St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-11-09

p b lie road runn1n G
from Prud'homme City to Cha
taignier, and report at the next
regular meeting. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. DimmiSk-
That the President 'bf this
Body be authorized to{ confer
with the legal adviser, Mr.. R.
Lee Garland, regarding the con.
tract existing between the Mis-.
souri, Valley Bridge and Iron Co.
and the parish, on the Bayou
Rouge Steel bridge. and if the
Attorney advises the final pay.
ment due on said bridge on the
21st inst, the Clerk and Presi-
dent are hereby authorized tc
issue a warrant covering said
payment and interest thereon
against the Steel bridge fund
of 1912; if however, said attor-
ney's decision be an adverse one,
payment to be withheld accord
ingly. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. McCafery-
That a committee composed OF
Messrs. O. A. Durio, Adolphe
EGuillory and Thos. McCaffery,
be appointed to locate a public
road from the Vile Plate road in
a northeasterly direction across
Bayou Carron to the Washington
Grand Prairie road as petitioned
for, and the said committee to
report to this body at its next
regular meeting. Motion car
ried.
Motion by Mr.. Walters
That the Police Jury adjourn
until 1:30 o'clock p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
The Police Jury met pursuant
to adjournment.
Present: DIR. Clopton, Presi-
dent; Messrs. Durio, Daley,
Iseringhausen, Fisette, Pavy,
Dunbar, Brown. BeaIl, Gournay,
Dimmick, McCaffery and ST.
|Cyr.
Received from J. E. Daley the
sum of sixty cents realized from
sale of lumber, End ward.
Motion by DR.. Pavy-
That the report of DR.. F. J.
Mayer, as a delegate to the 18th
international Congress- on Hy-
giene and Demography, which
convened in Washington, D. c.,
Sept. 1928, 1912, be received and
ordered placed on file, and also
the abstract of papers read at
said Congress and presented by
him to this body; that a vote of
thanks be rendered to Dr.. Mayer
for his valuable report. Motion
carried.
Mr.. Gournay offered the fol
lowing ordinance and upon being
duly read, was adopted unani-
mously, to-Wit:
AN ORDINANCE
To amend and re-enact Section
one of an ordinance fixing
the width Of Public Roads
and Highways, ETC., adopted
July End, 1912;
Be it ordained by the Police
Jury of the Parish of St. Landry
in regular session convened, that
Section One of above mentioned
ordinance, be amended and re-
enacted so as to read as follows:
Section L. Be it ordained by
the Police Jury of the Parish Of
st. Landry that all Public Roads
and Highways hereafter to be
established be, and havea width
Of not less than fifty (50) feet;
except in special cases where the
said fifty feet cannot be obtained,
then the Police Jury by resolu-
ton is hereby authorized to ac-
cept roads in less width than
fifty feet; provided same be not
less than thirty-fve (351 feet in
width:
Section 2. Be it ordained, etc,
That al ordinances or parts of
Ordinances in conflict herewith
be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.
Adopted November 18th, 1912.
w. F. CLOPTON, President.
+. J, HEALEY, Clerk.
Motion by MI. Brown
That the Clerk of this body be
and he is hereby authorized to
notify the Mayor Of the Town of
Melville that as the Jurisdiction
of the ferries running between
the town of Melville and Pointe
Coupee are now lodged jointly
with said localities, that the said
authorities proceed hereafter IN
the collection of licenses on said
ferries. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. Dimmick-
That the Police Jury now re-
itself into q committee of
the whole to examine and APP
prove claims.
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