The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-06
Police Jury Proceedings.

Police Jury Proceedings.
FRANKLIN, La. Feb. 3, 1915.
A regular meeting of the Polio
Jury Of the Parish of st. Mar,
was held this day. The meeting
WAS called to order by Presiden
Chas. N. Frost. Roll call shove,
the following members present
T. Aucoin, Oscar Boudreaux
Alyre Robichaux, Gabriel Hsydel
0ustave Thorguson, Jno. r
Drackett, George J. LeBourgeois
F. e. Robertson, w. N. Gooch
Absent: Alfred Fortier, Jr.
The minutes of the last meetin,
we're read and approved.
On motion of Mr.. Drackett, sec
onded by Mr.. Aucoin, and carried
the order Of business was sus'
pended to hear Mr.. Rene Himel
attorney, who was present.
Mr.. Himel stated that he ap.
peared before the Police Jury a.
, the attorney of the Commercial
Bank & Trust Co, that the Schoo
Board. at it's last meeting, had
passed q resolution requesting tn,
Police Jury to reduce the special
tax which had been voted to &c.
cure the Franklin School District
bonds. and had appointed com
mittee to appear btf,re the Police
Jury to urge that body to adopt
such resolution; that the Com
mercial Bank held these bonds
and desired to protest against the
adoption Of such q resolution, on
the ground that the Police Jury
was without legal authority and
power to reduce the special tax,
and Mr.. Himef stated that he was
authorize d TO state that the bank
would permit the School Board to
anticipate the bonds by paying
the last maturing bonds at any
time that the School Board ten
dered pay ment Of same.
The President read the contract
that he had made with Messrs.
Walter Y. Kemper and Warren B
Reed. civil engincers, pursuant
to . resolution adopted at the last
meeting Of the Police Jury autho-
rising him to make said contract.
He also stated to the Jury that at
the last meeting of the Good
Roads Com mission they had or g.
emit Capt. P. St. J.. Wilson, Assis.
tant Director of tbs Office of Good
Roads. U. S. Dept. of Agricul,u c
and Mr., Charles Sweetser, senior
engineer Ct the Office Of
Public Roads, U. S. Deptr ment
Of Agriculture, who put the Com.
mission in possession of valuable
data ard information as 70 the
construc ion of the proposed
modeLpublic highway, and to the |
up and the maintaining |
d dirt roads as well, and what as
Itstance the Parish could get from
he Once OF Public Roads, Depart.
nent,of Agriculture. at Washing.
on. The President also read a
Q ter that he had written to Mr..
:. w. Page. Dire ctor of the Office
y Good Roads, U. s. Department
i Agriculture, questing said
Department. for the services of a
oAd c0gincer in the Parish for
he purpose I finstsuctirg the Par.
gh authorities in the proper N AID
enance of their highways. The
resident, as chairman of the
food Roads CoE mission, also /
lated that the Com mission had
commented that the Police Jury
Immediately make application 70 |.
1e Director Of the Office OF Public
sOads. Departmental Agriculture,
Washington, for the assign.
lent ct an cnginetr for inspection
~ advice il connection with .
oyloh road matters. ID
loved by. Mr.. Ihorguson. sec. |
bded by Mr. Hsydel. and carried. $
ut the report as made by the e
resident be received and tn.
'ntract with the civil engineers S
made . part Of the minutes. d
d that the President be hereby S
lthor.xsd to Immediately make tr
,plicatiou to the Office of Public I
pads, y. s. Department Of Agri. /,
'iture, for tn. assignment OF an C
'etneer In the PARISH for iaspec. o
- aDd advice In connection D
IA Parish road matters. b
Moved ~ Mr.. Drackett, sec IN. cI
q by Mr.. Aucois, aud carried, z
u the eurety boLd OF the Bank D
Morgan City as fiscal agent OF o.
J Parish, be returned, as all 81
Eds 81 the Parish HAYS been Il
ehdfawn from said bank. is
Moved BY Mr.. 0ott I. u, G onds d CT