The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-12-11
Police Jury PROCEEDINGS.

! LAFAYETTE. La, December ?, 1907
The Police Jury met this day in regula,
session with the following members present
! r. 6. Landry, Ben Avant, Alfred Hebert
Alonzo Lacy, Jno. f. Primeaux and Jno
| Wilmington, Jr. Absent; c. &. Brown and
NJ. Billeaud, Jr.
The minutes of the previous meeting were
! read and approx
Hon. Ben Avant, a member of the com
| mittee appointed to report on the petition of
Col. G. A. Breaux for right of way across
| the property of Mr.. G. Biervcnu, suhmittc,.
| a verbal report to the effect that he had
| examined the location of the tramwav and
| had investigated all the facts and allegations
in the petition aforesaid. He recommended
that right of way be granted. Hon. Jno.
Wilmington reported that Mr.. Benvenu
refused to allow the committee to visit his
premises officially, he could not make a re-
port to the location of right of way
prayed for, but, petitioner admitted
having avenues OF ingress and egress to his
plantation, it was impossible to recommend
favorable action said petition. Mr..
Wilmington therefore moved to lay the
matter the table. BY motion of Mr..
Avant, duly seconded, the right of way as
prayed for, was granted and the of
500 allowed to Mr.. G. Bienvenu in COM
pensation of all damages by him sustained.
MIR. Wilmington voted nay.
The donation of public road by Mr.. v.
Broussard, was read, accepted, aud ordered
recorded.
e. BY motion, the petition of NJ. Melancon
and others for right of way across the
property of V. Broussard was refused.
By motion, the following Jury of Free
holders was appointed to perfect that
portion of the public road from Scott to St.
Peter, across the property of J. J. Dubcr-
nard, assess all damages, ETC., according to
law; Antoine Pellssier. J. J. Duhcrnard,
Simeon Begnaud, Adon Chiasson, Homer
Chiassor and Livode Guillote.
The following report of Jury of Free |
holders read and accepted, the road |
declared a public highway and the sum of |
SIT appropriated and set aside for damages |
assessed:
State of Louisiana, Parish of Lafayette.
Odillon Blanchet, Raphael Guidry, J. Nj. !
Rouley, B.. F. Flanders, Arthur Comeau,
Clement Romero, do solemnly swear tina,
we will lay out the road direc ted to be
aid out by the Police Jury of the parish of
Lafayette 10 the greatest ease and advantage
IF the inhabitants, and with as little preiu-
lice enclosures may be-without favor
,r affection, malice hatred, and to the
pest of our skill and abilities. So help us
God. And furthermore, that we will truly
'ssess all damages to proprietors, caused by
aid road, to the best of our judgment and
bility. B. f. Flanders, J. O. Banchet,
Raphael Gudry, Clement Romero, Arthur
;omcaux, J. NJ. Rouley.
Subscribed and sword to before me, this
5th day of Move nber, 1897. Sidney Greg, | {
lotary Public.
We, the undersi gned Jury of Freeholders
f the parish of Lafayette, duly appointed
y the Police Jury of said parish, to trace
I'd lay out public road leading from
.lexandre Langlnais south west corner and I
orthwest corner of Albert Laurent through
lie lands of the following proprictors, to F
it: Desire Langlinais, F. A. Leblanc. c. ;
omero, Mrs. Adele Landry, S,anislas
larchct, Desire Leblanc, AureIien Gull y
caux, Arthur Coneau, Alfred Leblanc,
uidry, the west side of said road, Alb.rt T
aurent, Jules David, L. A. lie blanc, K. {
udry. Mrs. Euphemon Leblanc, ULCER
omero, Mrs. Cyphren Broussard, the \
,st side of said roai 10 the public road