St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1916-06-10

present, including the President,
| when a question is put, shall vote
on one side or the other, unless the
Jury for special reasons shall K
| cuse him.
7. When a resolution is offered it
shall be in writing, and shall ne
read aloud by the Clerk, or some
member of the Jury, and then be
ready for debate.
8. No member shall speak more
than twice to any question without
special permission of the President.
g. Whenever the President shall
desire to speak he shall call some
member to the Chair to preside in
his stead.
10. No member shall absent him.
self from the Police Jury room
without the special permission OF
the President or Jury.
II. No one shall be allowed within
the ratings of the Police Jury
room except the members and their
officers without the special permits
sion of the President or the Jury.
~. The President shall appoint a
Sergeant-at-Arms to enforce order
and the observance of the rules
whenever he may deem it neces-
sary.
Is. The yeas and nays shall be
called on any vote to levy any par
ish tax, or to make any appropria-
ton, and no tax shall. be levied, or
appropriation made, unless a ma
jority of all the members elect
shall vote in favor thereof. (R. S
! Section 2744).
IL. Whenever a committee shall be
appointed, to act after the adjourn
ment of the meeting at which they
shall be appointed, the Clerk shall
notify in writing each member Of
such committee of his appointment
and duties hereunder Immediately
after such adjournment.
IS. In the absence of any special
rule to the contrary, the Police Jury
shall be governed according to gen.
eral parliamentary rules as laiC
down in Cushing's Manual.
Motion by Mr.. Catlett,
Whereas, inasmuch as there is
no regular hour fixed for calling
the Police Jury to order for the
transaction of the business of the
body, at either the regular or cal
meetings, therefore,
Be it resolved, that the hour for
calling the body to order by the
presiding officer be fixed as fol-
lows: The morning session at II
o'clock; evening session at 1:3C
o'clock.
Be it further resolved, that
these hours so fixed for calling the
body to order, be now incorporated
in the rules now governing the
body.
Motion by Mr.. Daley,
That the subject matter be la
bled and that the Police Jury meet
and adjourn as heretofore.
Messrs. st. Cyr, Daley, w. F.
Brown, Doueet and S~yIvestre, vot-
ing to table. 5 yeas.
Messrs. Larcade, Evans, Mills,
Beaugh, Pavy, Lanclos, Catlett,
Darlington, Martin, Dejean and
Mccoy voting against. II nays.
Motion to table lost.
The original motion by Mr.. Cat
lett then prevailed.
The Chair appointed Mr.. Allen
Mccoy Sergeant-at-Arms.
Opelousas, La, June 5, 1916.
To the Hon. Presdt. and Members
of the Police Jury.
Gentlemen: We, the under
signed committee appointed to ex-
anime statement of the St. Landry
State Bank, fiscal agt., beg leave to
report that we have examined said
statement and found same correct
and recommend that a warrant for
the sum of s209.92 be issued to said
fiscal agent for salary interest
month of May, 1916; interest de.
Quoted on deposits as per commits
tee report.
J. E. DALEY,
JOS. T. ST. GYR.
Committee.
Motion by Mr.. Evans.
That the report of committee on