St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1910-02-12

On motion of Mr.. Singleton
Iii S ordered, that Hoshell q Mcdonald
Bros. be and they are hereby permitted
to build a tramway across the Elm Bay.
GU public road, in the 9th ward of this
parish, upon the condition the same
shall be so constructed, as in no man.
ner to interfere with the use Of the
said road by the travelling public, and
with the further condition imposed up,
on these parties, of keeping the ap-
proaches on both sides OF said tramway
IN good repair. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. Singleton
That the report of committee appoint.
ed to lay off public road in the 9Th ward
be received and accepted, committee
discharged and the road as layed of by
said committee be declared a public one
which is described by said report as
follows, to-wit: Leaving old road OPP
posite school house running eastward
ly on a straight line one mile to end of
Q. L. Fontenot's ~foot-bridge, thepca
souLneassas51 Ysrds to MIS-. McGehee's
Homestead house, and then due east
three-fourths of q mile to intersection
with old road at the 0lin Bridge. Mo-
ton carried.
Motion by Mr.. St. Cyr-
That d warrant for one and 35-10O
dollars be issued in favor of Geo. Jacob
Fakouri as a refund on taxes paid by
him enormously, year 1909. Motion
carried.
Motion hp Mr.. Singleton
That a warrant for one dollar be is
sued in favor of Chas. Duplissy, as q re-
fund on the per capita tax paid by him
year 1909; the said Chas. Dnplissy being
average. Motion carried.
Mr.. Daley offered the following ordi-
nance, and upon being duly read was
adopted unanimously to-Wit:
Be it ordained by tine Police Jury of
the Parish of st. Landry in regular
session convened.
1.That automobiles shall not be driven
on the public roads of this parish at q
greater speed THAI fifteen miles per
hour.
2. That when serossing or passing We
hicles drawn by animals upon the pub
lie roads of this parish, automobiles
shall not be driven at q greater speed
than six miles per hour, and on such
occasions, should the Chauffeur or driver
OF any of such automobiles, who mnst
be on the lookout for the purpose, OBJ
serve that the team driven such vehicle
is afraid of the automobile, he shall
still further slaeken the speed of his
machine, add, if necessary, stop it alto
gether in order to prevent an accident.
8. That whosoever shall violate sec
tions one and two of this ordinance
shall, upon conviction, be fined in o
sum not exceeding one hundred dollars
or imprisoned for a term not exceeding
thirty days or both at the discretion Of
the court, any prosecution to be by in
dictment or information in any court of
competent Jurisdiction.
4. Be ii further ordained that this or
dinance take effect from and after it's
passage.
il. HEALEY, VIZ. CLoPToN,
Clerk. President.
Motion by Mr.. w P. Fontenot,-
The Police Jury adjourned until to-
morrow morning at 8 80 o'clock.
Feb. 8, 1910.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adj
dournment.
Present: Dir. Clopton, President; Mes
srs. st. Gyr, Daley, LancIos, Singleton,
Acdue1 Fontenot, Durio, w. r. Fonte-
not.
MIR. Daley called to the chair.
Motion by MIR. Lanc1osr
That a committee composed of Mess
rs. Louis Noel Antoine Arnaud, Mentor
Savoie, Joseph Lagrange, Horace Meche
and Leonce Darby, be appointed to as
certain the probable cost of purchasing
a strip of land from Numa Hebeft, SO as
Oll6NS lG AlAI1Eol Naf@GO AAA4 1=IA Ad1a
to drain the public road which CONNECTS
with the st. Martin and sEuma Hebert
public roads, and report at next regular
meeting. Motion carried.
Motion by DIR. Clopton,r
That The report o~fcommittee appoint
ed 10 sell aud receive bridge across Petit
Prairie at Rosa. be received and accepts
ed, committee discharged and the sum
of forty dollars ordered paid to n. j
Carmonche out of the 4tll ward internal
improvement funds OF 1909. Motion
carried.
Molten by MIR. AcdueI Fontenot-
That tide sum Of one hundred aud
seventy-fiye dollars be appropriated out
of the 9Th ward internal Improvement
funds of 1910 to rebuild the Joseph Cor
mier Bridge oyerthe Bayou Plaquemine
and that q committee compo ed of Mes
srs. IA. wv. Deiean, and w. g. Dejean and
Lawrence Burleigh he appointed 70 sell
for building said bridge and
receive same when completed, and re-
port to this Body
Messrs. Duria. Daley, Ianclos, UIop-
ton Singleton and AcdueI Fontenot
voting ses. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. nario,r
That the sum of ten dollars be appro-
priafed otiGOf the contingent expense
funds 10 secure 4 list from The Revenue
Collector Of all The persons procuring
revenue licenses since Get. 10,
above amount ~ IR. Lee Garland, his
triet Attorney.
MessrS. Durio. Daley, Lanclos, Clop-
ton, Singleton aud Acduet Fontenot.
yes. Motion carried.