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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY
44 Hahn ville. Louisiana, Saturday,
N A RICH SUGAR MOLASSfS AND RICfc PRODUCING COUNTRY.
MAY,
1917
H. CHARLES HERALD
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NO TICE
Public notice is hereby given
that the valuation and estimation
of all prope ty reai and personal
Situated in this Parish having been
completed oy this Office for the
current year, the assessment lists
wilt be exposed at the Court
House ot th > Parish for a p.tiod
ot twenty cT»; - beginning on Tues
ejav. May «4. >>j> 7, for inspection
and correc\
.. Dubroca,
e Parish of
Assessor
Charles
St.
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE*
SCHOO.*« BOARD
Parish of Sr. Charles
May ist. 1917
The St. C hades Parish School
Board met at the Court House
with the following members pres
ent: Messrs M. L. Guidry, Flavin
Keller, A, J. Schexnaydre and M.
G. Becnel; lisent Mr. L. J. De
lean
On motion of Mr Ke'ler second
ed Mr. Becnel, the minutes weie
ordered approved as read and wete
so approved
On motion of M r Keller seco 1 d
ed by Mr. Schexnaydre the follow
ing was offered and adopted
To the Honorable President*? nd
Members of the School Boaul for
the Parish of St Charles
Gentlemen :
I hand you h >ewith a pro
posal made by W. B. LeBourgeois
Esq., Atiorney at Law of New Or
Irans, La., to recover certain in
demnities due this Biaid, which
was lefet red to me bv your Hon
orable Body for my appioval
I hereby approve the same, and
suggest that a resolution be p .ssed
accepting the same, at
ing your President tu
LeBourgeois of the acceptance of
hi# proposition
Yours very truy,
L, Robert Rivarde
District Attorney
Twenty eighth ludicial 1 ).strict
Office of the
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Whereas, W. B. LeBourgeois,
Esq. , Attorney at I.aw of
New Orleans, La., has submitted
in writing, to this Board, an offer
to recover certain lands and indem i
nities due from various sources to j
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the State of Louisiana, as Trustee
of the School lands belonging t ,
and due to this Board ; and
Whereas said offer appears rea
sonable and advantageous to this
Board, and
Whereas, said offer has been ap
proved by the District Atiorney,
our legal advisor
Be it resolved, that the President
of this Board be ^authorized, and
he is hereby authorized to accep*
said proposition in writing, on be
half of the State of Louisiana, and
to spiead same on the minutes of
this Board, which shall have the
effect, and be a contract of employ
ment; and
Be it further resolved, that a cer
tiffed copy nf the said letter and
acceptance be handed tojriie said
W. B LeBourgeois, together with
a copy of this resoluiion. which
shall be his authority to represent
the Sta.e of Louisiana, as p r ovid
ed lor in Acts 158 of 1910 and 1*3
March 5, 1917
To the Honorable ^President and
Members of the School , Board for
the Parish of St. Charles
Gentlemen :
I apprehend that your School
Board is entitled to centain lands
and indemnities from the following
sources:
FirsJy; For sixteen sections
which have been improperly alien
ated, and should be returned to
the State
Secondly; Indemnity for sixteen
sections which have been taken up
by private claims, or which are
fractional, and consequently defi -
cient in area
Thirdly ; Sciip for all indemni
ties locatable on any lands belong
ing to the United .States, or to the
State of Louisiana'
Acts 158 of 1910 and 123 of 1912
empower the the School Boards of
ihe various parishes of this State
to employ counsel, and bring suits
•o recover sixteen sect. ont a or in
demnities therefor
I .espocifuily offer to under
t ake to recover any lands or indem
nities as aforesaid, due your Board
on the following terms
* I will do this work at m\r own
expense i or Twenty five per cent
ot what I recover, or its tqu.va
lent in scrip. In the case of the re
cove y of scrip, my percentage
will be 25 per cent ot the scrip re
covered, In the Case of land, my
zee will be 25 per cent of the land
recovered, or its equivalent in
:CI ip
1 agree to advance all costs o l 1
litigation, survey etc., it being un
der>tood that in the event of my
recovering property for your board
the actual c >sts incident to such
recovery will be refunded in the
following manner; In cash in the
case of monies recovered; in
scrip in the cases ot indemnities
recovered, and in land or scrip
where lands are recovered
In case I fail in my attempt to
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I ecovei any thing ol value, I shaii |
I your Boaul for any costs of survey
! or any expenses incurred by me of |
or dny ****■ ' 1
any nature whatsoever
In the event of securing a con
tract. I will proceed at once, as I
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have already looked up the lands ,
1 in tour parish, and it wid only be
! necessary for me to ascertain if
ny land or scrip has been credited
(continued »•' page eighty
1 -.u» n n resource or claim against !
