The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1892-09-24
Police jury Proceedings.

ABBEvILLE, La, Sept. Ii, 1892.
The Police Jury for Vermilion par
ish, met this day at their rooms in regu-
lar session. Present: j. T. Broussard,
President, and Messrs. j. Alcee Le-
blanc, Jules Thibodeaux, G.. GodchauX,
Martin Sarver, Ambrose Lacour and
Ernest Broussard.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were adopted as read.
On motion of Mr.. Laeotr, the follow
ing gentlemen were appointed a COM
mittee to take such steps as they may
deem advisable to procure a full set Of
| chilled iron wheels for the bridge at
Perry, to wit: Messrs. G. Godehau1,
A. Lacour, and John Nugier-said gen
tlemen to constitute q ''bridge commits
teen for said bridge. Seconded BY Mr..
Saver and adopted.
The communication from the Com
missioner of the Worlds Columbian
Exposition was read, but owing TO
bscarcity of funds action IN said matter
was postponed for the present.
The petition from citizens requesting
the placing of Henry Bombgartner on
the pauper list was received, but owing
to a resolution of the Police Jury, for
bidding the placing Of persons on the
pauper list who have not been a resi-
dent of this parish for three years no
! action was taken thereon.
The jury of freeholders appointed to
tracesa public road leading south from
Perry having submitted the following
report, on motion of Mr.. Saryer,
resolved that said report be and is
hereby amended, that the $18 allowed
Messrs. S. and L. j. Stansbnry, and $40
allowed thereon to Alfred Baudoin be
and the same be paid to Olivier Lee
blanc in addition to $50 allowed by the
Police jury, making total amount al
lowed O. E. Leblanc by Police Jury
seventy-fve dollars, provided further
that the citizens in said district pay an
additional sum Of five dollars to said
Leblanc, making total amount of dam
ages said Leblanc shall receive, eighty
dollars-proTided further that the sig
natures of Messrs. Jack Lemaire,
Smith, Hebert and others be secured to
said report, after which said report was
received and declared q public road
Said motion was seconded by Mr.. La
cour and adopted, to wit
State of Louisiana,
Parish of Vermllion.
We. A. Baudoin, n. j. Stansblry. A.
Guidry, j. B. Mills, J.A. Gibson, Joseph
Delaune, do solemnly swear that We viii
lay out the road now directed to be laid
out 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--Wlth-
out favor or affection, malice or hatred
and to the best of our skill and abilities.
So help us God. And Furthermore, that
we viii truly assess all damages to propri-
etors, caused by said road to the best of
our Judgment and ability.
A. Bandoin, III. j. StaIisbnrY, A. Guldry,
Jos. B. Mills, j. A. Gibson JOS. Delaune.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
Doth day Of August, 1892.
Justice of the Peace.
REPORT.
We, the undersigned jury of Freeholders
of the Parish of Vermilion, duly appointed
by the Police jury of said parish to trace
and lay out a public road leading from
Perry's Bridge, Vermilion parish, La,
through the lands of the following propri-
etors, to wit.
J. B. Mills, T. Delaune, Albert STAINS
bury, JOS. Boulrice, 0. E. Leblanc, JOS.
Delaune, u. w. Stansbury, Paulin Decuir.
A. Guidry, Peter Clement, s. and II: j.
Stansbury, Gerard Decuir, Omer Guidry,
community land of Smith Hebert and
Bourgeois, A. Baudoin, u. w. Stansbury,
Mrs. b. Baudoin, community land of Glib
son, Broussard and others, J.. A. Gibson,
community land of D. Eaton and others.
3. +. Sorbet and others and the dividing
line between Telisphore ThibeauX and
Jack Lemaire to Grand Marais on the old
ieVee having been notified of Jul 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, and
having given notice to each and every one
OF the aforesaid pToprietors in writing, at
least three days previous, of the time and
place of meeting and of the intended
laying out of said road through the lands
OF said proprietors, which notices were
duly, served on said proprietors, did meet
ON the ed day of August. 1892, Perry's
Bridge, Vermilion parish, La, the place
designated in said notices and did then
anu taere, IN presence OF the following
naned OF SAID proprietors, to wit:
Il. Leblanc, HI. Stansbury, JOS. B.
Mills, A. Baudoin. j.. A. Gibson. A. Gui-
cry, JOS. Delaune, p. Clement and A. and
w.. Stansbnry proceed to trace and lay
out said public road, as follows
BEGINNING at Perry's Bridge on Cypress
street and running through the lands of
the above mentioned proprietors for the