The Opelousas courier., 1895-02-02
PROCEEDINGS OF THE POLICE
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lie Ponce JEFE MeT a. II III pursuant 10 ad'
5eHruIneEt- Present Aessrs- Hc45ee, Pres.
dent and Lafear, C1optGn and FonteHof.
There being DO quorum. the Police jury ad-
joGrned I'LL 3 ofe8eek p. m-
EVENING SESSION
The Police Jury me1 al 3 p n Present
L. q. Niece. President: Courtney, E1Gpgan,
Guidry, Dupre, Foutenot and Evans
On motion VI Mr.. Lafeur, the petition Of citi'
Zeas OF Bayou CoElft4bieaa praying for a hog
Law Was laid Oh the table until next meeting
On motion Of Mr.. Fontenes. a part OF the pub
lie road leading from Tate Cove 10 Washington
Was changed to run az follows: From FfoaZln
Guillory's lower corner, thence between lands
Of Conway and G1llsory. thence between Con
way and O.. Gaubert thence interseefing old
public road near z & Fon;enot's. provided said
change be made without any cost 10 the parish.
On motion OF Mr. Courtney. the following
were appointed road oscrseers for the 9Th ward,
1sss: Evar1ste FonteG,t, from spring gully TO
Callahan gully:
Octave Louis Fonterot, from calIiEam gully
AnrGllen Galllory. from Cedar Falls to Leg
Thomas sefIey. from Sezplaue to parish line,
By Gedwin's mill:
John b. Campbell. from near jim Vests to
Beaver. near Eyari.rs Foutenetrs place;
Jus-ifieu johnson. from CLIcot to seZpiguk
bridge. in lower 2 ne Prairie:
Sam Haas, from Ciicot z. u. to ward line at
G. z. LuiZ's;
Angus Murray, from Chieot to Bell-Cheney
road;
Bob Kelly: from Bayou chIcos, near KelIy's,
to D. u GF1fntHss
Philip Thompson, from Vim. Foreman's TO
Red Hill
c. VI. Richards, from Red Hill to Ayoyellss
line:
w. Il. Hawkins to Guiilors's on sl,ith's ro~d;
J. g. Smith, from Z. WlIttington's place TO
Brick Graveyard
Charles Tatman, from Black Lake to Lawson
place;
Bayou Toro bridge;
Lun Ferguson, from Bayou Toro bridge 10
Grifin's bridge;
A. z, calcote. from Grinin's bridge to Avoy-
Giles line;
A ]. Walker, from northwest corner Of ". T.
HaEkins place TO Toro bridge;
Pierre yidrine, Jr., from Upper Pine Prairie,
by Carpenters place. to singletary road;
Dave Roberts, from Deficiency road to par
ish line, by PARROTS;
John L. Stewart. from Louis Deyilie's to old
Wade road. by siugletary's;
Jack jenkins, from where siDgletary road in.
tersects Wade road to Randolph bridge;
Mat Sngent, from near Turkey Creek school
house IT, near John PARROTS, by BeltChene,
Springs
Mr.. Evans in the chair.
On motion Of Mr.. Lafeur, Be it resolved that
whereas ON the 18th day of December, 1894, i,
was ordained that the sum of forty-one thou.
sand dollars pc assessed and levied as the
amount of taxes to he collected for the service
and expenses Ut the parish of St Landry for the
| year 1886. which amount was appropriated a.
per budget made that day now. therefore. be
1t resolved that to secure that amount q tax OF
ten mills On the dollar he and Is hereby levied
| on all property borne on the assessment roll Dl
the parish, not including property on Inc assess.
ment roll situated within the incorporated
towns Of OpelOusas, Washington, Grand Coteau
Vile Plate, AFnaudgiiIe an | Melville; and thai
on the property situated within those iHcorpcr
ated towns, TO deiray their proportion Of the
criminal proceedings. there be levied, in ac
curdauce with Sec. % OF Act Of the Genera
Assembly Of Louisiana. regular session Of 1878
and approved March 4, 1875, a tax Of five mill.
on the dollar.
MIR. Met5ee in the chair.
On motion Of Mr.. ! afieur, the Police Jury ad
journed until Tomorrow ut g d. LII.
OPELoUsAs, Jan. Goth, 1895.
The Police Jury met at 9 a. In. Present: Z
II. MCGEE, President. Dapre, Courtney; Gnidry
Mr.. Fonlenot in the chair.
Biz. MCGEE resumed the chair.
