The Lafayette gazette., 1900-02-10

Wilmington and NJ. blleaud, Jr.
The minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved.
Mr.. Primeaux reported the dangerous
condition Of the bridge at Olidon Brousserd
and the establishment of ferry there until
the bridge could be repaired or rebuilt.
The following committee was appointed to
confer with the Vermilion authorities and
report upon. measures necessary in the prem
ises: j. E. Primeaux, Prosper Broussard'
Aureien Primeaux and ]. E. kee.
VIM. Campbell appeared representing
ElOi Broussard and submitted propositions to
establish ferry at the old Darmas Brous-
sard bridge. Mr.. Broussard proposed first
to build and maintain ferry at his own ex-
pense provided the parish gave him license
to charge toll or in the alternative the parish
to build public ferry and same be operated
by Mr.. Broussard free of charge. No az
The following report of jury of freehold
ers appointed to trace and lay out a road in
the Sth ward was read and by motion duly
made and adopted, the same declared
public highway end the sum of $S5: 90 ap-
propriated and set aside to meet the damages
therein assessed:
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF LAFAYETTE.
We, A. l.. Broussard, Onezime Langli-
nais, Ambrose Broussard, A. ID. Grouard,
]. H. Bernard and Albert Landry, do
solemnly swear that 1 will lay out the road
NOW directed to be laid out by the Police
Jnry of the parish of Lafayette, the great
est ease and advantage of the inhabitants,
and with as little prejudice to enclosures as
may be-without favor or affection, mal.Se
or hatred, and to best of my skill and abili-
ties. So help me God. And Furthermore,
that will truly assess all damages to pro-
prietors, caused by said road, to the best of
my judgment and ability: AlPhonse l..
Broussard, A. d. Grouard, J. II. Bernard,
Alberd Landry. Subscribed and sworn to
before me, this zoth day of January, 1900.
ED G. VOORHEES,. Clerk of Court.
REPORT.
We, the undersigned Jury of Freeholders
by the Police Jury Of said parish. to trace
ana Law out public road leading from the
western limit of Rosemond Landry estate
and Joseph Caruthers running east to the
Raire and J. G. St. Julien through the lands
of the following proprietors, to-wit: Rose
mond Landry estate, Joseph Caruthers, X.
G. Landry, Mrs; Edmond Landry, Albert
Homer Landry, Mrs. Aida Bernard wife of
Aurelien Olivier, and the said Aurelien Oil
xier, Mrs. Widow Charles D. Landry, J. A.
Roy Henri Ta,d 1sns 3;oG G to
to Lafayette having been notified of our
appointment and of the time and place of
meeting by the person first named in said
order of appointment; and having severally
taken and subscribed the foregoing oath.
and having given notice to each and every
one of the aforesaid proprietors in writing,
at least three days previous of the time and
place of meeting and of the intended laying
out of said road through the lands of said
proprietors, which notices were duly served
on said Proprietors, did meet on the 2oth
day of January, 1900, at Mrs. Homer Lam
dry, the place designated in said notices,
and did then and there. in presence of the
following named of said proprietors, to- wit:
Mrs. Widow Charles d. Landry and Mrs.
Homer Landry proceed to trace and lay out
said public road as follows Beginning at
the western limit of the estate of Rosemond
Landry and Joseph Caruthers and running
thence through the lands of the aforenamed
proprietors for the distance of three miles
taking a strip of fifteen feet wide off of the
land of each one along their common bound
airy line, which boundary was mutually
agreed upon by setting stakes and plowlng
cognizable, and thence tn rough the lands of
Rosen1ond Landry estate, Joseph Carhthers,
r. c. Landry, Mrs. Widow Edmond Lam
dry. Albert Landry. Mrs Homer Landry,
Aurelien Olivier, Mrs. Widow Charles d.
Landry, J. a. Roy, Henri Bernard, Gustave
St. Julien and up to the corner of the land
of Mrs. B. Malagarie to the public road
leading from Broussardville to Lafayette,
the termination of said road, which road is
thirty feet wide throughout its length, and
traced and staked out as to be plainly
visible throughout its entire course; and we
have cause to be made plat of said road
showing the location and course of said
road, and the location of the lands of the
different proprietors through which said
road runs, and the distance and quantity of
land expropriated from each owner for said
road, which plat is annexed to this our re-
port OF said road for reference.
And we further report that we, said jury
of treeholders, did oaths aforesaid,
assess the following damages to proprietors
in compensation for their land SO taken and
appropriated for said road as follows. to-wit:
To Marie Peronelle Langlinais, wife Of
Homer Landry, seventy-five dollars (S75)
to estate of Rosemond Landry, ten-dollars
(SIo) and to the other propretors no dam
ages were assessed for the reason that they
have donated said public road, will be
fully shown by act of donation hereto an
nexed and made part hereof. Done at the
parish of Lafayette, this goth day of Jam
uary 1900. Alphonse L. Broussard, On=-
zime Langlinais, Ambrose Broussard. J. H.
Bernard, Albert Landry, A. ID. Girouard.
Witnesses:-Ed G. Voorhies, .Luc Langli-
nais.
ENDORSEMENT OF CONSENT.
1. of the proprietors named in the
written report. do hereby consent to the
i location and direction of the road as des-
2 cribed in the written report. and a accompany
ing plat; and hereby agree to accept the
amount of damages allowed me, by said
Jury of Freeholders, by the written re-
port set forth in full compensation of all
damages by me sustained, by reason of the
appropriation of my land for the of said
road. Signed and dated this zoth day of
Jw ry, 1900. Marie Peronelle Langli-
I.s, Homer Landry to authorize his wife.
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