The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-09-15

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE POLICE JURY
Jennings, La, Sept. 7, 1916.


The Police Jury Of the Parish of
jefferson Davis met in the Police
Jury room in the office building, in
Jennings on this day at 900 o'clock
a. m: The meeting was called to Or
der by Hon. j. S. IRENE, president,
and on roll call the following members
were present:
Arthur Guidry, Ward /; George
Hathaway, Ward 2; T. S. Walker,
Ward 3; J. S. IRENE, Ward A; Ausen
Marcantel, Ward 5; A. T. Jones, Ward
6; F. A. Arceneaux, Ward 7; Dole
Bourgeois, Ward 8; Yves Pitre, Ward
9.
The minutes of August 3rd and
August 18th were read and approved
in open session.
Ordinance No. 1O2.
The ordinance committee reported
Ordinance No. 1902: can ordinance
eXpropriating a right of way for a
public road from a point 1875 feet
East Of the NV. corner of section 80
9-6, thence due south to public road
on the south line of said section, and
appropriating money to pay the dam
ages assessed therefor by road COM
misSioners to the several owners of
said property" Which ordinance was
on roll call adopted, Yeas 8, Nays 0.
The Grand Marias Drainage District
presented bill amounting to 81 ,045.28
to balance an account for bridges
erected over the drainage bitches by
the Grand Marias Drainage District.
Upon motion of Mr.. Hathaway and
second by Mr.. Jones, the president of
the police jury was instructed to take
the matter up with the district attor-
ney with respect to the legal liability
of the parish for the cost of said
bridges.
Upon motion of Mr.. Hathaway and
seconded by Mr.. Guidry the police
jury adopted a resolution making ap-
plication to the State Highway depart
ment for state aid from the state
highway fund which fund will be dis
tributed on January /, 1917
The resolution also appropriates the
sum of $4,000 to defray the cost of
making Srveys, ETC., of approaches to
the Mermentau river, near the town
of Mermentau, for the construction of
a free bridge across the Mermentau
river to connect the praishes of JEFF
ferson Davis and Acadia.
Moved by Mr.. Pitre and seconded
by Mr.. Walker that the police jury ad-
journ until 100 o'clock D. m.
Afternoon Session.
The police jury reconvened at /
o'clock with all members present.
Col. W. L. Stevens, chief highway
engineer, appeared before the police
jury and made report of the progress
of the work of making preliminary
surveys of the proposed improved
highways, and made certain recon-
mendations to the police jury in con-
nection with the work..
The police jury then adopted a res
olution establishing the width of the
proposed improved highways as fol-
lows: The main east and west road
extending from the Calcasieu parish
line to the Mermentau river to have
metal surface of not less than IA
feet with full crown of "a feet.
The width of metal surface through
the corporate limits of Jennings,
Welsh and Lake Arthur was fixed at
not less than IL feet on the other
roads to be improved with full crown
of "a feet, except where regular
streets are established the width shall
conform thereto. On all other roads
to be improved the width to be not
less than nine feet of metal surface
with full crown of 18 feet.
The police then adopted resolution
authorizing the president to take the
necessary steps to secure the removal
and relocation of the cattle guard
at the railroad crossing on the Welsh
and Jennings road west of Jennings
so as to make possible direct con-
struction across the railroad.
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A resolution was adopted which re-
quires individuals, canal ard irrigation
whose canals or bitches require bridg-
companies and drainage districts re-
quire bridging at the crossings of the
proposed improved highways to pay
for the construction of such bridges
and culverts as may be necessary at
the highway crossings, said bridges
and culverts to be constructed accord
ing to plans and specifications of the
highway engineer and to be of char
acter and class of material the same
as other bridge work employed on the
roads upon which they are erected;
and as soon as the plans and esti-
mates of such bridges and culverts
are completed and supplied by the
engineer the clerk. of the police jury
| is directed to notify the party or par
ties of such cost and demand and re-
ceive from them for the account of the
highway fund the amount necessary