The Opelousas courier., 1893-04-15
PROCEEDINGS OF T1EE POLICE
JURY.
OPELousAs, April 10th, 1898

OPELousAs, April 10th, 1893.
The Police Jury met at II m. Present.
Z. M. Boagni, President, and efessrs. Bergeron
MCGEE, Clopton, Fontenot, Gnldry' Butler an'
DuprG.
for q change of road having been read. on mo
ton of Mr.. Bergeron, Messrs. TheOdule Rich
ard, @. T. Bihm and William Dejean were ap
pointed a committee to report tomorrow OF
said change.
On motion of Mr.. Dupre, the Police Jury ad
ojurned till $3.50 p. III.
EVENING SESSION.
The Police Jury met at $3.50 p. m. Present: =
Messrs, MCGEE, Bergeron, Guidry, ClOptOn
Dupr6, F%ontenot and Butler.
DR.. ClOpton in the chair.
On motion of Mr.. Boagni the sheriff was in
structed to refund to Mr.. j. o. Chachere the
taxes on $4,000 being amount of ouble assess
ment of his property.
On motion of Mr.. Fontenot the report of com
mittee to sell contract to build bridge over
Lavergne's gully was received, committee dis
charged and Mr.. Austin Forest credited with
the sum of sixty dollars.
On motion of Mr.. FOntenOt the report OF
committee to sell contract to build Poiret's
bridge was received, committee discharged
and MIR. Robert Zernott credited with the sun
of four hundred and ten dollars.
On motion of Mr.. Courtney the petition OF
citizens of Dossman precinct praying for a
change of road was laid on the table.
On motion of Mi. Butler. the petition OF
S1GlLSho VI pay AS AA 90 SANISN
of road, was granted, said change to run be
tween the lands of Eloy Vidrine, and lands
of Mis-. E. Tate thence between lands of l.
Vidrine and lands of FRANCOIS BOSNIAN and
thence to i~ntersect the public road at l.. j.
DOSSman'S store.
Mr.. Guidry moved that on and after the LIST
of January 1894, all horses, cows, sheep and
hogs and stock of all kind be prohibited from
running at large in the Sd Police Jury Ward.
Mr.. Guidry called for the aye and nay votes
Messrs. Butler, Boagni, and Guidry voted yea
NTaocp1 PapDnrnp Fnnfannt nnnpa aud Mo
Gee no; Mr.. Courtney blank.
On motion of Mr.. Courtney the Police Jury
went into executive session.
On motion of Mr.. FOntenOt the Police jury
went into regular session.
On motion OF Mr.. Butler the report of COM
mittee to lay out q road from Prairie ROnde tC
Anse Aux Pailles was received and committee
discharged and road declared a public road tC
run as follows: commencing at Prairie ROnde
on the lines of ArtemOn Latieur and Mat Pitre
and intersecting the old public road of Anse
AUX Pallle and Prairie ROnde, then running
on the lines of ArtemOn Laf1eur and Ducoudre
Dupr6 in the woods then on the lines of Arte,
mon Latleur and Angelas P~rudhomme, then on
the lines of Sam Haas and Angelas Prudhomme,
then on the lines of Treville j y. Fontenot and
Mrs. Cyprien B. FontenOt and Mrs Amos B.
FontenOt and Artelus Latieur, then on the lines
OF Pierre Young and Mrs: s: B Fontenot and
on the lines of Ernest DesbaillOn and Pierre
Young ON the lines of Pierre Young and
Homer Altales, then intersecting the Washing
ton, Opelousas, Chataignier and MamOu public
1OII dU IAS COIuC VI ALL VI EEICS DGS-
baillon and Louis Young at Anse AuxlPailles.
On motion of Mr.. Fontenot the Police Jury
adiournedunti tomorrow at 10 a. IN.
Opelousas, April II, '93.
The Police Jury met at 10 a. M. Present e.
M. Boagni, President; Messrs. E. H. MCGEE,
Dupre, FOntenOt, Courtney, Bergeron, Guidry.
on motion of Mr.. Courtney, be it ordained
that in all that section of the Parish of ST.
Landry lying between Bayou C0urtableau on
one side, Bayou Cocodrie IN the other and the
northern and eastern bouK.~ ery of the Parish,
it is hereby prohibited lp hunt, capture or
slay deer from the 18th of May to the LIST of
October during each year, and that ill the
remainder of the Parish it is hereby prohibited
to hunt, capture or, slay deer from the LIST of
April to the LIST of August oteach year.
