The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-04-08
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"A TeSuIdI luVCAAbo VI eiiS oiiC'
Jury of the Parish OF s.. N Try
was held this day. The meeting
was called to order by Preside nt
Chas. n. Fro-t. Roll called showed
the following members present:
Messrs. Geo. j. LeBourge OILS,
Gabriel Haydel. Alyre r obichoux.
F. E Robertson, Oscar Boud-
reaux. w. N. Gooch, I. Aucoin.
Jno. r Drackett, Geo. j Provost,
Ernest Roder.
The minutes of the last N Getting
were then ordered read.
Moved by Mr.. Drackett, second
ed by Mr.. Haydel, that in view of
the fact that tkc> ordinance rela-
tive to the Cumberland Telephone
Company hid been read at the
previous nreeting, that the same
be dispensed with.
Moved by Mr.. Roder, seconded
by Mr.. Drackett, and carried,
that the reading OF the Engineers
monthly estimate No. 7 be dis.
pensed with.
Moved by Mr.. Aucoin; second.
ed bg Mr.. Roder. and carried, that
the reading Of the Finance Com.
mittee's report be dispensed with.
Moved by Mr.. Drackett. second
ed by Mr.. Aucoin, and carried,
that the reading Of the Sheriff,
Clerk Of Court and Treasurer re.
ports be dispensed with.
With the above exceptions, the
minutes were read in detail and
on motion approved.
The following report from E. l..
Saucier, Demonstration Agent,
was read:
Franklin, La, March 81, l9lGl
To the Honorable Members OF the
Police Jury, st. Mary Parish,
Gentlemen
will respectfully submit the fol
lowing work done during the mouth
OF March.
devoted 5 days to Office work and |
az days to Demonstration work, Wis
Ting farmers, planters, schools and |
coru and pig club members, making
"a official visits.
Travelled by auto 5S7 miles.
Vaccinated and showed people
how to vaccinate 167 head of live
stock.
Vaccinated 30 hogs for Messrs.
Folse Il Gooch.
Showed the Pig Club members
how to vaccinate their pigs.
Dinnipn rrororopdn -, DoIJ |
win neighborhood.
Did some work on Parish Fair
grounds. Grounds are laid off, lev
eled with half mile race course
staked off.
There has been pure bred bulls
purchased recently for breeding pur
poses.
The future prospect looks very
promising.
Yours very truly,
ED. L. SAUCER,
Local Agent.
A letter was read from the Sec.
rotary ofthe Railroad Commission,
addressed to Mr., Percy Saint, and
the schedule of rates on gravel
and road material. attached. I
Moved by Mr.. Gooch, seconded 5
by Mr.. Boudreaux, and carried, :
that the letter and schedule of )
rates on road material be received ,
and placed on file.
The following communication ,
from Mr.. John Paul Baldwin was :
read: :
FRANKLIN, La, April +, 1916. =
L hereby apply to the POLICE Jury of .
st. Mary Parish for the $500 con- .
tributiOn toward a dipping vat, pro-
vided | comply with the present pro-
visions of the Police Jury in reference r
to dipping vats. =
Through the agency of Mr.. L. For !;
subscribed, and while | have now >
used the personal pronoun "I''. | d
mean to cooperate with all good citi- v
zens of Baldwin in the building and t
use of dipping vat on my property [
near Total Wreck sugar house. .
JOHN PAUL BALDWIN. y
Moved by Mr.. Robertson, sec.
onded by Mr.. Provost. and car. b
ried, that the sum of SIS 90 be ap- h
propriatedtowards the erection of +,
dipping vat above Baldwin. T
A letter was read from Hampton h
Reynolds in reference to selling &
the Parish traction engine and \
scraper. b
Moved by Mr.. Gooch, seconded O
BY Mr.. Aucoin, and carried, that
he matter be turned over to the =,
President for investigation, and z
ne to report at the next regular
meeting of the Police Jury. q
The following letter from the >,
interstate Trust & Banking Com. -
oany. of New Orleans, was read: y
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