The Opelousas courier., 1898-10-15
On motion of Mr., r. L. Latiru!-

On motion of Mr.. z. L. Latieul-
Resolved, that the following report be
received and spread upon the minutes
and committee discharged:
To the H~onorables, the President and
Members of the Police jury, Parish
of st. Landry, Louisiana:
Gentlemcn.-YOur committee uppu!a.
ted to inquire into, and report upon, the
feasibility of working the public roads
of the parish by means of rcvcnuc raised
under the provisions of articles 81 q
| seq. of the Constitution Of lSGS, beg leave
to report:
That, i'll the opinion Of yDur commit
tee, a per capita tax Of Fl imposed upon
all the able-bodied male inhabitants ii
the parish, between + and 81 years nt
| age, residing outside of incorporated!
towns, would yield 4 event" uf LAY
$1,000, and a license tax OF 81 Carj1 upon
wagons, 75e each upon hu-sic3 and %ff
each upon gigs and bicycles, through
out the parish, would Yield Il revenue Ct
$780, sny So'0'0' making N "| 'S4''-'''
the parish, tlk following equipments
would be necessary, t"-wit:
3 road machlEs, c%o*tin@ say $3.50
"a mules. 4 +" {" .tpHi
= SCI ssts Of ht;nc@s TO- ~.
Tent, kitchen utensils, ~trung'I#, etc, lm'
Total,... 1910
TO properly operate said ,4uip:a~rt
for Il year would cost in the aggregate
say $4,000, itemizcd is follows, tn-Wit:
IL men averaging $50 per month, = is&t
"A mules, keep thereof each IS peg
month ..-..--.. -. 2!t't
Supervisor ..-... !'4h'
Total ........--.. ".i['
Incidental expenses unforeseen 500
Tota, &.ara}
1t will he observed that t;a. #'n,ye t.
Inmates makes the Revenues ~%rr"l the
running expenses by $22,thHt. Therefore
the excess of rcVcnue would. in a few
years, pay for the equipment.
IN none of the ahnE" estimates ia
any account been taken nf TIE possible"
utilization of tn" parish rnnEi"i~ #it"n
the public roads. heretofore, o~sia,'r"uu:t
Of the crowded condition rf h""iilntft'
docket resulting in the taking nt.tf tho
time Of n time uf iii" court
in the trial of feIoniea TO til" neglect ~!
the smaller %offenscs, there hav" E'""E
practically no parish cunEi"t& in ST.
Landry. HowcVerthc prOEiai"u- OF th>
hC" " IA tS t-''
trial of criminal eases is likely t" clan@"
all that. The disposition OF III" rriniin-
al business is made SO much III re rapid
that it ought not to take q worry long
time for the court to catch up with the
docket, when m~istiemcanorS VIII receive
their proper share of the courts attan-
ton with the result that the parish may.
at times, have quite a nice little squad 81
parish convictS to put upon the road.
Whenever that is the case. the operating
expenses Of road building anH repairing"
will be materially lessencd.
Should your honorable Body dGcij" to
adopt the scheme above outlined for
working the public roads, your commit
would recommend the purchase OF lease
OF a small farm in the vicinity "f Opel
ousas for pasturing the parish mules
M producing a portion if not all OF
their feed. The farm could probably be
worked almost entirely by parish con
victs or parish prisoners awaiting trial
who might volunteer iii such employ
ments.
Respectfully submitted,
X. L~AFLHrE, thn:Ttlan;
SAN HAAS,
j. O. tHACIIERt.
f.. +. DCRTIsDNS.
On motion of Mr.. Cliachcrc-
Resolved, that the following "1,iittjt-
tee be appointed to investigate iii" OH
structions existing in the i'nuir" Pa
quemine from Boagni's north Hire t."
Dejean's bridge, and report at Text reg
ular meeting: ID. nuTio, road oVcrs"cr,
E. NJ. Boagni and Geo. Pickcns, cuWr
mittee.
On motion of Mr.. Hans
Resolved, that the sum OF $t2.tW hc ap-
propriated out of the 9th ward funds for
repairing Mountain bayou bridge, un-
der the supervision of the road over
seer.
On motion of Mr.. DuriU-
That the resolution adopted IN YES
terday allowing the contractors OF til"
Port Barre bridge, Messrs. Noitz & Me
Caffery, the sum of $4,000 for extra
work done on said bridge, be reconsider
ed and rescinded.
To the President and Members Of thc
Police Jury, Parish Of st. Landry,
We, the undersigned committee, a,,-
anime applicants for the position of
cadet Ga. State University and A. and
NJ. College), beg leave to report, as, FOL
lows, viz:
The examination was in writing and
embraced English Arithmetic, Algebra,
Civil Governments, US. History, Ply
steal Geography, Physiology and lily
glene.
The applicants were: Mr.. Paul Ray,
whose percentage reached So 3ilG0; MIR.
Austin Fontenot, percentage - i3-lM
and Mr.. Preston Griffith, percentage
72 $500.
Mr.. Paul Rays percentage being The
highest and he being i'll other respects
qualified, we recommend tina he be ap-
pointed to said position.
DUDLEY l.. GUIIEEAT,
WILLIS u. FRESCoTT,
Committees.
| was absent at time nf examination
because. of ill-health of my wife, but
join in recommendation Of committee.
w. =. i'RAZEE.
On motion OF Mr.. Haas
Resolved, that Mr.. Paul Ray dc and il
hereby appointed cadet to the Louisiana
State University Il An NJ. College, and
the President is hereby authorized to
issue a warrant for 100000 i'll favor Of
Thomas D. Boyd, President, 10 cover OK
of said Ray at said college, and
balance, if any, be given 10
said cadet.
On motion of Mr.. r. LafIcuf-
The minutes were read and adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Haas
The police jury adjourned unfii the
first Monday in December, being the 9Th
day Of said month.
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