St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-12-11
pl aceedings OF the Police Jury.
0pelouaas, La, Dec. 6, o9-


members present:
DR.. Ciopton, President; nes Eas
Daley, Lanclos, Singleton, W. E gu
tenot, Durio, Acduel Fontenot.
Mr., Daley called to the Chair.
Motion by DR.. Clopton-
That IN appropriation Of Forty
nollars be made out Of the 18th ward
internal Improvement funds to repair
tbe bridge across Petit Prairie Bayou
I. Rosa Ia. and that the contract
e. sold to the lowest bidder by the
Following committee; Messrs. T.
Hicks, 3. v. Hudspeth, and ;. Y. an
drus. 49, Iorclos
Clopton. W.. P. Fontenot and Aeousl
Tontenot, voting yes. Motion carried
Motion By Mr.. Lanclos-
That 4 warrant be issued to Adam
HoIier for the sum Of one dollar,
a ao,irea the Bird ward road funds, as
said sum was paid by him IN dupll-
cate on his per capita and ROAD taxes
Of 1909. Motion CARED
Motion BY Mr.. AcdueI Fontenot-
That ! warrant be issued to Paul
nnnont for the sum Of one dollar
against the 9Th ward road funds, as
"a ann was paid by him in dupll-
cate on his per capita and road taxes
of 1909. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. Durio-
whereas. i request has been made
bv the Confederate Veterans and tne
nanghters Of the Gonfederaey, for
i annropriation Of one hundred dol
Iars ii j contribution to the Gonfed-
crate Monument TO be erected al
Vicksburg, and
Whereas, the mover OF TINS leso-
Iutjon having served as q GonIeaer-
Ate veteran for four long years. re-
alizes ana appreciates the Importance
If said request, Therefore
BE ii resolved that the sum o. ons
hundred dollars be appropriated out
II the contingent fund for the ABOVE
ea1se and that a warrant be issued
ID The proper authority.
Messrs. Durio, Daily, Lanclos, Glop7
tn. Singleton, w. r, Fontenot and
5000 AAAATnTE
Aeduel Fontenot, voting yes. Motlon
carried.
On motion Of Mr.. Daley
The Police Jury adjourned until
2 o'clock p. N.
EVENING SESSION.
The Police Jury met pursuant to
adjournment.
Messrs. Durio, Daley, Lanclos, SIN
gleton, Acduel Fontenot. St. Gyr.
Motion by Mr.. Daley
That the Tax Collector be and he Is
hereby authorized to refund to the
following parties the amounts set
o%pposite to their names, as the said
sums have been paid through erro-
neous assessment for tho year 1909,
to-Wit: Victor Leblanc, $5.04; Mrs.
selimene Breaux, S1.80. Motion
carried.
MI. Lanclos called to the Chair.
Motion by Mr.. Daley
Dnly seconded and carried, the follow
mo license ordinance was adopted for
INC wear 1910, as follows, to-wft:
LICENSE ORDINANCE.
Saefion# 4. Be it ordained by the Po-
lice Jury Of the parish of st. Landry IN
regular session convened, that d II
3.as,4a laws Of the State Of Louislana
now iii force Id SO far as applicable
shall be the license laws OF the parish
st. Landry for the year l0l0; pfoVlaed
that no licenses shIll be ssued III
said parish during said year for the
snie az s~Dirituous, yinous, or matt
liquors; and p~royidtded further thatthe
licenses for peddlers in one and two
horse vehicles shall be fifteen p TWEEN
~ dollars respectively;
Section 2. Beitfarther ordained, etc.
That this ordinance shall take effect on
and after January 1st, AID. 1910.
w. Il. CLOPTON, President.
III. HEALEY, Clerk.
Adopted Dec. 6, 1909.
The following ordinance was offered
Nj. st. Cyr, seconded by Mr.. Daley;
and upon being duly read was adopted
unanimously, to-Wft:
ANNUAL TAX ORDINANCE.
whereas, BY resolution adopted on
4th, 1903, this Body framed a
Of n~inety-five thousand, nine
hundred and ninety-siX dollars, $50
la6.00l. as an estimate exhibiting the va
items Of expenditures that the
parish of st. Landry would require Tor
The year of 1910, and
whereas, said budget has been pub
Eished in the st, Landry Clarion, The
5fffciaI newspaper OF this parish, for the
full term OF thirty f591 days as the law
directs; and,
Whereas, an ad yalorem tax of nine
.91 mills on the dollar Of the taxable
oroperty OF this parish will be required
addition TO the revenues to be de-
under the license ordinance
adopted To meet said budget:
Now, therefore, be it ordained by the
jury OF the parish OF st. Landry,
il tax uf nine t9l mills on the dol
lar be lepied on al taxable property
situated within this parish on which
the state ievies a tax TO meet said
budget of expenditures for the year
WI. CLoPToN, President.
J.J. HEABEY, Clerk.
Adopted Deco, 1909.
Motion BY Mr.. 81. Gyr-
That the President and Clerk Of
this Body be and they / hereby au-
shorized to Issue d warrant to the
Parish Treasurer, in the sum of one
thousand nine hundred and seventeen