The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-12
Police Jury Proceedings.
ABBgVILLE, La, Aug. /, 1898.

their rooms, IN regular session.
Present j. L. Brousaard, Prcsi-
dent, and Messrs. j.. A. Leblanc, g.
dodchaux, Jules Thibodeauz, n.
Sarver, Ernest Broussard and A.
Lacour.
Tho minutes Of the previous meet.
ing were changed by the appoint
ment OF Edwin Lee, road overseef
vice j. s. Ewell, excused for cause,
after which change the minutes were
approved.
On motion OF Mr.. Godchaux, duly
seconded, Robt. C. Harrington, road
overseer 7th district, 9th ward be-
and is hereby ordered to open the
road running north from 5. Gau-
threaux's land to comply with SUR.
vey Of Geo, K. Bradford in conform
ity with an ordinance of this Police
Jury adopted April 4, 1898. Adopt.
ed.
On motion Of Jules Thibodeaux,
duly seconded, Cleophas Brasseux,
road Uverseer, Isl road district, I'd
ward be and is hereby ordered re.
move the fencing of Messrs. O. Gus-
tave Brassenx and Robert S. Henry
from the public road 10 conformity
with an ordinance of this body
adopted April 4. 1893. Adopted.
The bids for the parish printing
having sbcen opened and there ap.
pearing from documents produced
before this body that there had been
a combination formed to procure q
greater sum for said work than this
body considered reasonable. There
fore, on motion of Mr.. Godchaux,
dolly seconded. resolved that all bids
for said work be rejected Adopted.
The Police Jury after discussing
the matter of letting the parish
printing, on motion of Jules Thibo.
deauz, duly seconded, the MERIDioE.
AL was given the parish printing for
the ensuing year. for the price and
sum Of (s250.O0) Two Hundred and
- afs
Fifty Dollars. Adopted.
On motion Of jules Thibodeanx,
duly seconded, the following doBa.
ton be and is hereby accepted and
declared a public road !:
State Of Louisiana,
Parish of Vermilion.
Know all men by these presents:
That we, Jules T~hibodeaux, Emelina
Broussard, wife OF Ludovic Lequeux,
Theogune Dubois, Elise Landry, Emile
Thibodeaux, Charles Dugas, Francis
Harrington and Charles Frederick, Tor
and in consideration ofthe benefits aud
advantages we will receive as the
result of this act of donation: that is
the making of the land herein donated
into.a public road and out of a desire
to do Il good act and render public
travel in their community more easy
and convenient have this day donated
granted and given transferred set over
and assigned unto the Parish of Verz
million La, to be used and maintained
Us a public highway SO long as the said
parish shall see fit the following de-
oCLlucu pIOpcIJy w VII.
One certain continuous strip Of land,
lying in the2 ward of Vermilion Parish
forty feet wide beginning at the south
east n OF the north west quarter
of section tWenty-four town ship, thir-
teen south of range 4 east and run
ming west twenty chains more or less
between the lands of Jules Thibodeaux
and Emelina Broussard taking a strip
twenty feet wide from the land of each,
thence south forty chains more or less
between the lands of Jules Thibodeaux
and EIlelina Broussard taking q strip
20 feet wide off the land ofeach, thence
west 20 chains more or less between
the lands of Jules Thibodeaux on one
side and Theogene Dubois and Elise
Landry IN the other taking q strip ~
feet wide off of the land ofeach, thence
south 20 chains more or less between
the lands of Elise Landry and Emile
Thibodeaux taking a strip 40 feet wiie
off of the land of Emile Thibodeaux;
thence west ! mile more or less between
the lands Of Emile Thibodeaux snn
Charles Dubois for distance of about
10 chains taking a strip 20feet wide off
of the land OF each, and the remainder
of the ! mile directly through land on
continuation without crook or curve
and on the same bearingl of the Same
linel through the land of Emile Thibo
deaux taking a strip 40 feet wide
throughout the entire length; thence
west 10 chains more or less betWeeu
the lands of Emile Thibodeaux and
Francis Harrington taking a strip 20
feet off the land of each, and then after
/. set off of L4Ol feet north the said kfrin