The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1921-01-08
Police Jury Proceedings
Franklin, La, Jan. 9Th, 1921.


The Police Jury met this day in regular
session with Mr.. Charles n Frost, presiding
and the following members present kmDrougn'
Haydel, Olivier, McCardell, Boudreaux, Gooch'
OBrien, Calm and Iharr ApsemI I, n'ns,inr
with the exception of the report OF the Treas
urer and the report of the Finance Committee
the reading Of which on %th % %e
read and on motion Of A. E. Calm, seconded
by s. T. McCardell were approved
from Mr. John X. Bracket in regard to the
road through the latter's shlpyard was fead,
and the Secretary was instructed TO take the
matter up with Mr.. Drackett.
letter from Mr.. W. J. Lowrance and also
one from Mr.. John X. Drackett was read IN re,
gard to transporting equipment ana material
free for the Parish on the Morgan CITY berwick
ferry, and on motion OF A. T. Cam SECONDED
nv Arthur Olivier and carried, this letter Was
ordered filed without action.
A letter from Mr.. Fordyce kimball OF the
State Traffic Relief Association was read, ASK
ing for the usual appropriation OF $loo.vo IN
consideration of the services OF himself as
Traffic Manager of the Association; ana on
motion of W. n. Gooch, seconded by A. T..
Calm and carried, the appropriation was made
and the Secretary was authorized to issue the
necessary warrant.
McCardell and carried. the Secretary was au-
thorized TO issue a duplicate OF warrant No
246SO in favor Of z. A. Faucheux for $22.oo,
the original having been lost.
The matter of the appointment of the two
members of the Parish Board of Equalization,
created under Act 23I of 1920, was taken up
and AS M W in SG GGosh pa asd Mr. Kim
brough placed that Of r. Emmett O'Niell
There being other names offered, MT.
Gooch moved the appointment Of Messrs Az,
cock and ONiell. the motion being seconded
by Mr.. T. b. kimbrough.
A roll call on this motion resulted in its
carrying unanimously and the President de-
clared them the appointees OF TINS farlsh.
The following letter was read.
New Orleans, December 18th, 1920.
"Police Jury Of the Parish OF st. Mary"
Franklin. La.
Gentlemen:
"As you are aware, we own plantations
located on Bayou Sale in your Parish and sit
uated in the Fourth Ward Road District OF
governing authority. We did not oppose the
voting OF the bond issue. or the levying Of the
tax. nor will We oppose any movement OF this
All that We wish is to secure results
We have been paying taxes in this ROAD
District for three or four years or more and
up to date no results have been obtained to-
wards constructing road from Bayou Sale
Station down the Bayou Sale through our
plantations and the plantations Of other par
ties above and below lis. all included in the
Road District We are further informed that
under the law as it now exists. you are the
governing authority of this Road District, and
that you have control Of these funds and the
construction of the roads. You are building
at the present time in another Road District
in the Parish a number of roads and receiving
gravel for same, the bonds of which were voted
and sold long after the voting Of the bonds in
the Fourth Ward Road District. We therefore
cannot understand why the road below the
Bayou Sale Station has not been complete
ere this.
I'VE are writing you this letter at this time,
in order that the matter might be brought to
your attention, as representatives Of this COM
pany expect to appear at your next meeting
so that we may be able to have a frank dis
cussi0n Of these matters in the hope Of securing
some relief
I'VE are sending a copy OF this letter to Mr..
Isaac Wooster whom we understand Is Secre-
tary Of the Local Board"
Very truly yours,
THE j. NJ. .BURGUIERES CO.. Ltd,
+. A. Burguieres. Treas.
After a thorough discussion Of the matter,
Mr. B. OBrien offered the following resolution
and moved its adoption, the motion being
seconded by Mr.. Arthur Olivier, and roll
call resulting In its carrying unanimously.