The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-09-14
City Council Proceedings.
LAFAYETTE, La, Sept. 10,


Pursuant to adjournment the Council met
this day. There were present: Mayor a.
]. Moss, Messrs. J. O. Leblanc, Leo Doucet,
o. c. Mouton and Jos. Ducote. Absent:
DR.. ]. ID. Trahan, L. NJ. Biossat and B.
Falk.
Returns of commissioners which were de-
livcrcd to mayor after election held on Sept.
?, were laid before Council follows:
Statement of votes cast at the courthouse
in the sd ward, parish Of Lafayette, State
of Louisiana at the election held on this Sec
ond day of September, \. d. 1895, by vir-
tue of the proclamati on by his Honor, A. J.
Moss, mayor of the town of Lafayette, to
ascertain the will of the legal voters of the
corporation of Lafayette fixed by Act No.
III of 1869 at present existing the pro-
posed annexation of the Mills Nfouton's and
McCombs additions, and other territory adj
jacent described by survey of Roman
Franccz parish aurveyor, on the 18th day of
May 1895.
For annexation, 6fty-three (5s) as per list.
Against annexation, one ~ per list.
Total number of votes cast, hfty-four (54).
Total number of votes contained in the box,
81.
And having completed said count which
we Ceftl1y 10 nc correct, we nave replaced
the ballots thus counted by us in the ballot
box, which was sealed by and have
delivered the same with a duplicate of this
statement of votes kept by and with the
list of voters of this election to the mayor
of the town of Lafayette.
State of Louisiana, parish of Lafayette.
Sworn to and subscribed before this I'd
day of September A. ID. 1895.
w. Il. BAILEY, Clerk of Court.
tSighed) L. Cons,antin, J. T. Martin.
r. G. Grcig, Commissioners.
Following ordinance was offered 10y O. G..
Mouton:
t'An ordinance proclaiming the result of
the election held at the courthouse III the
town of Lafayette the second day of
September, eighteen hundred and ninety
FIVE, at which was submitted to the elcctoss
qualified to vote under the general election
laws of the State, and residing within the
corporate limits of the town OF Lafayette
whether they concurrcd in, consented ans,
acceded to the proposed annexation the
corporate limits of said town, certain lots or
land contiguous and adjacent thereto, under
provisions of acts Io5 of ES92.
Whereas the returns of the election held
at the court house in the town of Lafayette
on the second day of September, eighteen
hundred and nnety-ve, submitting the
electors qualified to vote under the general
election laws of the State and who resided
in the territorial limits of said town, whether
they concurred in, consented and acce,Ied TO
the proposed annexation. to. the territorial
corporate limits of the town of Lafayette,
certain lots or land contiguous and adjacent
to the corporate limits of said town, and de
scrbed in the proclamation or notice of said
election as follows:< Starting at the bridge
on the coulec west of said town between
the properties of Henry Hohorst and Dame
Anita fIohorst, Wife of Or. Franklin !.
| Mouton, and running from thence along,
said coulcc, nor,l, S6k west, small ash, s.;
feet; north 81 east, small ash, 50 feet;
thence n. ;. east. 800 feet in Hoh"rst' 5
pasture; thence n. ~. +. 200 feet; Themes
y. z2E E., l7e feet i'll Cemetery 200 feet;
thence =. 5 E, $50 feet; thence =. 49,:
T., no feet; going from cemetery To Mrs.
Judice's place, 40 feet; thence n. ~ W.,
500 feet; thence n. 20 L, 800 feet to south
east corner of Arthur C'reig's property;
thence \. :: f., osS feet to the big ditch.
1000 feet to Public road leading to Scott,
! ,SIS feet ~ t',' .1Hi,i'nn N"I'>r" r:''i-~'l.