Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-09
St. Bernard News.

= St. Bernard News.
The Police Jury Of the Parish of St,
Bernard held a meeting at the st. Be
nard Court house on Saturday Jan. 2,
at which considerable business was
transacted. A number Of applications
were made for liquor licenses, | or z
! OF which were counter to restrictions OF
the law, being too near to the trst
. waru public scnool. Judge Nunez, the
district attorney, called the attention
OF the police jury to Act VI OF 19O8,
which provided that the police juries
must supply the court houses and pub
lc offices with spittoons and post sights
on the wall caunoning persons MOI to
spit on the floors ana walls, For nom
compliance with this requirement the
president becomes guilty OF a INSIDE
meanor and is punishable by a fine or
imprisonment. Judge Nunez called
the attention of the police jury also to
the 1act tnat the state laws now requir-
ed that the doors OF all public buildings
including court houses, must open out
waruly.
The rate of the St. Bernard taxation
was fixed at IL mills, out Of when the
schools viii get 3l-z mis- The liquor
license was fixed, at the minimum
rate allowed to the parishes by the
by the state law, wnlcn Is $5Ou. Incl
drntaliya license OF SIS was included in
the schedule, tor moving picture shows.
The budget OF expense Tor the year
1909 was formulated and includes an al
loWance Tor the direction OF a court
house and Jail Tor the first justice,
which will be located at the Stock {
Landing. A thousand dollars was also t
allowed TO purchase the land for the N. t
H. Nunez school. The special road tax '
OF five mills for five years, was ordered S
to be divided equally between the first
and second road districts. The budget
appropriated for roads, however, was
to go to the first district. A proposition q
was received from Mr.. Orfila Guerra n
TO grade and build a public road in the B.
ward, beginning at Bois-du-Lac a
and turning in at Reggie Station, on Il
Tho lines to be established by the parish O.
surveyor, aud with a width or Is feet Il
md under specifications to be approved .
" The police jury, the contract price to u
e $3.50 per mile. He proposed also to 50
pen a road through the Bois-du-L Lac p
ection 10 feet wide and to cut all trees y
nd under brush for 10 feet on either :
ide for the sum Of $500 per mile. The
olice jury accepted MIR. Guerra's prop
+.
Judge R. Emmett Hingle held a ses- -
ion Of the 10Th Judicial District Court
t the Slaughter House on January 2, :.
ldge Nunez, the district attorney filed ~
considerable number Of informations WI
sainst parties violating the oyster law. "a
he accused pleaded not guilty and
le cases were fixed for trial on Janu- 'a'
y 10th. Carrying of concealed *
eapons and assault with dangerous no
.apons and a little grand larceny con- SCI
the other informations. All pa
e accu sed pleaded guilty and were pc
leased on bond to appear for trial Jan ~
ny 10th. In the suit Of the St. Ber- uu ~
I'D Rendering & Fertilizer Co., against WI WI
athias Reuter- for $40, 600 and %injunc- "a
m, the rule for defendant to show
~ injunction should not be issued
IS heard and after argument Of coun- :
on both sides, Judge Hingle took po'
g matter under adyisement, New cis'
les were adopted by Judge Hingle, con
ing the terms Of the court on Boz
, following basis: one week nus
each month beginning on each Satur- beg
after the second Tuesday, of Janu- cleo
I, February, March, May, June, July, be
'vember and December, Jury terms. por
yginning the third Monday of April two
/ October. )
The Board of Commissioners for the eloc
you Terre Aux Bceufs Drainage D
It met last Saturday, January 2, q
8 advised bv the st. BERNARD Dra