The Opelousas courier., 1893-02-18
PROCEEDINGS OF THE POLICE
JURY.
opELousAs. Feb, ~. 1893.

OPELoUsAs, Feb. IS, 1893.
The Police Jury metz at IL m Present
e. Nj. Boagni President; Messfs. Dupre, Fon
tenot, Courtney, Gnidry, Glopton and Laileur
On motion of Mr.. Boagni, the report of com
mittee to open a public road to connect thu
public road leading to Vile Plate, to the one
leading to Washington, was received, commit
tee discharged, and the said road declared 8
public road; said road to pass in front of Mrs
FL. G.. Durios plantation.
On motion OF Mr.. Lafieur, be it resolved, thai
the Tax-CollectOr be authorized to correct
the roll, in 80 far as the property of H. L. Bids
trup is concerned, so as to make the said rol
he be further authorized to refund to 8. FL
Griffith the amount of parish tax paid in error
On motion of Mr.. Courtney, the petition Of
w. A. Goodwin praying for a change Of public
road through his land was received and change
granted as prayed for the said road to run
from the Nez Pique bridge to beyond W. A
Goodwin's land, where the public road ran
years ago, which was abandoned by the
said Goodwin's land to the point designated.
On motion of Mr.. Dupre, the report of the
committee appointed to change the road be
tween back of the Greenwood plantation and
the Coteau, was laid on the table till next reg
ular meeting, and committee requested to as
report at next meeting.
On motion of DR.. Clopton, the petition of
citizens OF Bayou Courtableau, praying for a
change OF road between the places of Bailey
and Henderson, was granted and Messrs. j.
w. Bailey, John II. Leblanc, Peter Reynolds,
A. A. Deloach and Chas. Garnet appointed a
committee to view out said road and report at
next meeting.
DR.. Clopton in the chair.
On motion of Mr.sBoagni, the petition of the
residents OF Little Bayou Teche, praying that
the ROAD pc so changed as to run between the
lands OF jackson Perry and Albert Rider to
20 the Bayou be granted, and that Messrs.
Loved Montgomery, J. III. st. Cyr and Jacob
| ana report at the EeXt meeting,
On motion of Mr.. Dupre, the sum of $3.50 was
approprlated-one-half out of 1st and one-half
from Taylor's bridge to bayou Teche at Port
Barre, via west bank of bayou Courtableau.
On motion of Mr. Lafieur, the Police Jury ad-
%journed till $3.50 p. M.
EVENING SESSION.
The Police Jury met at $3.50 p. M. Present EN-
Boagni, President; Messrs. MCGEE, Dupre,
Courtney, Bergeron, Guidry, Clopton, Lafeur,
Butler and Fontenot.
On motion of Mr.. Butler, the petition of Ar
cade Devillier, asking a change of road from
Godwin's mill to Vile Plate be so changed as
to run between lands of Simillien Deshotels
and arcade Devillier, was granted, and Ar
cade DeVlllier permitted to remove said road
on line above mentioned, provided said De-
ylll1er put the new road in good condition, sat
lsfactory to the road overseer.
On motion of Mr.. Lafeur, the claim of Mr.
Pierce for horse crippled on the public road,
laid on the table at the last meeting, was taken
up.
Val uAnlu 1LVNEo budJ Lit Chilli De DlArp0
before tky'Committee on Claims. Carried.
On motion of Mr. Courtney, the following
named persons We're appointed commissioners
OF unbranded stock, 9th ward Messrs. Louis
Sylvester, Evariste Fontenot, Marius Fonte-
not, Louis Deville and Austin Campbell.
On motion Of MIR. McQse, the petition of Ar
of Anse Bourbeuse, instead of running on the
west line of his Worcestershire run on the north
side, on line between hin and Christian ID.
Smith, and then on his We y line on land ae-
Qulr6n from Landry Gnilaayr thafyaan co;d 1ora
and land OF M. ID. La1eur, overtaking land of
e. g. Fontenot and Henry Young, Jr.
MIR. Courtney in the chair.
On motion OF MFR. Boagni, MI. r.. B. Sandoz
was allowed to change thati6ortion of the Ope-
iousas and Belmont road which cuts his land so
as to put the road on the line of his land, Eeo-
vlded the road be put in good condition, free of
cost to the parish.
