The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-03-11

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MI. CLAY CLia>son /"
. ThcopLile Landry
Mrs Fillmore Lee and
ci.ildiDn SEQ
Mrs 0rgeron & Mey:onne
inInti. $500 K. :.
MIs. Crosby & children
F.nm 3laIc'a 1t. 1893.
whey Henry 800 per mo.
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The petition Of citizens If tile tenth
ward asking tie Police Jury to keep
the pni'iic schools of tie parish in OPP
Grafton eight months. suggesting that
the a:noUut Of the sales OF ferries and
bridges Of the entire parish be applied
70 the prblic sciiooi fund, was post
pnned t"r action until the regular ses-
sion for july, a which time revenue
measures would be in order.
The sealed bid tor tie general index
Ing Of tie Conveyance records Of the
parish from 1870 to date was then ia
ken NJ, and all action on tie subject
matter was postponed to a future date.
Nj. CiIas. j. Baker, Clerk of Cnurt.
was the oriy bidder. offering 10 DO
tile work at tie rate of fifteen six
teentii of a cent per entry.
Mr.. Oscar Bourg. one Of tile road
and levee inspectors, was authorized
to cause the roads in his district
enlarged where they were too narrow.
The proposed public road through
the Laurel Valley from the public
road Oh the Bayou Lafourche to the
Coteanx Baton Pilon, Choctaw and
Boudreaux has about been settled and
will be located on the upper line of
said Laurel Valley plantation, instead
Of where it was located BY the com
nlittee OF free-hOlders in 1890. Messrs.
Lepine a Barker offer to grant said
right OF way ON a suitable compensa-
ton from the parish, and furthermore
promise to bind themselves in writing
to ALLOW Mr. H. TetIeau 60 pass
through their said plantation. 4 com
mittee Of three, composed of the pres
ident ard Messrs. Morvant and Scally
have been appointed to confer with
Messrs. Barker s. Lepine to determine
the exact line and location of said
road, the cost Of construction, and the
cost of land comprised therein.
Permission a granted the owners
of Highland and Cculon plantations
to erect a gate at the Bayou end of the
Chackbay lane, the said owners bind
ing themselves to maintain said gate
ID good condition, and to allow the
drainage of said lane through either or
both plantations &c. &C., and the Ju-
ry reserving the right to annul and
revoke this permission by giving to
said owners of Highland and Coulon
plantations six months previous no.
tice.
Mr.. Marcelin Bergeron was elected
Road and Levee Inspector of the End
vice Ferdinand Pitre resigned.
At this time Mr.. Cherami from Low
er Lafourclle appeared before the Ju-
ry to complain of the great injury
done him and his neigAbors by the
cuts and canals exististing across tie
banks of the Bayou Lafourche in his
neighborhood, and the Jury on the ad-
vice of the District Attorney, explain
ed to the said Mr.. Cheraml that the
remedy lies i'll his hands, and re-
ferred him to the existing ordinances
Of this parish prohibiting the cuts and
canals complained of.
The question of the great injury
done the drainage of all the lands w.
ing on tie right bank Of Bayou La
below Thibodaux by the
deposits of sediments brought by the
in Lower Lafourche, known as :
lie Southern Navigation Canal" and
deposited in the natural drains, caus-
ID also by the additional canal dug
y said company, was taken up and :
oven until further information !
be obtained from the district /;
commissioners of the district wherein
aid canal, are sit uated. J
The jury then adjourned to the {