Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-06-10
PROCEEDINGS
or TIE
POLICE j JURY.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Tensas.

81. Joseph, Ill.,, apr" o", I0Io'
Be it known that on this 9th
day of June, 1910, it being
the first Monday in saidsmonth
and the day for the regular meet
ing of the Police Jury of the Par
ish of Tensas, said Hon'l. Body
met ut the Court House in ST.
Joseph, La.
There were present: Mr.. +. ii.
Curry, President, and Messrs.
John Murdoch, r. b. Lynch, W.
A. Register, d. Muir and Louis
4. Hunter, members.
Mr.. b. F. McVay, Police Juror
recently elected from the Fifth
Ward, to succeed Mr.. Jno. G..
O'Kelly, resigned, presented his
commission and oath of office and
took his seat as a member of the
Board.
1t having been brought to the at
tention of the Board that some of
the tax payers in the Lake Bruen
Drainage District were delinquent
in the payment of the tax as voted
by said District, the Tax Collector
Of this Parish is hereby directed to
collect said tax at once and in de-
fault of payment to proceed in the
manner prescribed for the enforce
ment of the State and Parish taxes
in such cases.
This Board having been request
ed to appoint delegates to the State
wide immigration Convention to be
held in the city of Jackson, Miss. :,
June 2lst and 22nd, the following
residents of the parish were APP
pointed: Messrs. d. Muir, G. c.
Goldman, A. J. Gibson, X. B.
Mcmillan, S. Marks, Henry Marks,
F. l.. Guthrie and l.. T. Hunter.
= On motion, duly seconded,
Mr.. w. M. Davidson was unani-
mously reelected Parish Treasurer.
On motion of Mr.. Murdoch the
following resolution was adopted:
Be it Resolved, That the sum of
Two Hundred and fifty Dollars be
and the same is hereby appropriate
ed for the support of beneficiary
cadet at the Louisiana State Uni
versity, beginning with the session
Of 191O-1911 and continue for four
years. The said appropriation is
made with the following conditions:
The appOintee to said position to be
a bona fide male resident of this
parish, capable of entering the
Freshman class of said University.
The appointment to be made as the
result of competitive examination,
to be held under the supervision of
the Parish Superintendent of Edu-
cation, Mt such time and place to
be fixed by him.
Messrs. Muir, Murdoch and
Lynch were appointed a committee
to advertise for bids for wooden
bridge at Shackelford Lake, and to
make contract for the building of
same, after receiving the bids.
A committee composed of Messrs.
r. B. Lynch, J. G.. Kline and p.
{. Smith was appointed to examine
Young's bayou bridge; astertain the
condition of same and if same should-
be repaired or rebuilt, and to re-
port at next meeting of this Board.
Messrs. Register and Hunter were
authorized to have bridge at Hunt
er's Lake either repaired or rebuilt.
The July meeting of this Board
being on the lst Monday in said
month and that day being the 4th,
a legal holiday, the meeting day was
postponed until the End Monday in
said month.
DR.. Jas. NJ. Adams appeared be-
fore the Board, rs President of the
Board Of Health, and submitted
statement of work done by him as
President Of the Board of Health
in the recent small pox epidemic, |
and asking for additional compen-
sation in addition to the salary as
fixed. Upon motion this request
was denied.
The following bills were allowed |
by the Finance Committee and |
ordered paid: