The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-05-09
TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

st FranclSVllle, La, May D, 1919.
At a regular meeting of the Board OF
Aldermen of the Town Of st. Francisvlle,
held this day, the following members
were present: A. B. Briant, Mayor; L. w.
Rogers, Geo. Rettig, Rudolph Yunkes, G.
w. Newman, F. o. Hamilton, Board of
Aldermen.
Minutes of last regular, adjourned and
special meetings read and adopted.
Members Of the Board and Mayor hav.
ing duly qualified, the following appoint
ments were made:
Motion made by Rettig, seconded by
Yunkes, That G. w. Newman be elected
Mayor Protein. Carried"
Motion made by Hamilton, seconded by
Rettig, That G. L. Plettinger be elected
Town Clerk and Tax Collector Carried"
Motion made by Yunkes. seconded by
Hamilton, That ]. R. Matthews be elected
Treasurer Carried"
Motion made, seconded and carried,
That Mervin S. Taylor be elected Town
Attorney at a salary of $4,000 per annum
Motion made, seconded and carried,
That John J. Muller be elected engineer
of Plant.
The following committees were ap-
pointed by the Mayor:
Plant Committee-George Rettig, F. O..
Hamilton, Rudolph Yunkes.
Streets and Walks-G. w. Newman, L..
w. Rogers.
Auditing-George Rettig, L. W. Rogers.
Motion made by Hamilton, seconded by
Yunkes, That all salaries of officials re-
main the same. Carried"
Engineer read his report and same was
ordered filed.
Mayor and Marshal reported two (2)
cases.
Road committee report read and filed.
Motion made by Hamilton, seconded by
Newman, That $3.50 in fines charged to
Marshal be credited to him on account Of
one fine not collected from J. C. Storm,
and two other arrests for lettering re-
versed. Carried"
! Motion made, seconded and carried,
That Treasurer be authorized to transfer
funds of the Town from N. G. e. Wolf
to the Farmers and Merchants Bank.
| Carried"
| Motion made by Rogers. seconded by
Rettig, That bills, salaries. commissions,
ETC., be paid. Carried"
j. ]. Muller, salary ................ $500. OF
G. S. Davidson. salary. ............ SIS. OF
]. j. Barrow, salary ............... so. OF
| Jim Butler, salary. 10. OF
G. L. plettinger, salary. so. OF
Geo. Rettig, attending meeting. LOT
r, Yunkes, attending meeting..... LOT
F. @. Hamilton, attending meeting LOT
G. w. Newman, attending meeting LOT
L. w. Rogers, attending meeting. 1.0t
R. w. Tempel special police. $50. 10. OF
A. B. Briant, commission and
pauper. 6.5t
G. 5. Davidson. commission. ..... 2.0l
Marx Neustater commissioner Of
elSCtlOH.. o.V'
j. A. Lawson, same. ........... 3.Ol
j. r. Matthews, same. ...,......... 3.0l
4 r. c. Brasseaux, same. ............ 800
Adolph Rosenthal special deputy. So
G. l.. Plettinger, cash expended. rs
Holmes and Barnes, oats. ......... 14.5
H. w. Johns Manville, supplies. So
Eureka Fire Hose Co., 200 feet hose 200 OF
Newman Clock Co.. dials. ..... 81
Chas. Weydert supplies. .......... 1873
Rudolph Yunkes. shop work.. 23
Garlock Packing Company. packing 1877
j. c. Storm supplies. 80
True Democrat, election tickets. 1.5
Tony Sansoni oyster shells. ....... So
G.. C. Hale, 10 fireman caps....... 81
Royal Pharmacy, supplies. ....... 81
John A. Lawson, shop labor...... s.
$3.50. 90 was appropriated to Plant fun'
and $500 to Road fund.
Motion made by Hamilton. seconded
by Yunkes, That Marshal be instructe'
to grade all banks from Grace Churcl
lane to property of Jas Kilbourne, ant
erect shell and cinder walk. Carried.
Recess warrants approved:
Booze Jackson, road, ..............$ 60
Robert Ball, road. ................. 60
Robert Ball, road. Observation-Disclosures. 60
Booze Jackson. road. ............. 60
Eddie Reynolds, road. ............ 10
Booze Jackson, road. ............. 60
Robert Ball. road. ................. 60
G. S. Davidson, part salary. ...... 1910
Clerk submitted statements Of the book
from October /, 1913, to April /, 1914. an
same was ordered published