The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-08-21
Special Meeting Of the
Police Jury.
FRANKLIN, La, Aug. IA, 1915.

FRANKLIN, La, Aug. IA, 1915.
Pursuant to adjournment on
August Is, 1915, a meeting of the
Police Jury was held this day.
The meeting was called to order
by President Chas. N. Frost. Roll
call showed the following mem
bers present: T.. Aucoin, Alyre
Robichaux. Gabriel Haydel, Gus.
tave Thorguson, Jno. r. Drackett,
Geo. J. LeBourgeois, F. E.
Robertson, w. N. Gooch, Geo. j.
Provost. Absent: Oscar Bou.
dreaux.
The Jury of Freeholders, through
its Chairman, Mr.. w. P. Dinkins,
submitted the following report:
Franklin, La, August IA, 1915.
To the Honorable President and
Members of the Police Jury OF
the Parish of st. Mary, Louisi-
ana:
We, the undersigned Free Hold
ers, having been duly appointed by
your Honorable Body to trace and
lay out new public road from the
Northern portion of tho Town of
Franklin, Louisiana, leading to, and
connecting With the present public
road leading to the Town of Bald
win, Louisiana, and haying taken
the oath prescribed by law, did en-
ter upon the duties assigned US, and
now beg leave 20 return aud submit
to you this. our report and process
verbal OF our work and of our tlnd-
ings, which we have performed to
the best of our ability and under
standing:
We have traced and laid out right
.of.way for said new public road, a
width OF 60 feet, the road bed itself
to be Of such width less than 60, as
the road authorities of this Parish
may determine. which road as traced
and laid out by us, shall and does
begin at the Northern end of Main
Street, of the Town of Franklin,
La, at what is known as the KIien
GibboD corner, and runs thence
straight along the Klein Gibbon
line, but upon the property of Miss
hate Gibbon ct ais, to the woods
bordering Yokely Canal; thence
crossing thro' said woods and
across said Canal, 1.-THE Yokely Canal
being the boundary line of the prop
erty of Miss Kate Gibbon ct ais } in
SnCh monnor &c - ;nto.,o.t ,,,;&L
what is known as the Cow
Road over and through the
property of the Columbia Sugar
Co; thence turning at point
about Que acre from the pres
ent road around Irish Bend and |
running toward the Town of Bald.
win, La approximately along the
hrst headland on the property OF
lbe Columbia Sugar Co., to corner
known as the Peltier Corner, where
said road will intersect with the
public road.
10 laying out and tracing the road
IS above outlined, we beg to report
that said road runs over, through
and upon 5 565 acres OF the property
of Miss Kate Gibbons. ct ais, and
We now assess as the true and Just
value of said land belonging to
said Miss Gibbon, ct ais. the sum
u Forty Dollars per acre, making
'um total for the value of the prop
.rty thus takeL, aud which belongs
% Miss Kate Gibbon ct ais, ia the
'um OF Two Hundred and Twenty.
|wO and COL Dollars.
We find that there is cane crop
,pon the property of Gibbons, over
md upon which SAID road is traced
md laid out, which cane crop we es
Innate to average nine tons to the
ere, and we assess Us a just and
'dequate compensation for said cane,
be sum OF three dollars per ton, or
wenty seven dollars per acre, the
xact acreage OF which we do not
now, but leave this to be determin.
q BY the road engineers or the
'srish Civil Engineer. Which
mount we assess as the only item
damages resulting from the TAX
% possession Of the property of the
hid Miss Gibbons ct ais.
We beg further to report, that in
lying out and tracing said road,
lme crosses, runs over and upon .
b0ut one acre belonging to AdoIph
latherne We assess as just and
IeQuste compensation for the prop
~ taken. the sum of Forty Dollars,
n 70 assess as the only item OF
images resulting thsrefrom, the
= = seven and $1,000 dollars for
leatoee aud corn.
~ further beg TO report that we q
" tfayersed and taken possession a
ooeeain property belonging tol