The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-07-05

regular sess!os. convened that
that part of the Parish Of st.
! Mary, which is now composed OF
the Engleside, the Riverside, the
Cloverdale and the Eureka Plan
,ations, be and the same are here.
by transferred and included en-.
'irely within the Fifth Police Jury
Ward of the Parish of St. Mary !;
and that all the presently and
heretofore established division
lines of the various Police Jury
Wards of the Parish of St. Mary,
be and are hereby amended, as
they are affected by this change,
otherwise to remain as heretofore
established; which said amend.
ment of Ward lines shall have the
effect of removing entirely the
said tract of land composed of
said plantations from such Ward
or Wards, of which they have
heretofore formed q component
part, and including and placing
same in the 9Th Police Jury Ward
of said Parish.
"This ordinance shall take effect
Immediately upon it's passage,
and all previous resolutions and
ordinances of the Police Jury of
the Parish of st, Mary, or parts
thereof, contrary hereto or con-
dieting herewith are hereby re-
pealed."
The Secretary was ordered to
call the roll on the above resolu.
ton
Yeas-Geo. j. LeBourgeois,
Gabriel Haydel, F. E. Robertson,
w. N. Gooch, Alfred Fortier, Jr.
Nays-Alyre Robichaux, Oscar
Boudreaux, T. Auccin, Jno. r.
Drackett, Gustave Thorguson.
There being a tie vote, Presi-
dent Frost voted yea, and the
resolution was carried.
On motion, duly seconded and
carried, the matter of the adoption
of the resolution was referred to
the District Attorney for his opin.
ion whether the number of votes
cast for the resolution were suffi-
cient to make the resolution legal
Attorney L. Q. Pecot appeared
before the Jury on behalf Of
Father Boullard, of Charenton,
stating that Father Boullard in
tended on Sunday, Aug. 3rd,
1918, to give a fair at the Charen-
ton Shell Bank, for the benefit of
the Catholic Church at Charenton,
aud wanted the Police Jury to
grant a permit on the above date
to let all who attend the fair to
cross the Charenton bridge free of
charge.
On motion of Mr.. Robichaux,
seconded Mr.. Boudreaux, and
carried, the request of Father
Boullard was granted.
Mr.. F. E. Robertson. chairman
of the road committee, submitted
the following schedule of tolls az
established by the road committee
for the Charenton bridge:
Horseback or buggy s1.OO per
month, for families.
Butcher and baker $500 per
month.
Foot passengers Csc per month.
Delivery wagons, stores, $500 to
$500 per month.
Wagons, round trip, Csc.
Buggy, round trip, Csc.
Jumper, round trip, 15c.
Horseback, round trip, 1Oc.
Foot passengers, round trip, SC.
On motion of Mr.. Fortier, sec.
ended by Mr.. Boudreaux, and
carried, that the schedule of tolls
adopted by the Road Committee
for the Charenton bridge be &C.
copied.
District Attorney w. C. Baker, |
stated to the Jury that he had
heard of a NUM- Der of com plants
against the keeper of the Charen.
ton bridge in his charges to those
who cross at night after the regular
hours
The Secretary was instructed to
notify Mr.. Veeder, chairman of
the bridge committee at Charen.
ton, that the Jury had decided
that the keeper was not TO charge
after regular hours An amount to
exceed the toll charged for round
rips during regular hours, this
amount to 60 to the keeper for his
extra services.
President Frost, Chairman of the
committee appointed to accept the
Clarendon bridge when completed,
tated that on investigation of the
bridge they found same in com.
'liance with the contract with Mr..
eftrey, and that the committee
lad accepted same.
On motion of Mr.. Drackett, sec.
nded by Mr.. Aucoin, and carried,