The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1909-09-11
Police Jury Proceedings.

CO"uItICC dPpOIuICu ny mdS
meeting held this day to protes
against the Atchafalaya Leve
Board appropriating $50, 100000 t.
the building of the locks at Don
aldsonville, and leaving the ives
bank of the Atchafalaya River I'm
protected with levees. He aske,
the Police Jury to pass a resolu
ton protesting against it.
DR.. j. R. Olivier, of st. Martins
vile, also spoke upon tn
same matter.
On +: motion Messrs. Drackett
Gilmore and Aucoin were ap.
pointed a committee to draw VI
and transmit to the Atchafalays
Levee Board the required reso.
lutions.
Mr.. Robert Barnett, Mr.. For.
sythe and DR.. Sewell, all of Bald
win appeared before the Jury and
urged the appropriation of a sum
of money to assist in the erection
of public school building at that
place, stating that they had
raised ST 1000 and the lot. DR..
Foster, Superintendent of Public
Schools also spoke in favor of the
request and after a discussion, on
motion of Mr.. Drackett, seconded
by Mr.. Aucoin, and duly carried,
one thousand dollars was appro-
priated for the purpose of assist
ing in the building of a public
school building at Baldwin, as
follows:
"Be it resolved, That one
thousand dollars be, and it is
hereby appropriated to assist in
the building of a public school
building at Baldwin, La, payable
January list, 1910, provided the
citizens raise for the purpose
$1,000. 90 and provide the lot.
Mr.. T. M. Milling reported that
with Dr.. Foster in the matter of a
beneficiary cadet at Louisiana
State University, that they had
advertised an examination to be
held for that purpose, that only
one applicant had appeared, MI.
Thos. Jones, and that as he was a
High School graduate, he was for
that reason eligible to enter the
University Freshman class and
that he filed all the requirements
and they recommended his ap-
oointment.
1t was moved by Mr.. Gilmore.
seconded by Mr.. Drackett and
carried that Thos. Jones be ap-
pointed as a Beneficiary Cadet to |
louisiana State University from |
he parish of st. Mary.
On motion of Mr.. Drackett. Sec
'nded by Mr.. Gooch, the follow
ng resolution was passed.
That the bid of Oscar L. Alpha
o do the Public Printing of the
.arish of st. Mary for the sum of
fifteen Dollars per month, be and
he same is hereby accepted and
he Weekly Waterman, a weekly
ewspaper published in Franklin,
"a, be and the same is hereby
ominated as the official journal
+ the parish of st. Mary.
A communication was received
rom Mr.. John Kramer of Baldwin
the refunding of certain
arish taxes, paid by her on prop
rty bought at tax sale, after
sading the Communication was
rdered filed.
A petition was received and
lad, asking that the open season
" the killing of deer in the par 6
h of st. Mary be changed from E
ept. 1st. to Feby. list. to from {
ctober list, to March 1st.
It was moved by Mr., Gilmore. >
i'd seconded by Mr.. Gooch, that y
e open season for the killing of I
,er in the parish of st. Mary be
Ianged from Sept. list. to Feby.
t. to October list. to March 1st. L
'ginning with the next season.
Carried.
Jos. Chapron, Justice of the a
ace, Bird. ward, Baldwin, report n
$500 collected by him under il
9 stock law and rendered his
eek for that amount. The So. 90 a
10 handed to the Treasurer. fl
Mr.. w. H. Kramer, as expert,
check the books, vouchers and q,
Irrants of the Treasurer and n
ERIK of the Police Jury filed his h
,ort.
Mr.. Drackett moved, seconded q,
Mr.. Gilmore, that Mr.. K1amer's n,
,ort be received, filed and to
blished in the minutes and that
. Kramer be thanked and E. A. l,
Treasurer and Chas. u.
Bibbins, Clerk, be and they a.
hereby given their quietus up ~
July let, 1909. Carried. "