The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-08-24
Police Jury Proceedings.

Lafayette, Thursday, August IL, 1904
The Police Jury met this day as a
Board of Reviewers to pass upon the
assessment list of the town of Lafa.
yette, for the yea 1904, with all
members of the Jury present.
On motion duly seconded it was
ordered that the revision of the town
assessments was turned over to the
Council of said town, and in the event
OF any contests being made Over any
assessments, the Police Jury would
consider the matter and pass upon
such contests at their next regular
meeting.
On motion duly seconded it was
ordered that the cement walk around
The courthouse square be made six
feel wide and the walk in front of the
courthouse leading from the front
steps to Lafayette street be made ten
feet wide, and walks leading side
ways from the front steps of said
courthouse to he six feet wide. and
the walk from the rear steps of the
courthouse to the Jail to be six feet
wide.
On motion duly seconded it was
ordered that the cement walk around
the courthouse square be laid inside
OF inner line of old pavement: any
additional expense to be borne by
City Council of Lafayette, incurred
In changing location of the cement
walks. Motion was carried. Messrs.
Billeaud, Begneaud, Boudreaux,
Breaux, M%OutOn, Spell. and Connolly
voting yea, and Mr.. Landry voted
nay.
Mr.. Landry explained his vote as
being based upon the objection in his
mind that the square was not large
enough to allow this strip to be taken
rOm it: that his observation was that
other communities were charging
rather than decreasing their court
house squares.
The Jury again sat as a Board of
reviewers to pass upon the ASSESS
ments on vehicles, made by L. Bill
leaud in the town of Lafayette, and
said assessment was accepted and
turned over to sheriff for collection.
On motion the Jury adjourned until
the next regular meeting.
NJ. BILLEAUD, JR.. President.
D. A. COCHRANE, Secretary.
Two Opinions of the Bond Issue.
Homer Guardian.
The people of this State GER
tainly feel a very keen interest
in the education of their children
and in the improvement of the
public school system of the
State. If there shall be opposi-
!, ton to the amendment, provid-
! ing for the sale of 81 600. 900 in
bonds to build better school
houses, it will be principally for
the reason that the people have
been denied the right to select
their own parish school boards.
And there will be some oppOsi-
ton on that score. The Louis
lana Democrat, for instance,
says: 1T will be time enough
for the people to vote 81 100000
to build schoolhouses on every
hill top and in every valley, as
far as it will go, when the author
ity has been restored to them to
elect the officials who are to be
the custOdians and distributors
of this educational fund" There
may be others who will view the
matter as the Democrat does.
But the measure ought to stand
or fall upon it's merits. The
people cannot afford to defeat a
good measure which vitality
affects their welfare and that of
their children, because they are
not pleased with the way our
school boards are constituted.
The bond proposition need not
be mixed up with the fight for
elective school boards.