St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-10-10

Accc.~DOnd issue ..-....- 0,UUU VI
Acct. street paving 687 81
Election fund, 1914 5000 OF
Existing debt, 1914. 1000 OF
Total s85, 600 OF
Respectfully submitted,
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
w. C.. BEALL,
JOS. T. ST. CYR,
Committee on Budget.
Adopted Oct. 18th, 1914.
FRANK DIMMICK, President,
J. J. HEALEY, Clerk.
Motion by DR.. Foster,
That the budget as presented
by the committee be amended sc
as to increase the salary Of the
President of the Board of Health
to four hundred dollars instead
of two hundred dollars; and that
the additional two hundred dol.
lars be paid out of the contin.
gent expense fund of 1915.
Messrs. Guillory. Iseringhau,
sen, Fisette, Brown, Foster, vot-
ing yes. 5 yeas.
Messrs. St. Cry, Daley. Pavy,
Catlett, Walters, Beall, McCaf.
ferry, Gournay and Dimmick,
voting no. 9 nays. Motion lost.
On motion of Mr.. Walters,
duly seconded and carried,
Be it resolved that in accordance
with the report of committee on bulge
the foregoing be adopted as an est
mate exhibiting the various items O
1915, and that said estimate and budget
be published for the full term of thirty
1907 days in lhe official journal of the
parish, and further that the committee
be discharged.
On motion of Mr.. Daley,
The Police Jury adjourned until to-
morrow morning at $50 o'clock.
October 9th, 1914.
The Police Jury met pursuant to ad.
journment.
Present: Mr.. F. Dimmick, president;
Messrs. st. Cyr, Guillory, Daley, Fisette,
Brown, Catlett, Walters, Beall, Mccall
ferry, Foster, Gournay, Dunbar.
On motion of Mr.. w. F. Brown,
The resignation of DIR. w. r. Las
trapes as president of the Parish Board
ofsHealth was received and accepted.
Mr.. Gournay offered the following
ordinance, seconded by Mr.. Fisette.
AN ORDINANCE.
An ordinance to appropriate the sum
OF two hundred and fifty dollars for the
purpose of assisting the Monument
Committee of the Louisiana Division of
the United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy in the erection of a monument to
the memory of General Alfred Mouton,
commander of the Louisiana troops at
the battle of Mansfield.
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Police
Jury of the parish of st. Landry, That
the sum of two hundred and fifty dol
lars be and the same is hereby appro-
priated to assist the Monument Com
mittee of the louisiana Division of the
United Daughters of the Confederacy in
the erection OF a monument to the
memory Of General Alfred Mouton.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That the sum thus appropriated be TAX
en- from the Contingent expense funds
of the year 1915.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That this appropriation is made with
the understanding that the said monu-
ment is to be erected on the courthouse
square of the parish ofSt. Landry.
Marrrc c. Cx, E,,;I1orr Ei1o+fo
Gournay and Dimmick, voting yeas. 5
yeas.
Messrs. Daley, Dunbar, Brown, Cat
lett, Walters, Beall, McCaffery, and
voting no. s nays. Motion
lost.
Hon President and Members of the
Jury,
We respectfully beg leave to make
the following report of work done on
the special roads for the month of Sept.
1914.
SUNSET ROAD
1887 cubic yards of gravel laid at
S2.04 per $4767 48
Raising road, building bridge
and putting in culverts.-.. 81 so
rs 90
$4933 SO
LAWTELL ROAD.
Raisingroad and building bridge
at GosSelin. 6S 80
PORT BARRE ROAD.
Team work and ditching- 1856 90
ENGINE AND GRADERS.
Labor for operating-..$ 1876 90
Repairs
Dill -
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK DIMMICK, Chairman.
JOS. T. ST. CYR,
w. B. ROBERT.