The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1905-08-09
LAFAYETTE. La. A

The Police Jury met this day in
regular session with the following
named members present: M. Billeaud,
Jr., President, presiding, L. G..
Breaux, c. Spell, J. Edmond Mouton,
j. II. Connolly, j. H. Begnaud. p.
Il. Landry, Albert Theall and .Valery
Bou6reaux.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting, meetings of the Jury as q
Board of Reviewers of July I and Il,
and special meeting of the Jury July
26, were read and approved after
making the following corrections in
the minutes of the last regular meet
ing of July 6.
Mr.. Boudreaux stated, relative to
q drain across the railroad track and
the crossing at the Lafayette Refinery,
that he had seen Mr.. &. C. Mallard
and not Superintendent Shackford as
reported. That he reported against
the cutting of Cunningham's levee,
preferring and advising the opening
of the ditch.
Mr.. Begnaud corrected the bill of
Edgar Breaux to read Especial fund.-
MIR. Landry stated the name of El0i
Benoit instead of L. B. Benoit should
show in the petition for the proposed
new road near Onezime Langlinais's.
Mr.. Breaux moved that motion
relative to the parish building bridges
on the proposed new road from the
Pest House to johnson street be
changed to read Is follows: The
parish to furnish the lumber and
nails, donors to grade the road and
build the bridges. Carried.
DR.. L. A. Prejean, President Parish
Board Of Health, appeared before the
Jury and asked that the following
resolution be adopted: That the
registered physicians of the parish be
requested 20 report all suspicious
cases of fever to the Health officers of
the ward who in turn Immediately
reports to DR.. Prejean. The same
was unanimously adopted.
Rousseau Mouton, "a beneficiary
cadet OF the parish, to the Louisiana
State University, asked the Jury to
renew the appropriation of $4,000 in
his favor. Moved and seconded that
the parish make an appropriation OF
$4,000 in favor of Rousseau MOutOn
Is beneficiary cadet to the Louisiana
State University. Carried.
MI. M0uton reported the arrange
ment Of the Parish Board of Health
With the town of Lafayette Board o.
regards the expenses of the quaran-
tine. stating that the expenses of the
detention camps would be borne, two
thirds by the parish and one third by
the town Of Lafayette. Report &C
copied.
Mr.. Mouton asked permit sion ia
have . telephone put up at the deten-
ton camp near Bayou Carencro.
Authorised.
MI. Connolly gave the name Of DIR.
z. ]. Francez o Health oflcer Of the
9Th ward. Accepted.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. Be9naud reported communica.
ton from Mr.. F. J. Bernard, POLES
Juror of Acadia Parish, relating "a
the boundary line road between Lafa.
yette and Acadia, Mr.. Bernard stat.
Ing that they had decided to wait
between Messrs. Mire and Bradford,
now In the Supreme Court, wai
decided. before taking any action,
Nj. Begnaud stated his verbal agree.
meut with the Acadia oficial, was thai
he (Mr. Begnsud) was to put the cana
near the boundary line in first class
condition, and that Acadia parish
would put the dividing line road d
1trst class condition, after which eacl
parish would keep up half the sale
road; that he had fulfilled his part 81
The verbal contract, but that thl
Acadia O11cial had not carried out hil
part, for the reason advanced in Mr.