The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-01-09
as follows.

LIST ward... 90. Two hundred dollars
End ward. ...... Two hundred dollars
Bird ward. Two hundred dollars
4th ward. Two hundred dollars
9Th ward. Two hundred dollars
9Th ward. ....... Two hundred dollars
It'll ward. Two hundred dollars
8th word. ....... Two hundred dollars
and that an additional appropriation
of two hundred dollars each be made
out of the general fund to the first,
second, fourth and sixth wards. Car
ried.
Mr.. Connolly was authorized to ex-
change a certain piece OF road in the
sixth ward and to use some $I5 or S2O
out of his special fund to purchase a
small strip of land along the proposed
new road.
Mr.. MOutOn was given permission
to have the Anse st. Claire bridge re-
paired.
Mr.. Connolly reported that ten feet
of the public road from Lessin Dugas'
to Alcee Delhomme about 40 acres
long, was inside the fencing OF the
property owners along said road.
whereupen the Jury instructed Mr..
Connolly to endeavor by amicable
to have the fencing removed.
Mr.. Spell called the Jury's attention
to the fact that the road north OF
DusOn, along the property OF MIR.
Winston Jones was still INSTRUCTED
by a wire fence.
Moved and seconded that the first
wards Standing Committee. with Mr..
J. r. Davis added to the committee,
proceed to have the said obstruction
removed. Notice to remove said OBJ
struction having been served on Mr..
Venance QuebOdeaux, agent of Mr..
Winston Jones. Carried.
Moved and seconded that the plan
of Messrs. Austin Bros, of Dallas,
Texas, for an iron draw bridge at or
adjacent to the Darmas Broussard
crossing over Bayou Vermilion be &C.
cepted, and that the Secretary be and
is hereby instructed to advertise for
bids for the construction OF said
bridge according to said plan; said
bids to be received up to ten O'Clock
a.. m. and opened on February !. 1907;
that the Jury reserves the right to &C.
cept or reject any and all bids. Car
ried.
The following indigepts were con-
tinued at the usual pension. fee of
twelve and a half dollars per annum.
BY J.. Edmond MoutOn; Emeranthe
Bone (pay Valerie Richard): by Al
fred A. Delhomme: Paul Morvant,
leila Leblanc (pay Homer LeBlanc):
Lucien JUDGE and Louis Campbell.
BY J.. H. Connolly: Alphonse Del
homme, Lodiska Cobe, Adeau Ber-
nard. sold Julie" widow Felix
Guidry, Jos. Bernard, Theodore
Benoit and Melanie Simpson.
Moved and seconded that a COM
mittee of two be appointed to check up
the road tax delinquent list. Carried.
Committee J. Edmond Mouton and
Felix II. Mouton.
Judge o. G.. Mouton appeared be-
fore the Jury on behalf of the Citizens
Road : Building Association, and
urged that the Jury do its utmost in
trying to collect the third wards road
tax; that the sheriff and his deputies
be specially requested to see to it
that all vehicles carry the license tag
Mr.. Mouton then asked that the COM
p~ensatiOn of the justices OF the peace
and constables of the third ward be
increased, stating that these officers
did probably ninety per cent OF the
criminal work of the parish, that the
records of the clerk of courts Office
would show him to be correct.
Regarding the collection of the road
tax the secretary is hereby instructed
to request of Assessor Melancon that
the assessment of the per capita and
vehicle tax be taken Immediately and
to endeavor to turn over the same to
the sheriff in the next ten or fifteen
days. Sheriff Lacoste being present
advised that he was ready to proceed
with the collection as soon as the as
sessment was made and delivered to
him; that he had on hand q large sup
ply of license tags.
Moved and seconded that on and af-
ter this date the justices of the peace
and the c0nstables of the third ward
be paid GO. 90 per month. Carried.
Mr.. Theall reports having made
contract with Mr.. A. o. Comeaux for
the keeping of the Olidon Broussard
bridge, the bridge to be opened, clean
ed and creased once q week for one
year for $500. Report accepted with
thanks.
The secretary stated that in his re-
port on the assessors commission
submitted at the last regular meeting
he had not properly accounted as re-
CARDS the commission on the poll
taxes, and submitted the following re-
port correcting the former, which was
accepted:
ASSESSORS COMMISSION.
Parish 988 II
State -. ......... ......... 816 AZ
Public Schools. .......... AIS 81
Industrial School,. ......... 1919 II
Total 49, S0 4s
Taxes, 74,O24.62.