The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-04-10
Public Road North of Duson-Drain
Ordered Attended to-Treasurer's
Report.
LAFAYETTE, La. April !. 1907.

showed that he had been unable t o OBJ
tain ownership of the eight strips OF
land at the junction of the YOungS-
vile and M~auriceville roads due to its
ownership by minors: that the reason
was that the owners were unwilling to
dispose of the land in question either
by donation or sale. not that they
were minors.
The Committee on road north of
DusOn reported as follows:
To the Honorable the President and
Members Of the Police Jury, Perish Of
Lafayette, La.
Your undersigned committee ap-
pointed at your regular meeting held
Feb. 8. 1907 for the purpose of re-
tracing the public road north of
DusOn, Louisiana, and along the
properties of the Floyd heirs and
Winston Jones, and continued at
your regular meeting held March Z,
1907 with instructions to carry out
your resolution adopted at the latter
meeting, beg leave to report having
complied with your Instructions, and
submit on the reverse side hereof a
sketch showing the roads in full.
Respectfully submitted,
HUGH HUTCHINSON,
w. w. Posi-,
F. SIADOUS.
Committee.
Quite a discussion ensueu regard
ing the lines of the old established
road and the line of the two parishes,
Lafayette and Acadia, at that point.
~whereupOn 1t was moved and seconded
that a committee be appointed, to in
clude the Jury's Attorney. with in
structiOnS to make a thorough in
vestigatiOn of this road and report to
the Jury. Carried. Committee: Cor
nelius Spell, Alfred A. DelhOmme,
l.. G. BreauX, Valery Boudreaux
and Attorney G.. H. MOutOn.
Messrs. p. L. DeClouet, A. M.
Martin, w. A. LeRosen, DR.. J.. A.
Martin and j.. o. BrOussard ap-
peared before the jury in Inc interest
of the Ways and Means Committee
for the entertainment of the Louisiana
EditOrswhO are to meet in Lafayette
in convention on April Both, May LIST.
and End. MI. De(,louet stated that
their mission was to ask of the jury
financial aid, SO as to enable our
people to entertain the members of the
State Press in a BETTING manner that
the Committee proposed also to have
printed a large number of pamphlets
setting forth the diverse improvements
of our towns and parish, in the end
that these gentlemen, editors of pa
pers throughout the State, may have a
complete statement Of the parish's
commercial and financial advantages:
that the City Council of Lafayette had
appropriated $25O.W towards that
fund and hoped that the Police Jury
would be as liberal.
Moved and seconded that $3.50. 90 be
and is hereby appropriated for the
purposes as set forth by Mr.. p. L.
DeClOuet. Carried.
Mr.. Chas. Montgomery of the 9Th
ward reported a certain drain nesr
his property needing attention, ex-
pressing his uneasiness from over
flows should there fall a very heavy
rain. On motion duly seconded re-
solved that the matter be referred to
MI. L. G. Breaux for immediate at
tention.
o. F.. Comeanx submitted the per
capita and road tax roll for
1907, same was accepted, turned over
to the Sheriff. and the account
of Mr.. COmeaux for said work,
amount $4,000 was ordered paid.
Said $1,000 to be charged against the
eight wards in proportion to the
amount of the assessment of each.
BY recommendation of Mr.. Del
homme. Honore Bernard was con-
tinued on the INDECENT list at the usual
Upon petition regularly made, Marie
Joseph Maver we're recognized as in
digents. Pension S12. SO per annum.
Mr.. Connolly reported having pass
with Mr.. Caliste COmeaux for a road
in the 9Th ward. Approved.
Mr.. Landry stated that his road
had reported that tine Cum
berland Telephone Co.. had placed
telephone poles almost in the middle
of the road in the It'll ward, and that
in some instances had Obstructed
that he had had these mat
ters attended to, the Company remov.
ing its poles.
Moved and seconded that the Score
tary notify the Cumberland Telephone
and Telegraph Company in the future
not to plant any Of it, poles along the
roads of this Parish without
drst obtaining permission from the
Police Jury. Carried.
Moved and seconded that MI. Spell
be and he is hereby authorized, by act
before . Notary Public, to accept for
the Parish Q road In the second ward
leading to Bayou Quetortue, said road
be donated by the property owners,
and that he also furnish one half the
to renew the bridge owe said
and at . point where the said