The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1899-11-18
COMMUNICATION.
To OUR HON. POLICE JURY
GENTLEMEN

To OUR HON. POLICE JoN'
GENTLEMEN
In order to introduce the "e"
system that i propose to ln.,d d.
i,ce for working our parish roads
- viii be necessary i'll the f'rS'
n,ace p for you, to divide the ,: par
p,ao~ i,n into three road divisions
NUMBER, one, two, and three, e.
without any particular resara % TO TO
terraoy, but to popula''o" %
= o,r as convenient, then appoint
rhree road supervisors one ~.
'sol sarh division to be chosen from
the very best practical business
men, SO far as road making goes
.hat nat' can be found in the DIVISION
.her t It will be necessary tor you
to lay out each division into o.sa sn0,t ~
road beats from one to Two VI
three miles long owing to elrcum-
e.auces or the number OF the pop
ulat;on living in the road pea. Des.'
u,He'o o ore liable to do road work;
WV W. will saw for example that ROAD
heat number one, OF division nun
5 b bsr one will commence at the cor.
f ~ or,t;on OF Lafayette, and rui
down past the sugar refinery ~ a
ths du"b bridge tt at Beausejour Spring: ing
t ,ns hN.t - NUMBER two, division one
~ oommence at the corporation .
= iafavette, and run to the Pin-h00' l',l,!0
n na;dgs l.aidy s' beat number [blank j.
$ running from the corporation = =
the coulee out on the !an, etb ~
e ros rosd The road running from sn, tn
i cornoration ,0 of Lafayette to ooo'
a will be divided into two beats, ,s WI.
ut a local overseer for each 'ia''
., the road. troro a
ty .vette to Carencro, will start no
t. I tbs CORPORATION, and run out pa
he W;,l;am Tcrian to the cross rod
North West OF Walter Aoi'0'
zee lroi."
ate On the road leading faom La
DC vette TO Breaux Bridge, beat nu
nat bsr-will start at the corpora,tl'
&c. o ond run East as far as Colo
Gus Breaux's plantation, and so 5, :.
an the whole three divisions will Il
noh to be laid out into road oeaes,
lem local road master appointed
each beat, who, when SO appoln'
fhce shall be compelled to serve lot
e IN wear at least, or be subject to
that Of not less than ten dollars
sent more than twenty, but no
and shall be compelled to serve ag
after his will. who is on the assess'
does roll for less than five days
,e. .,. 'o
W.T." Then it will be necessary to
o the parish bylaw compelling 80
rney- ah,e bodied man over the ae
w twenty, one, and under the az a9
iron front sixty, who not exempt Dy s,a sa
F., who ;n.', ;ns working, or staying in thu
'rney; ;sh. to do certain amount 0
could work, each, and every yea :
ulders +, nay its equivalent in cash
lpbeli. county treasurer The amo
wide rosl', road work that each, and u!
to the nan in the parish will be liza
'essary do. shall be strictly governed ..
prose- assessors, assessment roll.
amn1e a man living, work''
or her s stav;ng in the parish, who
voting on the assessment roll 81
h can t ~ -. laws work, OF pay tv
,er,s' s !. lars ISL into the treasurer e.
ther Of road fund, a man who IS i,
the two o.ecment roll for one
dollars, or less, shall be
Africa. for four days work, a man
ow, assessment roll, for over o.
+ the eI for dred dollars, and not oye'
ebel Gal shall be assessed for FIVE da'
S97, from over three
ties: BE a man asses'S" CO,
npaign. l dollars and not oVe' |
lain's CO. assessed for six days work.
Remedy. eve hundred dollars,
troubled Vei NV I'll he asse
gi~en to over seven o'ia''
it proved seven days work, man
). s;.a =, Cow en- hundred dollars, and
nine shall be assessed
DAYS work, man assess
Candidates over nine hundred dollar
: survey over twelve shall be asse
1t will be days work, man asse Sc
Wy Bros, twelve, ana no' w. ~ i,
,;te awhile be assessed for ten Cd
Iox,'c work