The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-03-11

public road on line of G. Stauffer.
Having been notified OF our ap-
pointment and of the time and place OF
meeting by the person first named in
said order of appointment; and having
seVerally taken subscribed the forego-
ing oath, and having given notice to
each and every n OF the aforesaid pro-
prietors IN writing, at least three days
previous, of the time and place OF meet
Ling and of the intended laying out OF
said road through the lands of said pro-
p~rietors. which notices were duly served
on said proprieters. did meet on the 24th
day of september, 1892, atthe residence
of G. NJ. Burt the place desig-
mated in said notices, and did then and
There, in presence of the following
named of said proprietors, to wit:
j Trahan, r Pickett, G Staufer
Ito proceed to trace and lay out said
public road as follows: Beginning at
the southwest corner Of Trahan's land
land Southeast corner Of Pickettslan
and running thence through the lands
of Jos Trahan, r Pickett, G Stauffer,
ID Morgan, G Fluff for the dis
lance of : mile taking a strip Of TWEEN
ty feet wide off of the land of each one
along their common boundary line,
which was mutually agreed upon and
shown us by said proprietors, and by
then designated to us, by setting stakes
and blowing burrows, SO as to be easily
visible and recognizable, and thence
through the lands of Ruben Pickett
JOS Trahan, D Morgan, c Stauffer,
G.. Huff to the terminus OF said road,
which is forty wide throughout its
entire length, and was S traced and
staked out as to be plainly visible
throughout its entire course; and we
have caused to be made a plat of said
road showing the location and course of
said road, and the location of the lands
of the different proprietors through
which said road runs, and the distance
and quantity of said land appropriated
from each owner for said road, which
plat is annexed to this u report of
said road for reference.
And we further report that we, said
Jury of freeholders, did on our oaths
aforesaid, assess the following damages
to proprietors in compensation for their
lands so taken and appropriated for
said road as follows, to wit:
Jos Trahan $25, to Reuben Pickett
SIS, to D Morgan $40, to C Staatfer
$12, to George Fluff $12, and to the
other proprietors no damages we're as
s,essed, as in our opinion the benefit OF
said road fully compensates the value
of their land taken.
Done at the parish of Vermilion, this
C4+b dou nf Cant 800
G M Burt, Edwin Lee, JOS Wallet,
Dale Trahan, L Pickett, Robt Henry.
Endorsement of Consent.
We, the proprieters named in the
written report, do hereby consent to the
location and direction of the road as
described in the written report, and ac-
companying plat; and hereby agree to
accept the amount of damages allowed
us, by said jury of f%reeholders, as by the
written report set forth in full compen-
sation of all damages by us sustained,
by reason of the appropriation OF our
lands for the use of said road.
Signed and dated this 31st day of
October 1892.
Witness W M Conerly, Diedrech
Pundt, Joseph Trahan, D Morgan,
Crist Stauffer, r Pickett, sr. Geo Il
Huff.
On motion duly seconded and ad-
opted, We the Police Jury acting
for and in the name Of the Parish of
Vermilion, having by previous reso'
Iution offered a reward of $3.50 for
the apprehension and conviction Of
the person or persons perpetrating
the murder Of A. G. Harrington,
finding that the aforesaid amount is
not Sufficient to stimulate detectives
to ferret out said murderers, do here.
by supplement said reward 500,
making total amount offered by Yer
million Parish $3.50, and we the said
Police Jury do hereby request the
Hon. ". J Foster Governor of the
State of Louisiana, acting by the
power vested 10 him as such, to also
offer a suitable reward for said
cause.
The following receipt "a embod.
led in the minutes, to-wit:
Abbeville La. Feb. 10 1893.
Reed from J.. T. Broussard, Presi-
dent of the Police Jury of Vermilion
Parish. Licenses for year ending Dec.
1893 and signed in which, as follows:
lis OF 800 each making $15OO,OO
LI5 $50 1850
6 ITO $4,000
IlSn 80 $4,000
5O7 5 $4,000
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