Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1910-10-07
PROCEISDIN
OF TUE
POLICE JURY.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, !
Parish of Tensas.
St. Joseph, La, Oct. Srd, 1910

HONORABLE DOOy meC Ut Iho So"''
House, in St. Joseph, La.
There were present: Mr.. F. H.
Curry, President, and Messrs,
John Murdoch, R. B. Lynch, W.
A. Register. D. Muir, B. F. Nc
Way and Louis Hunter, men,
bers.
On motion the reading of the
minutes of the last meeting was
dispensed with.
The Committee appointed tc act
with u Committee of the Police
Jury of Concordia parish, in the
construction of q joint bridge
across L'Argent Bayou, reported
that q contract had made with
Mr.. B. F. Parker. of this parish,
at the price of $8S5.OO.
On motion Mr.. McVay was au-
thorized to have bridge built at
Basin i'm 9Th Ward.
On motion Mr.. Register was au-
thorized to have several small
bridges built or repaired in the
7th Ward.
On motion Mr.. Louis T. Hunt.
er was appointed member of the
Finance Committee.
DR.. Jas. NJ. Adams, President
of the Parish Board of Health,
submitted his resignation as Pres.
ident, which, on motion, was &C.
cepted:
| To fill the vacancy, the follow.
ling qualified physicians, residents
of this parish, were put in nomi.
nation: DR.. D. H. Alverson, DR.
l.. A. Murdoch.
| Voting was by ballot and result.
ed in following vote:
/ DR.. D.. H. Alverson q votes
| DR.. L. A. Murdoch = 5 votes
| DR.. l.. A. Murdoch was declared
Ielected, aud on motion CT Mr.,
Muir said election was made unan.
imous.
| On motion q Committee com
posed of Messrs. E. ]. Walton,
P. c. Smith, ]. G. Kline, ]. W.
Kline, Lee Jackson and Louis
Parish, was appointed to straight
Ell the road leading from the New
Light road at Saranac to the Hare
Bargain road.
. Notice having been received that
parties planting rice OH Westwoot
plantation have flooded the pub
lie road through that place with
water from the rice fields, the Dis
trict Attorney is requested to lool
t into the matter aud to take such
, steps necessary to put stop tt
!. such disregard to the rights of thu
; public.
II On motion the following ordi
, nance was unanimously adopted
FL Be it ordained by the Polio,
Jury of the Parish of Tensas, tina
the Parish License for the sale, a
: retail, of distilled or alcoholic ant
malt liquors in the Parish of Ten
sas, for the year 1911, be and tn,
same is hereby fixed ut Two Thou
sand Dollars, the same to be du,
0 and collectable OH January LIST
:, 1911, and to expire January LIST
1912.
Be it further ordained, That tn,
i six months license to b issuet
8 during the latter half ofthe yea
1911 be and the same is hereb,
fixed at one hundred per centun
of the annual license.
On motion the following ordi
nance was adopted:
Be it ordained by the Polio
Jury of the Parish of Tensas, Tha
the Parish License for the sale a
retail. of pistols, pistol cartridges
8 and rifles or rifle cartridges, blanl
d pistols and blank pistol cartridge
for the year 1911 be aud the sam
is hereby fixed at al amour
equal to one hundred per centun
of the license imposed by the Stat
/ of Louisiana for the same.
On motion duly seconded tn
> sum of Three Hundred and sixt
five Dollars was appropriated TO
: the use aud benefit of the Louis
lana Farm Congress.
The following bills were allowe
hv Tho E:uorco o&co:$tao ~