The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1916-06-10

dinance making the speed limi
for automobiles through Charen.
ton ten miles an hour.
Moved by Mr.. Boudreaux, sec
, onded by Mr.. Haydel. and car.
ried, the petition was received ane
ordered filed. and that a commit.
tee Of three be appointed to confer
with the District Attorney. ano
draft an ordinance to cover the
request of the citizens of Charen
ton.
The President appointed the fol.
lowing committee: Messrs. VOL.
ford. Kimbrough and Haydel.
A petition was read from Mr.
Geo. Pecot, for permit to obtain
license to operate a saloon in
Charenton.
Moved by Mr.. Wolford, second
ed by Mr.. Hsydel. and carried,
that permit be granted to Mr..
Geo. Pecot to operate a saloon in
Clarendon.
Mr.. G. r. Brownell appeared
before the Police Jury in the in
terest of the model road from Nor.
gan City to Bayou Boeuf, and
spoke at length, advocating the
model road to be built on the line
of the public road running from
Morgan City to Amelia, stating
that the citizens living on this
road would build a bridge across
the Boeuf at Amelia free of cost,
provided the Parish would build
model road to the above point.
Mr.. Eugene A. Pharr then ad-
dressed the Jury in reply to Mr.
Brownell and stated that he and
the property holders on Avoca
Island would give the steel draw
bridge over Bayou Boeuf connect.
ing Avoca Island with Morgan
City. and alec that they would
build a bridge across Bayou
Chene, without one cent cost to
the Parish of St Mary, il the Par.
ish would accept same and main
tain them.
Mr.. Gooch introduced the fol.
owing resolution and moved it's
adoption, seconded by MIR. Hay
lei:
Whereas, it has been officially !
brought to the notice of this body |
hat the Police Jury of the Parish of
Assumption has adopted a reso!u-
ion expressing its willingness and
lesire to cooperate with the Police
uries OF the Parishes of St. Mary
nd Terrebonne for the purpose OF
bridge across Bayou
;hene near its junction at Bayou
3oeuf, and
Whereas, it has also been brought
0 the notice of this body that the
'olice Jury of the Parish of Terre
onne is unable to co operate in the
uilding Of such bridge due to it's
liability to make legal appropria-
ion thereof, as said bridge will con
ect the Parish of ST. Mary and the
arish of Assumption. but that the
tizens of the Parish OF Terrebonne
ave raised by private subscription,
re sum of One Thousand Dollars
81 10000 to assist in paying the
)st OF the building of such bridge;
I'd t
Whereas, the property holders on (
voca Island have offered to pay the
% rata OF the cost to be oorne by /
'e Parish OF St. Mary in building c
ch bridge in corporation with a
Re Parish of Assumption, and to t
mate to the Parish OF St. Mary a r
ght OF way, with width of Forty
" feet, for a pubic road from the b
rminus OF the proposed bridge e
er Bayou Chene to the terminus p
the present steel draw bridge q
meeting Avoca Island with Nor Q
n City Tor Tiger Island; and said L.
operty holders of Avoca Island
We further offered to donate to the o
irish the steel draw bridge, now
stalled across Bayou Boeuf, con- v
citing Avoca Island with Morgan
ty Cor Tiger) Island; now there
Be it resolved by the Police Jury
the Parish of st. Mary, in regu- .
session assembled, that the of. 3
of the property holders of Avoca =
and as set forth in the letters az
ned by j. N. Pharr & Sons, Lin ia
d, Avoca Drainage District Com. P'
sslon, undertaking to carry out o.
d proposals, which are hereto w
nexed and made part hereof, BE-, -,
the same is hereby accepted; and Tn
Sc it further resolved that Mr.. -,
as. n. Frost, President of the w
ice Jury of the Parish of St. -
~, be, and is hereby authorized r
empowered for and on behalf of -
Police Jury of the Parish of St.
ry to join with the Parish of AS
option and build draw bridge
oss Bayou Chene at the point
ere the present road LEADING from ~