have no resour, e or cla.m lst
NOTICE
Notice is hereby g ; ven that the
Finance Committee of Police Jury
of the Parish of St. Charles wi'l
i meet on every Saturday previous
j t |, e regular meeting to
,
approve
bills and any bills received latter
ihan that day will be laid over to
the next regular meeting
F. Schexnaydre,
Secretary.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
28th. Judicial District Court
Parish of St. Charles
No. 741
Prentice E. Edringtou, Jr.
vs
Mrs. Sarah Montz, Widow
Theodule Montz et als
Be it kown and remembered that un
der and by virtue of a certain order and
judgment rendered in the above entitled
and numbered cause by the Hon. 28th.
Judicial District Court in and the said
Parish of St. Charles and State afore
said on the the 25th. day of April 1917,
and to me directed, I will goffer for sale
at public auction to the last and highest
bidder for cash for not less than Twenty
five hundred dollars at the pritici paieront
door of the Court House of this Parislijon
SATURDAY the 9th. day of June 1917 at
11 o'clock A. M., the following describ
ed property to-wit
A certain tract of land together with all
the improvements thereon, rights ways
and privileges thereunto belonging or in
any wise appertaining, situated in the
Parish of St. Charles on the bank of tl e
Mississippi River about thirty-one miles
above the City of New Orleans,measuring
one arpent front on said rived runnning
back between converging side line which
meet at the depth of sixty arpents on
the line of the property formerly of B.J.
Kuhlman, which bounds the above des
cribed tract above, and is bounded below
by lands formerly of Mrs. Louis La
Branche
Except therefrom the following des
cribed tracts;
"A" A certain tract of land lying and
being in the Parish of St. Charles, State
of La., on the left £bank of the Mississ
ippi River, measuring 80 feet front at a
point 20 feet from the south side of the
right of way of the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley Railroad ,Company, west of St.
Rose Station and extending towards the
1
river at a distance of 80 feet by full
width of property above described, in the
r ear by a strip of land 20 feet in depth
recently sold by Mrs. Louis Winprenne
to the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Rail
road Company and 011 the upper side by
the property of R. Viola which property
sold forms part of a larger tract belong
ing to the Heirs of William Liuihan aod
his widow in community, Mrs. Virginia
Montz widow of William Liuihan andjthe
deceased wife of Louis Wiinprenne,
which measures one arpent front on the
Mississippi River by sixty arpents in
depth, converging to a point at the 60 ar
pent line, together with all the buildings
rights, ways, privileges and appurtenan
ce» theremito belonging
The owner of the front land reserves
the right to use a roar! 10 feet wide on
the upper line of said property for pas
sage to the rear of the property
j "R" A certain tract or parcel of land
1 lying ou the southerly Jside of and ad
joining the present one hundred foot
right of way of the Yazoo and Mississippi
Valley Railroad Company on the souther
ly side thereof, bounded and described as
follows viz;- beginning at a point where
the westerly line of vendor's land inter
sests the southerly line of the hundred
foot right of way of the Yazoo and Miss
issippi Valley Railroad Company, said
said point being two hundred and fifty
feet north from mile post 440 from Metn
phis, measured along the center line of
main track of said railroad fifty feet
southerly said center of track measured
at a right angle threreto, and running
St
| j) ar;i i] e i said southerly right of wav f e<
northerly along «aid west line (20) ft.
| P™ 1 . 0 * !^j nn } ng ' cr " ltainin « 5 J
1 nuudrentUs (.(b) of an acre,more or 1
j reserving to the vendor of said lot a pas
»age way for teams over and across said
lands from southwest to the nertheast
side thereof at the west end of the prop
erty, the exact location to be fixed by
, vendee or its agents, and said pas
a
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»age way not to exceed ten feet in width 1 s
and to extend uniformly I
Leon C. Vial,
Sheriff, Parish of St, Charles
Sheriff's Office Parisli of St. Charles,La.
^ril 10, 1917
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thence north easterly along said souther -1 ^
ly right of way line and one hundred and I
twelve ( 112 ) feet'to the east line 0 f I
grantor's land; thence southwesterly <
! ^ I,e one hundred and twelve (112) feet •
to the west line of tor . s land; thence
to
SALE OF FERRIES
Public notice is hereby giveen
that bv virtue of the authority vest
ed in me by Section roof the Po
lice Jury ordinances I will proceed
to sell at public auction at the front
door of the Court house of this
p arisli on Saturday Ma v 19th.
