The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1893-08-05
Police Jnry proceedings
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AHO 0AlSS oAI h dh& ~SA4 $50
parish OF Frrmilion met this day al
iLeir rooms, in regular session.
Present: J. T. Broussard, Prcsi-
dent, and Messrs. j. A. Leblanc, G.
(~4odchaux, Jules ThibOdeaux, u.
Sarver, Ernest Broassard and 4,
Lacour.
Thu minutes of the previous meet.
ing were changed by the appoint.
ment OF Edwin Lee, road overseer
vice j. s. Ewell, excused for cause,
after which change the minutes were
approved.
On motion Of Mr.. Godchaux, duly
seconded. Robt. G. Harrington. road
overseer 7lh district, 9th ward he
and is hereby ordered to open the
road running north from 5. eau
ihreaux'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 o~veraeer, Isl road district, I'd
ward be and ia hereby ordered re-.
move the fencing of Messrs. O. Gus
tave B~rasseux 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 been opened and there ap
pearing from documents produced
before this body that there had boeu
d c0mbination formed to procure a
greater sum for said work titan this
body considered reasonable. There
fore, on motion of Mr. Godchaux,
duly seconded. resolved that oil bids
for said woyk be rejected ADOPTED.
The Police Jury after discussing
the matter of letting tho parish
printing, on motion Of jules i'hi:,n
deaux, duly seconded. The MERIpl0E
Al was given the parish printing for
the ensuing year. for the price and
snm of ($250.O0) Two Hundred ond
Fifty Dollars. Adopted.
On motion of jules Thibcdeaax,
dniy seconded, The following dona
,iou be md is hereby accepted and
declared o public road +:
State Of Louisiana,
Parish OF Verniiion.
Know all men by these presents.
That VIC, Jules Thibodeauy, Emelina
Broussard, wife Of Irdo7ic Eequeux,
Theogune Dubois, Elise Landry Emilio
Ihibodeaux, Charles Dugas, Francis
Harrington and Charles Friedrich, f0r
and In consideration of the benefits and
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 q desire
TO no d 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 YER
million La, to be used and maintained
IS q public highway so long as the said
parish shall see fiji the following de-
scribed property to wit:
One certain continuous strip of land
.ying in the2, ward of Vermilion Parish
forty feet wide beginning at the south
east corner of the north west quarter
of section tWenty-fouT town ship, thir-
teen south of range 4 east and run
ming west twenty chains more or less
between the lands of Jules T%hibodeauY
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 Emelina Broussard taking q strip
20 feet wide off the land ofeach, thence
west 70 chains more or less between
the lands Of jules Thibodeaux on one
side and Theogene Dubois and Elise
Landry on the other taking a strip 90
feet wide off of the land ofeach, thence
south 20 chains more or less between
the lands OF Elise Landry and Emile
Thibodean2 taking a strip 40 feet wide
OFF of the hnd of Emile Thibodeaux:
thence west l mile more or less between
the lands of Emile Thibodeaux snd
Charles Dubois for distance of about
TO chains taking a strip 20feet wide off
OF the land of each, and the remainder
of the mile directly through taad on a
continuation without crook or curve
and on the same bearing OF The same
line) through the land OF Emile Thlbo-
deauy taking q strip 40 ieet wide
throughout the entire length; thence
vest 10 chains more OF less between
the lands Of Emile T~hibodeaux and
Francis Harrington taking a strip 20
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