The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-03-13
POLICE JURY.
Parish Fair Recommended by
Sec. Barrow of Stale Board
of Agriculture.
Vehicle Road Tax Made Delinquent
May I.-Reports Of Committees.

Lafayette, La. March !, 1907.
The f.i.cy JURY met this ddy lii rec
gular session. Members present: NJ.
Billeaud, Jr.. presiding, Alfred A.
DelhOmma. COrnpliu, Spell. j.. Eu-
mOnd MuutOn. Albert Theal, j. H.
Connolly. +. II. Landry and l.. &.
Breaux. Absent: Valery BOudreauX.
The minutes of the meetings held
February eth and Sth were read and
approved.
Mr.. ]. c. Barrow. Secretary of the
LOulsian State Board of Agrlcul-
ture and Immigration, appeared before
the Jury ia advocacy OF a Parish
Fair, and asked that the Jury appro-
pirate 800 to be used for prizes for
the best exhibition in agriculture.
stock. or as may be deemed best.
Mr.. Barrow suggested the formation
of a stock company, thereby creating
a permanent organization. Action
deferred until the next regular meet
ing.
Inc following report and resolutions
we're adopted and committee continued
with instructions to carry out said
resolutions:
State of Louisiana
Parish of Lafayette,
First Ward of Said Parish.
We the Committee appointed by the
Police Jury of said parish to stake
out a public road at DusOn, LOuisia-
ma, in the first ward in said parish
have this day staked out the public
road to it's exact locality where We
intended it to be previously in our
report of October ), 1898, and as per
plan annexed.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish OF Lafayette in regular
session assembled, that wherea, the
dividing line betw. en the lands of
Mrs. Sevigne nn,iry, DIR. john
MOntbOulet, and S!.,g ste Julian. aud
Winston Jones Oh eli her side OF the
public road in the first ward OF this
parish, being between the lands be-
longing to the said Mrs. Sevigne
Guidry, DR.. John MOntboulet, and
Sylveste Julian, and the land belong
ing to said Winston Jones, has.
since the establishment of said road,
been removed more to the north now,
therefore in order to avoid all DANA
ges to the parties in interest. the said
old road is hereby altered and turned
out of its old curse by authorizing
said road to be opened o n the dividing
line between said tracts of land as now
established and in possession of the
adjoining owners aforesaid: that the
secretary of the Police Jury of Lafay-
cite Parish is hereby instructed to
notify the president of the Police
Jury of Acadia Parish of u action.
Witness our hand this 22ud day of
February, 1907.
w. w. POST,
HUGH HUTCHINSON,
+. SIADOUS,
Committee.
Adjourned until 1:3O p. m. for
dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
President Billeaud being excused,
Mr.. L. G. Break acted as temporary
chairman.
Messrs. L. G. Breaux and Alfred
A. DelhOmme, committee to check up
the treasurer, made the following
report, which report was accepted and
committee discharged:
BALANCES:
Parish fund. .............. '$3,234 81
Industrial School fund.-. 5,301 33
Special road fund ......... 1852 81
All cancelled vouchers herewith.
Treasurer granted quietus.
Mr.. Connolly reported having
finally settled the matter of public
road at Caliste Comeaux', where the
property owners had erected their
fences, some ten feet on the public
road; that Mr.. Comeaux donated a
road on the north side of his plan
tation, and exchanged another on the
east side for the old public road on
the west side of his property. APP
prOvei.
Mr.. Connolly further reported hav-
ing made two bridges at Ophe Melan-
cons gin, b .Iieving it to be to the
advantage (. I the parish, rather than
rebuilding tine old bridge. Accepted.
The secretary "a instructed to ask
for . report of the committee on the
road from Pierre Trahan's to SEVERN
Duhon's
BY recommendation of Mr.. Con-
molly, Louis f. Connolly was an
pointed road Oyerseer of the 9th
ward, vice Ernest Broussard deceased.
BY request Of Mr.. Delhomme the
following Jury of freeholders were ap-
pointed to trace and accept for the
parish q public road standing east
of the school land at Ambrose
ChiassOn's running north to the
public road at Neville LeBlanc's, it
being understood that the parish is to
incur no expense except such as may
be necessary for ~notary's fees. j. G.
Broussard, Constan Leger. Euclide
Leger, Arthur Billeaud, Theophile
SOnnier. and Hypolite Breaux.
The following petition was read and
accepted, pension fixed al $3.50 per
annum
State of Louisiana,
Parish of Lafayette.
To the President and Members of
the Police Jury:
We the undersigned citizens and