St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1913-03-08

graded and all bridges placed
thereon, without cost to parish,
and on completion of same, a re-
port be made to this body by the
Road Supervisor. Motion car
ried.
Motion by DR.. Foster
That this body requests Sheriff
Swords to appear before it this
afternoon and inform US why II
is that the funds derived from
the road tax or license is, in
some wards, growing less and
less every year; and If there is
any remedy for this shortage,
that we request him to apply il
at once, as some wards are very
much embarrassed for funds.
Motion carried.
On motion of Mr.. Daley
The Police Jury adjourned I'm.
| til 2:30 o'clock, p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
The Police Jury met pursuant
to adjournment.
Present: DR.. Clopton, Presi.
dent; Messrs. st. Cyr, Dimrnick,
DALEY, Guillory, Pavy, Dunbar,
Beall, Foster, Gournay, Nc
Caffery, Durio, Brown, Isering,
hansen.
Motion by DR.. Pavy-
That the President and Clerk
of this body be, and they are
hereby authorized to issue q war.
rant in favor Of the Parish OF
Evangeline against the budget
appropriation for the End install
ment and interest due. said par.
ish on March LIST, 1918, as pei
agreement approved June 5,
1911. in settlement of the assets
and liabilities in the division OF
the parish of st. Landry; said
warrant amounting to two thou.
sand, one hundred and thirty
three dollars ($2, 133. 00). Mo
ton carried.
Motion by Mr.. St. Cyr-
Be it resolved, that the amount
appropriated in the budget fol
the salary of the Assessor for
the year 1913, be payable to him
monthly in advance, beginning
Jan. 1st, 1913, at the rate of three
hundred dollars per month up to
July 1st, 1918. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. Daley
That the President and Clerk
|of this body be and they are
hereby authorized to issue a war.
rant for twenty-three thousand
dollars ($23, 000. 00), against the
budget appropriation of 1918,
for public schools; and that said
warrant be made payable to Mr..
&c. J. Thompson, Treasurer OF
the Parish School Board, fol-
public school purposes. Motion
carried.
Motion by Mr.. Gournay-
That this body adopts and
ratifies the report as submitted
by the committee appointed te
investigate the drainage of the
public road across Dempsy STAINS
berry's place, and that MI. Bou-
dreau is requested to remove the
dam in the Stansberry ditch;
and that the ditch along the
north side of the road be deep
ened sufficiently to drain the
road, and this to be done at the
expense of the 9Th ward; re-
solved further, that the commit
tee be discharged. Motion car
ried.
MI. McCaffery called to the
Chair.
Motion by Mr.. Beall-
That the report of committee
appointed to investigate into the
adyisability of changing the road
running through the Thistlet-
waite field, be received and COM
mittee discharged; resolved
further that the subject matter
be referred to the Road Super
visor and he to report to this
body as to whether said change
will be beneficial to the travel
ing public. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. P. S. Fisette-
Whereas, on the 18th day of
February, 1911, David Duple-
chain and Jos. Benoit instituted
suits against the Parish of st.
Landry, the former for s152. Is
and the latter for $58. so, on ac-
count of balance due said par
ties by the Parish for Road Con-
tract Work under contract for
said year, and said suits are still
and unsettled; and
Whereas, Police Juror from
the said Ward, Mr.. Antoine Lam
clos has since died, and this
will, therefore, be de-
priyed of his testimony in the