The Opelousas courier., 1894-03-24

Richard Barnes, from Prairie Gully to Cal
casieu line, near John Bonds
VIM. Rayford, from Grit1in's bridge to Lloyds
bridge road.
On motion of Mr.. Courtney, Resolved, that
$50, or as much thereof as may be necessary, be
appropriated out of internal Improvement
| funds of 1894, to rebuild bridge on Nezpique
between Chkeat and Pine Prairie. Contract to
be sold to te lowest bidder and work done un-
der the suIsTyisiOit of a committee composed OF
Austin Campbell, Coon Campbell and Henry l..
Erich.
Oh motion OF Mr.. Fontenot, the petition of
citizens OF Bayou Marie Croquant praying fOr
Il change of road was granted. The road IS 10
ran due west to Bayou Kcnnison; said change
to be made free of cost to the parish and in ac-
curdance to law.
On motion OF Mr.. Guidry, r. L. Harvey was
appointed road oyerseer instead Of Apolinaire
SavOie and Valsin Richard.
On motion Of Mr.. FontenOt, the following
road overscers were appointed for the 5tI
ward:
f. NJ. Mtdd, from Arnaud's place to Fishers
bridge.
Arttmon GuilIory, from Taylor's bridge to
Port Barre.
Henry Joubert, from Opelousas road to Hen
rN Joubcrt'S.
Robert Dunbar, from Hallway house between
Opelousas and Washington to Long bridge.
Louis Jones, in place of Alexis Brignac.
Mr.. Butler offered the following resolution:
Be it resolved, that Sec, 10 OF Road Ordinance
lie rcamended so as TO read each road over
seer shall be exempt from road duty two years,
provided he faithfully discharges his duty as
| Itdtt Wv cISftI ltoNt u TX thuV tAS Pr
visions of this resolution shall not apply to road
overseers who have served or were appointed
prior to the adoption Of this resolution.
DIR. Clopton called for the yeas and nays.
Messrs. Butler, Courtney, Dupre, Fontenot
aud QuGbedeau voted yes; Messrs. Lafeur,
Clopton and Guidry voted no.
force to better the condition OF the bad roads,
Mr., Guidry voted no because none have faith
fully discharged their duty.
MIR. Buffers resolution was carried
Or motion of Mr, DuDrf, the petition OF Mf.
received, and Messrs. Gessy MCGEE, D.. Durio
tee to report on said change tomorrow.
On molten of Mr.. Courtney, the Police Jury
aiiourne&Illl $50 p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
Tie police jury met at $3.50 p. m. Present, E.
H. McGee, President: Messrs. Courtney, La
fleur, Fontenot. Evans, Guidry, Dupre, Clop-
ton, Butler and >1uebedeau.
On motion of Mr.. Laf1eur the report OF COM
mittee appointed to sell contract to rebuild the
Barbreck bridge across Bayou Beuf was re-
ceived, committee discharged and MI. VIM.
Lawther ordered, credited with the sum of
three hundred and fifty dollars out of internal
Improvement funds of 5th ward 1893.
MI. Evans in the chair.
On motion of MI. Lafeur the following road
overseers were appointed for the 5th ward:
W. A. O'Quin, from parish line to Barbreck
O'QHn, from parish line to Barbreck bridge,
west side of Bayou Bpuf. H. l.. Fruge, from
Barbreck Bridge to WlnteviIle bridge, east side
0 Mes ba a;yds fB 3 Htst ana h f1dm w presser on hrid the he
to Bnrlelgh bridge, east side of Bayou BRuf,
and VIM. B%etlleny on the west side. r. Rob-
erts, from B4rleigh bridge to Garland bridge,
east side OF Bayou BRuf, and Tom Duffie on
the west side. Austin Sawyer, from Garland
bridge g. the Hudspeth bridge, east side of
Bayou Bguf, and Tom Reeves on the west side.
E. c. Quirk, from Hudspeth bridge to Wash
ington, east side of Bayou BGuf.
On motion of Mr.. Guidry the sum of $500
was appropriated out of internal improvement
funds I'd ward for 1894, to build a bridge over
Bayou Carencro near Divide Guidry, and AL
bert Guidry, a: D. Prejean and Divide Guidry
were appointed a committee to confer with a
like committee from the parish Of Lafayette
to sell contracts to build said bridge.
