The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-05-31

Jefferson Davis PARISH, Louisiana
feeling that there is no necessity
for the public road which begins
at the southeast corner of section
twenty-five (25) in township nine
(9D south, range six CD west OF
Louisiana Meridian, and extend
inc north one mile to the north
east corner of the said section
twenty-five (25), since the sand
road on the south of the LoulSl@
ana Western railroad divides the
lands of B. P. Tabor and the said
road on the north side of the
Louisiana Western railroad dl-
vides the lands of T. S. Stegall,
and since the public is amply ac-
comodated by the gravel road
which extends in the same dlrec-
ton approximately one-quarter
of a mile east of this route, now
respectfully petition your honor
able body to abandon this route
as a public highway and allow
The said route to revert back to
the owners of the adjoining land.
(Signed) B. P. Tabor, T. S. Sic
Gall Luna Bourgeois. Sidney
Foreman, Lucius Corbello, TophY
Hebert, Alcie DemareSt.
Adopted May 1st, 1919.
The above petition was intro
duced by Mr.. Bourgeois, who
moved that the said petition be re-
ceived and approved by this body
and that the said public road be
now abandoned. The motion was
seconded by Mr.. Pitre and upon
being put was carried.
Petition for Public Road.
Welsh, La, March 15,19l9.
To the President and Members OF
the Police jury OF the fafiSfl
of Jefferson Davis:
Gentlemen:
We, the undersigned citizens OF
jefferson Davis Parish, La, re-
spectfuIIy ask your Honorable
Body to appoint six commission
ers to lay out and procure right
of-way for a public road from the
southwest corner of the southeast
quarter (SEA) of the SEA of
section thirty-four (34) 90, to the
NV corner of the NE14 of the
NE14 of section "a (34) 9~5.
We also recommend that you
appoint Messrs. Walter Todd, A
E. Bourgeois, Etienne Hardy, Adj
oil Bourgeois, Delino Ardoin and
Archille Ardoin.
Petitioners: Estile Ardoin, Aris
Louviere, P. F. Fontenot, Jno
Miller, Phillip Prather, ct ais.
The above petition was intro
duced by Mr.. Jones, who moved
that the said petition be received
and approved and that the com
missioners named in said petition
be appointed. The motion was
seconded by Mr.. Bourgeois and
upon being put was carried.
Resolution.
BE it remembered, that the Pc.
lice Jury of Jefferson Davis Par.
ish, State of Louisiana, met in the
Court House in the City of Jen-
nings,~. Jefferson. Davis. Parish,
Louisiana, on the above date, in
regular session convened, with
the following members present:
Arthur Guidry, Ward l; r. M
Briggs, Ward 2; 7. S. Walker,
Ward 3; ]. S. IRENE, Ward a;
Ausem Marcantel, Ward 5; A. T
Jones, Ward s; F. A. Arceneaux,
Ward I; Dole Bourgeois, Ward
s; Yves Pitre, ard g; a quorum
..~WhereupOn the following pro.
ceedings were had and ordered
recorded: .......... ...... ...... ........ -. -.
BY Mr.. Jones: ....-.. ....... ........ .....
Whereas, The Police Jury OF
Jefferson. Davis. Parish. under
resolution of March 9th, 1919, and
under the provisions of Act 40 OF
1910, petitiOned the State High.
way Department, Board of State
Engineers, for State aid and sup.
erviSion and for Federal aid in
the construction of the Jennings
Crowley and the Jennings-Lake
Charles Highway, and
Whereas, The State Highway
Department, Board of State Engi-
: neers, has made the necessary
surveys, and has submitted a re-
port, together with maps, plans,
protiles, typical sections, ETC., re-
latlve to the location, length,
quantities and estimated cost, ct
cetera of said highway, situated
in the Parish of Jefferson Davis,
State of Louisiana, between the
Mermentau river and Village of
Rice, same being approximately
$50 miles long, and
Whereas, The State of Louisi-
ana, through its Highway Depart
ment, Board of State Engineers,
has agreed, provided it can secure
aid from the Federal Government
to extend the Parish of Jefferson