The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-02-10
Meeting Police Jury.
FRANKLIN. La. Feb, 6, 1911.

FRANKLIN, La, Feb. 6, 1912.
Regular meeting of the Police
Jury of the Parish of st. Mary.
In the absence of President Jos.
Brig, the meeting was called to
order by Vice-President Drackett.
Members present, Messrs. Oscar
Boudreanx, T. Aucoin, Alyre
Robichaux, j. u. Bodin. Gabriel
Haydel, G. H. Boudreaux and w.
F. Giles Absent: Messrs. Gill
more and Gooch.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting and of the special meet
ing of Jan. nth, were read and
on motion. duly carried, were ap-
proved as read.
A letter was read from Mr.. w.
a. O'Niell, relative to his bill for
burying q pauper, paid last
month, and was filed.
Mr.. E. A. Boudreaux filed ap-
plication for permission to obtain
license to open saloon at Sor-
rel.
1t was moved by Mr. Haydel,
seconded by Mr.. o. Boudreaux,
that E. A. Boudreaux be given
permission to open a saloon at
Sorrel, in the building formerly
occupied by him for that purpose.
Carried.
Mr.. Rene Himel appeared as
attorney for the Baldwin lumber
Co. Ltd, and presented an ordi-
nance granting permission for
said company to build, maintain
and construct a rail road across
the CXpremort road. Carried.
AN ORDINANCE.
To grant the Right to the Baldwin
Lumber Company, Limited, its
successors or assigns, to build,
construct and maintain rail
road across the Cypremort Pub
lie Road, where the line of the
Glencoe and Inez Plantations
strike said road, in St. Mary
Parish, Louisiana.
SECTION l. Be it ordained by the
Police Jury of ST. Mary Parish, Lou
isiana. in regular session assembled,
that the Baldwin Lumber Company,
Ltd, a corporation organized under
the laws of the State of Louisiana,
with its domicile in the Parish of St.
Mary, Louisiana, for itself, its sue:
cessors and assigns, be and is here
by granted the right to build, con-
struct and maintain railroad
across the Cypremort Public Road
where the line of the Glencoe and
Inez Plantations strike the said
road. in the Parish of St.. Mary,
Louisiana, for the term and period
of ninety-nine years.
SECTION 2. Be it further ordain-
ed, ETC., that this right is granted
on the express condition that said
railroad shall be constructed and
maintained under the supervision o.
the Road Commissioner and IN such
manner as to leave the public road
in as good condition as it is now, so
as not to interfere with the travel
of said public road by the public,
and on the further condition that
said road shall always be maintain
ed in good condition by the grantee
herein, its successors or assigns.
1t was moved by Mr.. Alyre
Robichaux, and seconded by Mr..
Aucoin, that committee of two
members of the Police Jury and
the District Attorney be appoint
ed to accept the donation of a
certain public road offered to the
parish by Van Hill, and that the
committee be further empowered
to spend not over S125.00 in OPEN
ing said road.
The motion duly carried and
the Vice-President appointed
Messrs. Alyre Robichaux and C.
H. Boudreaux.
A letter from j. j. Greenwood
was read, relative to an indigo ut
negro at Rhoda and asking that
he be placed on the pauper list.
On motion of Alyre Robichaux
and seconded by Mr.. Aucoin, duly
carried Major johnson was plac-
ed on the pauper list at the rate of
four dollars per month, begin
ming with the month of February.
Sheriff Peterman appeared be-
fore the Jury and spoke relative
to the public road above the town |
of Franklin, stating it's impass-
able condition and asking that it
be properly drained aud worked.
On motion the matter was re.
ferred to the Committee appointed
to accept the road donated in the
same vicinity, for their investiga-
lion.
The Sheriff and Treasurer filed
their monthly reports.