The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-04-11

Lafayette. La, April 2, I9oS-The T ole
Jury met , ahi; day in regular Session wit
!r.: r. g. Mouton, Alonzo Lacy, Sau
Broussard, Alex. NJ. Broussard. J. o. Blar
chet John Wilmington, J. g. Buchana,
| and =. X. Landry.
| The minutes of the previous 1aeetip.
were read and approved.
Attorney Mouton reported the adverse
opinion of Attorney General Guion as t
the right of the Jury to appoint more thar
one beneficiary cadet to the State Univcr
sitv
By motion of MIR. Mouton, the following
was duly adopted: Whereas, numerous
dams have been constructed across natural
streams and drains in the second ward of
| this Parish; and whereas, it appears that
the obstruction TO said streams and drai ms
! causes considerable damage to The public
| roads and interferes seriously with their
maintenance: Be It resolved, That Messrs.
Alex NJ. Broussard and Tilman Spell be and
are hereby appointed to notify the owners of
said d. ms to remove said distractions
within four days notice hereof and on fail
ure to comply with this demand the com
mit,ee hereby appointed is instructed and
required to proceed forthwith and remove
said dams at the expense of the owners.
BY motion of Mr.. Mouton, the following
was duly adopted:
Resolved, that the building or the causing
to be built OF any dam other obstruction
across any bayou natural drain in the
parish of Lafayette is hereby prohibited and
any person or persons violating this resOlu-
ton AMI ordinance shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and shall be liable to a
fine of five hundred dollars $500 and in
default of payment thereof shall he i'm
prsoned in the parish Jail for a period of
not more than one year nor less than six
months. All ordinances in conflict here
with are hereby repealed
MIR. J. r. Mouton asked for equalization
of assessment on presses of Louisiana Cot
ton Product Company Ltd. Assurance was
given that the rights of the company will be
protected
failure to examine Broussard ferryboat and
determine to ACCESSIBILITY of repairing
same, owing to high wafer.
DR.. Mayer appeared and called attention
to the joint annual convention Of the Louis
lana State Agricultural Society and the
Louisiana Stock Breeders Association April
22, 3 and "a, at Alexandria. BY motion
of MIR. Mouton, Messrs. X. c. Landry,
Alcide Judice, f. J. Mayer. Geo. Malaga
rie, G.. c. Brown, M. Bileaud, jr., and
10 SAID convention.
BY motion of Mr.. Buchanan, DR.. Mayer
was authorized to extend to the Agricultural
Society and Stock Breeders Association a
cordial invitation to hold their next annual
convention of 1904 in the town of Lafayette. |
President Billeaud appointed Messrs. Mou-
ton and Buchanan to wait upon the City |
Council of Lafayette and secure its CO. |
operation in extending the invitation.
Attorney Jerome Mouton appeared and |
asked that the Jury accept certain agree
nent and settlement of the Walker Domin-
que road controversy. BY motion of Mr..
suc hanan, the following was adopted:
Resolved, that the parish hereby reln-
.uste p. Domingue's property which was
bandoned bv the parish in 1883 and that
he present road through Mr.. Domngue's
property he accepted at the public road.