The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1894-06-09

fifty feet bridge acros the Grand
Marais on public road leading south
from Perry was received, and after
the said matter had Teen fully dis
cussed, the same was laid on the
table.
J. N. Williams presented a bill
for special committee work TO date
and the same was allowed.
j. N. Williams as a member of
Finance Committee on plank walk
to |. & V. R. E. depot reported that
said walk had been completed, which
report was accepted and the com.
mittee discharged.
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 Abhevilie, La,
to the depot of the I. & V. Railroad.
All persons violating the above or.
dinance shall be on conviction of the
same, subject to a fine of FIVE dollars
$500 10 each and every o%ffense, 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 word asking the appointment of
a jury of Freeholders to trace and
lay ont a public road beginning at
Meridian line dividing Sections 7
and Is and IT, 8 and Is 10 and Is,
II and IA and II and ID, to the tp
line II, Range 2 east ;ntersectirg
public road at j. G. Gilbeaux' 5. was
received. Whereas, Messrs. B r
Garland, " L Moore, VIM Meaux.
Euclide Meaux, Clebert Meanx and
Walter Baker. were appointed.
The cancelled vouchers turned
over by the Finance Committee
were then burned il open session.
On motion of Ernest Bronssard
duly seconded the snm o. SIS or 40
much thereof as may be necessary be
and is hereby appropriated out of
any funds not. otherwise appropri-
ated to aid the parish Of Acadia in
constructing a bridge across Bayou
Queue Tortue near l. I Hofpauir's.
Adopted.
W P Edwards appeared and
asked that he be allowed (as mana
ger of the MERIDioNAL) to continue
to do the parish printing stating his
object of &C 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 al the same price $3.50 per year;
said contract to terminate as the
first day CT 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, N Sar-
yer and Ernest Broussard Nays
G Godchaux and ] Z BroussarG,
requested that his vote be recorded
10 the negatively
On molten of Mr. Godchaux duly
seconded the Parish Treasurer be
and il, hereby instructed to turn all
except the Abbeville bridge
and road and bridge funds now in
treasurer into a surplus fund.
Adopted.
On motion the jury then adjourned
to the first Monday of July when
they will meet as a board of Re
viewers OF the Assessment list for
The year 1894. Adopted.
j. T. BRoussARD, President.
]. N. WILLIAMS. Clerk.