The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-07-10

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carried, that the Chairman of tn
Finance Committee shall sign tn
vouchers, and in his absence, tn
remaining members of the Com
mittee shall select one of thei
number to sign the vouchers.
Mr.. Laggerman appeared be
fore the Jury and complained
about the draining of the Charen
ton and Georgetown Canal, tina
when it rained he and other pro-
perty holders were overlooked.
Moved by Mr.. Drackett, second.
ed by Mr.. Boudreaux, and carried
that Messrs. Provost and Bour.
geois be appointed a committee Of
two with the Road Overseer to
look into the complaint of Mr.
Laggerman, with full power tc
act in the matter.
Two warrants in favor of E L.
CLANCY, local registrar, for ST, 80
from the State Board of Health
bureau of Vital Statistics) were
presented to the Jury for pay
ment.
Moved by Mr.. Drackett. second.
ed by Mr.. Robichaux and carried
that the Secretary be authorized
to draw warrant in favor of E..
L. Clancy for S. so.
A report from Mr.. E. l.. Saucier,
Demonstration Agent, was read {:
FRANKLIN, La, June Both, 1915.
To the Honorable Members of the
Police Jury of the Parish of ST.
Mary:
Gentlemen:-I will respectfully sub
NIT the following demonstration work
done in the Parish for the month of
June.
| worked . days during this month,
devOtlng my entire time to demonstra-
ton and vaccinating live stock. |
made 80 official visits to see farmers
and planters in their fields.
l travelled by team 489 miles. by
railroad 50 miles. | have vaccinated
over thousand head of live stock
against Charlton in the past month
| have the following report on oats
raised in the Parish that were threshed
out and weighed up.
Mr.. J. D. Bell raised 40 bushels per
acre: Mr.. o. ID. Berwick 20 bushel av-
erage. some of his oats suffered sew
orally from unfavOrab!e weather con-
dition naturally bringing the average
very low. | have estimated of other
fields that would have threshed out
over 40 bushels per acre.
Considering the very uufayorable
season, the yields are very good
Most every planter is very well pleas
I'd with the growing of oats, and will
Increase their acreage another year.
Yours very truly,
ED. L. SAUCER.
Local Agent.
Moved by Mr.. Drackett, second
ID by Mr.. LeBourgeois. and car
led, that the report of Mr.. Saucier
De received and made a part of
he minutes.
Mr.. Provost introduced the fol-
owing resolution and moved it's
passage:
"Be it resolved, that the Police
'ury, in regular session assem-
lied, hereby appoints each of the
;onsta bles in the respective JUS
ices of the Peace wards of the
Parish of st. Mary, Sanitary off,
ers for the purpose of seeing that
he carcasses of all dead animals
esulting from Anthrax or Char
'on. og-cholera, or other con-
agious, infectious or incurable
iseases of animals be properly
isposed of in their respective
Yards, pursuant to the regulations
+ the Louisiana State Live Stock
anitary Board, as amended and
dopted June 5, 1912, and all SUBJ
equent amendments thereto.
"Bc it further resolved, that such
onstables as Sanitary officers
hall report to this Police Jury at
s regular monthly meeting re-
tive to the performance of his
uties and the number of carcasses
lsposed Of. And his salary or !
'mpensation is hereby fixed at .
lie sum CT Sl.0O for each carcass q
roperly disposed OF by him"
The resolution was seconded by =
r. Boudreaux and unanimously
lrried. .
A letter from Mr.. F. X Bourg, {
ecretary of the Police Jury of the {
arish OF Terrcbonne, was read. b
Moved by Mr.. Drackett, second.
by Mr.. Provost, and carried, S
at the letter be received and Il
aced on the table for future con-
leration =
Mr.. Thorguson presented to the G.
Try two warrants, one in favor of a
A. Boudreaux, treasurer, and
e other in favor of the st. Mary y,
irish School Board, from the
wn Of Berwick; one for 1924 81