Mr.. FontenOt in the chair.
On motion of Mr.. BOagni, the report of com
mittee appraising the damages of lean r
Jean and Others was laid on the table till fur
ther called.
On motion of Mr.. Lafieur, the report of COM
mlftee appointed to sell contract to clean ca
nal between E. Harmon and G.. Hollier was
received and committee discharged, and the
sum of $50 credited to William Fisher-one-haIf
out OF LIST and one-half out of 5th wards each.
1893.
Received of A. I. Fontenot 65 cents, sale of
one hog from r. F~0nten0t, constable.
ON motion OF MIR. Dupre, the Police Jury
adjourned until tomorrow at 10 a. M.
February IA, 1898.
The I. j. met at 1880 a. m. Present EN-
BoagnI, President; Messrs. MeGee, Dupre,
Lafeur and Butler.
On motion OF Mr.. Butler, the pefitiOn az citi- |
zens OF A~nse-aux-Paille and vicinity, praying |
for a road from Prairie Ronde road to Anse.
aux-Pallles and Mamou road be accepted and
Messrs. Paul "A. Fuselier, j. J.. Landreneau,
Henry McCauley, Angelas Prud'homme, Louis
g. Fontenot, Homer EAttaIes and Joseph
Laileur PC appointed committee to view out
said road and report at next meeting.
On motion of Mr.. lafieur, the report of the
appointed to ascertain the proba-
Die cost OF building an iron fence around the
parish jail was received and committee dis
On motion of Mr.. Fontenot, the report of the
appointed to ascertain the cost of
ouiialng Q bridge across .Lavergne's gully, on
public road leading from Tate's Cove to Wash
ngton, was received and committee discharged,
On motion of DR.. CloptOn, the report of com
nitIee appointed to sell contract to build
discharged and the sum of S225
,redited TO Louis 8. Carmouche, out of internal
Improvement funds 4th ward, 1892.
On motion of Mr.. Dupr6, be it resolved that
ne committee appointed on April 18th, 1892,
view out a public road from Henry las,
rapes. 0ld west corner, to connect with the
ave failed to a X action in the matter, and
nat Messrs. Henry Lastrapes, Azenor Durio.
Dupr6 and Homer Durio be ap-
TO view out a road, as aforesaid. and
eport at the next meeting.
On motl0n OF Mr.. F0ntenot, the following
we're appointed commissioners of unbranded h
took Tor the 9Th ward: ChristoVal Tate. Al
red stage, Simeon Ardoin, Louis Jones and
'homas Quirk.
On motion of Mr.. Lafeur, Be it resolved That
the last Grand Jury has declared the
Dads in the parish to be in q bad Condition and
ave called the attention of this body to the
natter, Be it resolved that we recognize the
act That many OF our roads are in q bad condi-
ION, that our attention has been almost con-
family r1veted on this matter, that we have
sed our utmost endeayor to better their CON |
ltlOn by the passage OF ordinances and that
re are now endeavoring to mature other ordi- ]
ances that we believe will still improve the 1
OF the roads. That it is our duty ia
ass such ordinances and that ii is the dufy If
he Grand jury to indict all persons violating
hem. That the Grand Jurfes of this parish
ave for a number of years failed to indiet PER-
Dns violating road ordinances and thus have .
lade our endeayOfs unaVailing. That 0nr 3
bad laws are fully sufficient to have ali roads s
! good condition if enforced. That their non g
Increment and consequent bad condition of r
uries. 4
On motion of Mr. Laaeur, Be itresolyed. that
AZ District Attorney be instructed to inquire
neither settlements hav been made with the
arlsh for Jury deposits as required by law and
,pOrt at our next regular meeting.
On motion OF MIR. Guldry, the report of com- u
1ttee appointed to sell contract to brild bridge
yer canal near Grand Coteau, was received
,mmIttee discharged, and Mr. Alexander Gull
Eau credited with the sum of 500 out of in
rnal improvement funds, I'd ward, for 1893.
motion OF Mr.. Butler, the petition of The
tule Soileau praying for a change of road was
'anted, said road to run through land of Tll4o-
Iln Snilnau instead nf arar1na II aa h,ara4oPcxs