The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-09-24

POLICE JURIES.
FOR THIRTY YEARS..
BY UNCLE SILAS. s.
BY UNCLE SILAS.
1874.-NO. 9.--l874.

1874.-NO. 9.-l874.
Feb. 2, 1874.-The Police Jury re-
ceived q petition from j. NJ. Daigre
and others asking the Police Jury to
pay him for damages received in hav-
ing q new levee built on his property.
This petition occupied the profound
minds of the members for three or
four meetings before they discovered
that the Parish could not be made res
pOnsible for damages the State NAV
have occasioned.
The reader will see from the COM
plants now heard that they have pre-
cedents in by gone days.
There are people now who want the
authorities to build levees to protect
their property, and want them to find
their own ground upon which to build
1t, and their own dirt 20 construct it.
The Parish Tax Collector was direc-
ted to give a roll Of delinquent tax pay
ers to the Parish recorder who was au-
thorized to record them among the &C.
ords Of his office.
Robert Higginbotham was elected
Road Inspector.
Claims were approved for over
s20OOOo.
The Supreme Court having passed a
judgment that effected the standing of
old Parish notes, actioa was taken to
prevent its eausing aEy detriment to
those outstanding IN the Parish Of La
fourche.
March 8, ;874.-Authority to have a
Pest House was givec, not 10 cost over
$4,000. but it never was constructed.
April 6, 1874.--Treasurer Langmans
reported that he had received 813209 SO
and paid $132O3. 20. He put down the
liabilities of the Parish at $11960 SO,
with assets of$448.24, and taxes uncol-
lected to the amount of $1610S.87.
The matter of distress occasioned to
the citizens of the Chacbey country by
the MOreau Crevasse was discussed
and action ordered to obtain relief
from the state, for the sufferers, aud
also to have the crevasse closed.
April Is, 1S74.-The Jury appropri-
atod 100000 to be expended in the
purchase of provisions for the sufferer 8
by the Moreau Crevasse to bc dlstrib-
uted by committee composed of
Messrs. p E. Lorio, James NJ Wade,
Enoch Dunn and Harry Brown. Ma
jor N. F. Springer and Colonel Louis
Bush were appointed a committee to
solicit aid from citizens of New Orleans
for the Chacbey sufferers.
June /, 1S74.-David Moore, Louis
Langmans, and L. Commeau were ap-
pointed commissioners to serve at the
municipal election under Act of March
"a, 1874, of the State Legislature. An
ordinance was passed making all Par
ish warrants and approved claims re-
ceivable for Taxes andsLicenses.
A petition from inhabitants OF Baton
Pil0n was read in reference to a public c
road from that settlement to the Bayou
Lafourche.
The salary of the Clerk of the Police
Jury was reduced to $4,000.
August 5, 1874.--The Treasurer's re-
port showed that he had received
$5O7124 and paid $5OO3.69. That
there was in the Court House Fund
S379.23; that the Parish Liabilities
we're $11326.33 with assets in notes for
$386.46 with unpaid taxes OF $ll353.88.
Sept. Z, 1S74.-The Jury repealed its
action Of the previous session of June
1st in reference to the payment of Tax
es by Parish scrip.
Oct. %, 1S74.-Ben. A. Curtis resign
ed his position of Clerk and l.. Jolis-
saint was elected to fill the vacancy.
Ninety six dollars were appropriated
to pay 96 men who worked one Sunday
to close the Moreau c,evasse and
$4,000 was paid Edmond Webre for
his services in closing said crevasse.
Oct. 81, 1874. The Treasurer re-
ported that he had received since last
report $2S57 .33 tina, he had paid $2S57.
73 that the liabilities of the Parish
were $12100.69 with assets of unpaid
Taxes of $S97O.6O.
Dec. Z, 1874. Three Hundred Dol
lars were appropriated to pay election
expenses. The Jury adjourned.
This closed the career OF this Police
Jury. One that did not do much good
for the benefit of the Parish. 1t de-
serves credit more that it did SO little
injury to the prosperity of the people
and paro:hial interests.
One fact should be remembered how
ever, that this Police Jury was simply