St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1892-09-24
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s Proceedings OF the Police Jury.
e opELoUsAs, La, Sept 18th, 1892.
= The police jury met at 1890 M pursl
e ant to adjournment Present: E NJ Boas
! nj, president Messrs Butler, McGee, Dt
pre-, Fontenot, Courtney, Bergeron, Guidr
: and Clopton
5 On motion of Mr. Clopton, the minutes {
! the last meeting were corrected thus: b
: striking out the words s'road supervisor re
7 ceive," and insert the words ward sha]
expend.' and that with motion of Mr. La
heur liking the maximum compensation @
road supervisors at $3.50, the words ssyotin
IN favor OF Mr. Lafieur's amendment. La
ron, courtney, Fontenot, McGee, Bulle
and GnldTy. The amendment havin,
j been lost be stricken out and the word
4 carried inserted
i On motion of Mr. Courtney, the minutes
be further corrected so as to insert the fol
lowing motion which had been omitted
feDr Clopton moved to reconsider the mo
ton of Mr. Lafeur fixing the maximum
compensation Of road supervisors at $3.50
/ notion was carried. Y
The minutes as corrected were adopted
On motion of Mr. Dupre the law prohib
itlng traction engines from being propelled
along the public roads by steam, be sc
/ amt endmend that the fine be changed from
$25 to $3.50
| On motion of Mr. Dupre be it resolved
that the change of public road in prairie
Ronde made by Mr. Durio be accepted
and the parts SO changed be and is hereby
declared q public road.
The police jury took recess till 3 80 m
The pollok jury met at 8 30 D nj. Present,
pr,a n .411--
Gee, Dupre, Fontenot, Courtney, Bergeron,
Guidry and Clopton.
On motion of McGee, be it resolved that
the parish surveyor be instructed to pro-
eeed as early as possible to survey the pub
lie road from Alfred Jeans to Scott station
road, starting at DIR Boagni's northwest
corner to Mrs Caryille Prejeans northwest
corner, and that the said surveyor be in
strueted to notify in writing all parties
owning lands along said road or through
whose land said road may run; said notice
to be given three DAYS before making the
survey, and shall set forth the time and
place where he will start surveying and
the said surveyor be instructed to draw up
written instrument III whish all owners
of 1auds contiguous to said road or through
whose land said road shall run, will agree
to abide by said survey as establishing ex-
act locality of this road, and the said sur
veyor be instructed to plant or cause to be
planted at every n OF mile a post buried
into the earth which shall designate the
centre of the road; and the surveyor be
further instructed that when he reaches
the land OF Albert Guidry, he run the pub
lie road in the centre of the road as it now
exists on the land of Albert Guidry, it hav-
ing been agreed by Albert Guidry and VIM
G Miller adjoining proprietors that the
public road shall remain as it is at present
and report at the next regular meeting of
the police jury.
On motion Of Mr. Bergeron, committee
of three was appointed to examine the ex-
treasurer's books, the president appointed
Messr5 Bergeron, MeGee and Clopton.
The committee submitted through their
chairman Mr. Bergeron the following re-
port:
Your committee appointed to settle with
ex-treasurer ] Thompson, beg leave to
make the following report 8:
After having examined books and youch-
ers and having found same correct, recon-
mend that the said treasurer j J Thomp-
son be credited with the sum of SI190 47, /
being the full amount of the vouchers ex-
amined,
We further state from the examination |
of the books that Mr. Thompson's receipts
are SS860T 06j
and his credits are i...... 1863 93 I
leaving balance for the parish. .s4737 13
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T. FL. MCGEE,
Committee.
On motion of Mr. Fontenot, the report of
The committee to sell the contract for build-j
ng bridge across bayou Cocodrie at Viii
sons mill be accepted, committee dischar-
sed and 0nezine Laf1eur and Israel Nor
nand be credited with the sum of $425 out
# !, the internal improvement funds of 1892,
On motion of Mr. Dupre, the report OF the
committee appointed TO lay outroad from
cedar Trees via VIM NJ gfark's saw mill to
Leggetts gully at Beaver Creek, was laid
IN the table.
On motion OF Mr. Bergeron, the bond of
ne parish treasurer was fixed at the sum
if twenty-five thousand dollars.
On motion of Mr. Il L Fontenot, be it re- /
oivea that the petition Of Mr. Octave Fon- {
enot be granted and that the right of SER
itude heretofore granted by Mr. Fontenot
Q drain the public road through his prop
rty in Grand Prairie be surrendered and
bandoned by the parish of st. Landry. /
nd that things by restored as if said agree ]
nent had never existed. Ia
Messrs Guidry McGee and Courtney /
aying been appointed avcommittee on Ii
Iains, submitted the following report.
Your committee on claims beg leave to | i
eport that they have examined and found / !
orrect the following claims against the !
arish, to-wit: :
luck Godefroy for catching an un- S c1f
branded animal 80 ...s....... sol /
w Kelley for branding the same I. sol /
dement's & Lewis ms on Courthouse I65 90 / 1
ibbens Il Nicholson lum ber I'd wd IS7 90
g s 5th az 25I q
amuel Haas 8 spades T5 %
q Isl b
'pelousas Courier printing 1000 blks TsIe
Meyers Il Co spikes fst ward IS co :
3 Littell sary'g pub road, carencro Y 0ol a
Ben Andrus 10 90 e