The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-03-06

supervising boards of First Sub-roaG
! District of the Second Ward of the
Parish of st. Landry, Road District
No. 8 of the Parish of St. Landry
and Road District No. IL of the Par
ish of St. Landry, as per certified
copies of resolutions adopted by said
supervising boards on file in the ar
chives of this Police Jury, said road
districts be and they hereby are con
solidated so as to form Road District
No. Ia of the Parish of st. Landry
subject to the following terms and
conditions, to-wit:
1.-The object and purposes of said
consolidation is to enable the CONSOLE
dated district to build modern, hard
surfaced highway and necessary
bridges from point ON the Avoy-
elies parish line at or near Gold Dust,
La, down the Bayous Boeuf and
Courtableau country to and through
Washington, 0pelousas, Shuteston,
Sunset, Grand Coteau and on to Ba-
you Carencro on the Opelousas and
Lafayette road, said highway being
known both as the Evangeline High
way and the Pershing Highway.
Each of the constituent districts
of said consolidated district and the
supervising boards thereof shall be
and remain intact notwithstanding
said consolidation, with all the duties
and powers which they now have ex-
cept in regard to said Evangeline or
2ershing Highway, which is hereby
placed under the jurisdiction of said
consolidated district.
3-The supervising board of said
consolidated district shall be COM
/ posed of five members to be chosen
by this Police Jury from the mem0eE-
! ship of the supervising boards of the
constituent districts, as follows: Ono
from Sub-road District of the Second
Ward of the Parish of st. Landry,
one from Road District No. s of the
Parish Of st. Landry and three from
Road District No. IL Of the Parish of
st. Landry.
1.-THE laying out and building of
said Evangeline or Pershing High
way and bridges through said consOli-
dated district as aforesaid shall be
financed by the appropriation out Of
the funds of each of the constituent
district. now provided for of an
amount as large as possible consis-
tent with the other obligations of said
districts, and the taxpayers of the
consolidated district shall be called
upon to vote the balance Of the funds
needed to lay out and construct said
| highway and bridges and to maintain
/ the same in pursuance to the consti-
tutienal and statutory provisions of
this state.
Yeas-Messrs. st. Cyr, Larcade,
Pitre, Mills, Cummings, Pavy, Greig,
W. F. Brown, Rushing, Martin, Syl-
vestre, Dejean and Mccoy.
Against-None.
Ordinance adopted.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
ATTEST
j. J. HEALEY, Clerk.
Mr.. E. M. Boagni in person tender
ed his resignation to this Police Jury
as member of the board Of super
visors of Road District No. IL of the.
Parish of st. Landry; and upon mo-
tion of Mr.. r. L. Mills the resigna-
ton of Mr. E. M. Boagni was accept
ed, said resignation to take effect
March 10, instant.
Carried.
Motion by Mr.. w. F. Brown
Be it resolved, that this Police Jury
hereby tenders a vote of thanks to
the Council of Defense for its serv-
ices in having erected the handsome
monument in memory of the enlisted
men and those who made the supreme
sacrifice in the late war.
Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. w. F. Brown
Be it resolved, that this body here
by pledges itself to pay all labor
claims in the KFotz Springs road dis
trict, as soon4as said claims are pre-
sented in proper shape to this body.
Motion carried.
Mr.. Mills offered the following or
dinance, duly seconded, to-wit:
AN ORDINANCE
To authorize any one to kill geese in
vading his premises to his preju-
dice and injury without previous
notice to the owner.
Be it ordained by the Police Jury
of the Parish of st. Landry, in reg
ular session convened
Section THAT it shall be lawful
for any one to. kill geese invading his
premises to his prejudice and injury,
without previous notice to the owner
Of such geese.
Section 2-That this ordinance
shall take effect from and after its
first publication in the official jour
nal and that all ordinances in conflict
with this ordinance be and hereby are
repealed.
Yeas-Messrs. st. Cyr, Larcade,
Pitre, Mills, Cummings, Pavy, Greig,
Dejean, McCoy-9 yeas.
Nays-Messrs. w. F. Brown, Mar
TIM nays.
Ordinance adopted.
F. OCTAVE PAVY,
President.
ATTEST
J. ]. HEALEY, Clerk.
Motion by Mr.. w. F. Brown
Be it resolved, that no final action
be taken on the bids submitted at
this meeting ON the road bond issues
of the Thirteenth Road District of
the Fourth Ward and the