The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1891-11-21
Police Jury Proceedings.
ABEEvILLE, La, Nov. 10, 1891

of Vermilion met this day at the court
house, in the town of Abbeville, in reo.
ular session. Present: j. r. Brons
sard, President, and Messrs. Leblanc
Eldredge, Morgan, Bartels and HoF,
pauir. Absent G. N. Conerly.
The minutes of the previous meetinr
were approved after due reading,
By Mr.. Morgan, Be it resolved, thar
should the iberia and Vermilion Ran
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 AbbeVille in
the parish of Vermilion, we the Police
Jury acting in and for the parish afore-
said convened i'll regular session do
hereby agree to exempt said road, de-
pots and rolling stock or its assigns
from taxation for a period of ten years
from the time said road shall enter tia
parish of Vermilion. Seconded by Nh.
Bartels and adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Bartels, be it re-
solved, that the read overseers of the
4th and 7th read districts of the 7th
W.trd, to wit Messrs. Ell. j. Stanrburv
and Fernest Hebert, be and they are
hereby ordered to work the roads IN
the 7th district of said ward in con-
junction until the roads have been
placed in as good condition as the roads
are in the said 18th district when thev
may then work their separate roads.
Seconded by Mr., Hoffpauir and adopt
ed.
The following road report was re-
ceived, to wit !: and on motion of Mr.
Hoffpauir seconded by Mr.. Bartels, the
same was declared a public road, and
Messrs. Willie Swain and Clairyillo
Broussard, road oVerseers be and are
hereby ordered to work and. put in
good condition said road. Adopted.
lowing to the length of said report tho
same is deferred until next weekly
On motion of Mr.. Hoffpaair seconded
by Mr.. Bartels Mrs. Cyrile Hardy was
allowed the sum of ten dollars as road
damages for cutting her land.
.Resolved, that the Police jury here
by agrees to rent to W. A. White ths
u~noccupied room in the courthouse for
the term Of six menths in and for the
consideration Of two dollars per month,
payable monthly. Adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Bartels, seconded
by Mr.. Morgan, the sum of fifteen dol
lars is hereby appropriated out of the
pauper fund to pay the expenses Of,
purchasing clothing and transporting
Samuel Clark to the Charity Hospital.
lat New Orleans. Said action being
taken IN a petition of citizens of this
parish.
The following reports were then re-
eeived and ordered spread on the min
utes, to wit
ABBEyaLLE, November 10. 1891.
To the President and Members of the
Police Jury for the parish of VerlniliOn.
We, the undersigned finance committees
for your Hon. body. beg leave to report
A. L.. Leblanc, tax collector, and find that
he has collected from September 26th to-
October 3lst inclusive, as follows
On rolls for 1891 $11682T
Credited by a receipt from the Parish
Treasurer dated November 2, 1891.
On general parish tax
$657 81 com 81 50 692 20
School 226 Is com II 80 238 Oh
Courthouse 226 13 com II 90 238 03 116S n
To amt of license returned
from Parish Treasurer for
1891 2145.00 21A5 90
1iSuiuSu Wy ISpotu LOm dIisu
treasurer dated Aug. ~, Ep9l,
$lQ4 com SOL nI0S6
-ea--.
Bal to be acct,d for bE Go > 1854 q
Respectfully yours.
SOLOMON WISE,
IHOS. J. MORGAN
ABBsyILIE, November y, Ivy;
= Po oae ai gnry aSs Verm; lin 4T Parisb = :
GentsvFha f~ollowina Il the financial
standing Of the parish at this date.
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