The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-08
P olice Jury Meets in
Regular Monthly
Session
Permission Granted ]. r. Drack.
EFT to Change Schedule
of Charges for Cars
on Ferry

I The Police Jury met this day in
regular session with Hon. Charles N.
Frost presiding and the following
members present: Kimbrough, Hay
del. Olivier, Boudreaux, Drackett,
Aucoin and Calm. Absent Wolford,
Gooch and Pharr.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting. with the exception of the re-
ports of Clerk of Court, Treasurer's
report, Finance Committees report
and the ordinance, the reading Of
which were on motion duly seconded
and carried dispensed with were read,
and on motion of A. E. Calm second
ed by Oscar Boudreaux and carried
were approved.
A letter from J. Victor Fourmy
resisning the scholarship to L. S. U.
was read and on motion of A. E.
Calm seconded by Arthur Olivier and
carried the resignation was accepted,
and the letter ordered filed.
Reports from the Clerk of Court
were read and on motion of Arthur
Olivier seconded by John R. Drack-
EFT and carried were received, filed
and made a part of the minutes.
A letter report from the Treasurer
was read and on motion of John R.
Drackett seconded by Gabriel Hay
del and carried was received, filed
and made part of the minutes.
A letter report from the Inspector
Of Licenses was read and on motion
of A. F. Calm seconded by Oscar
Boudreaux and carried lie was receiv-
ed, filed and made part of the min
dtes.
A repart from the Finance Commit
tee was read and on motion of A. E.
Calm seconded by Oscar Boudreaux
and carried it was received, filed and
made a part of the minutes, and the
secretary was authorized to issue
warrants for all claims listed there
on on approval by the Finance Com
mittee.
A communication from John R.
Drackett was read, asking that he be
permitted to change the present
schedule of charges for crossing au-
tomobiles on his ferry, the new
schedule of charges to be as fol-
lows:
Twenty-Five cents for Ford" size
cars.
Thirty-five cents for five passenger
cars.
Fifty cents for seven passenger cars.
On motion of T. Aucoin seconded
by Arthur Olivier and carried. per-
mission to make these changes was
granted.
A bill from Josephine Shop for
$l0575 covering one-fourth of the
cost of cutting a canal, was present
ed for payment, and on motion OF
Gabriel Haydel seconded by A. E.
Calm the bill was approved and the
secretary was instructed to issue a
warrant covering same.
| A resolution was offered by T. B
Kimbrough who moved its adoption
seconded by John R. Drackett, the
motion carrying unanimously.
A resolution was offered by T. b
Kimbrough who moved its adoption
seconded by Arthur Olivier, the mo.
tion carrying unanimously:
The resignation of Miss Kola Mo-
bley of the position of Parish Emer-
gency Farm Demonstration Agent
was read, and on motion of T. b
Kimbrough seconded by T. Aucoin
and carried the resignation was ac-
cepted. and the position so far as
the Police Jury is concerned was
abolished, to take effect from the
date Of her resignation.
On motion of T.. B. Kimbrougf
seconded by Arthur Olivier and car
ried Mrs. Calice Boudreaux's name
was stricken from the list of paupers
and that of Mrs. Eleanor Martin
was dropped for the present for fur
ther investigation.
On motion Of T. B. Kimbrough
seconded by Gabriel Haydel and car
ried the salary of Mrs. Boudreau1
as bridge tender at Charenton was in
creased from 5000 to $4,000
On motion of T. Aucoin seconded
by Oscar Boudreaux and carried
Mrs Philogene Roussel was placed
on the waiting list of paupers, will
the understanding that as soon q
! %here "a a vacancy she be placed OF