The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1917-04-07

tionaI guard have visited Frankli
this week. Last Thursday even
ing a mass meeting was he'd. Z
T the court house. A lp-.nd made
OF .adi $ nd men f.:
room. Nj n presented the
follt,.... K. E..l nee and contract:
BE IT Kiss OWED, BY the Po
lice Jury Of the Parish of st. Mary,
that this body do accept the propos-
al made By Mrs. NJ. M. Young, dat
ed March Is, 1917, and accordingly
that the President of this corpora
ton be and is hereby authorized
and directed on behalf of this Body,
to enter into a contract with the
said Mrs. Nj. M. Young, in the ma
ture Of a compromise of the suit
filed against this Police Jury by
The said Mrs. NJ. M. Young, where
in it will be agreed that no further
steps viii be taken by either party
IN the prosecution Of the said litiga-
ion; that this Board pay over to the
said Mrs. NJ. NJ. Young, the amount
Of the appropriation made for the
purpose of paying for the said road,
as per proceedings of this Body of
November 5th 1915, and that said
Mrs. Young bind herself in said
contract to donate and dedicate IN
favor Of the Public Of the Parish OF
St. Mary and at large, the strip OF
ground in question for public road
purposes at the expiration OF the
ten year period in the contract be-
tween herself and the Board OF
| Commissioners Of the Avoca Drain
ace District, the j. N. Pharr anc
Sons, Limited, and the Morgan City
Land Company; said agreement te
be binding on the said Mrs. Young
her heirs and assigns.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF ST. MARY.
THE FOLLOWING CONTRACT
and agreement has been entered IN
to by and between Mrs. Widow
Mehitable M. Young, a resident OF
the Parish of St. Mary, party of the
! first part, and the Police Jury OF
the Parish of St. Mary. herein rep
resented by it's President, Hon
Charles n. Frost, under authority
Jury, adoted at meeting held OF
Of a resolution Of the said Police
the Attn day Of April, 1917, party OF
the second part, witnesseth:-
WHEREAS, by ordinance or re
solutions adopted by the Police
Jrry Of the Parish of St
Mary, on December LIST, 1871 3
which accepted the process verDa
Of the Jury Freeholders, thereto
fore appointed by said Police Jury
the said JFoiice Jury dedicated as
pubic road the strip Of ground here
matter fully described, over ane
across the real property Of party q
the first part; and,
WHEREAS, the said Party Of
the first part on the .... day Of
December, 1915, filed petition il
the Twenty Third Judicial Distrlc
| Court for the Parish Of st. Mary
seeking an injunction against the
said Party of the second part to pre-
vent the said dedication of the sale
road; and,
WHEREAS, the said party OF tht
first part has, by letter dated Marcf
18th. 1917, called the attention O.
the said party Of the second part TX
j the fact, that the said strip Of
ground hereinafter described i
presently being used as puoli'
road, under a contract between sale
party of the first part on the orr
hand, and the Board of Commis
,ioners of the Avoca Drainage DIS
trict, The J. N. Pharr & Sons, Ltd.
and the Morgan City Land Com
nany. on the other, said contract be
twcen the aforesaid parties being
dated May LIST, 1912; and,
WHEREAS, under the terms Of
the said contract, party OF the FRS
oart is entitled to receive a renta
Of four hundred dollars, ($40O.o0)
per annum for the said strip OF
Ground from the said corporations
in consideration Of the said party OF
the first par, permitting the public
use of the said strip Of ground as
road; and,
WHEREAS, it is provided in sale
contract. that if. at the end Of ter
years, said party Of the first par
shoy,ld find That said road is of M
disadvantage to her property, but OF
he contrary to her advantage, theI
he would grant the right OF va!
over said road in perpetuity; anu,
WHEREAS, the injunction SUI
hereinabove referred to, which i
entitled Mrs. NJ. N. Young VS.. Tn
Police Jury of the Parish. of St
Lary, No. l4,103 of the Docket o
he said Court is now pending am
/, lntried on the docket of said court
and,
! WHEREAS, Both parties heret'
desire, # possible, to avoid tn
trouble and expense of litigat;ng tn