The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1900-09-22
No receipt ON shove fund since
my last reporti
Very respectfully,
- ELI WISE,
Treasurer

$4,000 was allowed Simonet Leblanc
ex-assessor o rbalance on amount re-
served on rolls 1S97-9-9.
Judge Gords~ appeared and asked
that the amouMso judgment recorded
against this parish as attorneys tees
claimed by COLI Breaux be paid, and
%whereupon, onimotion Of Babilas Lee
blanc, duly seconded, the clerk of this
body Is herebS instructed to draw a
warrant on the@:license fund of this par
ish to satisfy sid judgment, amounting
to $4,000.
The vouchers received in q settle
ment with the:Parish Treasurer were
then burned insopen session.
On motion daily seconded, the follow.
ing gentlemen ,were appointed a Jury OF
freeholders to frace a road connecting
the public roag in Rice Cove with the
road known as,Prairie Greig road, viz
W. D. Swain, II. j. Ewing, R. T.. Da-
wilson, Arthur Trahan, Vilier Brous-
sard and E. Arose.
Apetition was received from divers
citizens asking the appointment of
| Louis Guidry as beneficiary cadet, and
on motion saids party was duly elected.
On motion d:sly seconded, the follow
ing gentlemen were appointed a jury OF
| freeholders tG trace a road leading
from near Nicholas d. Moss to inter-
sect with the Gossinade road, namely:
s. G. Burton, tiOneal Abshire, Alcide
Landry, D. Aneelet, John Dubose, Lo-
| Yin Trahan.7
Petitions weEe received pro and con
on removal Of f.ebastien Nunez as road
~overseer and after explanations from
Interested parties, on motion the said
petition was lasd on the table until next
meeting.
The following ordinance was then
adopted
AN ORDINANCE defining who shall be
subject to work! on public roads.
Be it o~rdainedsby the Police Jury OF
Vermilion Pariah, in regular session con-
vened. That aJ3 able bodied. male resi-
dents of ths,pasish of Vermilion. Minis
tiers Of the GOSPEL excepted; between the
age of eighteen Ind fifty years inclusive
be and are subject to work on the pnbllc
roads of this pa5ish. Be it futher orda1n-
ed that all laws9 or parts of laws in con-
fict with this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed. This ofdinance to take effect
Immediately after it's publication.
! A petition having been received from
the citizens of she 4th ward asking that
an election be geld within the limits of
said ward on question of levying a road
tax; Whereupoa, on motion said cleo
ton was ordered to be held at general
election of November next.
On motion dHiy seconded, the Police
Jury then proceeded to appoint a Board
of Health for tits parish, namely-lst
Ward, f. B. Williams; End ward, IN.
Williams; 3rd sard, DR.. NJ. R. Cush-
man; 18th ward. DR.. IA. Villien; 9th
ward, Dr.. j. T. Abshire: 9th ward, @.
Dore; 7th ward: John Nugier; 9Th ward,
DIR. Ell. B. Wits:
On motion gully seconded, Jas, N.
Williams was appointed a member of
the Board of Supervisors of election for
this parish.
On motion duly seconded, bids are
hereby advertised for the furnishing OF
lumber for brfdges on public roads
throughout this parish for the space Of
! Que year. Quaaity and dimensions to
J be ascertained by consulting with the
4 Road and Bridge Committee. All bids
to be in the ha,lds of this body BY the
next regular meeting.
On motion ddly seconded, the reso-
Tuition of this body stating that there
would be no new bridges built, ETC., be
and the same III hereby suspended, sc
as to allow an appropriation OF lumber
for bridges On pablo roads in the 9th
ward.
Mr.. Quereau4was also granted per
mission TO have four new bridges bull
in the Sth wards =
On motion j N. Williams was .ap-
Epointed a comlAittee Of one to have
house built for keeper of the ferry al
T Bancker.
. On motion tsse following gentlemen
: were appointed: jury of freeholders tt
trace a road lesding south from neal
s lands of E. Gamble, between sections
I22 and %, tp Ii, ST. 2 east, to cennec1
with public road, namely Geo. Hayes
IUbaId Trahan, Peter Dubose, Belisairt
Ledoux, Erasch Morgan, and 0culit
Reaux.
8 Louis Dugas5 was appointed roat
3 overseer 9th road district, 9Th ward
vice Adam Matte suspended.
The following claims were allowed
Ned Bergman lamber S 49, 4
Eloi Harringtounails roadover | O.
"A. B. BroussarG /" " 8 II
g NJ. Mestapas 4 OF
Bank of Verm$lion 'assg of A.
Lemaire, iron work for bridge I16 81
y NJ. Bagley " ferry Is o.
W. G. Kibbe, drugs 6 2
Clarke g. Courts doc and record
8 for clerks Office 80 z
Republican IdeS print'g etc. 81 o.
. Simonet Leblare bal reserved 90 o.