The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-05-08
POLICE JURY.
Road Exchanged. - Road North
of Duson Ordered. COulee
Platte Bridge to Be
Repaired.
Pin Hook Bridge Reported in Need
of Repairs.-Sch0OI Board Paid
$4,000 m Appropriation
Treasurer's Report.
Lafayette. La, May 2, 1907.


The Police Jury met this day il
regular session. Members present
NJ. Billeaud. Jr.. presiding, J.. Ed.
mond Mouton, Albert Theall. p. r,
Landry, j. H. Connolly and L.. G,
Breaux. Absent: Valery B~oudreauS
and Cornelius Spell.
The minutes of the meeting held
April 4, were read and approved.
Mr.. Connolly stated that he wanted
permission to repair the bridge over
"Coulee Ton Ton" and not the one
near property of Lessin Dugas.
Granted.
The committee on road north OF
Duson made a verbal report. Action
was deferred until the afternoon ses-
sion.
Superintendent Alleman asked that
the Jury pay over to the School
Board the balance of the 1906 appro.
priatiOn.
The secretary stated hat the ac-
count of Mr.. Il. Nee. Hyman for filing
the manuscript of appeal to the Su-
preme Court was not payable by the
sheriff under his contract with the
parish. Accepted.
Mr.. Breaux asked that Simon Will
liam be refunded one dollar account
no wagon. So ordered.
Mr.. MOutOn asked that Alphonse
Dominique be refunded one dollar ac-
count no wagon. So ordered.
Messrs. Hypolite Savoy, BONN and
BrOussard appeared before the Jury
and asked permission to exchange a
piece of road in the It'll ward in order
that they may be enabled to use the
original road for the purpose of COM
pleting the donation of two acres of
land to the School Board: that the
new piece of road would be put in
first class condition: that there would
be no expense whatever charged to the
parish.
Moved and seconded that the above
request be and is hereby granted:
that Messrs. Savoy, BONN and Brous-
sard constitute a committee of three to
accept for the parish by act before a
notary public the road as above ex-
planned. Carried.
Adjourned until 2 p. m. for dinner.
Afternoon session with Messrs.
Spell and B%oudreaux in attendance.
Regarding the road north of DusOn,
on motion duly seconded, the follow
ing resolution vas adopted:
Resolved, that resolution of this
body under date of March I, 1907, in
reference to the road as then contem-
plated partly ran through the terri
tory OF the parish of Acadia:
that Tor want of iuriSdic-
ton on the part of the Jury the said
resolution is hereby repealed. There
fore
BE IT ORDAINED by the Police
Jury OF the parish of Lafayette in |
regular session assembled, that q
jury of freeholders consisting of
the six resident inhabitants of the |
parish OF Lafayette, to-wit: Hugh
Hutchinson, Alexander M. Brous-
sard, Cleophas Chiasson, Ernest
Sonnier, Q. A. Boudreaux and
Alexander DelhOmme, ST., be and
are hereby appointed to trace and
lay out q public road of at least
Is feet wide to the greatest advan-
tage OF the inhabitants and as lit
tie as may be to the prejudice of
enclosures, and assess what dam |
ages that any person may sustain
through whose land said road
may pass.
Be it further ordained that said
road to be traced and laid out by said
jury of freehOlders shall start at the
southeast Orner of the land of Olivier
ChiassOn or at the eastern terminus of
the Rayne public road at said point
until said road to be traced and laid
out will reach and connect with the
public road running north from the
crossing at DusOn station.
Messrs. BOudreaux and MOutOn
advised against the cutting of the en-
bankment along the road near the
property of Mr.. Demas Comeaux.
Accepted.
Moved and seconded that Mr.. l.. G.
Breaux be and is hereby authorized
to act in the stead of the president in
with the committee of the
Police Jury and that of the Citizens
ROad Building Association in passing |
upon the acceptance or rejection of
the roads of the third ward as worded
by the said Association. Carried.
Mr.. MOutOn was authorized to re-
pair the bridge on COulee Platte.
Bridgekeeper HigginbOtham report-
I'd that the sleepers on the Pin Hook
bridge needed changing; that the
could not be opened, and
asked to be instructed as to what to
DO In case some one with q boat
to pass the said bridge. !,
Action deferred awaiting the arri-
val of the Ottumwa Bridge Company
representative who is to be here in the
future in connection with the
of the Darmas Broussard
ID
President Billeaud stated that dur
NO the. month he had been called
lpon by members of the School {
3oard who urged that the Jury make
arrangement for the payment to the
3Oard Of ct least three thousand dol I
ars on account of public school ap-