St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-10-09

o MILLS ON THEDOLLAR
Police jury Holds An Interesting Meeting.--Game
Law Is Declared Useless, aud Representa-
tives Asked to Vote Against 1t.
Opelousag. Ia. Oct. 4, 1909.

OpeI0uSas, lla, OcG. ~ l5uSs
The Police Jury met in regular ses-
sion this day with the following mem
bers present:
Or. Glopton, President; Messrs.. Du-
rio, DALEY, Lanclos. Doucet, Singleton,
Wills F%ontenot, Acduel Fonteuot.
Motion by Mr.. willis Fontenot-
That the reportof committee appoint
ed at last meeting Of this Body to look
into the necessity of employing an in
spector to- classify the timbered lands
of this parish, be and the same Is here
by approved and accepted, committee
discharged, and the report ordered
spread upon the minutes: resolved
further, that Mr.. M. Il. White of 0pe-
lousas, be appointed inspector of pine
lands and Mr.. A. II. Muller of Washing
ton, La, be appointed inspector of all
other timbered lands of this parish,
upon the terms and conditions as set
forth ia report Of said committee. Mo
ton carried.
70 the Honorable President and Mem
bers of the Police Jury Of the Parish
Ofst. Landry:
The undersigned committee appoint
ed by vonr honorable body to look into
tie necessity OF employing an inspec-
tor to classify the timbered lands Of
this parish in accordance with the
recommendations Of the State Board Of
Hqualizers, beg leave to submit the
following report:
After interviewing practical timber
men and fully and naturally consider
ing the subject your committee be-
Mepes that il would be to the advan-
tage of the parish to appoint two
cruisers or inspectors to 60 over and
INSPECT and classify the Smbered lands
at Che parish; that u of said cruisers
or inspectors should be appointed to in
speet and classify pine lands and the
other all other timbered lands; that
said classification should be made by
sections and where neces-
sarg or expedient by fractional sections I;
that said inspectors should report the
result of their iabors to your Honorable
Body on the first Monday of each
month, be paid Six and 5000 Dollars
($660l per diem for each day that they
were actually employed, payable
monthly, and do their work under the
supervision and direction OF the AS
SCISSOR of this parish.
Your committee. further recommend
that said work shall be completed by
Tho LIST of January, 1910, and that the
Police Jury shall have the right to dis
miss the men employed at any time, at
ItB option.
Respectfully submitted,
JsE. DALEY,
ANTOINE LANCLOS,
b. III. FoNTENOT,
Committee.
ON motion of Mr.. Willis Fontenot-
Duly seconded and carried, Be it re-
solved, that in accordance with the re-
port Of committee on budget, the fol-
lowing budget be adopted as an estimate
exhibiting tbs various Items Of expendt-
lures necessary for the year 1910, and
thaLsaid estimate and budget be pub
l4nhn@ tn tbs rfsnfel SottFnal for the fo1i
period Of (30l days:
10 the Honorable President and Mem
bers Of the Police Jury of the Par
ish of ST. Landry:
Your committee appointed to frame a
budgeto OF parish expenses for the year
1910, beg leave TO ubmit the following
report:
Your committee considering that it
would be q backward step to return to
a parish tax of ten mills on the dollar
after having successfully financed the
parish,s requirements for the year Of
1909 with o parish tax Of nine mfllsonly,
have framed a budget which they
think will meet all legitimate require
ments of the parish for the yea 1910
with 9 tax of nine mills.
The budget which your committee
have framed and recommend for a6op-
ton is as follows, to-wit:
EAEAGh bGO6E1 AHE IEAGs
1910:
l. Officers aud Members 1000 90
q Assessors Commission ~. $500 90
/ District Attorneys Salary 1900 90
Sheriff's Criminal salary. 1000 90
d . Contingent sal
ary, criminal... I,500 90
6. Sherin's Maintenance of
Prisoners 2,500 90
Coroner and Parish Physi-
Clan 1000 90
sizes 5646 90
4 Grand aud Petit Jurors 5000 90
III witnesses in Criminal
cases 5000 90
Jill President B0ardof Health $50 90
IL. Tax Collectors Commits
sion $3.50 co
3 New Jail FUND $3.50 90
ia. Internal improvement,
Road and Bridge Fund 10000 90
i5. Fiscal Agency Fund. $4,000
iii. Public school Fund.-. 10000 90