The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-26

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NICHOLAS VUNY,
ISADoRE S. RICHARD,
Board of Directors of the Soldiers Home
Of Louisiana.
Walter Tucker offered the following
resolution which was seconded by F.
a. Aycock +:
BE it ResOIred, That the sum of
tS20G) Two Hundred Dollars, or so
much thereof as may be necessary, be
and il hereby appropriated out Of the
GeueraE fund not otherwise apprOprir
ated to upen canals from BayOn Terre-
bonnie into the swamp on the right
descending bank of said Bayou, and
to build necessary bridges, IN order to
drain the roads on BayOu T~errebOnne;
Be 1t further TeSOtUed, That the Road
Inspector be and Is hereby directed to
take Immediate steps to accomplish
the objects of this resolution,
Roll was called and all members
voting for, resolution was declared
adopted.
w. P. Fucker moved, seconded by
A. Lajaunis, That the sum of $50 be
and is hereby appropriated out Of the
General Fund not otherwise appro
priated, to aid tho Eye, Ear aud Nose
Hospital of New Orleans.
Roll called and all members voting
for, motion carried.
The following from Police Jury OF
Assumption was read and NO action
taken
BY Mr.. Malhiot,
ResoIUed, That the President appoint a
committee of three including himself, to write
to our Congressman, Mr.. BrOussard, to visit
at his earlieEt convenience this section, and
with said committee visit the lower portion of
Bayou Lafourche, with ia Wow Of examining
the ilnpedimeuts to the flow of waterin Bayou
Lafourche,
The object being through our Congressman
to interest Congress to have said distractions
removed in Bayou Lafourche, thereby secur
ing the safety of our lsvees and also the navi-
CATION of said stream.
L hereby certify that the foregoing is a cor
rect copy of u resolution adopted by the Po-
lice Jury Of the parish of Assumption in reg
ular session on the Sth, day of Jan. 1897.
II. IL. WEBSTER, Sec'y,
NapoleOnville, June II, 1897.
Forwarded TO the Police Jury of the Parish
of Terrebonue; by request OF ar. MalhlOt.
Cordially,
r. IL WEBSTER, Sec'y.
The petition of Timothy Knight
asking relief Of payment of Parish
LICENSE, oil motion properly made and
secnnded WAS laId Dn toe cable,
The peritinn nt Bonvi!l@in Bros,
here following vas eau .tnd n'Im"tl"f
ut L. Bonvlllain duly made and Sec
omdrd, gImtcd privilege, asked uuder
sIipulatinns named la li" prlitIou:
To the I~lonnrabh. the President and
Members of The P0licn Jury of the
Parish Of TerrslMnnr.
GENTLEMEN-rhe petition of Bon
villain Brothers. an agricultural firm
ot said Pa'ish, would respectfully
represent,
That they are the owners of the
'Argyle,' 'Mulherry-F%rm, Crescent
and 'Ridgelana' Plantations, situated
in this Parish on tho Baynus Black and
DaLarSe, and that on their Argyll,
Plantation they have. erected a Cen,
trail Factory to manufacture cane crOr'
on said Plantations las well as other
cane crops which they purchase from
their nelghbOrs) into sugar and mo
l~lsseS,
That for the transportation OF sait
cane they have already built a Rail-
road or tramway from the sugarhnuse
ul said Argyle Plantation to the lower
line of their Mulberry Farm Plantation
on the Bayou DuLarge.
Petitioners further represents tina
they have obtained from their neigh.
bors on the Bayou DuLarge the RICH
J of way through their lands to continue
their said eRailrOad or tramway from
the lower line of said Mulberry Farm
Plantation I the St, Eloie Plantation
belonging to the Estate B. Marmande
That the said right of way, from
short distance below the line of SAT-
Mulberry Farm Plantation, has heel
: granted to petitioners through til,
lands lying on the left descending
. bank of the Bayou DuLarge, and tina
in order to connect their said Railroa,
: or tramway (Which is built to its pres
ent terminus on the right descending
: bank of said Bayou DuLarge) the,
will have to cross the public road.
Petitioners therefore pray yourH Hon
orablo Body to allow them the privi
lege OF building and running thei
track across the public road at til
9 point aforesaid; promising and bIndin
! themselves to build the said track il
such a manner as not to impede, oh
struct OF ninder the public travel i
7 any way.
$ Respectfully submitted,
BONVILLAIN BROTHERS,
per r. A. BonvillaIn, Agl
Z Mr.. Aurelie Theriot appeared befor
the Police Jury asking the use I
. Dredge Zoe B for Grand Gallon b
petitions which were read andreferre
to Drainage Commission Dist. /.
F. A. Aycock offered tie followin
! resolution which was duly seconde