors In writing, at
least three days previous, of the time and
place of meeting and Ct the INTENDED i
of sail proprietors, which notices were
duly served on said proprietors, did meet
on the 30th day of July 1891, at James G..
Wiley's, the place designated IN said no.
tices. and did then and there, in presence
of the following named of said propfie-
tors, to wit
NJ. V. Lampman, 4. W. Richardson, ].
G. Wiley, Columbus . Trahan, LOUIS
trace and lay out said public road, as fol-
lows /:
Beginning at the northeast corner of the
lands of NJ. v. Lampman, running south
10 intersect the road leading to Crosse
isle Gap and running thence on tho sec
ton line dividing the lands of the parties
named. for the distance of one and one
fourth mile, taking q 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 propristors, and By them deslgna-