The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-10-12
Police jury Proceedings.


Hnc POLES Jury met this day in regular
! session w::h the following members present.:
K. G. Landry a. -. Landry, A. a. Del
aomrnc, Az. sicocr,, Jos. W. Broussard, J.
G. ST. Julien II NJ. burke and &. G.
BroS.:
Inc minutes Of she previous 1nsetin, we..
rea! and 3pi,.cvvr:.
The committee appointed To- effect an a.
justn'en' d tinos collected: Ivy Sheriff B-c,is-
sard made partial rcpor; cvicencirE prog
ross. bat asked and were granted further
time.
BY motion of Mr.. ST. Julien duly made.
the following was adopted:
Ist. Resolved that the ordinance adopted
by the Police Jury. under date of Septen-
her "a, 1894, relative to the disposition of
the carcasses Of dead animals, etc, be and
is hereby amended, in order that a penalty
| shall a,,aci, for any violation Of said ordi-
nance.
I'd. Resolved, therefore, that any person
or persons who shall violate the provisions
| OF said ordinance by placing the carcasses
of dead animals any o'hc: offensive mat
ter. upon any public highway o. in the II
cinity of residences shall be subject fine
of $40 for each and every ofense, said fine
shall be recoverable before any of
competent jurisdiction, one half of which
shall be awarded the inforrrer and one half
raid INTO the public school fund in aid of
common education.
petition from a number of citizens pray
ing Ina, public road b. established to con-
meet the Opelousas public road and the
Brcaux Bridge road, beginning at point at
the west end of Antoine Dominique's place,
and extending eastward to the said Breaux
Bridge ROAD was read BY motion the fol-
lowing jury of freeholde-s was appointed to
trace and lay out said road forty feet vide
in conformity to law, provided no expense
shall incur the establishment Of said pro-
posed road: Gustavc Mouton, Ralph Du-
hon, Nicholas Hofpauir. Alexander Martin.
Aurelien Dugas, Dominique Arceneaux.
The attention of the Police Jury being
called to the desire expressed by a large
number of citizens. that a bridge be cstab-
lished at Darmas Broussards place, across
Bayou Vermilion. it was resolved that the
matter will receive due onsiaeration when
presented in proper form.
BY motion Elias Spell was appointed
roadoverseer of the ed ward vice J. w.
BrouSSard, resigned.
The following 5spor. OF the jury Of free:
from Dusou to the lands of rhos. H. Floyd
and J. G. Pa-kerson, read ami by mo-
ton duly made adopted; the -oal declared
a public highway AMI the sam Of 81 50 APP
pro.,ria;ed tor the payment of ia images as
sessed: State Of louisiana, parish of Lafa-
yette. We, the undersigned, having been
appointed jury of free holders to trace out
public road from the railroad crossing in
Dnson running north to III. y. f. corner Of
the land of tbs nei-s Of Taos II. Floy! AMI
the n. W. corner of the land Of J. . Parker
son. and TO assess Whatever damages my
be done TO the parties through lands saif
road may pass, do solennly swear that we
will trace and lay off said road t" the best
of all parties in the ig lb,.hooi
and to assess whatever damages may he
done to the landowners at its actual value, !
to the best of our knowledge and ability, so ;
help US God. Signed: r. F. Hofpauir,
Treville Guidry. Thompson Hofpauir, w.
w. Post. Hugh Hutchinson. Sworn to and |!
subscribed before me, this zsth day of
July, 1894. Benjamin Avant. notary public. !
We, the undersigned Jury of freeholders APP
pointed and sworn trace and. lay off a
public road from the railroad crossing at
Duson station TO the land Of rhos II. Floyd
and J. G. Parkerson in said parish, and to
assess whatever damages may be done to the
parties through whose land said road may
pass, have traced aud laid off said road as
follows: Taking twenty feet on the east
side of r. NJ. Fioyd's along its full twelve