Mr. L. n Boasni having appeared before th'
Nos. 1887 and 1888. of date 81 n. 10. 1894, mad,
payable to his order as President of the Polio.
Jury, one for $50 and the other for siaG. saif
drafts having been kept by Mr.. Boagni from th.
date OF their reception to the present time OIL
account Of the illness of the President of tn
Jury.
ON motion Of Mr.. Lafienr. the following com
muHicatiyn was ordered spread upon the min
utes:
To the Hon. Police Jury Of the parish of ST
Landry, La:
would respectfully call the attention Of You
Hon. body to the fact that the Southern Paclfi
X. X. Co. has not put in a crossing i'll the roaa
opened by your Hon. body connecting the Or
elousas and Vile Plate with the Opeiuusas AN,
Washington roads; that a year has passed sine
} this road was by YOU declared a public road
that your Hon. body some 30 days ago passed
resolution ordering the said crossing 10 be bull
aud instrncting your Clerk to notify the said K
q. Co +; that / have written to them as roa,
0yerseer TO open the said crossing, which the.
have failed to do.
lie travel, saving and excepting the said cross
ing. That az it now is. the road is of no us
70 the public, being barred by the raIlroa'
fence. That it operates d great hardship to tn
travelling public. 1 would respectfully sugges
that yonr Honorable Body cause the saidc cross
ing to be put IN Immediately.
On motion of Mr.. Iaieur, the Police Jur,
adjourned till 8 p. In.
EVENING SESSION.
The Police Jury met at . D. III. Present: E. d
MeGee, President, Quebedeau, Lafieur, Clopton
On motion OF Mr.. Evans, Resolved tina
whereas Armand G. Hollier, road overseer o
the public road ordered to be opened. ~startini
Plate road, running between property of sal
Mrs. Aleee Dupre and land formerly owned b.
Led0ux, now owned by 4. n. Boagni, theme
on the line of the land Of James anu Henri
Bosw iii to intersect the public road from Que
Onsas to Washington at james Beswells. ha
notified this body that the southern Pacific Z
Il. Co. has refused aud neglected to build
crossing at the point where said public roa,
intcrsects the track of said X. K. Co., as re
quested by this body. the District Attorney, /
therefore instructed to bring suit against SAT-
company to cUInpel them to build said crcsslnj
without delay.
On motion of Mr. Lafienr, Resolved that tn
sheriff and ex-offfcio tax collector of st. Landr,
parish be and is hereby auth. rized to reduc
the valuation OF a. ID. Hazards assessment TO
1894 three hundred aud seventy dollars, sam
being in excess Of the valuation fixed in th'
schedule and a clerical error, and also to re
duce Antoine D0lfred's assessment three hun
dred dollars. and Jean Pierre Vidrine 1920 err0
, neOusiy assessed.
On motion OF Mr.. Evans, Resolved tina
whereas Mr.. Jos. Eddy is assessed to thu
amount OF five dollars and sixteen cents more
than he should pay. therefore the tax collector
is instructed to credit him with that amour
On his taxes of 1894.
On motion OF Mr.. Lafieur, Resolved thai thu
President and clerk of this body be and arr
hereby instructed to issue a warrant TO TIL
Washington State Bank for the sum of S4O5. 80
payable out OF District Court witness fund o.
1894 for Court orders this day Cancelled, and alst
q warrant in favor of said Bank for the sum o
f fnng 1871 pd for Go ort OF grahd thi ana da Pen aan 1alead'
On motion of Mr.. Lafieur the chair appointed
a committee OF three composed Of Messrs
Courtney, Dnpre and Lafleur to notify the
Washington state Bank and the st. Landry
State Bank that bids for the fiscal agency Of
the parish of st Landry will be received unit
the 30th inst. at u III.
the Washington State Bank, fiscal agent of the
parish Of st Landry, be cred ted with the sum
Of $791 "A. payable out of not otherwise appro
priated funds for Is95, in accordance with con
tract covering salary or said fiscal agent fol
fine year 1894, from Oct. 8, 1894, to Jan. s, 1895.
On motion of Mr.. Lafeur, the Police Jury
adjourned till $50 a. III.
January 80, 1895.
K. III. MCGEE, President; Messrs. Evans, Fon.
tenet, Courtney, Guidry Lafieur and Queb6.
deau. @
on motion OF Mr.. Fontenot, the report Of the
/ e0mmikfnn annOlntp0 tn nnffnfp the wnpk nf +,