The Opelousas courier., 1892-11-19
PROCEEDINGS OF THE POLICE
JURY.

serted in the minutes of the last meeting
- were adopted as amended"
Inc motion of Mr.. Dupre accepting the report
committee to view out public road from Ba-
you Ieche to Port Barre be so amended as to
read as follows: ION motion OF Mr.. Dupre, the
report Of committee to lay out a public road
from Taylor's bridge to Bayou Teche at Port
Barre, following the west bank of Bayou COur-
tableau, be accepted and committee discharged
and road declared a public road, provided it en-
tails no cost to the parish"
The description of road from Big Cane to Ba-
you Jack as accepted at last meeting be insert
ed by the clerk.
The following words were inserted: land
the amount S7143.50 be placed to the credit OF
c. ID. Stewart" these words to follow immedi-
ately after the words s. committee discharged
On motion of DR.. Clopton, the minutes were
as read and amended.
Mr.. Boagni i'll the chair.
On motion of Mr.. Lafeur, q committee of
three was appointed to ascertain the probable
cost OF repairing the Taylor's bridge. The fol
committee was appointed j.. w. Bailey,
j. G. Gibbons and DR.. Walker.
On motion OF Mr.. Bergeron, the committee
appointed to investigate the complaints made
against the ferry across COurtableau at Port
Barre was discharged.
On motion of Mr.. Lafleur, the report of com
mlftee to have dug the gully at e.. Brignac be
accepted, committee discharged and Antoine
NIX credited with the sum of $500 by request
of Mr.. A. /. Fontenot, out of Internal Improve.
ment fund, 5th ward, 1892.
On motion OF Mr.. Courtney, the report OF
committee to sell contract to repair Dossman
bridge was accepted and committee discharged,
ana the sum of $4,000 placed to the credit OF
Mr.. l.. NJ. Ferguson.
On motion of Mr.. Courtney the report of
committee to lay out road from Cedar Trees to
Legget'S FULLY was received and committee
discharged. Said road to run as follows: Com
menc1ng at the Cedar Trees Ton road from Pine
Prairie to Godwin'sI through lands of VIM.
CLARK, via said Clark's sawmill through lands
Of Philip Olin Fontenot, across bridge over
Beasley gully, thence through lands of One,
ZINE Fontenot and Raymond Gulllory to
bridge over Prairie Meche gully, through lands
of Madame F6licien Guillory, BENZ. Henry,
public and rail road, and DR.. Il. A Weighill, al
whose west line it joins road at John W. Leg.
gets gully.
On motion of Mr.. Lafleur, the sheriff was au,
tnorlzed to continue the employment of the
deputy to keep an account of the time, pei
diem and mileage of witnesses, as heretofore
On motion of Mr.. Clopton, the Parish Treas
urer was authorized to continue to pay wit
nesses and jurors IN cash, as heretofore.
On motion of Mr.. Laieur, the Police Jury
adjourned until $3.50 p. M.
EVENING SESSION.
The Police Jury met at $3.50 p. M. Present e
M. Boagnf, President, Messrs. MCGEE, Court
pre- and Butler.
On motion of Mr.. Dupre, the committee ap-
pointed to examine canal running in front Of
Edmond sylvester's in Plaisance to drain the
o0hAC ASSSA W ~ Sti+A dI1tA IA lhC "
OF $50 was appropriated, half out of internal
Improvement fund, 1st ward, and half ont OF
the same fund, 9TH ward, to pay for same, and
said amount placed to the credit Of Mr.. sylves
ter.
On motion of Mr.. Bergeron, a road running
through lands of Nulna HILBERT and Philogene
Bergeron, being continuation of road from
Bayou Teche to Numa Hebert's was declared
a public road.
Mr.. Lafieur in the chair (his feet ON the
table,.
Mr. MCGEE offered the following:
Resolved, that the Clerk be and is hereby in
structed to give possession of the official pro-
ceedings of the Police Jury to no one except to
the official printer.
Resolved. further, that access to the minutes
and proceedings OF the Police Jury be given to
any other person wishing to take copies or ex-
tracts therefrom for publication.
