The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-08-23
OFFICIAL MINUTES
OF POLICE JURY
Continued from last week.
Jennings, La, August 7, 1919.
Afternoon Session

Afternoon Session.
The Police Jury reconvened at
1870 p. m. with all members pres
emf.
Resolution.
WHEREAS, The Intercoastal
Canal is now of service to various
communities in the transporta-
ton of commodities from one
point to another but its use is
limited by reason of it's not being
a continuing canal of standard
depth, and
WHEREAS, The people of the
Mermentau valley are deeply in
terested in this project as it's COM
pletion from New Orleans to Cor
pus Christi would permit the
transportation of their products
to advantageous markets and en-
able them to secure freight eco
nomically from producing CEN
terS, therefore,
Be IT RESOLVED by the Par
ish of Jefferson Davis that the
Board of Engineers for Rivers
and Harbors be respectfully re-
quested to approve the project in
its entirety from New Orleans to
Corpus Christi on a depth of not
less than nine feet, and that this
time the said Board of Engineers
be requested to recommend the
early construction of the Sabine
Galveston section on depth of
nine feet or more.
The above resolution was intro
duced by Mr.. Walker who moved
that the same be adopted, which
motion was seconded by Mr.. Arce-
neaux and upon being put was
carried.
Petition for Public Road.
To the Police Jury of Jefferson
Davis Parish:
Gentlemen:
We, the undersigned citizens of
Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana,
respectfully ask your honorable
body to appoint six commission
ers to lay out and procure right
of-way for a public road from the
southeast corner of section 1856
thence north one mile to the north
east corner of section 1856, and
from the west side of said town
ship 8 range 5 to a point one
quarter mile west etaoin Chtetao
quarter mile east. We also recon-
mend the appointment of Messrs.
Jos. Dugas, A. V. Peters, Chas. A.
Lantz, Luna Bourgeois, B. P. Ia
Dor, Arvillian Ardoin.
The above petition for a public
road was introduced by Mr.. Bour-
geois who moved that the said
petition be received and approved
and that the commissioners as
asked be appointed. The motion
was seconded by Mr., Arceneaux
and upon being put was carried.
Citizens of Ward Number Six
appeared before the Police Jury
and presented a petition asking
that a Special Election be called
in Ward Six, exclusive of incor-
porated towns, for the purpose of
voting upon the proposition to
levy a five mill tax for a period OF
five years beginning with the year
1919 for the purpose of making
grading, repairing and maintain.
ing dirt roads and bridges in said
Ward. Whereupon Mr.. Jones
moved that the petition be receiv-
ed and approved. The motion was
seconded by Mr.. Walker and up
on being put was carried.
Ordinance No. 141.
An Ordinance calling and pro.
viding for a special election tc
be held taking the sense of the
property taxpayers of Ward Si1
| (6) Parish of Jefferson Davis
Louisiana, exclusive of incorpo
rated towns in said Ward, entitl
| ed to vote at said special election
as to whether special tax of five
l(5) mills on the dollar shall BIZ
levied and collected for a perioo
of five years beginning with thu
year 1919 for the purpose of max
ing, grading, repairing and main
flaming dirt roads and bridges il
said Ward.
The above mentioned Ordin
ance was introduced by the Or
dinance Committee who recon
mended it's adoption. The sait