1717, at the hour of 12 o'cloch in.
to the highest and last bidder lur a
tei m of one vear from the 23th da)
of Mav 1917
The light and privilege or a fer
ry at each of the station named be
low
LOCATION OF Ferries.
Ferry No. 1. From the lo ver limit
of the Parish to Davis Plantation
right bank, and Modoc Plantation
left bank the ferry station to be
from the Zeringue store, right
bank, to the Rose Plantation left
bank
Ferry No. 2. From Davis plant
ation, right batik, to Ashton plant
ation right bank, the ferry station
10 be at the store of L. Gassen &
Bros, right bank to the Destrehan
plantation, left bank.
Feiry No. 3; F:om Ashton planta
tion right bank, to Flaggville right
bank, the ferry station to tie at
Flaggville right Dank to Ormond
plantation left back
Ferry No, 4 , F'rom F'aggville
right bank to Jacques Rousslle
rignt bank, the feriy station to be
at Hahnville right bank to Pros
pect plantation 'eft bank
Feriy No. j. From Jacques
Rouselle's plantation right bank,
to Killona plantation right bank,
the ferry station to be at the Star
plantation store right bank to the
village of Belletown left bank.
Terms and conditions. Cash on
the spot, in United States Cur
rency, the purchaser to comply
with all regulations of the Police
Jury.
F. Schexnaydre
Secretary Police Jury,
St Charles Parish, March 28, 1917
f e< J on sa,,le
and measuring One hundred & thirty six
feet front on the public road beginning at
a distance of three hundred and seventy
nine feet from the lower line of the
School House Yard by a depth of 236
feet between parallel Hues, together
with the dwelling hou-e and outbuild
ings thereon
_ Seized in the above .it to pay, and
1 s ^' s *- v pi" utff's dema . i
I Terms and conditins. . ish on the spot
STATF OF LOUISIANA
2Sth. Judicial District Court
Parish of St. Charles
No. 723
Jefferson Commercial & Savings Bank
vs
Mrs. Julia Jacob, Widow of Adam
Keller et als
By virtue cf a writ of seizure and sale
issued by the Hon. 28th. Judicial Dis
trict Court of the State of Louisiana, in
and for the Parish of St. Charles, in the
above entitled and nuniliered case bear
ing the date of April 2 ul. 1917, to me
directed, I shall proceed to sell at Public
Auction to the last and highest bidder at
the front door of the Court House on
Saturday the 19tli. day of May, 1917, at
11 o'clock A. M., the following describ
ed property, to-wit:
lst. A certain trace of land situated on
the left bank of the Mississippi River at
thirty-two miles above the City of New
Orleans, measuring six arpents front on
the said river, more or less, by a depth
of Forty (40) arpents, between closing
lines, according to original 'titles, which
tract is bounded above by property for
merly belonging to Francois Saulet and
below by property of Jules Keller, to
gether with all the buildings and im
provements, thereon or thereunto be
longing
Which said property is all of Sections
8 , 9, 10 and part of 11 in T. 12 S. R. 7
East, according to the United States Sur
veys
2nd. All that portion of ground, situa
ted in the rear of the first described
tract begining from the forty arpent
line and extending back to the line of
the La. Railway & Navigation Co.'s
tracks and being the . undivided two
thirds of Sections Fifteen and Sixteen
in Township 12 S. R. Seven East
EXCEPT: The following describ
ed tracts which were reserved
1st. A certain lot of ground fronting
part on the herein sold (mortgaged)
property measuring one hundred and
twenty five feet oil the public road and
beginning at a distance ot One hundred
and Ninety-one feet above the upper
-1 ^ lne P r °perty of Ju.es Keller,
I tunning up by a depth of -85 feet be
I tween parallel lines together with the
< dwrihng houseand outouildings situât -
• in< ^' ^ lot °/ 8 roun<î - forming part of
the property herein sold (mortgaged)
Leon C. Vial
Sheriff, Parish o; )t. Charles,
Sheriff'4 Office, ^Paris; />f Sf. Otaries,
April, Uth. 1917
500.00
3110.00
1.800.00
1.800.00
It was moved by Mr.*Delaune &
2nd.by M r . Dufrene. that the fol
lowi- g approximated tableauof the
expenses of the Parish of St. Char
les for the current year ending
June 30th 1917
Sheriff's fees in Criminal
cases $500.00
maintaining prisoners 2,500.00
District Attorney's fees
for convictions
Coroners salary,
Justices of the Peace
Constables
Grand, Petit and Coroner
jury 1,500.00
Secretary Police Jury, 600 00
Official Journal 600.00
President Board of Health,300.00
Assessor's Commision moo ou
Parish Treasurer
Clerk of Court
School Fund
Expenses Board of
Health for Infections ana
Contagious diseases
Road fund, 1
Maintenance of 2 Ben
Cadets at L. State Univer
sity,
Maintenance of 3 Ben ,
scholar at the State Nor
mal School
Syndics Salary
Sergeant at arms
Tax Collector Commis
sion
Salary for oiling wind
mill it washing tank 60.00
Road Supervisors 1,800.00
Election expenses 500.00
TOO. OO
2.50.OO
8,500.00
300.00
700.00
500.00
600 . OO
500,00
IOO OO
1,400 .OO
$,28310.00
I hereby certify that tlie above
Tableau was adopted by the Police
Jury at the meeting held on the 3
day of Aug. 1916
F. Schexnaydre
Secretary
Parisli of St, Charles Aug. 3, 1916
Notice
Hunting, trapping and trespassing
are hereby prohibited on proper
ties of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cadow
Sealed
Bids
Sealed bids will be recevedat the Par
ish Court House, Hahnville, Louisiana,
up to Saturday, May 26th., 1917, at 12
o'clock M., for the purchase of $70,000.