On moton of Mr.. MCGEE the following road
oysr1serA A'isins aP F1nm tohn Ronore.u to ,ean
Pierre's bridge, instead of John Boor,
Louis Bahm, from Dejean's bridge 10 Mallet
9 9onbert, ~ A John B'udreau instead of jules
Adolus AJchard, from Mrs Pierroti tn Fruge's
bridge, in$fad of ortere Fruge.
Joseph Eozas, from Fruge's bridge to Ed
ward Darfeau, instead of Durel Miller.
John Defosier, from woods on new road to
main road at Bourdin's.
Joseph Beaugh, Jr., from sosthene Bourque
to parish line, instead of Ben Higginbotham.
Felicien Ledoux from Martin Leger's to Mrs.
Pierroti's, instead of Peter stsoie.
Olivier Fruge, from Johnny Fruge's bridge to
ward line.
valmont Fuseller, from Johnny Fruge's
bridge to ward line, near Point Durable.
Louis Vidrine, from Fruge's bridge to Pointe
aux Tigres.
Theodule Fruge, from POinte aux Tigres to
| Nezpique bridge.
Lastie Richard, from John Miller's to He
brard Daigle.
zens OF lower Monmouth and Anse aux Vaches
praying for q change of road was received, and
Messrs. Dalicourt Duplechin, Jr., Leandre Man
uel, Ernest Langley. Augustin Fruge, Cyprien
Fruge, Jr., Estelie Vidrine and ULCER Manuel
were appointed a committee to lay out road
as prayed for and report at the next meeting
On motion Of Mr.. MCGEE, the petition of citi-
zens of LIST and sth wards, from Plaauemine
and vicinity, praying for a new road and a
bridge built over Bayou Plaquemine, was re-
ceived and tabled till next meeting for further
reference.
On motion of DR.. Clopton the sum of sixty
provement funds OF ath and 5th wards for 1894,
to repair the damages done the Taylor bridge
by the steamer Warren.
The District Attorney, appeared before the
jury and reported that his Investigation of the
Clerks office in regard to the civil Jury fees,
pursuant to a resolution of this body, disclosed
the TACT that the Clerk nad turned over all the
fees received in jury cases actually tried, and
had vouchers from the present and former
Treasurer to show for the same.
On motion Of MI. Courtney, the report of
On motion of Mr.. Butler the petition of
Thomas VeilIon praying for a change of road
was granted. The road as changed to run
from the end OF lane between Thomas Veillon
and Ernest Manuel about seven arpents, then
in a western direction about three arpents, SO
as to intersect the old public road.
citizens of the 4th ward praying for relief of
the levee tax was received and in accordance
with Sec. % OF Act 46 OF 1892, the President be
the Red River, Atchafalaya and Bayou Beuf
Leyee Board to have the engineers examine,
with a view of exempting from levee taxation,
as per petitions presented, the following des-
cribed lands in this parish, to-wit:
All property west of the following lines: Com
mencing at mouth of Bayou Courtableau and
following right descending banke2f the Atcha-
falaya river to line dividing sections Is and II,
I. s. r. 6 E., then following said line west to
line dividing Ranges 6 and 7 east, then north to
Bayou Rouge, and following left descending
bank OF Bayou Rouge west to line dividing
Ranges 5 and 6 east, thence north to parish line
of Ayoyelles. o
On motion of Mr.. Dupre, the petition of citi-
zens living on Washington and Opelousas
road, praying for a change of road was receiv-
ed, and H.. c.. butcher, Jackson Perry, A. j.
Hollier, E. E. Harmon, F. A. Baily and Chas
Hollier We're appointed a committee to view
out said road and report at the next regular
meeting of this body.
On motion OF MIR. MCGEE, a committee of
Placide Blanchard were appointed to ascer |
tain costs OF right of way on road leading from !
Prud'homme City to Church Point on lands of
Arthur Brunson and Cleophas Trail who re-
fused, and report at next meeting.
Mr.. MCGEE in the chair.
On motion of Mr.. Butler, the petition of citi-
zens. Of Mammou praying for a public road was
received, and R. L. Bushnell, =. B. Lambert, |
W.. A. Quirk, j. w. White, e. A. b. Hanks, 3.
A. Morris and Z. j. Miller were appointed a
committee to lay out road payed for and report
at next meeting.
On motion Of Mr.. Courtney, Resolved, that
the records furnished by Merrick & Merrick,
New Orleans, relative to the boundary
lines of st. Landry, respecting Calcasieu, Rap
ides and AyOyelles, as provided by law be