The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-08-11


purpose Of executing a contract sub
mitted by the District Attorney be-
tween the Police Jury and the Chief
Highway Engineer and the District
Attorney being absent the Police Jury
considered itself at rest until l o'clock
p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Police Jury reconvened at /
o'clock p. M, with all members pres
ent.
ROAD REPORT.
Welsh, La, Aug. 3, 1916.
To the Police Jury, Jefferson Davis
Parish, La:
Conference.-The, your commission
ers, appointed by your Honorable
body at your August 3rd session, 1916
to lay out and procure right of way
for a public road from a point 1871 5
feet East of the NV Corner of Sec
ton $685. West, thence due South
parallel to the West line of said Sec
ton line to the Public road on the
South line of said Section, beg to sub
nit this, our report: After having
been duly sworn, we proceeded to
trace out and locate said right of way
60 feet wide assisted by Eloi Hebert
Jos. Dugas, Artemon Fontenot, Felix
Leblanc, Abras Cormier and Adam
Broussard as follows: A strip of
land 60 feet wide being 30 feet of each
side of center line as now located;
said center line entering the North
side of Section 80 in Township S.
Range 5 West 1915 feet East of the
corner common to sections 10 & 30,
thence South parallel to the West line
of said section to a public road on the
South line, passing through so
foot street in the Town of Lacassine
and other properties as is more fully
shown on the plat of survey hereto
attached and made part of this re-
port.
We have taken from each adjoining
property 80 feet for right of way on
legal sub-dividing lines, and have re-
ceived the right of way from all land
owners on said route, except the
right of way through the lands be-
longing to the estate of C. E. Smith,
deceased, also across the right of
way of the Louisiana Western Rail-
road, and we appropriate the right of
way over said lands, and assess dam
ages at S1.0O each, and we most re-
specially ask that you adopt this
report, and grant us the said road.
Respectfully submitted: Eloi Hebert,
Jos. Dugas, Artemon Fontenot, Felix
Leblanc, Abfas Cormier, Adam Brous-
sard.
Moved by Mr.. Bourgeois and sec.
onded by Mr.. Guidry that the above
road report be received and adopted
and that the right of way be receiv-
ed and dedicated for public road,
and that the Ordinance Committee be
instructed to prepare a suitable ordi-
nance expropriating the right of way
for said public road as recommended
by said committee. Carried.
Mr.. Pitre moved the adoption of the
following resolution, which motion
was seconded by Mr.. Guidry and on be-
ing put was unanimously carried.
Resolved by the Police Jury that
the Clerk be directed that in submit
ting the copy of Minutes to the Off
cial Journal for publication that
only the total amounts of the allow
ances from the various funds be pub
lished and to have published only the
summaries of all contracts, petitions
and reports.
Mr.. IRENE reported that he bad ex-
ecuted contracts with the Calcasieu
National Bank of Southwest Louisiana
and the Peoples Bank of Elton as Fis-
cal Agents in accordance with reso-
luton passed on August 3rd, 1916.
The Police Jury then executed a con-
tract with W. L. Stevens as Chief En-.
gineer for the system of highways con-
templated under the S500,000.OO bond
issue for good roads; the said contract
providing that W. L. Stevens will do
all surveying, plating, drawing speci-
fications, estimates of construction,
materials, ETC.; to supervise the con-
struction of the roads after contracts
are let until the final completion Of
the work, his compensation being fixed
at 3h per cent of the amount Of
bonds issued.
There being no further business up.
on motion duly seconded the Police Ju-
ry adjourned.