00 of 5 per cent, semi-annual interest
bearing coupon bonds of Road District
No. 2, Parish of St. Charles, State of
Louisiana. The bonds will be sold to the
highest responsible bidder
A certified check of 5 per cent of the
bid must accompany each préposai
The right is reserved to reject any and
all bids.
Board of Supervisors of Road District
No. 2, Parish of St. Charles-'
By Felicien Lorio, President
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to obUk».'. j »M*a*-* try A uiArk»
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Second Congressional District
Member of Congress H.G.linrc
Eighth Senatorial District
State Senator,
Judges I, E Fleur
District Attorney L.R.Riar
Parish ot St Charles.
Representative
Sheriff & Collector
Chief Deputy,
Deputy Sheriff
Clerk & Recorder,
Deputy Clerk
Coronet 1 > 1
T reasu ret
Assessor
Reg ist rar
Jri Krmick
L C. Vial
H. i b Keller
R. Madere
I.T. Baud, u>n'
C A c.ailiei
V, Lehmann
Wm, L ti ssa u
R,A Dubroca
I. T .Baudouin •
Cftieiai Journal, St. Charles licial''
Justices of the Peace.
L, L.
First Ward
Second Ward
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Fifth Ward
Constables
First Ward
Second Warn
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
Fifth Ward
Police Jury
President
Secretary
Sergeant at Arm»
First Ward
Second Waid
Third Ward
Fourth Waid
Fifth Ward
W. T. Patterson
A. L Mongiut
( ), K tiglcr
M. Trauih
F. O. W'-a\er
P Baudouin
Champagne
R. Montz
F., Polina
R. Weaver
F, Lorio
F. gcl exnaydie
F. Friloux
F. Lorio
J. L. Blouin
F. DeJaune
W. Dufrene
W,A. Eller
Meets ist Tuesday of evei vmontb
School Board.
President M. L. Guidry*
First Waul
M.G, Becnel
Second Ward
M. L. Guidry
T bird Waid.
F. Keller
Fourth Wardj
L, J. Dejean*
Fifth Ward
A.J .Schexnaydre '
J. B. Martin, Supt,
Lafourche Basin Levee BoaiCj
t resident E.G.Swari*
Secretary \ W. J. McCune
Members
A. Champagne, Edgard; F\ B.
Lemann, Donalsonville; George
Loi 10, Moberly ; R, C, Martin, Jr,
Albemarle; R. Rerez, Jesuits
Bend; E. G. Swarty. Burton; T.V
Tliaggard, Mcdonoghville; C
Vieriog, Gretna ; J. F, Wigginton,
Bowie The State Board of Engi
neers compose lire engineering de
parlmentand the State Tieasure*
is treasurer of the Bound
Régulai meeting oq second
Thursdays of January, A/.ril r
and October. Finance committee
meets first Monday of each mont
at New Orleans office.
Terms of Court
In '-rtf Parish of Jefferson_
Jury Sessions ist Monday h
April. 2nd Monday in October
Civil Sessions. 2nd Monday ii
May. and Monday in Novernbe
In the Parish of St. Charles—
Jury Sessions, and Monday
Mav. and .Monday in Novembei
.civil Sessions, ist Monday
February and Monday u> July
Parisli 01 St. Jona the B«.utist.—
Jury Sessions, ist Monday *
June and Monday *n December 4
civil Sessions ist Monday 1»
March 3rd Monday in July.
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416 «V. Fourth St
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2328 Aiinuncutio'' St
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