The Colfax chronicle., 1904-01-09

the contract to construct and erect
the new jail for the said parish, In the
town of Colfax, Louisiana, the parish
site, is hereby let to the Paufy Jail
Building Co., of st. Louis, Mo. herein
represented by F. B. Hull, who is here
present acting for them. The said
Jail to be erected according to the
plans and specifications presented by
the said F. B. Hull (No. 1911, on the
following terms and the following
price, to-wit: The SUN of twelve
thousand dollars, two thousand dol
lars of which is cash, the balance on
time for a period of five years, di-
vided into FIVE equal installments,
each for the sum of two thousand
dollars, drawing per cent per an
mum from date until paid. all of the
details of said contract to be en-
bodied in an ordinance and contract
to be entered into and adopted by
this body and the said Pauly Jail
Building Co., represented by the said
F. b. Hull, at the next meeting of
this body, either at special or regu-
lar meeting.
Adopted January 4, 1904.
j. H. McNEELY, Prest.
w. B. CLARKE, Clerk.
The committee appointed to let
out bridge on COlfax and Pineville
road ON Bayou Teauro reported that
they had let the same out to j. w.
O'Quinn and TINT same has been
built and accepted, which report was
accepted and committee discharged
and claim of j. W. O'Quinn for
$275.O 90 allowed.
The application for permission to
change the public road on the Verda
and Montgomery road, beginning
about three hundred yards east Of
W. NJ. McIlwain's residence and inter-
secting said road, was granted. pro-
vided the road was cut at the ex-
pense Of the said McIlwain.
The claims of DR.. w. j. Roberts
and DR.. Webster Smith, coroner, for
exhuming the body OF r. H. William
son, was referred to the judge for ap-
proval.
The application of the bridge CON-
missioners for an increase in the Az
preparation made to build and re-
pair three bridges on the Montgom-
cry Three Bridge road was granted
and $3.50 was appropriated, which
sum was ordered to be paid to L. G..
O'Neal, who had built the same.
The petition asking for an election
in school district No. "a was laid
over Tor the purpose of investigat ting
whether it was signed by the requi-
site number of tax payers.
The report of the road reviewers
appointed to lay out road running
rom Phillips station to Villas post
Office was laid over.
The application OF 4. L. Stuckey
for the privilege to place telegraph
poles along the public roads was
with the understanding that
the same was to in no manner inter-
fere with passage.
The petition to lay out a road
running from Bogyy bayou, near
the railroad trestle, through the
swamp to Phillips station and to
Beauty Hill, was laid over.
The petition to establish n precinct |
at Georgetown was granted.
The committee appointed to let ont |
bridge on Bayou De Gappe, at the
.jeter place, reported that they had
let the same to d. F. Harper and that |
the same had been built, which re-
port was accepted and thecommittee |
and the claim of d. +.
Harper for the sum OF 5000 allowed. !
On motion of Mr.. Lewis, each men,
Der of the police jury is to look after
the road in his respective wards, and
one hundred dollars, or as much
thereof as may be necessary, il ap- I
prOpriated to each ward to be used
in keeping the roads in passable
until the per capita tax
can be collected.
The budget committee reported,
and the following budget was adopted
ss- the approximate expenses of the
parish for the year 1904: