St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-11-19
PROCEEDINGS OF THE POLICE
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The pol,ce .Iury met at 1890 p. M Present
T.. II Boagni, President. ana Mcssls EcrgerOl
Mctiec Guidry, Courtney, Latieur,. Butler
(lopton aud DuprG.
|, MIR. Mcttec in the chair.
Mr.. Boagn moved that the following he III
serted i'll the minutes of the last meeting
were adopted amended"
The motion OF Atr Duprc accepting the rep0f
of committee to view out publlc road from Ba
you Teche TO Port Barre bc 50 amended Il
read As follows: "On motion of Mr. Duprt. tht
from Taylor's bridge to Bayou Teche at Por
Barre, following the west bank of Bayou Cour
tableau, be accepted and committee discharged
aud road declared public road, provided 1t 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. u. Stewart" these words 10 follow inmcdi
ateIy after the words committee discharged
On motion of DR.. Clopton, the minutes were
adopted as read and amended.
NJ. Roagni in the chair.
On motion of Mr.. Iafieur, Il committee uf
three was appointed TO ascertain the probable
cosl OF repairing the Taylors bridge. The fol.
lowing committee was appointed: }. W. Bailey,
j. G. Gibbons and DIR. Walker
On notlOn~of Mr.. Bergeren, the committee
appointed to investigate the complaints made
against the ferry across COurta,eiiu 1T Port
Barre was discharged
On motion Of Mr.. Laicur, the report nj com
(, mlttee to have dug the gully at l.. Brignac be
accepted, committee discharged and Antoine
Nix credited with the SUN of s7s.0o by request
OF Mr.. A. L.. Fontennt. ont 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
and I ho sum OF $4,000 placed 10 the credit Of
! Mr.. l., NJ. Ferguson.
/ Ou motion Of Mr. Courtnc, the report OF
! committee to lay ont road from Cedar Trees ~
/ Legget's gully was received and committee
/ discharged. SAID road to run as follows: Com
| iuencmg at the Cedar Trees ton road from Pine
! Prairie to Godwin'sj through lands of VIM.
/ Clark, via said Clark's sawmill through lands
of Philip Oln Fonteuot, across bridge over
Beasey gully. thence through lands OF ont-
/ bridge over Prairie Meche gully, through lands
of Madame FtIicen Guiilory, Beni' Henry
| public and rail road and Dir. L. A Weighill, at
whose west line it joins road at John W. Leg
gets gully,
On motion of Mr. Lafleur. the sheriff was
tborIzed 10 continae the employment OF the
deputy to keep an account Of the time! pc.
diem and mileage OF witnesses, lis heretofore.
On motion Of Mr.. Clopton. the Parish Treas
nrer was authorized 1 to continue to pay wit
nesses and jurors IN cash. as heretofore.
On motion of Mr.. Lafeur, tie Police Jury
adjourned until $3.50 ?. N.
EVENING SESSION
The Police jury met at $3.50 p. m. Present. E.
NJ. Boagn, President, Messrs. McGee Court
ney. Bergeron. Guidry, Clopton Latleur, Du-
pre- and Bulier
On motion OF Dir. Duprs, tie torImltter an-
pointed to examine canal running in front of
Edmond SylFesters in Plaisance TO drain the
public road was read, and on motion the amount
OF $50 was appropriated half out of internal
Improvement fund, LIST ward, and half out of
tbs same fund, 9TH ward. to pay for same, and
said amount placed to the credit of Mr.. Sylves-
ter.
On motion of Mr. Bergeron, road running
through lands of Numa Hebert and Phiiogene
Bergeron, being continuation of road from
Bayou Teeie % Nnma Hehert's was declared
puhiic road.
Mr.. Lafetir IL she nnair ,hiS feet o,g .he
table,.
Alr McGee offered the following:
Resolved, that the Clerk be anG i, hereby in
struct3d to give possession of the official pro
the official printer.
Resolved, further. that acrcns q. Tie ii.lnutee
aud proceedings of the Police ,Iur: he given 10
any other person wishing to take copies or eX-
tracts therefrom for publication.
