The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-09-09

Tomorrow morning.
Attest: s$
JENNIE BARRETT,
Clerk Police Jury.
ALEXANDRIA, la,
Aug. 25, 1886.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adj
j'urnment. Present.. j. Swami, Presi-
deul; and Messrs. Hill, James, Lawrence,
Nixon, Price, Sullivan, slset, Wheaton
aud White.
On motion Of Mr. White:
Resolved, That the report OF Commits
sioners for building bridge on Big creek
on Lessvills to Alexandria road, be received
aud the bond of the contractor, Michael
Smith. be accepted and his bill approved
for siIs50.
On motion of Mr.. White:
Resolved, That the report of Commits
sloners FIR building bridge across Mar
Tins creek be received, and the bond of
the contractor, w. II. Phillips, be accept
ed and his bill approved for $50.
On motion of Mr. Sullivan:
Resolved. That j. II. Butler, S. p. Wall,
J. w. Melder, b. H. Lyons, ]. D. Dunn
and Dave Bourgen, be appointed Jury
Of Freeholders to lay out a road from
Forest Hill to intersection OF Bayou Chi
cot road, on south side Of Spring creek,
crossing said creek at Ellis crossing, with
least Inconvenience to property owners
and without expense to the parish.
Gu motion OF MIR. Hill:
Resolved, That all police laws giving
Bridge Commissioners the right to rejec:
any and all bids, are hsreby repealed and
substituted by resolution passed by the
July sitting of this Jury, which says:
"Shall be let to the lowest bidder who can
give good aud sufficient bond for the
building and maintenance Of same"
On motion of Mr.. Hill:
Resolved, That the sum OF S25 be appro.
priated out OF the pauper fund of 1895 for
the relief of Mary Jackson, an old and in
digert woman on Willow Glen plantation.
aud that NJ. VIM. Harris be appointed
her distursing agent.
Ga motion of MIR. Sleet:
Resolved, That the sum Of $3.50, or as
much thereof as may be necessary, be ap-
propriated out OF the bridge fund OF 1896,
to repair the dam over Muddy bayou. be-
tween Clio and Cooper's plantations, and
that B. Cooper, Jr., B. Castrix and Thos.
Meiady be appointed commissioners to let
out and receive same according to law.
Ga motion of Mr.. Sleet:
Resolved, That L. g. Sanford be and is
hereby authorized to change the public
road across his land 80 as to run along
the ditch cut by the parish some years
ago to drain said road, in place of as at
present located, provided said change be
made without expense to the parish.
On motion Of Mr.. Wheadon:
Resolved, That the sum Of $50, or as
much thereof as may be necessary, be ap-
propriated out of the bridge fund of 1896,
to build a bridge across Dry Bayou, and
that j. B. Pickles, c. L. Robinson and D.
Weinburg be appointed commissioners to
let out and receive same according to
law.
On motion Of Mr.. White:
Resolved, That thesum of $25 be appro-
priated out of the pauper fund OF 1896 for
the relief OF Mrs. Mary strother, and that
Frank Strother be appointed her disburs-
ing agent.
On motion OF Mr.. Nixon:
Resolved, Thatthesum ofS3o, or as much
thereof as may be necessary, be appro-
propriated out of the bridge fund of 1896,
to repair slough bridge on Bayon seiper
swamp, on road leading from Archie
Smiths to James Marler's, and that Oran
Perry, T. ]. Crawford and A. @. Kirkpat-
rick, be appointed commissioners to let
out and receive same according to law.
On motion OF Mr.. Nixon:
Resolved, That the road hands on the
gravel road from Elmer to Clear creek be
tran ferred to the Hineston road from
Hineston to Spring creek bridge.
Resolved also, That j. F. and Marion
Bsham, Peter Brady and ]. d. Shaw be
transferred from Hineston road to the
road leading from James Crawford's to
sugartown road, leading to Forest Hill.
That Isham Haas be transferred from
Hineston to Spring creek road to road
from Spring creek to H. l.. Melder's.
On motion of Mr.. Nixon:
Resolved, That the sum of S25 be appro.
priated out Of the pauper fund OF 1895, for
the relief OF Violet McRight, an INDECENT
person, and that D. B. Hogan be appoint.
ed her disbursing agent.
On motion of Mr.. Lawrence: -.
Resolved, That the sum Of sl25, or as
much thereof as may be necessary. be ap-
propriated out of the bridge fund OF 1898,
to build bridge across Bayou Flaggon,
at Mitch Hooters on the Donahough ferry
road. and that Mitch Hotter, Walter Bell
and George Waters be appointed commits
sioners to let out and receive same accord
ing to law.
On motion of Mr.. James:
Resolved, That the sum OF $3.50, or az
much thereof as may be necessary, be ap.
propriated out of the bridge fund of 1896
20 build q bridge across Bayou Jean de-
Jean. known as Red Store bridge, and
that H. Hunt, E. u. Henderson and 8. A.
Dowty, be appointed commissioners to lie,
out and receive came according to law.
On motion Of Mr.. James:
Resolved, That the sum Of $50, or al