St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1892-12-03

Poirette's bridge and the petition of tt
e citizens of Joubert's cove praying for
public road were allowed to remain on tf
. table till next meeting owing to Mr. FoI
! tenot's absence.
Mr. McGee in the chair.
On motion of Mr. Boagni, be it resolves
/, that, whereas, there seems to be a widt
! spread dissatisfaction among the people
St Landry with the present system of worl
: ing the public road: and whereas, til
committee appointed by this body to sui
: nit plan of taxation to the electors {
st Landry, to be voted upon on the 8th {
November, 1892, to raise funds to work th
: public roads, have failed to do so; nov
therefore, be it resolved, that the body
! meet as a committee of the whole in
special session to consider and adopt
plan of raising funds to work the publ
roads in lieu of the present system, sal
plan to be submitted to the taxpayers 0
: the parish for acception or rejection, sal,
: meeting to take place on the Wednesda,
Der, 1892, being the 18th day of tha
month
Mr. Boagni in the chair
! On motion of Mr. Guidry the report o
the committee appointed to sell contrac
for building bridge over Hardy's gully wa
rejected, because said bridge was not bull
according to contract.
Mr. Butler moved that the communiea
ton from o Attales and others relative tt
neglect of duty by Thomas Butler be laiC
on the table till the next regular meeting
and that the clerk be instructed to issue {
notice to each party to be present at the
next meeting of the police jury to substan
| ciate their charges.
On motion of Nr Butler, the sum of $50
or as much thereof as may be necessary
was appropriated out of the internal i'm
provement funds of 1892, 7th ward, to build
bridge across Nicolas gully, on road lead
| ing from Opelousas to Vile Platte, and
Joseph Bordelon, Jean Baptiste Joniee
| Ulysse z Fontenot, appointed commit
tee to sell contract to build said bridge.
| On motion of Mr. MeGee, be it resolved
| that in order better to preserve decorum
during the sitting of this body, that the
president be and is hereby instructed to
have printed notice posted on the gate
leading fromS the loby, notifying all per
sons not members of this body to keep out
side of the railing That no one shall be
allowed inside of the railing except when
invited therein to make statement and
that no one shall be allowed within the
railing during the debate or vote on any
question.
MI MCGEE in the chair.
On motion of Mr Boagni, MI Latreyte
was added to the committee to have court
house repainted.
went in committee of the whole for the
purpose of passing on claims, with MI
McGee as chairman.
On motion of Mr Lafieur, the police jury
adjourned till 3 p m.
EVENING SESSION
The police jury met at 3 p m; present,
+ NJ Boagni, president; MCGEE, Butler, La
fleur, Guidry, Clopton and Bergeron. Du-
pre- and Courtney were excused.
On motion of Mr. McGee, the following
report of the committee on claims was ac-
cepted:
Mr. MCGEE, chairman of the committee on
claims, reported that he had examined
and found the following claims correct:
Jos Lasalle, spikes. etc, Sth ward S 45
VIM Brinkhouse, repairing wheel
broken on public road, 2nd ward 90
Robert Lafieur, lumber spikes, etc,
9Th ward ....-,,.s., .........s IS "A
] t Stewart, lumber, 1st ward. - II "a
Chas Dossman. burying pauper -. 10 90
g lumber. spikes, &c,
9th ward .........%.. i 90
Sam Haas, lumber, spikes, etc, 9th
August Guidry, repairing wagon
broken on public road, 2nd ward 50
o Moreau and G Pickens, building
buttment Poplar Grove bridge,
lst ward ...o... ..,.... ...z..-.-.s.... 70 90
E Latreyte, spikes, Sth ward . S 90
1st :. 90
JOS Bloch spades, 7th q -. 10 60
Philip Fontenot, breaking plow
on public road, 5th ward -. 90
Jos Bloch spikes. 1st ward .,. 80
Adrien Juge, replacing bridge, 9TH
ward ............... ........,...... % 90
L Godchaux, sacks and lumber W SO 40
Tom Isaacs, storing clerks office
furniture .....,.,....-..... 35
H Bodemuller, printing blanks for
district attorney. ev......... rs
A c Oliver, lumber, spikes, etc, 3rd
Sam Haas, spikes, 9th ward -. rs
Geo Chachere, supervising architect
clerks office decentralization. 207 II
Pierre Berger, rep ring bridge Sd w. Is 90
J B Roy, hauling lum Der, 3rd ward 5 90
Edgar Meche, build'g bridge, 3 wrd % 90
c NJ Thompson, amt. pd. jury com 81 90
Isaac Harrison, spade broken on
road ...-.....-.. -.....,.......... rs
G M Thompson, costin suit Ne 15056 SIS
q '5 1861 55
registering inquest
Nos Il, ~ and 43 43....-s...-....-. Z 50
G D Stewart repairing well on
court house square ....=,.. 20
Gibbons q Nicholson, lumber, Is W 134 II
Mentor DeviIlier, one wagon brok-
en- on road, 1st ward -...... 5 90
Mentor Devillier, one wheel-bar-
2 row broken on road 1st ward / 90
Jack Melaneon, cleaning C. b. fiues 5 GO
Jas White, is ballot boxes ......-. 1S 90
Gibbons & Nicholson, lumber wd so
IA IS
d Roos 81 Son. sundries for iail and
court house purchased by sheriff 90 rs
D Roos d son, sGndries for Jail and
court house purchased by sheriff 44 so
7 S Fontenot, cash paid for gut
tiers repaired on court house Is 90
Leopold Gedchaux, broken wagon
cleaning bridge 4th ward ~ 8 13
7 S Fontenot, 2days attendance on
court ...s.....-.......... -. 10 90
7 S Fontenot conveying prisoners,
insane, &c s.-........-.......... 121 90
Having examined the above claims as
presented | find same to be just and cor
rect, and approve same.
Ell MCGEE,
Chairman of Committee.
The sum of $3.50 was paid in by Mr. Bull
Ter as fines collected from road hands, and
$5.05 sale of unbranded stock by J J Lam
dreneau.
Mr. Lafeur moved that the minutes be
adopted as read and corrected. Carried
On motion of Mr. Guidry, the police iury
adjourned till the End Monday of Deceni-
Der at II m. e. NJ. BOIGNI,
Attest: ALEX Stage, President.
Clerk.
For Sale.