The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-17
PROCEEDINGS OF THE POLICE
JURY.
OpRIousAs. April 70. 1885,

: NJ. Boagni, President; and Messrs. McGee
Dupr6, Fontenot, Bergeron, Guidry, Latleur
:, Courtney and Butler.
/ On motion of Mr.. Fontenot the report of MIR
l j. w. Bailey relative to TaylOr's Ferry acrOs!
bayou Courtableau t1as accepted and Mr.. A
, J. CarrOn credited with the sum of 800. 49, one
half out OF internal Improvement funds 4th an0
9Th Wards.
On motion of Mr.. Courtney the petition o.
citizens of the 9th Ward relative to prohibiting
! sheep and hogs from running at large was laid
on the table, for the reason that only As persons
petitioned for the passage of said law and zoe
petitioned against its passage.
On motion of Mr.. Bergeron the sum of $4,000
was appropriated to repair the bridge on road
leading from Port Barre to Chachere'S saw
mill, out of internal Improvement fund 2nd
Ward for 1898 and Messrs. D.. T. Saizan, Alexis
Moreau and Samuel Leblanc appointed a com
mittee to sell contract to do said work.
On motion OF Mr.. Courtney RObt. s. NOnley
was placed on the INDECENT list.
On motion of Mr.. Lafieur John Owen was
placed on the INDECENT list.
On motion of Mr.. Lafleur the petition of citi-
zens of Washington praying for opening the
old MOundville road be received and j. j. Ney-
land appointed road overseer of said road and
ordered to reopen said road according to law.
On motion of Mr., Bergeron the sum of $1,000
per year was appropriated out of internal i'm
prOvement funds of 5rd Ward, for the purpose
of opening the bridge on the Teche at Arnaud-
vile, provided a like appropriation be made by
the parish of st. Martin for the same purpose.
On motion of Mr.. Lafeur ;the Police jury
took a recess till $3.50 p. IN.
EVENING SESSION.
The Police Jury met at $3.50 p. III. Present:
r. M. BOagni, President; Messrs. McGee, DH-
pre-, Fontenot, Bergeron, Guidry. Latieur, Court
lney and Butler.
The sum of 81 was paid in by David Meche,
sale of one hog.
Mr.. BOagni in the chair.
Oh motion of Mr.. Courtney the petition Of
citizens of BOSNIAN to change public road at
Cocodrie old toll bridge was called from the
table and change granted as prayed for. The
1 nll = EPn 10 II hnpIn ut H. nn1 nF GnIl
bridge and run west in a straight direction
intersecting the road as it now runs a distance
of about 100 yards more or less, through lands
of Walter Hasleton. free of charge to the par
Ish, provided the road as changed be put i'll
good condition to the satisfaction of road
supervisor before the old road is closed.
Mr.. BergerOn in the chair.
Mr.. BOagni reported for the committee APP
pointed to adopt a plan of levying a tax to
work the public roads that the District AttOr-
ney was of the opinion that the said tax could
not be legally levied and submitted without
q petition of One-tenth of the taxpayers ask
ing for an election, and submitted the District
Attorneys written opinion on the subject.
On motion of Mr.. Boagnl the above report
was adopted and the committee discharged
Mr.. Boagni in the chair.
On motion of Mr.. McGee the Police Jury
adjourned till tomorrow at 10 q. III.
O~pelOusas, June 18th, '93.
The Police jury met at 10 a. m. Present Z.
M. Boagni, President; Messrs. E. Fl. MCGEE,
Dupre, Fontenot, Courtney, Bergeron, Guidry.
Lafleur and Butler.
Mr.. Lafeur in the chair.
On motion of Mr.. BergerOn, be it resolved
t1Rt the Police jury OF the parish of st. Ian
ury appropriate the sum of $3.50 to send back
Edward L. Gil as a parish cadet to the La.
treasurer be authorized to pay said amount to
the President of the State University on the
warrant of the President of the Police Jury.
Mr.. Dupr6 moved to table Mr.. BergerOn's
motion.
Mr.. MCGEE called for the yeas and nays.
The motion to tab&was carried.
On motion of ny Guidry the report of the
committee appointed to sell contract to build
the bridge On gully near Mrs. Alexander Dugas
was accepted committee discharged and the
sum Of $3.50 credited to Messrs Ii. Guidry and
D.. Arceneaq out 9 fahe internal Improvement
funds Of end Ward 1898. %
On motion of Mr.. Courtney, the s@m of $40
was appropriated out of internal Improvement
funds OF 9Th ward, for 1893, to build u bridge
over a slough near east end of Beaver Creek
bridge, contract to be sold to the lowest bidder,
under the supervision of a committee compOs-
Mizel.
