The Opelousas courier., 1897-02-20
PROCEEDINGS OF THE POLICE
URY
Continued from last weck.)

On motion Of Mr.. f. L. Lailcur-
Be it resolved, That this body shall
not take action upon the hog law, until
from the first day of October to the last
day of December of each year.
We the undersigned committee APP
pointed by this body to examine blank
licenses on hand of Sheriff III. III. Des-
hotels, turned oven to him by ~eX-Sheriif
Il. $. Fontenot, find that he has on hand
blanks which cannot be used to the
amount of $S,243!MO, eight thousand two
hundred and forty-thrcc dollars; there
fore, we recommend that said blanks be
cancelled and hat Sheriff DcshotclS be
credited with ihc above amount. We
further report that we also find that the
sheriff and tax-collector has reimbursed
taxes upon his roll by correction order
ed by the police jury to the amount OF
$a34.Gl, and, we also recommend that the
clerk be authorized to issue a warrant
against the Treasurer for said amount.
OZeme F~OntenOt,
Jules Quebedeau.
On motion of Mr.. f.. II. Lafleur-
The report of committee was accepted
and committee discharged.
On motion of Mr.. Haas
The petitiols from citizens of Science
Hill relative1o the change of road by
the people of Rapides, was accepted,
stIll L 10 llIC llttt tIiS l'ikA'
ent public road remain as il now is, run
ming from Chicot via Mrs. Parrot TO
Little Cocodrie.
On motion of Mr.. FontenOt-
The police jury adjourned to meet on
tomorrow at o'clock a.. m.
January II, 1897.
The Police Jury met at 9 o'clock a.
Present.: f. II. Mctice, president;
Messrs. Prescott, Fontenot, thachere, +.
r.. Lafleur Quebedeau, Saizan, Manuel,
Clopton, Durio, II. Latieur.
On motion of Mr.. Durio-
The sum of $500 was ordered credited
to Widow Auguste Perrodin, out of in
ternal improvement funds, 1st and 5th
wards, when budget of 1897 has been ap-
proved, as compensation for a strip of
lane 80 feet wide by arpents long, for
the purpose of changing part of public
road north of j. Jumere's, and the road
.overseer is hereby authorized to move
the fence 80 feet farther north with road
hands.
On motion of Mr.. Chachere-
The Parish Treasurer is hereby au-
thoriZed to reimburse to DIR. V. Boagni,
the sum of $500, said mount having
ment and paid into the treasury.
Mr.. T. S. Fontenot one of the commit
tee appointed by a mass-meeting of the
citizens of the western portion of Ma
mouth, lately held in order to apply for
aid of supplies from the police jury of
this parish and if necessary from the
State, appeared and made a statement
as to the resolutions adopted at said
meeting and of the complaint of the en-
tire failure of crops in that section of
the parish because of the drouth and
their inability (some of them) of paying
their taxes till another crop was made
and the restitution and want of some
families on that account, whereupon,
Mr.. e. L. Laf1eur moved that a commit
tee of five, two to be members of this
body and three citizens of Mamouth be
appointed by the President, to carefully
investigate the merits Of said demands
and report at the next regular meeting.
Chair appointed Messrs. E. T. Latieur
and Sam1 Haas, members of this body,
and Messrs. Louis Bacon, j. p. Sebas-
ten Fontenot, Constable, and Clinton
Tate.
On motion of Mr.. T.. T. Latleur-
The minutes were read and adopted.
To the Honorable President and Mem
bers of the Police Jury:
We the undersigned committee APP
pointed by your Honorable Body t o ex-
anime the books and vouchers of the
Parish Treasurer, beg leave to report
that we have examined same, counted
the vouchers and found hat he has re-
ceived the sum of (S32,40l .4D thirty-two
thousand four hundred and one 41-1M
dollars, and has paid out the sum of
(S29,472.50) twenty-nine thousand four
hundred and seventy-two 5000 dollars,
as per vouchers examined by us; leav-
ing a balance in the Treasurer's hand of
($2,92S.9D two thousand nine hundred
and twenty-eight 9l-lM dollars; there
fore, we recommend that he be credited
with (S29,472.5O twenty-nine thousand
four hundred and seventy-two $1,000 dol
lars, and said vouchers cancelled for
that amount.
JOS. P. Saizan, Chairman +;
Sam Haas,
w. F. Clopton,
COmmittan