On motion of Mr.. Butler yhe request of com
mittee appointed to sell contract to build bridge
on Deep Gulley on road leading from Cha-di-
gnier to Vile Plate be received and committee
discharged and Mr.. Florence Jeanson credited
with the sum of ~sixty-seven dollars.
On motion of Mr.. Bergeron, be it resolved
that the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars
out of internal Improvement fund of 1893, !
End Ward and l 3rd Ward, be and is hereby
appropriated to pay David Higginbotham for
a bridge he erected on Bayou Bourbeux near
the public road leading from Arnaudville to
Grand Coteau, 1T being agreed by said Higgin-
botham to so change the public road as to
make it cross the bayou aforesaid on the site
of the bridge herein purchased from him.
On motion of Mr.. Courtney be it resolved
that the resolution adopted on the 18th of Sept.
1892, allowing committee appointed for the sale
OF unbranded stock osell the same at any time,
be recOnsidered.
On motion of Mr.. Dupre, be it resolved that
from and after date hereof all commissioners
for the sale of unbranded stock shall sell the
same between list OF June and 1st of September
and at no other time during the year, provided
said sale be made in pursuance of formalities
as now provided by law.
On motion of Mr.. Fontenot, the Police Jury
went in session as a of the whole to
examine claims. NIT. FOntpn0t in the chair
Parish of st. Landry-To
NJ A Medlcls, repairs to chimney at jail..S s 10
] B SandoZ, blacksmith work.-...-..- IL so
J Stewart, lumber, LIST ward.-..-.-.... 2 So
Gibbons nicholson, lumber, LIST & 5th W $50 90
9TH ward. 272 40
9Th ward 8 20
Jos Chachere, shov &spade brok on road 2 Is
V Boagn1, medical expert .-.....-... 10 90
" II Dalrymple, examining glanders.... 25 90
Mrs Gil Dupre, wagon broken on road - 8 90
Val Carfiere, hoe and - broken on road. 1 40
8 F~ontenot, feeding prisoners to Apl g. 531 65
incarceration fees to APP 5 40 90
cash paid for sundries.-.. 81 80
arrest'g prisnrs out of par
ish, conveying prisnrs to Bat. Rouge,
attended, on District Court, etc ...... 1876 65
y Roos d Son, sundr for Jail, cOalfor C III 204 25
CT Burr, keeping witness time..-.-.. 80 90
L tontenot, feeding prisoners from Jan
Is to Feb u $50 60
20 to Feb % 90
s FOntenOt, arresting prisoner, etc.. 6 so
M Medlcls, repalrg fireplace Shirts office 2 90
Bros. d. Simon, mortgage book. IS so
index bo0k.--.-- SO
donation book IL 90
Jean Blanchard, lumb & reprg bridge, 3W 2 35
sam Haas, lumber q spikes. 9Th ward 4 Is
A u Erere, serving process 2 so
office, express on books "a
Emile Ca, repairing bridge, sth ward Is 90
E K WailliO, efectg lighting rod on &
elk office and repairing rods on CHI 81 90
Opel0usas Courier, 5000 blank warrants. Is 90
Leon Wolf, lumb & nails. 5th ward 80
Sam Haas, / spade, 9Th Ward.-... 90
Chas Dossman, A spades, 9Th ward. O5
j L Stewart, lumber, Sd ward....--.. 81 81
j B BergerOn, nails and spikes, Sd w.. A 90
Alb Boudreau, hl'g lumb & rprg bryce, 3w 6 90
Emile Lanclos, hauling lumber, Sd W.. 90
j T Stewart, lumber, Sd ward .... 8 Sc
j b Marks, bldg bridge d haulg lumb, 3w As 90
Il w Lyons, Shrf OF Acadia, serV'g notice 3 80
Thompson, registering inquest.--- so
making juror certificates. . 80 so
wit certificates, No 65 to 984 1888 90
Levy Bros & Simon, books for clk's office IS so
Gibbons & Nicholson, lumber, LIST ward. Is rs
2 18 90
~ 80 40
8 3 S8
s IS
8 SIS
V W BOagni, burying pauper 10 90
Litten, surveying roads, I'd ward. 20 90
18th W -.-. 10 90
M l. Swords, metallic case for Assessor. z 90
Louis Frilot. juror on inquest.......-.. 2 90