Mr.. Laleur i'll the chair.
Mr. Guidry moved 10 grant the petition of
citizens Of the I'd ward praying for a stock law.
Mr.. Bergeron moved to lay Mr.. Guidry's mo-
ton on the table.
Mr.. Guidry called for the yeas and nays.
Messrs. Boagni and Guidry voted no. Messrs.
MCGEE, Butler, Courtney, Dupre, FOntenot and
Bergeron voted yes. Mr.. Guidry's motion was
lost.
On motion of Mr.. Boagni, be it resolved, that
having read the resolutions adopted by the
of the citizens OF Morrow, Rosa and
Big Cane held on the goth of May last, de
and c~ondemning the levee tax, be it
Resolved, that We, the Police Jury, endorse
and approve said resolutions and espresso our
unqualified opposition to the said tax, branding
as unjust and oppressive. Act 70 of 1890 and
act 46 OF 1892 were passed by the Legislature,
Notwithstanding the EXPRESSED opposition of
the people, Police Jury, Senator'S and Rep
reSentat1yes of the parish, that said acts were |
passed through the influence of people from i
ers of a large section of this parish an un-
,earable burden from which they derive no .
benefit. q
And we call upon the people all over this {
the confines of the levee district to resist G
his tax. Carried unanimously. J
Mr.. BOagni in the Chair. Y
On motion Of Mr.. Butler the report of the COM h
nlttee appointed to sell the contract to build s
over coulee at Jos. Chaumau crossing a
n Nez Piquez was accepted, committe dis {
and Atanas Fontenot, contractors, be v
with the sum of 1922. 25 and that the p
aid amount be placed to the existing debt
und, as the amount to do the work was ap-
out of internal improvement funds [
1892, and said funds now being exhausted. a
On motion OF MT. Butler, be it resolved that a
Thereas the report of the committee appointed n
n the 8th of August, 1892, to lay out a road -
rom Arvllle Ardoin's to intersect the road =
Iodw1n's Mill, filed 18th of Sept, 1892, was d
in error. Now therefore bel resolved, b
nat the said adoption be reeonsidered and res e.
Carried. il
On motion of MT. Butler, Messrs. Louis Ian b
Samuel Johnson, Oscar Fontenot h
ppointed a committee to assess what damages a
light be done to ULCER NORM, if any, by open a
lg a public road across his land as per report :,
Sept, 1892. u
On motion of Mr.. Fontenot, the report of So
1mmlttee appointed to sell contract to build a q
ridge across the Courtableau at Taylor's Land
e was received, committee discharged and
II. r. Zernott credited with the sum of $500 Ii
OF internal Improvement funds, half each IL
4th and 9Th wards. ~.
On motion of Mr. Fontenot the Police jury r
recess till $50 2. m. u
EVENING SESSION. u
The Police Jury met at $3.50 p. M. Present - h.
.eSsrs. MCGEE, BergerOn, Guidry, Cloptop, h.
upre, Fontenot, Butler, Laleur and Courtney. IS
Dr.. Clopton in the Chair.
On motion of Mr.. Courtney, the petition of
on OF Sl75 to repair bridge on Bayou Rouge 70
ear Baptist church was granted and Messrs. VI
lille jackson, Thomas M. Atkins and J. e. X
gum appointed a committee to sell contract re
repair said bridge. dr.
On motion Of Mr.. Laf1eur, the Police Jury ia
ent into a committee of the whole for the puT- M
Use Of passing on claims. W
Mr.. Laffeur in the Chair. uo
committee of the whole having reported py
their chairman, Mr.. Lafieur, the fol
wing claims have been anime and found
rrect: da
shnte, expert acknowledgements 10 90 ha
Frozard, trees on his land to fix "e
-prien Castillo hauiin9 inmber q VI 20 tr
rasin Richard, 4 trees cut for levee 3w 90 an
igar Meche building bridge on Coulee
Rouge, Sd 10 90
=. Bergeron, spikes Sd ward-.... 20 all
p. I; Deyllller road scraper, 9Th w.. 90 of
ion C4atlnan' juror on 1nquest---.- q 90 Ba
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