Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-09-08
AN ORDINANCE.

W nc cas-, q NsllItN cont ll'I WAS en-
torcd into on the 9Th dar of April
I 1917, by aud between the Southcrl
/ itru.tual steel Company, of san ~
torir, T"yas, and The Police Jury Of -
/ Parish of Nc.miiior, Louisiana, uu1c
/ the terms Of which contract the sa'
/ cmgaUv ag-o"l tn reno Tel AMI IN,
I rove tn, Nc'milic1 Parish Jail. IN a.
! rrrdJarc with plans an Specification.
/ therefor, at n price Of Seven ThouSan.
! collars, and
whereas, the said Company has com
! plctcd the said improvements in ac
cordancc with said plans aud specified
tion and contract, therefor, and
Whereas, this Police Jury did on In,
9Th day of July, 1917, pass n Resolution
| ordering the issuance of Jail Improve
ment Bonds i'm the sum of Seven Thous
and Dollars and the advertisement for
bids on same for the purpose of raising
funds for the payment Of said Company
for said Jail improvements, and
Whereas, no bid was received on said
bonds,
Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered
by the Police Jury that said Improve
ments on said Jail by said company be
aud are hereby accepted and that Che
said Jail Improvement Bonds in the
sum of Seven Thousand Dollars, as stip-
ulated and set forth in tho said rcsnlu
ton, dated July 9Th, 1917, be delivered
to said Southern Structural Steel Com
panv, at their par value and accrued
interest for the improvement of said
Jail.
BY order of the Police Jury of Yer.
million Parish, Louisiana, on this the
9Th day of September, 1917.
(Signed) T. P. FLEMING,
Prssiaept Of tss Polisss Jury Of Yer,
~ -. LANDRY. Secretary. =
J hereby certify the above and fore
going to be a true and correct copy of
extract of the minutes of the Police
Jury of the Parish of Vermilion, La,
" date September 9Th, 1917, at which
meeting full quorum was present; all
members being present. A. o. LANDRY,
Secretary, Police Jury, Parish of Yer,
million, Louisiana.
And on motion duly seconded, and
unanimously carried, all Officers having
jurisdiction were earnestly requested to
'nforce the above vagrancy ordinance
1t was mutually agreed between the
members of the Police Jury, and the
concrete Bridge Certificate for the sum
# $4,000, given in part payment of
'oncrete bridges in the Third Ward,
lue April 18th, 1919, being the first due,
e paid out of the General Fund; and
hat the four other Certificates for like
sums, and due in l, 2, and 4 years
from April 18th, 1919, shall be paid out
# the Third Ward Road and Bridge
fund.
On motion of Joseph f. Moore, sec
lnded by Chapman Pierce, it was or
Tered that a bridge keepers house AK
IS feet be built on the waters edge on
he property of F. V. Landry, at Wood
avn, west Of the Vermilion river; and
hat all of the lumber taken off Of the
Jail Yard be used in its construction.
Or motion Of Howard Moss, duly sec
1ndcl, Cleobule Desormeaux, roadover-
seer, was authorized and directed t.
open the public road, in the Second
Ward, on the properties of Aladdin lie.
Blanc, Otignac Leblanc, ct al, recently
adopted by this body.
On motion duly seconded, c. J. Ed
wards, health officer, was reuested to
examine all of the diaries and meat
markets throughout this Parish, and
that il any be found in an unsatisfsc-
tar2 condition that il be re1ortel.
Or motion of Jos. +. Moore, seconded
fv \. W. Richardson, that Albert Gal
To-, rilrr-kecrcr at Woodlawn, pc paid
for the time due him as such, one and
two-thirls months; because of his being