The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-06-12

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the Cypress Island-L Lafayette Drain
age District, defining the limits there
of and appointing commissioners
therefor within and for said parish OF
st. Martin, and referring the same to
this body for approval and ratifica-
ton: and also appointing within and
for the parish of Lafayette, a COM
missioner constituting a member OF
the Board of Commissioners OF said
Drainage District.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish of Lafayette, Louisiana,
in open session convened, that the or
dinance of the Police Jury OF the
Parish of ST. Martin, of date June D,
1907, dissolving the Cypress Island
Drainage District, and creating the
Cypress Island Lafayette Drainage
District, defining the limits thereof
and appointing commissioners there
for within and for said parish OF St.
Martin, and referring the same to this
body for approval and ratification, a
certified copy thereof being hereto an
nexed and forming part and parcel OF
this present ordinance, be and the
same is hereby approved and ratified
in all it's parts.
Be it further ordained, etc, that
upon proper petition of the property
tax payers and qualified electors of
said Drainage District hereto an
nexed and made part hereof, j. y.
GirOuard be and is hereby appointed
a commissioner to constitute the
Board of said Drainage District with
in and for the parish of Lafa yette.
Louisiana. with all the powers and
duties attached to said Board by said
ordinance of the Police Jury of the
Parish of ST. Martin and by law.
Be it further ordained, ETC.. that
this ordinance shall take effect from
and after its passage.
The following petition was read and
approved:
| To the Honorable Members OF the Police
Jury of Lafayette, louisiana:
The petition of the undersigned
property taxpayers and qualified
electors of the Cypress Island-Lafa-
vette Drainage District constituting
over and above twenty-five property
owners of the said District as required
by law, represents that the parish of
Lafayette represents the least area in
said District and is therefore entitled
by law to one commissioner to be APP
pointed by the Police Jury of Lafa-
yette parish to serve on the Board OF
said District while ths parish of st.
Martin, including the greatest area, is
entitled to two commissioners to be
appointed by the Police Jury of said
parish: that the property owner
herein recommended to your honor
able body for the appointment as
commissioner to constitute the Board
of said drainage district owns and is
assessed in amount not less thar
$500. 90 and being an elector of said
drainage district as required by law;
that said property owner so recon-
mended is J. o. GirOuard.
Wherefore petitioners pray that
said above named person be appointed
by your honorable body as commits
sioner of said Drainage District for
the parish of Lafa yette.
Respectfully submitted, NJ. Billeaud,
Jr., J. O. Girouard, J. G. ST. Julien,
Ophe Girouard, Jules GirOuard, A.
D. Girouard, Martial Billeaud, p. M.
Girouard, Arthur BrOussard, Nicho-
las Girouard. Robert Girouard, He
brard Girouard, Hazard GirOuard,
Lucius Duhon. Edmond GirOuard.
Mr.. M. A. H~argroder asked the use
of the court house building once a
week to hold the meetings of the De-
batting Society he has organized,
agreeing that no expense would come
to the parish and that the same would
: always be left in order. Granted.
; J.. Leon Chiasson made application
for the cadetship to the Louisiana
: State University, provided that the
: said university was equipped for in.
! struction in medicine. which branch OF
study the institution contemplated fol-
:. the next term of school.
The application of Frank Baquet
! was also presented for the cadetshll
: at the Louisiana State University
l Both applicants expressed their will
4. ingness to withdraw in favor OF the
: other.
! Action deferred until the next regu'
: lar meeting with instruction to TIT
! secretary that he ascertain as tt
I whether or not the Louisiana Stat
: University would be prepared at it:
; next session to instruct in medicine.
! The Jury was plea sed to receive tn
Q following letter from the parish's ben
4 efciary cadet, Rousseau j.. Mouton.
' Lafayette, La, June 6, 1907.
e The Police Jury of Lafayette Parish:
Gentlemen: Five years ago | wa
appointed beneficiary cadet to tn
Louisiana State University at BatOl
Rouge. Two years later my appro
priatiOn was increased ron SlIo t.
$ $3.50 per year as the first sum was In
e sufficient. Today l am an alumnus o
that institution, having graduates
) there May %, 1907.
s Words cannot express my thank
q for your Kindness. I shall never o
n able to repay in full the great goo
that you have done me. have &c
rived the greatest benefit from ina
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