The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-06-05
NO. IL.
[oFFICIAL
Police Jury Proceedings.

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President Jos. Birg.
Roll call showed the following
members present: Messrs. Giles,
Boudreaux, Gilmore, Drackett,
Gooch, Young and Bodin.
Minutes of the last meeting read,
and approved as read.
Mr.. Kappel came before the
Jury with letters from the Travel
ing Auditor relative to the Police
Jury furnishing the Assessors
office with certain maps and
abstracts required by law.
Mr.. Milling, Parish Attorney,
explained the provisions of the
act and showed that the require
ments have already been complied
with.
1t was moved by Mr.. Giles and
seconded by Mr.. Young, that the
following ordinance be passed,
and upon roll call it was un-
animously passed.:
ORDINANCE No.
AG ordinance to suppress houses Of
prostitution or of ill-repute in GER
tain portions of the Parish of St.
Mary, adjacent to the town of
Franklin:
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of the Parish of st. Mary.
III regular session convened, that no
house Of prostitution or of ill-repute
shall be carried on upon any of the
main approaches to the town of
Franklin, such AS the road leading
from the upper portion of the Parish,
parallel to Bayou Teche, or from the
lower portion of the Parish parallel to
said bayou, or the road leading into
Franklin called iberia road, or that
leading into Franklin called the Willow
street road. Nor shall any such house
be established or carried on within two
hundred feet of either said roads,
Section 2. Be it further ordained.
ETC., That this ordnance shall take effect
from and after the first day of July,
1909: and that all ordinances or parts Of
ordinances in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance be and the same are
hereby repealed.
Approved June l, 1909.
Jos. BlRG, President.
CHAS. A. BIBBINS, Secretary.
The matter of providing q
stenographer for the Coroner in
certain cases was taken up. dis
cussed, and the matter referred to
MIR. Milling to arrange with the
Coroner.
II was moved by Mr.. Gilmore,
seconded by Mr.. Boudreaux, and
passed that the Coroner be au.
thorized to employ a stenographer
at the legal rate of Is cents per 100
words in murder cases, together
with his necessary expenses.
On motion of Mr.. Drackett, Sec
onded by Mr.. Gilmore. and duly
passed it was agreed to pay
Messrs. Lohman & Keenze ten
dollars per month, from Sept. 1st,
1908, to Sept. 1st, 1909, for taking
care of, keeping in order and
winding the court house tower
clock.
Mr.. Milling stated that the Con.
stable in the 4th. ward was absent
and that no one was attending to
his duties, and that there was no
peace officer in that ward, and it
was ordered that no warrant issue
for his pay for the month of May.
The Assessor appearing with
the Assessment roll for the year
1909, the Jury on motion of Mr..
seconded by Mr.. Gill
more the Jury adjourned to meet
Immediately as a Board of Re.
viewers.
After adjourning as Board of
Reviewers the Jury again as
sembled and Mr.. Drackett in
troduced the following stock ordi-
nance. The matter was discussed
at length and Mr.. Drackett moved
its passage. Mr.. Gilmore second
ed the motion and, upon roll call
the ordinance was duly passed
unanimously:
STOCK ORDINANCE
An ordinance making it misdemeanor
for any person to permit any animal
belonging to them to be upon the
public roads of the Parish of St.
Mary, providing the penalty there
for, and the method of collecting
said penalty.
SECTION l. BE it ordained by the Po.
lice Jury Of the Parish Of st. Mary in
regular session assembled, That II shall
be unlawful for any person or corporation
to wilfully permit any animal belonging
to them or it to be upon any public road
of the Parish of st. Mary, except such
animals tie in actual use at the time, or
under the proper restraint in being taken
from one place TO another: that
no loose or stray horses, goats, hogs,
cows, or other animals of any descrip-
ton shall be permitted upon the public
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