The weekly Iberian., 1916-08-05
POLICE JURY MEETING,
Tick Eradication Work I'm
done Carlos Mestayer
made Road Overseer. Com
pensation of Parish Printer
fixed at 40 cents per square.

The Police Jury met on Thurs
day morning in regular session, In
the court room of the Parish
court House. A large body of
farmers and stock raisers were
present to watch proceedings In
reference to the stock dipping or
diDance, which, it was generally
understood, would come up before
the Police Jury for readoption in
amended form. After the reading
and adopting OF the minutes Of
both the last regular and specially
called meetings, President A. A
TheriOt rendered the floor to Mr..
Henry N. Pharr.
Mr.. Pharr asked the Police Jury
to grant him the privilege of
crOssiDg the public road with a
tram in the vicinity of Mr.. Geo
HendersoD's place. This was for.
maIly granted.
| Mr.. Pbarr then called attention
to the condition Of the public
bridge crossing the Teche at Oil.
vier Station. He reviewed the
rumors' about the disposition of
the Police Jury to abandon this
bridge, or to donate 1t to him. To
adopt the former course would be
TO effect a hardship upon many
people. 1t is part of the parish
highway system and should be
maintained. Ii the bridge was
ceded to him, his need of it wasl
great enough to prompt him to ac.
cept and maintain It, but he
would make it q toll bridge to
help meet cost Of keeper and
maintenance. This matter was al
lowed to 60 over till future
meeting,
Mr.. Pharr then reported the
work done on the New Iberia
Jeanerette model road under his
direction. By agreement with the
previous Police Jury work to the
amount Of 1880 was to be done
on this road-One half of the
amount to be paid by the Parish
Of Iberia; the other half to be
paid by the State Highway De.
part ment This Police Jury au.
thOcized Mr.. Pharr to tear up one
half mile Of that road for remodel
ing and rebuilding.
|
Mr.. Pharr then discussed the
tick graduation situation in this
psrish, conteDding that to aban.
don the prompt enactment of an
other stock dipping ordinance
would be TO break faith with the
National Government, which had
been induced to establish a stock
experimental farm IN this parish
on the pledge that the Police
Jury would do its part in ridding
the parish Of the tick. If this I
Police Jury failed to promptly re- 8
adopt cattle dipping ordinance 1t {
would be violating its moral obi.
cation, both to the United States !
government and to those citizens .
Of this parish, who had been in. :
duced to make heavy investments !
10 thoroughbred registered stock.
District Attorney e. 8. Brous a
sard then followed, explaining the =
sbOrto0mings OF the former ordi.
nance, which had been declared =
unconstitutional by Judge James 9
Simon ut the recent session Of the !
District Court. =
Attorney E,nile vuillemot, who
large number of op G
ponents Of any dipping ordinance, .
followed in 90 address to the Po X
ice Jury, IN which he reviewed '
he peculiar state Of affairs along 81
his line. q
"The Police Jury has the right Il
% adopt any anti tick law it =
Dleases, or not to adopt them, but '
10 adopt such law at this time =,
would be to ignore the wishes of B
he people gathered in this court q
1ouse " He contended that Act g
l27 has not yet been promulgated 4
md Q new ordinance cannot be O
lratted to meet the requirements Ia
II that law which does not yet ex u
ct, neither can q new ordinance be - ~
made to meet the requirements Of cl
he present law which will be sn- a
In very few days. He =
Idvised allowing matters to stand n
% they are tin 1918, when the new Il
tate law will 60 into effect. p1
Representative Leon Landry
md Mr., Henry Phsrr both replied
o the arguments advanced by Mr.. "
7uillemot aud urged the Police u
ury to act at once. The audience
'ecame quite demonstrstive, show
ngfts sympstbies with the hlts a,
cored by the several speakers. n
1hen about ffty per cent. of the 4.
1en present crowded inside OF the =
uard rail and stood behind the
hairs OF the members OF the jury.
'hese Standing auditors soon be o'
anne participants in the debate, ~
aging bat little respect to the
susl usages Of parliamentary law, %
everal attempting to talk at once,
sing French and English 40 best