The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-19

parishes of Avoyelles and st. Landry as follows;
We went in Bayou Rouge Prairie and located
| the line OF the parishes to the best or our JUG.
ment, together with the evidence OF tue 9i9 !Sso
should be, according to the acts or the Leslsla-
| ture of 1918 Began at the east cage OF Bayou
! Rouge Prairie, east OF the pubic ROAD, az a
! pOint between the lands of NJ. l.. Swords on the
south and John O'Quinn on the north, whence
| a cum tree u inches in diameter marKed HItI
| hears north 90 links marked by us OIO; thence
from said point due west to Texas d RACINE n:
r.. crossing it about % chains below the, l54
| mile post, thence due west to the west boundary
line OF II. 2 S. r. 4 f., being s. O.24 west ll.2o
north of section corner OF sec; u, t mh1eS h msss
N. 81 W., which point was 1882 chalns neioW
the north bd. of Sec. 80, 1, 5. II -; oy tne
railroad and $500 chains below tne w nalie
post, thence due west to Bayou BGni, thenee
west II miles west of township line between !.
2 and east, where planted a post marked +. u.
in Geo. Singleton's field, post bearing ~ llnas
north of corner on ditch bank; from thence
north, following the centre line or line dlVldlng
the sections 81, 81 and IL of I. 5. r. Il. 10 the
north bank of the main canal or the Staf or
PoWnontus Plantation, at a point ON SAID canal
where n canal running southeast enters the
| main canal running east and west, corner pe-
ing established just on the north cage ana az
the intersection of the two canals; SAID polnt
being the j &ction corner between Sees. 9 and
10: then n. 80 40 ". van. OF $50 TO southwest
corner of A. NJ. Haas pasture which is the
| corner of Sections 81, 80, SO and 81, I. j. ., n. =
n. corner being on Elm whence bears a DeecD
N, 43 w. IA and is marked q I'll, thence north on
| section line between 81 and 80 two miles 10 Sec
tion corner of - and marked the corner a
blackberry IL inches i'll diameter, marked 1t 81.
Landry, Avoyelles and Rapides. from whence
| an ash % bears S. rs E. 80 XIII then ADJOURNED
| until Monday, April 80; when on said day pc
| gan on the aforesaid starting point in Bayou
| Rouge Prairie and ran due east to the Bayou
Jack settlement, striking q chimney on the
north of a hnuSp ocpIlDIed DY ION Clark Oh
lauS of VIM. Robinson where the parish Lne
| wsH- chains from north line of said tract;
thence due east Ii miles to a swamp or lake
into which we travelled two miles to swimming
| water, and not being able to cross said place
| returned going to Atchafalaya bank where we
commenced at a point 1870 chains north or
| south boundary of Sec. 25 in a line between the
| lands of I. o. Callahan on north ana van sum
| mer on the south, and ran due west to the
aforesaid swamp or lake which ended the sur
vey. A.
Survey was made between April IL and May
4, 1894, with var. of &c 4G' Z. on east and west
line. Assistants Salon Barbln, simon CharfleTe
| and Willie Cemeau. Line was marked III woods
| thus OIO on public road and railroad with sign
boards. l." Il. LiIIfLL,
Parish Surveyor of st. Landry.
c p. COUVILLON,
Acting Par. Sur. of Avoyelles.
On motion OF Mr.. Fontenoi, the report of the
committee appointed to ascertain the prODaDle
cost of repairing the WhiteVilie bridge was re
ceived. ~
| On motion OF MI. E0DttiOt, inc sum VI S&oo.ou
or as much thereof as may be necessary was
| appropriated out of internal improvement
funds, 5th ward for 1894, to repair said Whlte'
| vile bridge and that Messrs. A, l.. Stagg, Onez,
Savant and L. G. Milburn appointed a com
mittee to sell contract to do said work.
On motion of Mr.. Butler, the sum OF $3.50 was
appropriated out of internal Improvement
funds of eth ward, for 1894, to repair the bridge
known as the John Shaw bridge on the road
leading from Vile Plate to Washington ano
Opelousas and Messrs. j. +. Shaw, Thos. Win.
field and VIM. Barker appointed Il committee
On motion of Mr.. Fontenot. the Police jury
met in committee OF the whole Tor the purpose
of passing on claims.
Mr.. Evans i'll the chair.
The committee of the whole having arisen
reported through the chairman Mr.. Evans, tina
they had examined the following claims ano
found them correct:
T. S. FonteIot, arreSting PRISONERS out
of parish ami conveying prisoners to a.
T. s. Fonlcnsi. turnkey fees from April
II to May I3, 80 IN
r. S. fontcnot. feeding prisoners from
Gibbons Anli' & x S iS @ss lumber, ward 1884 e C 9,
0;
Lucius Pitre, sharpening IL spades 5 ward | On
M. Robert. costs in snit froad) .......-. II o.
Tom Higginbotham, ! hoe broke 2 W. 1898 q
r. Zernott, bldg Hinckley bridge 5 W. 81 10 On
G. Olivier, / road scrapcr, End ward, 1894, 4 On
Jules PGtetin, spades and shovels, . W." % A
Y. Vidrine, s spades and ! shovel, w s 81
W. +; Clopton, bnrying panper--- 8 3 O. Q
w. NJ. Smith, --.----- : IN
Sibile Bros. nails and spades, aud W. 1884, IL q
F. F. HanseIl & Bro. warrant book 5 81
Levy Bros. & Simon, " $500 IA II
r. 8. Hazard, / mule killed 20 on
Jules oudeau, l pony killed .----.--..--. Is On
J.O .Chachere, bridging bayou over
Kings levee, 1st ward 155 6(
J. L. Stewart, lumber for building bridge
over Kings Levee, 1st ward .-.------- 6 Z:
J.. r. Stewart, lumber for building bridge
over Kings levee, 1st ward.--.-. s.
J. T. Stewart, lumber for building bridge
over Kings levee, 1st ward.----..-. 81 l:
j. T. Stewart, lumber for building bridge
over Kings leyee, LIST ward. ,-..---.- 90 2;
Gibbons & Nicholson, lumber, Sd. ward, &c Al
% 4
IS 81
T. Stewart" 8 "a on
Alfred Pavy, notary act of donation. s On
d. Roos q Sons, spades, coal, etc.,.-.... SO OF
C. F. Burr, returning officer, so on
Leon Wolff, spades 1894, 18th ward,--.--. IL OF
" " nails and shoyels, 5 W.. 90 OF
Leonce Littell, IA days surveying lines be-
tween 1T. Landry and Ayoyelles. --.- 140 OF
F. E. Stokes, lumber, 1894, I'd ward, ...... 90 OF
w. Evans, nails and lumber, 1894, 1st W. 20 Al
Thomas Linton, buryins pauper....-.- On
J. ]. Neyland, costs in road SUITS 800 3 81
F, j. Hardey, ID mucilage, etc. OF
G. r. Baltic, costs in road suits..-.----. II 81
T.. M. @. Hymen, costs IN suits 1l5OS and
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