The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-10-15
Police Jury Proceedings.
LAFAYETTE, La, q

session with the following members
present: II. c.. Landry, c. c. Brown, Jno.
Wilmington Jr., Alonzo Lacey, Ben Avant,
NJ Bileaud, IT,, Alfred II ebert and Jno.
z. Primeaux.
The minutes of the previous meeting were
read and approved.
An invitation from Mr.. N. B. Corona,
representative of Lehman. Stern & Co.,
to visit the compress and witness its opera
ton was accepted with thanks.
DR.. F. E. Girard, president of the Lafa-
yette Board of Health, appeared and asked
that the Jury ratify the action of the MUM
cipa board in declaring and maintaining pa
rochial quarantine against Alexandria pend
ing the constitution of a Iarish board of
health. By motion duly made the action
of the city board was ratified and said
thority empowered to maintain quarantine
on the part of the parish until the organi-
zation Of the parish board.
By motion the following gentlemen were
appointed and constituted board of health
in and for the parish of Lafayette, under
provisions of act 1872 of 1898:
Ist ward, DIR. H. D. Guidry; I'd ward,
ward, Jasper Spell; Sd ward, u. A: Coch-
rane; 4th ward, DR.. r.. O. Young; 5th
ward, DR.. Geo. DeLaureal; 9th ward, DR..
U. Prejean; 9TH ward, J. o. Brouss ard; 9Th
ward, L. c. Breaux.
BY motion the resolutions of the Police
Jury relative to dams and other distractions
to streams and natural drains in the parish
were ordered enforced and the road-over-
seers of the respective wards are hereby
notified to cause the removal of all such
dams and distractions forthwith.
: A petition praying for the construction of
a bridge across Bayou Vern1ilion at or near
the plantation of Mr.. John Wilmington was
read and motion the following committee
was appointed to examine into the proposed
location and report the probable cost of
said bridge: VIM Foote, c.. Doucet, John
Wilmington, Sr., J. o. Trahan, Emile Ira,
han, Aurelen Priu1eaux.
AN ORDINANCE fixing the salaries of
the justices of peace und constables in
Lafayette parish, under provisions of
article I2S of the constitution of Louis
lana, providing for the collection of
costs in criminal matters before said
courts, including peace bond cases for
and in the name of the parish of Iafa-
yetteand appro priating same in part for
certain purposes.
Section l.. Be it ordained by the Police
session, that from and after July I, 1898,
the justices and constablcs of the several
wards of Lafayette parish shall receive the
same salaries heretofore fixed by con-
tract duly signed and recorded and payable
quarterly by the treasurer of said parish.
Section II. Be it further ordained, etc,
That the several justices of the peace in and
for said parish shall collect all costs in
due and exigible under tn fee bill of costs
as provided by law from defendants in cases
decided in their several courts, and imme-
diately turn same over to the parish treasurer.
Sec ton III. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That the parish treasurer shall keep book
to be known as the tsJustice of the Peace
Criminal Fund Book wherein he shall en-
ter all moneys received provided in sec
ton two of this ordinance, from whom re-
celved and when received; that said
, treasurer shall make separate and indie
pendent report to the Police Jury of the
funds received, with dates, amounts and
| from whom received, in detail, at every reg
ular meeting of the Police Jury.
Section w. Be it further ordained, etc.;
That in order to grade the salaries of the
said justices of the peace and constaoles, as
provided in article I2S of the State Consti-
tuition. IS per centum of the amounts col
iected and turned over to the parish treasu-
rer, shown by his monthly report afore-
said, be and the same is hereby appropriated
and set aside part of the salary of the
justice of the peace and his constable SO
collecting and turning over to said parish
treasurer, payable or the approval of the
Police Jury.
Section v. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That the remainder of the costs collected
and turned over to the parish treasurer as
aforesaid. he tranferred by said treasurer
to the criminal fund.
Section VI. Be it further ordained that
this ordinance take effect from and after its
passage.
Mr.. Avant was authorized to purchase
| a carload of lumber for the I'd ward.
"A petition from the citizens of the 9Th
ward, asking for the removal of Road over
seer c. Romero was read and on motion of