The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-09-16

of the Parish of Vermilion, to the great
est ease and advantage of the inhabi-
tants, and with as little prejudice to en-
closures as may be-without favor or
affection, malice or hatred and to the best
of IA skill and abilities. So help us God.
And furthermore. that we willtruly assess
all damages to prOpTietors, caused by said
road, to the best Of our Judgment and
ability. c. T Guidry, jos I. Guidry, r.
G.. Harrington, Augustaye DuplanGls,
Adelbcrt Broussard and L. d. Meanx.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
Sd day of July 1898.
Justice of the Peaee-7th Ward.
REPORT.
We, the undersigned Jury of Freeholders
of the Parish of Vermilion, duly appointed
by the Police Jury of said parish to trace
and lay out a public road leading from
the public road at Simeon Broussard's to
the public rOad at the lands of Philip
Meaux through the lands of the following
proprietors, to wit:
eTen arpents between the lands of ST.
neon Broussard and Adam Boudreaux, Is
feet wide and Is feet wide respectively /;
north between Simeon BrOussard and the
lands of Joseph L. -Guidry, ID arpents;
west 40 feet wide on lands of j. 7. Guidry
to point where road runs between Alfred
Williams and G. G. Roberts, thence north
cutting in equal parts the lands Alfred
between lands Alfred Williams and Au-
g~ustave Duplantis and John Joiner about
IA arpents, thence between the lands of
Augustave Duplantis and Fischer Petry,
and north between the lands of Fischer
Petry and Wise and Broussard and w. A.
White and Philip Meaux to the present
public road north of the land of Philip
| Mn4ny hau1nOhapn nntIfaI Af nnT an
pointment and of the time and place of
meeting by the person first named in said
order of appointments; and having several
ly taken and subscribed the foregoing
oath, and having given notice to each and
every one of the aforesaid proprietors in
writing, at least three days previous, of
the time and place Of meeting and of the
intended laying out of said road through
the lands of said proprietors, which no.
tees were duly served on said proprie-
tors, did meet on the Sd day of July, 1898,
at the residence of G. G. Roberts the place
there, in presence of the following named
of said proprietOrs, to wit
Simeon Broussard, Adam Boudreaux,
j, I. Guidry, G. C.. Roberts, Alfred Will
Jams John Joiner, Fischer Petry, Philip
Meaux, Augustave Duplantis and r. c..
Harrington proceed to trace and lay said
public road as follows: Beginning at the
public road at Simeon B~roussard,s and
running thence through the lands of the
above named pr0prietOrs and signers for
the distance of about 2 and o half miles
taking q strip Of twenty feet wide off of
the land of each one along their common
boundary line, which boundary was mu-
tually agreed upon and shown us by said
proprietors, and by them designated to
us, by setting stakes and plowing burrows,
| so as to be easily visible and recognizable,
and thence through the lands of Angus
taye Duplantis: c. G. Roberts, Joseph L.
Guidry, Alfred Williams, John JOINER,
Broussard, Adam Boudreaux, Solomon
Wise and Lastie Bronssard. the termina-
tion of said road, which road is forty feet
wide throughout its entire length, and
was s. traced and staked ont as to be
plainly visible throughout it's entire
course; and We have caused to be
made a plat of said road showing the loca-
ton and course of said road, and the loca-
ton of the lands of the different proprie-
tors through which said roads runs, and
the distance and quantity of land expro-
priated from each wner for said road,
which plat is annexed to this our report
of said road for reference.
And W. further report that we, said
jury of F~reeholders, did on our oaths
aforesaid, assess the following damages to
proprletors in compensation for their land
so taken and appropriated for said road as
follows, to wit:
To Simeon Broussard. 60 90
and to the other proprietors no damages
were assessed, as IN opinion the bene-
fit of said road fully c~ompensates the
value Of their land taken.
Done at the Parish of VermiliOn, this
Sd day of July, 1893.
II. Guldry, G. T. Guidry, Augustave
Duplantis. J. A. Broussard, L. D. Meaux
and R. c. Harrington.
ENDORSEMENT OF CONSENT.
We, the proprietors named IN the
written report, do hereby consent to the
location and direction of the road as des-
crlbed in the written report, and accom-
panying plat; and hereby agree to accept
the amount of damages allowed us, nv
said Jury of Freeh0lders. as by the writ
ten report set forth, in full compensation
Of all damages by MS sustained. by reason
use of said road.
Signed and dated this Sd dgy of July,
Aug. Dupantis, C. C. Roberts, Jos T.
Gnidry, Alfred Williams, John JOINER,
pIscner Retry. Philip Meaux, Simeon
White and Lastie Broussard.
On motion of Mr.. Saryer duly
seconded and adopted, the following
road report was received, and the
same was declared a public road
to wit:
State of Louisiana,
Parish of Vermilion. !
We, Stanislas Bernard, Eubal Ira
han, Dutalie Girouard, Disers Leblanc,
Theodule Hebert and Jules Comeaux,
DO solemnly swear that we will lay out
the road nov directed to be laid out by
the Police Jury OF the Parish of Vermil-
ion, to the greatest ease and advantage
OF the inhabitants, and with as little