The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1893-04-08
LAFAYETTE. La. Ap,

LAFAYETTE, La, April 4, 1893.
The Police Jury pursuant to adjournment
met this day, with the following members
c. Brown. Ford Hoffpauir, A. A. Del
homme, II. G. Landry, A. D. Landry, and
H. NJ. burke.
The committee appointed to examine the
statement submitted by the Sheriff and Tax
Collector to licenses collected for the year
1899, reported as follows:
LAFAYETTE, La, April 4, 1893.
To the President and Members of the Police
Gentlemen the undersigned COM
mittee appointedty your honorable body to
Broussard, sheriff, beg leave to report as
follows After careful investigation of said
license accountss for the year, A. D., 1892,
we find the same to be true and correct, as
per sworn statement of the said l. A. Brous-
sard, on ths reverse hereof, and made a part
Respectfully submitted,
T.. e. VOORHEES,,
w. B. ToaIAN,
On motion duly made, the President and
Secretary were authorized to issue to Sheriff
Broussard, Oh i: the part of the parish, a
quietus for parish licenses for the year 1899.
Gladu, and o. c. Mouton, in reference to
the rccln;ming of certain portion of the old
Opelousas public road, just north of corpo-
rate limits of Lafayette, and now in an inn
psASS<ADAS SonStIlAOus Was read, ana the pctl-
TONERS referred to Mr.. J. c. Couvillon, road
overseer at the third ward, under whose ju-
risdiction the road properly falls.
Messrs. r. c. Landry and HI. M. burke
were appointed a committee to cancel all
blank licenses and vouchers for 1899, in the
hands of Sheriff Broussard. In due time the
committee submitted the following report,
wlich was adopted;
LAFAYETTE, La, April 4, 1893.
To the Hon. Police Jury-Your commit
n1ittee appointed to cancel all blank licenses
and vouchers, in the hands of Sheriff L. A.
we have performed the duty assigned us and
cancelled blank licenses for the year 1902,
to the amount of s1222. 50, being same as
exhibited by the Sheriff's statement sub
H. M. DURKE.
Sheriff Broussard reported that he had
made demand for parish licenses for 1893
upon Messrs. John o. Mouton, A. Labe, N.
portion of the town of Lafayette outside the
limits of said corporation as fixed by act III
of 1869, and that all of said persons refused
to pay such license, whereupon the following
Be it ,esolvesk, That w. B.. Torian, presi-
dent OF this Police Jury, be and is hereby
authorized and empowered, to sue in the
name of the Parish Of Lafayette, for the re-
covery of all delinquent parish license taxes
due said parish and that the employment of
Messrs. Q. c. & Julian Mouton, attorneys,
be and is hereby ,re-instated.
By motion of Mr.. Delhomme it was re-
solved that the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company, be and is hereby notified to re-
move the wire fence OF other obstruction to
the pubic road: isatersecting the said railroad
at a point on the-yvest line of the property of
N.sBoudreaux! :vs
The sum of $3.50 was ordered paid to Mr..
I. N. Satterficld, road CONTRACTORS on account
of work done under his contract.e
District Attorney NJ. T. Gopdy, here ap-
pearing, explained to the Police Jury his
unavoidable absence at the last session,
by reason of his obligations to duty else
where. Mr.. Gordy, then in answer to ques-
tons propounded, furnished the body with
much valuable legal information and prom
ised in the near future to give still further
advice, upon subjects which required con-
sidcration.
The Police Jury then adjourned.
w. b. TORlAN, President.
r. c. GREIc, Secretary.