The Opelousas courier., 1896-02-22
Police Jury Proceedings.

I'pt'iiS wv
on motion of Mr.. f. T. Laiieur, the
police jury adjourned till 2:30 p. M.
EVENING SESSION..
The Police Jury met at 2:30 p. IN.
Presents: Mr.. Il. II. McGec, President;
Mcssrs. Courtney, Clopton, X. Lafeur,
T.. r. Latleur, Quebedeau, Evans ana
Prescott.
Received of A. 7. Burleigh, two dol
lars, for old lumber sold in 3rd ward.
on motion of Mr.. Courtney, the fol-
lowing were appointed road overseers:
Il l. Fontenot, from Spring gully to
Calahan's gully.
lanes O'Ouinn, from Red Hill to par
ish line via Walter HaZleton.
JohnnO'Quinn, from Elm bayou bridge
neal flkins' place to Tom IeWellS
place.
Mr.. Courtney in the chair.
ON motion Of DIR. Clopton, Horace An
drus was appointed road pyerseer from
Begg's store to WaXIafrfuge n that
Capt. Sylyester's portion terminate at
that point.
On motion of Mr.. II. Latieur, Mr.J. p.
Bacon was appointed road oyerseer IN
place of Dick Watkins.
ON motion of Mr.. McGee, Joseph An
Stem was appointed road overseer from
John BoudreauX to Jean Plerre's bridge
and to parish line instead OF Joseph oll-
vier.
on motion of Mr.. MCGEE, the follow
ing were appointed road overseers:
Paul L~ayergne, from SOSthene Bour-
que to ThihodauX's bridge.
Cyrile Richard, from ThibodauX's
bridge to Leandre Sonnier.
Pierre V Richard, from T~hibodauX's
bridge to Brooks bridge
John Wright, from Brooks bridge 10
parish line. ~
Allen Mccoy, from section IA and 10 tip
7 sr2 e to Eugene Miller, connecting
with Opelousas and Prud'homme city
road,
Armand Richard, from northeast cor
ner of [ r Guidry's land to Main road to
Opelousas.
Homer bourgeois, from VIM. Dejean
to Philemon BraSseur's corner.
Sam Creswell, from John Miller to
Hebrard's bridge.
Joseph Hidalgo, from POinte Plaque
mine bridge to Blink Lastrape's store.
Albert Sims, from southeast corner OF
Adolphe Lavergne to southeast corner
of DR. z Foster at the bridge.
Abb Andrus, from JOS p Guidry to the
parish line to Church Point.
Arcade Prud'homme, from northeast
corner of l r Guidry's land to public
road at Pot Cove.
Mr.. MCGEE in the chair.
On motion of Mr.. Guidry, J. D. Stone
ford was appointed road oyerseer in
stead of J. j. Barry, resigned.
On motion of Mr.. Quebedeau, Theles-
mar Richard was appointed road over
seer in place of Divide Ballieu, resigned
and Edgar Wilson in place of Louis Ar
maud, resigned.
On motion of Mr.. E. T. Lafleur, the
sum of $500, or as much thereof as may
be necessary was appropriated out OF
internal improvement funds 18th ward
to put a new. floor on Bayou Cane bridge
near DIR. Quirk. Contract to be sold to
the lowest bidder and work done under
the supervision of a committee com
posed of J.. H. Quirk, Lucius Landre-
mean and Louis Guillory.
On motion of Mr.. Quebedeau, the re-
port of committee appointed to sell con
tract to keepa public ferry across Bayou
C%ourtableau and Teche, was received.
On motion of Mr.. GuidryuGerad Mark
was appointed road overseef from D.. j
Higginbotham to public road.
On motion of Mr.. Courtney, whereas
veal 1895 on 8 acres of land, more or less
Situated in Chicot, appears listed for $40
and, whereas, lands in that locality are
listed at $3.50 for open land. Therefore
be it resolved, that the assessment OF
| said piece of land be reduced to schedule
making the assessment $3.50, and the
collector is hereby instructed to make
correction in accordance herewith.
On motion of Mr.. E. T. Laf1eur, the
sum Of 500, or as much thereof as may
be necessary, was appropriated out of in
ternaI improvement funds 7th ward tc
| build three bridges on road leading from
Polite Hebert to Adolte McCauley, two
| bridges on Froisin Fontenot's gully
thirty feet long and n bridge on gully
Merisier; contract to be sold to the low
est bidder and work done under the
Hebrard Reed, Alibe Bertrand and Hire
Fontenot.
On motion of Mr.. E. T. Lafleur, Mr.
Evans was appointed as a delegate to
represent the parish of st. Landry in
assessing railroads, telegraphs and tele,
phone lines in said parish.
On motion of MI. Guidry, the sum OF
$40, out of internal improvement funds
End ward was appropriated to dig a
ditch starting from Mrs. Hills public
road, crossing DR.. Guilbeau's plantation,
intersecting gully between Caesar Mil
lar and Theogene Savoie, and Theogene
SAvoie, Marcena Guilbeau and Altheon
Miller, appointed a committee to sell
contract to do said work.
On motion of Mr.. r. Laf1eur, the presi-
dent was instructed to have 500 copies
Of road ordinances printed as compiled
by the District Attorney.
On motion of Mr.. Courtney, the petit
ton of citizens of Beaver Creek praying
for a public road leading from the
Beaver Creek p~ostoffice to the parish
line at p. Martins, intersecting public
road leading to Glenmora, was received
and laid on table till next regular meet
ing.
On motion of Mr.. Dupre, the sum of
$l00.was appropriated out of internal inn
provement funds 1st ward to build
Messrs. r. NJ. Milstead, f. D'Avy and
Ernest Dejean appointed a committee
to sell contract to the lowest bidder to
build said bridge. q
On motion of Mr.. Dupre, the reyort of
comJIittee appointed to sell contrSat to
fxf6ad leading from McDowelrs sSuth
line to Bourbeux bridge, was received,
$41.30 was credited to Alex T. Burleigh,
out of internal improvement funds LIST
ward.
On motion of Mr.. Dupre, the report of
committee appointed to repair and put
in good order the road leading from De-
jeans bridge to Martin Comeau's, was
received, committee discharged and the
sum of $3.50 was credited to r. M. Mil
stead, out ofinternal improvementfunds
LIST ward.
On motion of Mr.. Dupre, the sum of
$35 was appropriated out Of internal inn
provement funds LIST ward, to build
bridge over Little Teche and Messrs. o.
Guillory, Bernard Roy and Albert
Wheally appointed a committee to sell
contract to do said work.
On motion Of Mr.. Dupre, the report of
committee appointed to sell contract to
build bridge over Canal near Coulon's
bridge, was received, committee dis
charged and FAC Nezat was ordered Gre
dited with $25, out of internal improve
ment funds 1st ward.
On motion of Mr.. Dupre, the follow
ing were appointed road overseers:
r M Mills, from Shuteston to L,astie