The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-10-13

wonderful lot Of work and talk on the
part of the employer and employees
appointed to superintend the work
and spend thetaxpayers money set
aside for those purposes. Take the
tick eradication law as operated In
our parish 100000 has been spent
and from general reports 40 per cent
of the cattle owners have refused or
neglected to obey the law, thereby
causing the law abiding classes who
have shown g disposition to comply
with the law to become dissatisfied
and are beginning to look upon Il
matter as 1t stands today as an In
Jury and injustice to them. For
man who dips and rids his cattle OF
ticks Iooses them when turned upon
the range to come in contact with MS
neighbor's stock who failed or refused
to din. The lax manner in which the
law is enforced will eventually result
in failure of a terrible expenditure
of our taxpayrs money. l could cite
to you other projects upon which pub-
lie monies were spent avafltng moth
ing. and for this reason am opposing
any unnecessary appropriations when
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carry out improvements and build
bridges and roads that are absolutely
needed in the various wards OF the par
ish.
Taking In consideration the facts
as have endevored to show them in
this report, / most respectfully re-
quest that you defer action upon this
special Appropriation until more
opportune day.
Yours very truly,
THOS. McCAFFERY.
Motion by Mr.. B. w. Clopton-
Be it resolved that in accordance
with the report of committee on bud
get, the foregoing be adopted as an
climate exhibiting the various items
OF expenditure necessary for the year
1921, and that said estimate and bud
get be publihed for the full term Of
thirty 1907 days In the official jour
nal of the parish; and further; that
the budget committee be discharged.
Mr.. McCaffery moved as a substitute
that his minority report be adopted.
For substitute: Messrs. Dupre, Cum
mings, Guillory, McCaffery, Deshotels
5 yeas.
Against Messrs. st. Cyr, Phillips,
Pavy, Moreau, w. F. Brown, Clopton,
Dejean, Guillory. nays.
Substitute lost.
A vote on the original motion was
called and stood as follows: Yeas.
Pavy, Moreau, w. F. Brown, Clopton,
Messrs. St. Cyr, Phillips, Guidroz,
Dejean, Gutllory, 9 nays.
Against: Messrs. Dupre, Cum
mings, McCaffery, Deshotels, 4 nays.
Original motion carried.
On motion OF Mr.. Cummings,
The Police Jury adjourned until
2 o'clock, p. m.
Evening Session
The Police Jury met pursuant to
adjournment.
Present: DR.. F. o. Pavy. president,
presiding; Messrs. Phillips, Dupre,
Cummings, Guidroz, Moreau, w. F.
Brown, Clopton, McCaffery, Deshotels,
Dejean, Guillory, ST. Cyr.
Motion by Mr.. B. w. Clopton--
Resolved that cattle dipping be dis
continued throughout the parish of
st. Landry for the year 1920, for
the reason that funds to continue
said work are not available.
Yeas: Messrs.. St Cyr, Dupre, Cum
mings, Guidroz, Pavy, Moreau, W. F.
Brown, Clopton, Deshotels, Dejean,
Guillory, II yeas.
Nays: Messrs. Phillips, McCaffery,
2 nays. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. Cummings,
Resolved that the clerk of this body
be and he is hereby authorized to COM
municate with w. L. Slayton & Co.,
Of Toledo, Ohio, relative to bond is
sue Of the 18th Road District, End
ward, for the amount Of SIS, 100000
and that he be instructed to advise
said w. L. Slayton & Co., that this
body requests immediate action on
said bond purchase or otherwise leg
al proceedings will be instituted in
the premises. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr. w. F. Brown
Whereas, the Police Jury of st.
Landry parish, in June, 1919, unani-
mously passed the following resolu-
ton, to-wit:
Whereas, notice has been brought
to this body, through it's president,
Of the gross and inefficient service
given the people of the town of Ope-
lousas, as well as Of the parish of
st. Landry, by the Cumberland Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company, operat-
Ing in the parish Of st. Landry, and
Whereas. the said telephone condi-
tons have been deplorable and abb
rotten for over a year, and
the same has caused a general COM
plant by almost all of the subscrib-
ers Of said telephone company; and
Whereas, the said Cumberland
Telephone and Telegraph Company is