Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-03-11
PROCEEDINGS POLICE Jury.
Parish Of Tensas
State of Louisiana

S>eeS ~e~~
day of March, 1921, it being the reg
ular day for the meeting of the Po-
lice Jury in and for the above parish
and state, said Honorable body met
at the Court House in st. Joseph, La.
There were present: MIR. F. H..
Curry, President and Messrs. Burn
side, Fultz, Lynch and Hopkins, abb
sent: Messrs. O'Kelley and Coleman.
There being a quorum present the
Board proceeded te business.
On motion duly made and seconded,
reading of the Minutes Of the last
meeting was dispensed with.
An application made ~ Messrs.
Hackett 4 Garsaud, contractors new
digging the canal in che Lake st.
Peter Drainage District, in this par
ish, requesting the Police Jury to
temporarily remove the bridge across
Big Choctaw Bayou at Pecano Plant
alton to admit passage into the Drain
age Canal and repassage out Of their
Dredging boat and apparatus, was
presented to the Board by said firm,
through their attorney, Mr.. Young, of
New Orleans, and after due consider
alton andidiscussion Of the matter the
following resolution was offered and
adopted to-wit:
Be it resolved by the Police Jury
of the Parish of Tensas, in lawful
session convened, that the application
Of Messrs. Hackett & Garsaud, as to
the removal of Pecano bridge, be and
same is hereby denied, and
Be it further resolved that the Po-
lice Jury disclaims any obligation on
the part of the Parish Of Tensas TO
cause any such removal Of said bridge.
On motion duly made and seconded
the following resolution was adopted:
Be it resolved that the Presiden.
appoint a Committee to receive bids
for the cleaning out Of Texas bayou,
and to. accept and pass on said bids
where so received, said Committee tol
have authority to reject any or all
of said bids.
The president appointed as such
Committee, himself, vne Parish En-
gineer and the Clerk of this Board. i
The Parish Engineer presented
bids made to him for the construc-
ton Of the following bridges, to W.T.:
Two small bridges on the Hulse
road and -one on the Gordon Laue
Newelrs Ridge road, by VIM. Webb,
his bid thereon being the lowest for
said work, and therefore accepted.
Two small bridges on the Chicken
vile Road, by b. +. Hornsby, his bid
thereon being the lowest for salo
work, and it is therefore accepted.
And the Parish Engineer is hereby
authorized to award sand contracts
to the said successful bidders.
The following report was received
from the Commission appointed to
ay out public road through Chef
wynde, Gladstone and Claggett plant
ltiOns.
St Joseph, La, Feb. %, 1921.
To the President and Members Of
the Police Jury, st. Joseph, La.
We, the undersigned Commission OF
'ree-holders appointed by you to lay
IF a public road through the Clsg.
,ett, Gladstone and Caeswynde plant
atoms beg leave to submit the fol-
owing report:
We have traced the road as fol-
ows: Beginning at a point on old.
load leading from st. Joseph to Bot
my Bay plantation at gate on Clag-
yett plantation, about center Of the
New 'Claggett Levee, and running in
! Southwesterly direction along high
:idge to a cabin near the line of Chef
vynde and Gladstone plantations,
hence in westerly direction across
plantation to Pamela
3ruen Island New highway, inter-
ecting the said new highway near
;wo large oak trees, at Station 80
IN said highway.
The said road being approximately
4 Of a mile in length.
We. further report that the right
'f-way was donated free Of cost, to
he Parish by the owners Of the prop
rites through which said road passed.
Respectfully submitted,
d. F. ASHFORD
B. F. YOUNG
E. ]. WALTON
o. L. WATSON |,
C. C. BROOKS
w. r. JENKINS
And on motion duly made and
econded said report was duly ac-
epted, and adopted, and the said