The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1899-03-04

ent: Ben Avant, c. G.. Brown, M
Rilleaud. Jr. Jno. E. Primeanx.
Alonxo Lacey and Alfred Hebert-
Absent: r. c. Landry and Jno.
Wilmington. Jr-
The president being absent the
secretary called the meeting to or
der and Ben Avant was elected pres
ident protein
The committee appointed to adj
vertise for bids to paint the court
house reported having received
propositions from three different
persons as follows:
c. E. Carey-ProposItion Il,
$4zo; proposition 2. SIo5.
J. F. Camp5ell-Proposition Il,
$500; proposition 2, Sazo.
U. Poinboeuf Proposition l.,
$500; proposition. 2, $eoo.
BY motion the contract TO paint
the court house was awarded to- G..
E. Carey for sos, the parish to
furnish all paints, etc, to do the
work. Messrs. Alfred Hebert and
r. G. Greig were continued on the
committee and authorized to con
tract with Mr. Carey. purchase
paints, oils, etc, and take all ne
cessary steps to carry out the OBJ
ject of the body. The committee
will proceed at once to secure bids
for paints and no time will be lost
in doing work too long delayed.
subject of co. structing bridge al
John Whittington's was indefinitely
Postponed. the jury considering
that the parish was in no shape fl
for the expenditure of the amount
of money necessary to accomplish
said object. The Jury also vir-
tually agreed to retain the bridge
and public road at Darmas Brous-
sard's and doubtless this also had
much to do with the proposed Whit
tington bridge. Judge M1uton ap-
peared and presented petition
numerously signed praying for the
retention of the Darmas Broussard
relative to keeping the bridge the
jury postponed action until next
meeting, when it is hoped that Mr.
Broussard will make satisfactory
arrangements for keeping the bridge. |
Honore Sonnier, member of the
drainage committee of the first ward,
was replaced by Alonzo Lacey, MIR. |
Sonnier having removed from the
parish.
The sum of SI2.so was granted
Henry Chase of the second ward.
The clerk was authorized to in
sert in the official minutes the des-
ignation of the boundary line be-
tween the parishes of Lafayette and
Acadia as set forth and fixed in the
recent act of the Legislature on the
subject. This action was taken to
afford information to a number of
people living near the dividing line
of the parishes and who seem to-
have some trouble in settling the
question as to which parish they
belong.
BY motion of Mr.. Hebert, sec
onded by Mr. Primeaux, the Jury
adopted resolution authorizing :
the road-overseers of the respective
wards to draw such sums of money
rom the special roadtax fund of {
heir respective wards as shall be {
deemed necessary to prosecute the f
-epair of the public roads. Said I
amounts to be paid out only on s
of the Jury and of which v
1ue return shall be made, showing q
he amount spent, the purpose of =
he expenditure and receipts of t
aborers employed. Hon. G. G. c
Brown offered 8 proposition to let c
he public roads by regular contract, G
Irguing in support Of his position, t
hat much more satisfactory results F
nd more system and uniformity 6
tould be secured than by expending a
he funds in the indiscrimi n a tie c
banner proposed. The Jury how c
YER failed to appreciate Mr.. b
crowns arguments and adopted Mr.. W