Mr.. Boagni opposed the resolution, showing
by the written testimony Of five members OF
NOT entitled under its contract to a lnouoDoly |
OF the pll1tle, a. mac EeeA CLAIMED ly that !
paper, ape and that .Mr AeGeez resolution 8as cal !
portlmlty OF publishing the proceedings sinlltI- |
taneousiy with the Clarion, thus practically |
giving it "A monopoly. He hit straight from the |
shoulder and his words had telling effect !
shsria Fontenot seemed converted and arose
to say thatit w.s not l..q desire 70 deprive the
other papers OF such opportunity. hut thai ali .
the Clarion claimed WAS the exclusive right to |
publish the proceedings i'll official shape,
Mr.. Beagni retorted that the McGee resolu-
ton meant more than that: that its practical
eHect gould be TO deprive the other papers of
the proceedings Yntiftlieg appeared In The Cla-
rion that he had never denied that the Clarion
was the official journal aud therefore entitled
TO tie stlselas proceedings; that he had never
journals or had published the proceedings OF,
fcially; but he eontended that the Clerk should
not be prohibited from furnishing those papers !
with correct record of the proceedings for
publication, when such publication would not +
cost the parish anything. Mr. Boagni went on
to e9.g thst unless the clerk was allowed to
would have tile Newspaper li4eu La there tagIng
notes themselves for publication, and it might !
sometimes happen that some little occurrences
found faithfully chroniced in the newspapers
and as he spoke he glanced furtively over to
the Presidents desk upon which the pro TENS
foot stsH gracefully reposed.
Mr., Beagni then offered the following as a
to Mr.. NlcGee's feeotatiaa
Resolved, that the Clerk OF this body bs re-
quested TO furnish to the press Of this parish
ALL fec1lltles to take the proceedings Of this
body ana that shond he please he shall give to
the SAD press g copy Of the said proceedings
provided that only the ST. Landry Clarion shall
the official copy
g That's the same tR.pgs" That's the same
thing !" said the Sheriff when the substitute
was read. Yet it was observed that a moment
later lie was whispering TO friend aud soon
that friend made the motion to lay the substi-
tute on the table. The yeas and nays were
called for and to the surprise of some good peo-
pie the substitute, which was clear and unam-
bigu0us, and according to the Sheriff meant
the same thing, was fabiea by tho following
vote-1ea: BergeroR, Mcdee, Ciopt0a, but
er and LaflelIr; Nay: Boagni, DuPre Court
ley and Guidry.
Mr.. Boagni then, in order rs he said, to allow
The sherie 70 draw up resolution that would
property cover the Gaze and would at the same
lime be free from the ambiguity Of the AieGes
moved to table that peculiar resolu-
ion which seemed 10 say one thing and mean
mother. Some more whispering was done
Ind by the same vote the Jury refused to
abie.
The McGee resolution VIC about to be adopt
d in its original shape when Mr. Boagni ofler-
words !" the official printer add !" the clerk
,eiDg hereby authorized, however, should he
ee fit, to furnish to the other papers q dupli-
ate thereof, without appenaing thereto his !
Inasmucl as the Sheriff had stated that he
lid not wish to prevent the other papers
rom publishing the proceedings, although his
flowed these papers an opportunity to get a J
orreGt copy from the Clerk he made no OBJ {
ecton To tic amendment, and bystanders say &
hat it was ON Iis motion that the MCGEE reso.
ution as amended was adopted. This left the J
natter in this condition: The Clarion will &
ontinue to publish the proceedings officially,
nd the other papers will continue to give the !
anne proceedings, In the same words, minus !
he clerks official signature-tliat gentleman !
laying kindly agreed to make for us, with a !
opying book, an authentic duplicate, afae,s SIM
le OF the documents he will hand to the official
rinter.
And thus ends this effort to make us wait uu- !
i the Clarion published them before we could
nblish the proceedings OF the Police Jury,
Ist as We we're made to wait until the Clarion
them before ne could publish the !
Proceedings of the School Board
Adjourned to Tuesday at $3.50 a, IN.
oPELoEsAs, La, Noy. Is, 1892 !