The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1904-01-23
PROCEEDINGS OF
POLICE JURY
VERMILION PARISH.
Abbe1i1le. La. Jan. IA. 1904.

lie ponce jury OF Ferniillon par
ish met this day in regular session
with the following members present:
NJ. L. Eldrcdge, president; T. Du-
pre- Leblanc, G. Harrington, Thos.
Hoffpauir, Babilas Leblanc and
Joseph Theall.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were approved after due reading.
DR.. j. E. Kibbe appeared before
the jury relative to the obtaining of
some financial aid for the corporation
OF Erath.
Wherefore, on mction, duly Sec
onded, the sum of 500 was appro-
priated out of special bridge fluid
for that purpose.
J. F. Broussard of committee to
examine fiat at D.. o. thousands
crossing submitted a written report
recommending some changes in con-
strnction of fiat, with sn additional
appropriation of SO, for said chan
ges, which report with recommends
tions, were accepted.
On motion, duly seconded, an ap-
preparation of $2.4O was made to
Demosthene Trahan for taxes errone-
ously collected.
A report of jury of s'freeholders, on
road across lands Of Eloi Harrington
ct. ais, was received, and ]. Nugier,
Jr., appeared on behalf or Eloi
Harrington, in objection to said road,
and after due explanation and argu-
ments, is was moved that said report
be accepted, but there being 20 Sec
ond, the motion was lost.
A report of jury of freeholders,
on road near Jean Vigneaux's ct. ais,
was received, and on motion duly
seconded, was declared a public road.
See Fol. 1O8, vol. 8, police jury re-
cords.
Alfred Delcambre was excused as
member of jury OF aafreehoiders.
Henry burke appeared ard asked
that some relief be extended to him
for services as ferry keeper prior to
the establishing a public ferry.
On motion duly seconded, Messrs.
burke and Broussard be. and they
are hereby exempt from the payment
of the SIS per month to the bridge
keeper at Woodlawn plantation. be-
ginning May l, 1904; they having
kept the ferry at said locality for one
year free of cost to this parish.
Celestin Gastinel was appointed
road overseer, vice Otis Faux, re-
moved from the ward.
On motion duly seconded, james
Lachausse be, and is hereby permit
ted to advertise for a small change IN
the public road near his lands.
On motion duly seconded, Eugene
Dutile be, and is hereby permitted to
make a small change in the public
road near his lands; provided the
said change shall be made free of
cost TO the parish, and to the salts
faction Of the road overseer.
Resolved, that bids for the furn-
ishing of bridge lumber for the par
lsh of Vemilion be advertised for,
the payment for which shall be made
from the revenues derived from the
separate wards, i. e., each ward shall
pay for the lumber appropriated
therein.
On motion duly seconded, the sum
OF 500 was allowed the corporation
of Kaplan, payable out of the gen.
eral bridge fund.
On motion duly seconded, Joseph
Woods, John Faulk, Ulysse Faux,
Camille Primeaux, Treville Petry and
j. Bic Hebert were appointed a jury
of freeholders to trace a road start
ing from near Camille Primeaux and
Ernest Hebert's, to terminate at the
public road near j. Bite Hebert and
Jules Faulk's,
The following claims werethen allowed:
Z j Samson, interpreter for court
VS.. Nugier... $500. .. S 90
B Kibbe, lumber for bridges, lst
wardS3l A, I'd ward SAT d.. 4S SO
Tap Hendricks, work on bridge,
o Leblanc, nails for o 1st ward
"a OF, I'd ward 81 o.. .... 8 Oh
II Toler, lumber for bridge, 5 wd GU 4s
/ Lehman, nails for same..... 8 SO
Gregoire Perance, repair of road
grader. 9th ward.... . . l SO
6 Derouen, nails to r o 18th ward | 80
, hugier, same;....; 800. -. 2 25