The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-16

to /. & V. r. E. depot reported that
said walk bad been completed, which
report was accepted and the COM
mittee discharged. q
An Ordinance
Prohibiting parties on horseback
from travelling over or across the
plank walk near public road lead.
ing to Railroad depot.
BE it Resolved, That all persons
be and are hereby forbidden to ride
or travel on horseback on or across
the said side walk or plank walk,
leading from the terminus of State
street of the town of Abbevilie, La,
to the depot of the [. & V. Railroad.
All persons violating the above or.
dinance shall be on conviction of the
same, subject to a fine of FIVE dollars
$500 TO each and every offense, to
be collected before any court Of com.
petent Jurisdiction. Adopted.
J. t. BRoUssARD. President.
J. N. WILLIAMS, CLERK.
A petition from citizens from the
9Th ward asking the appointment of
q jury of Freeholders to trace and
lay out a public road beginalng at
Meridian line dividing Sections I
and Is and II, 8 and is 10 and Is,
IL and IA and II and Is, to the tp
line IL, Range 2 east intersecting
public road at J. G. GiIbeaux's, was
received. Whereas. Messrs. B r
Garland, W L Moore, VIM Meaux,
Enclide Meaux, Clebert Meanx aud
Walter Baker, were appointed.
The cancelled Vouchers turned
over by the Finance Committee
were then burned in open session.
On motion of Ernest Bronssard
duly seconded the snm o: $75 or 80
much thereof as may be necessary be
and is hereby appropriated ont of
any funds not otherwise appropri-
ated to aid the parish Of Acadia in
constructing a bridge across Bayou
Queue Tortus near L T H~offpauir's.
Adopted.
w P Edwards appeared and
asked that he be allowed las mana
ger of the MERIDIoNAL) to continue
to do the parish printing stating his
object OF SO doing was that he did
not wish to reopen any i'll feeling as
has been Caused heretofore by adj
vertising for bids; after considering
the above proposition it was moved
by Mr. Lacour and seconded by Mr.
Thibodeaux that a contract be en-
tered into with the manager of said
paper giving the parish printing to
it at the same price $3.50 rer year;
said contract to terminate as the
first day Of July 1895, the Presi-
dent to act for jury.
On the adoption of the above res
olution the following is the record
of the vote as cast:-Yeas-J A
Leblanc, Jules Thibodeaux, NJ Sar-
yer and Ernest Broussard. Mays
G Godchaux and J 7 Broussard,
requested that his vote be recorded
in the negatively
ABBEvILLE, La. June l., 1884,.
To the President and Members of the
Police Jury of Vermilion Parish.
Gentlemen: | respectfully submit the
following as my report of the financial
standing of the Parish:
Surplus fund has on hand has S176.72
No rcpt on this fund since last report.
Abbeville bridge has on hand 1881
on roll. 1898. 1928
License fund has on hand 959. so
Reed June /, from AL Leblanc,
t~ax-cOllectoT, 1900
Criminal prosecution is overdrawn 256.96
Reed june !, from A L Leblanc,
tax collector on rolls 1898, 24.d
const acct is overdran 1910
Reed June /. from A J. Leblanc,
tax collector on roll 1893, 1921
Dist atty and sheriff is overdrawn 6.37
on roll 1888, a4.54
Civil expense has on hand 1888
Rood June l, from A L Leblanc,
on roll 1893 SG.6S
Road and bridge has on hand 1459. n
Reed June /, from A L Leblanc,
tax collector on rolls 1898 1922
Very respectfully,
ELI WISE,
Parish Treasurer.
On motion Of Mr. Godchaux duly
seconded the Parish Treasurer be
and is hereby instructed to turn all