Mr.. Boagni opposed the resolution, showing
the written testimony of five members Of
the old Jury and his own that the Clarion was
not entitled under it's contract to a monopoly
the printing, as had been claimed by that
and that;Mr. McGee's resolution was cal
to deprive the other papers of the Cd
portunlty OF publishing the proceedings stimuli
with the Clarion, thus practically
giving it a monopoly. He hit straightfrom the
and his words had a telling effect.
Sheriff FOntenOt seemed converted and arose
10 say that 1t was not his desire to deprive the
other papers of such opportunity, but that all
the Clarion claimed was the exclusive right to
the proceedings in an official shape.
All q ICbO1tN0 LudIt AO IttOlU
ton meant more than that that its practical
effect would be to deprive the other papers of
the proceedings until they appeared in 1.-THE Cla-
rion; that he had never denied that the Clarion
vas the official journal and therefore entitled
to the official proceedings; that he had never
claimed that the other papers were official
or had published the proceedings Of
IDEALLY /; but he commended that the Clerk should
not be prohibited from furnishing those papers
with a correct record of the proceedings for
publication, when such publication would not
cost the parish anything. Mr.. B0agni went on
say that unless the clerk was allowed to
the proceedings as heretofore, they
would have the newspaper men in there taking
notes themselves for publication, and it might
happen that some little occurrences
hat they would not care to SEER print would be
ound faithfully ehronieled in the newspapers
land as he spoke he glanced ~furtively over to
he Presidents desk upon which the pro TENS
DOT still gracefully reposed.
Mr.. Boagni then offered the following as a
ubstitute to Mr.. McGee's resolution:
Resolved, that the Clerk of this body be re-
luested to furnish to the press of this parish
facilities to take the proceedings Of this
lody, and that should he please he shall give to
he said press a copy of the said proceedings;
that only the st. Landry Clarion shall
eceiye a copy signed by him, which shall be
he official copy,
q THAT'S the same thingp' q That's the same
hing u said the Sheriff when the substitute
Fas read. Yet it was observed thai a moment
alter he was whispering to a friend, and soon
ldb IGlGHu Aldut tuc uiUt4Uu W 10y Liz EuUSbl-
ute on the table. The yeas INT nays were
allied for and to the surprise of some good peo-
lie the substitute, which was clear and IMAM
and according to the Sheriff meant
the same thing. was tabled by the following
ote-Yea: Bergeron, MCGEE, Clopton, Bull
Or and Laf1eur; Nay: Boagni, Dupre, Court
ey and Guidry.
Mr.. Boagni then, in order, as lie said, to allow
he Sheriff to draw up a resolution thai would
roperly cover the case and would at the same
be free from the ambiguity OF the MCGEE
esolution, moved to table that peculiar resolu-
ion which seemed to say one thing and mean
mother. Some more whispering was done,
by the same vote the Jury refused to
able.
The MCGEE resolution was about to be adopt
d in its original shape when Mr.. B0agni offer
d the following amendment to it: After the
Tords g the official printer add "the clerk
eing hereby authorized, however, should he
fit, to furnish TO the other papers a dupli
ate thereof, without ~appending thereto his
signature
Inasmuch as the Sheriff had stated that he
id not wish to prevent the other papers
rom publishing the proceedings, although his
riends had voted down the substitute which
flowed these papers an opportunity to get a
orrect copy from the Clerk,4 he made no OBJ
sction to the amendment, and bystanders say
it was IN his motion that the MCGEE resO-
as amended was adopted. This left the
in this condition: The Clarion will
ontinue to publish the proceedings officially,
the other papers will continue to give the
anne proceedings, In the same words, minus
clerks official signature-that gentleman
aving kindly agreed to make for us, with a
book, an authentic duplicate. afae-sim- |
q of the documents he will and to the official
thus ends this effort to make us wait un-
! the Clarion published them before we could
ublish the proceedings of the Police Jury,
lst as we were made to wait until the Clarion
roceedings OF the School Board,
Adjourned to Tuesday at 9:30 a. NJ.