The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-05-18

The president appointed Mr., J F Wig
gin-on to represent this Parish and con-
ter with the. US. War Department. as
called for by above resolution.
Al this time Mr. T. A Bellanger. Drain
ace Commissioner Of the Lockport
Drainage District was granted perlnis-
sion to address the jury.
Mr. Bella:2ger stated that water hya
cinthS Wer coming into the bayou La
fnur:he from the Harvey Canal, ard
from Bayou Lafourche into canals lead
ing into bayous il his Drainage Eistric
thereby obstructing drainage. MIR. Sc
LANCER requested the jury look into 5he
mat .ar and grant them the relief ash. ed
Tor.
Thercupon. Mr. Dresner, seconded by
Mr. R;aarios. moved that the presii ent
Of this Jury be authorized and instruct
ed 10 communicate with Mr. Horace
Harvey, of New orleans, La, urging
him Of the necessity Of placing booD4s in
the passage Of the water hyacinths INTO
the i:avou Lafourche. Carried.
Mr. Numa Mire at this time appeared
before the jury and requested the Par
isll to help him maintain the public
road along his property in the Brulee
Outlet, for the reason that il was a
hardship on him to maintain SO venteen
:srpents front OF public road on al acre
age Of about Forty arpents OF l'tnd.
Mr. Dresner, seconded by Mr. Falgout
moved that an appropriation CT $1,000 a
year be made to he Up Mr. Mire to main
tain in good epair his public road.
Yeas.-Basset, Roger, Fals ,out. Bar
rios, Rodrigue, Theriot, Hatcher and
Dresner,
| Nays None.
At this time a petition Of citizens OF
the third ward Of this parish asking per
mission to change tie public: road on
the front of their respective properties
| to the batture between the levee and the
waters edge was submitted and read.
Mr. Falgout, seconded by tIr Barrios.
offered the following resolut ion, which
was adopted by the following vote.
| Yeas-Basset, Roger, Falg out, Rodri-
que, Theriot, Hatcher and i'resner.
/ Nays.-None.
RESOLUTION.
RESOLVED, by the Police Jury of the
parish of Lafourche, in regular session
convened, that the PRAYER of the petition
of numerous citizens and property land
owners of the third ward of this parish,
just below Raceland bridge, or the
right bank of Bayou Lafourche, rela-
! tive to and asking permission 70 change
the present location Of the Public road
along bayou Lafourche on the front OF
their respective properties, so as TO run
| on the batture between the leFee and
the waters edge in Bayou Latourche,
at a reasonable distance from the
water, be and the same is hereby grant
ed, provided that said proposed road be
constructed under the supervision end
| to the entire satisfaction of the Second
| Road District Of this parish.
y n
| the public Schools Of this parish was
granted permission to address the jury.
| superintendent LafaTg,te explained To
| the ,Iury the financial condition OF the
| School Board and requested tie Jury TO
| appropriate sl0,0JJ.GU towards covering
| the deficit now existing i'll the School
| funds.
Whereupon, Mr.. Dresnyr, seconded
by Mr.. Roger, moved tina IN appropria-
ton Of ten thousand dollars be made in
favor of the school board Of this parish
$5ooC. 90 Of which 10 be pa.3 at once and
the other S50o0.0o to be- paid in july
next Carried by the following vote
Yeas Basset, Roger, Faigout, Barrios
Rodrigue. Theriot, Hatcher and Dresaer
Nays.-Ncne.
Mr. L.. A. BellaDger requested permits
sion to submit petition sign
| ed by numerous property land owners
| of this parish calling the attention OF
| the Jury to the danger of humiliation OF
| the lands on the west bank of the Bayou
| through the medium of the various ca
nails leading into BAYOU Lafourche, i'll
| the event q creyassa would occur GA the
west bank Of the h.ssissi phi River. and
requesting this boss,T to make prep MA
| tons 50 as to be ,eaidy for the closing Of
said canals III case Of emergency.
On motion OF NJ. Dresnar. seconded