St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1912-02-24
CITIZENS DISApPROVE
OF ACTION OF COUNCIL
Mass Meeting Held Protesting Against the Leasing
of Building on Main Street, to be Used as Jail,
City Hall, Etc.--Resolutons Adopted.

anu Callers OF GL1S mGGClHg u
object to the city court and other
city Offices being located OH Main
street, therefore.
BE it resolved, that it is the
sense of this mass meeting that
the Mayor and Board of Alder
men be and they are h e r e b y
petitioned and requested to use
the two cells profered by the
parish Of St. Landry for the in
carceration of city prisoners; and,
BE it further resolved, that
| the secretary of this meeting be
and he is requested to send TO
the Mayor and Board Of Alder
men copy of this resolution. z
Seconded by Mr.. Jno. Harnan-
son.
Mr.. G. L. Dupre moved to
table the substitute seconded by
Mr.. Jno. Lewis.
The motion to table having
precedent was put before the
house and carried.
The original motion was then
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put before the house and carried
without a dissenting vote.
Mr.. L. Fl. sMornhinveg then
offered the following resolution:
Whereas, the Board of Alder
men, has entered into a contract
with Mr.. E. nj. Boagni, the pur-
pose of which is to locate a Jail,
city court, ETC., upon the Main
Street of this city, within touch
of school and banks, and busi-
ness houses.
And, whereas, this step is a
retrograde movement calculated
to injure property values IN this
locality, to be followed by law
suits of acrimonious nature, en-
gendering bad blood and in feel
ing
And, whereas, it manifestly
appears there is NO necessity for
the lease, the city being at pre-
sent provided with a meeting
room and it can lease for a norni-
nal sum a room for q city court.
: And, whereas, ii cannot af-
ford to pay forty-five dollars per
month, for five years, for the
leased building without further.
depicting its exhausted resources.
Now, therefore, be it re-
solved by this mass eeting of
the people of this city, that we
hereby disapprove of the action
of the majority of the Board of.
Aldermen, who hare attempted
to foist this measure upon lis, as
lIawise, inciVic and unnecessary.
That it is "a deplerable waste
of the peoples money. That
this money could better be ap-
piled to the maintenance Of our
streets and our electric light
plant.
That it is going to depreciate
the value of adjoining properties,
for which actions viii lie and
damages obtained therefor.
That the Board of Aldermen
may not heed the opposition of
the people, but can hardly over
ride the Constitution of this
State.
THAT If they desire to outlive
this error they Willat the earliest
possible moment rescind this
lease about to be entered into.
That the will of the people is
the voice of God. It is as resist
less as the tides of the sea. I'll
makes and unmakes of1ce-hold-
ers. It will be heard. It is go
ing to be heard. It is not going
to cease its opposition until this
contract is rescinded.
BE it further resolved, that
the thanks of this meeting and
the community at large, are due
to Alderman Fl. %. Larcade and
e. L. Loeb, with P. R. Sandoz, /
City Attorney, who manfully |
stroye to defeat this ordinance
That this meeting sincerely T
regrets that the system known |
as the recall. is not in existance
in this State, whereby torelegate
to private life the member of the
Board of Alderman who refused
to vote for a rescissien Of the
ordinance, when sixty four voters
Of his ward requested him so to
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The meeting was addressed
by Messrs. E. P. Veazie, P. r.
Sandoz, Sheriff NJ. L. Swords, G.
{. Dupre, L. Austin Fontenot,
Ned Boagni, Jno. w. Lewis and
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