St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1914-03-07

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Dinmick, President; Messrs.
Guillory, Daley, Iseringhausen,
Pavy, Fisette, Dunbar, Walters,
Beall, McCaffery, Foster, Gour.
nay.
DR.. F. @. Pavy offered the following
ordinance and upon being duly reae
was adopted unanimously, to-Wit:
AN ORDINANCE.
Amending Sections 2 and 8 Of the ordi
nance OF the Police Jury of the parish
of st. Landry, adopted at its meeting
held on February End, 1914, and being
entitled an Ordinance relative to the
construction and building of perma.
nent gravel roads in the parish of St,
Landry, and the setting aside Of .
fixed sum therefor and the appoint,
ment of a committee to supervise the
same
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Police
Jury of the parish of St. Landry, il
regular session convened, that sections
two and three of the ordinance entitled
IAN ordinance relative to construction
and building of permanent gravel roads
IN the parish of ST. Landry, and the
setting aside a fixed sum therefor and
the appointing of a committee to sur.
pervise the same" adopted Feb. End,
1914, be amended and re-enacted SO as
to read as follows:
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, ETC.,
That the President OF this body, the
Supervisor OF public roads and one
member of this body to be selected and
appointed by the President, be and
they are hereby constituted a commit
tee on good roads whose duty it shall
be to supervise, superintend, build OF
have built, by contract or otherwise,
the building OF gravel roads as proyld-
ed for by this ordinonce and between
the points hereinafter mentioned.
Sec. 8. Be it further ordained, etc.,
That said committee on good roads be
and it is hereby empowered and autho.
rized to use out of the above mentioned
funds set aside for the building of said
permanent roads a sum not to exceed
eight thousand dollars for the purchase
of any and all machinery, tools, graders
ETC., necessary for the building OF said
gravel roads, and said committee is
hereby further authorized to purchase
such material and to contract for such
labor as may be required to build and
construct said roads and to issue
vouchers for such material purchased,
or labor performed, which vouchers,
when properly signed. on presentation,
shall be paid by the Clerk of this body,
by warrant against said permanent
road fund, duly signed by the Presi-
dent Of this body:
Sec. 1. Be it further ordained ETC.,
That the provisions OF the ordinance
adopted on Feb. 2. 1914, in conflict with
this ordinance, be and the same is here
by repealed and that this ordinance for
good and sufficient reason take effect
from and after its passage.
Adopted March 2, 1914.
FRANK DIMMICK, President.
Attest: j. j. HEALEY, Clerk.
The president of this body appointed
Mr.. j. T. ST. Cyr, a member of the COM
mittee on good roads, as per instruc-
tons Of the above ordinance.
Motion by Mr.. Guillory-
Be it resolved. that a commit
tee of five, consisting of four
members from this body and the
supervisor of public roads, be APP
pointed to investigate and ascer-
tain which is the best road to be
graded between what is known
as the Prairie Ronde road and
the Dejean road; both leading
from 0peloIsas to Lawtell; said
committee to report at next reg
ular meeting; resolved further.
that the petition OF residents
and taxpayers in the vicinity Of
Prairie Ronde, be received and
placed on file. Motion carried.
Chair appointed Messrs. Gull
lory. Gournay. St. Cyr and DR..
Foster.
On motion Of Mr. St. Cyr-
The Police Jury adjourned UNI
I'll to- morrow morning at $50
o'clock.
March 8. 1914.
The Police Jury met pursuant
to adjournment. Present: Nh.
F. Dimmick, President; Messrs.