The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-11-10

senators and representatives in con-
gress to secure the passage of bill
declaring Bayou COcodrie a mon
Navigable" stream, be and the same
is hereby approved and ratified by
this body Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. Guillory,
Resolved that a warrant for the
sum of five dollar, be issued to NJ. J.
Reddell as refund on parish taxes
paid enormously year 1919.
Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. Cummings,
Resolved, that the report of com
mittee appointed at the September, 1920,
meeting to investigate the ne
cessity of opening road running
south through properties of Perry
Higginbotham, A. c. Olivier and 9TH
ers, be received and accepted; and
be it further, resolved, that said COM
mittee be continued with authority to
lay out and open said road as petition
ed for and report back to this body
at next regular melting.
Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. McCaffery,
That a committee composed of
Messrs. w. P. Baldride, Don Louis
GuiIlory and Alex. Sylvestre, be ap-
pointed to ascertain the probable csot
of rebuilding the Tate Cove bridge
over Bayou Cocodrie, and report back
to this body at next regular meeting.
Motion carried.
On motion of Mr.. Cummings,
The police jury adjourned until
1880 o'clock, p. m.
Evening Session
The police jury met pursuant to adj
journment.
Present: DR.. F. o. Pavy. president,
presiding; Messrs. Mills, Phillips, Du-
pre-, Cummings, Guidroz, Moreau, w.
F. Brown, McCaffery, Sylvestre, De-
jean, St Cyr, Guillory.
Motion by Mr.. Dupre,
That the committee appointed at the
September, 1920, meeting fer the pur-
pose of investigating into the adj
visibility of employing a parish en-
gineer, be continued with the addi-
ton of the president of this body, so
as to confer with the various presi-
uGuLS u LAl6 UOdIuS III super A50AS
lative to the subject matter Of en-
pIoying an engineer whose salary
shall be paid out of the various road
district funds.
Motion carried
Resolution
BY Mr.. Dupre, and seconded by Mr.
w. c. Dejean.
n e ..a-oI,,oa 4t,o4 ~ra tba voIin.
jury Of the parish Of st. Landry, stat'
! of Louisiana, now in regular session
duly assembled do hereby accept thu
petition signed by the required amour
of property owners in the Bayou Nal
let and Plaquemine Drainage Distric
of the parish of st. Landry, state o
Louisiana, and, as requested by salt
property owners. do hereby appoin
J. W. McAlpine member Of thu
Board of Commissioners of the salt
Bayou Mallet and Plaquemine Drain
age District to serve for the unexpir
ed term of v. " Ledoux, who has re
signed as a member Of said Board,
Motion carried.
/ Motion by Mr. Sylvestre,
Resolved that the resolution adopt
ed October 9Th, 1920 instructing tn
clerk of this body to notify Mr.. NJ. J
Doucet to move back his fence on tn
road leading from the Washington ant
Grand Prairie road to Guilory bridge
be reconsidered and resclnded.
Motion carried.
Motion by Mr.. McCaftery,
That the report of the Board OF ST.
pervisors of the LIST Road District, At
ward, together with the compromis
contract with R. NJ. Hollier, be re
ceived and accepted and said contrac
hereby approved and ratified by thi
body.
Motion carried.
Mr.. w. F. Brown offered the 70
lowing ordinance, duly seconded, tt
wit:
An Ordinance
Calling a special election to be hel
in Road District Humbe- Two ~ {
the Fourth Police Jury Ward Of 10
Parish of st. Landry, state of Louis
ana, to take the sense of the prof.
erty taxpayers Of said district, gun!
fled to vote at such IN election unde
the constitution and laws Of the stat
of Louisiana, on the proposition as I
whether or not the police jury as 70
governing authority Of said road dit
i. trict, shall on behalf Of said road di
trict. in addition to the debt previous
ly incurred and bonds previously i
sued. incur debt to the amount OF On
Hundred and Fifty thousand dollar
(S150. 000.00) and issue negot1abl
bonds of said district to represent sal
debt. said debt to be incurred an
issued for the purpose Of constructin