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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 Publishea at Hahnviue La Avery Saturday Oficiat Journal of the Parish êf St* Charles C. Triche Edit \jnms of Subscription 2.00 a year \ htlerea at the Postotfue at HahnvilF La., as secona états matter SATURDAY May 13 19*7 ST' ani'H' icstion* unmtml 11 l»tur tb»*> /Toiinesanv evening, will lay over until :b •«t'k rollnwlnj? jr ah communication« muat be written ob a «e »He of the paper. »j-Tne full name and addreef of the wrl 1 er must eccompany each roiemiinlratlnn or .0 publication, hut ara matter of «cod faith omimiMir.ittlotii) of oeraonai character BUI not he rac.ignized, on'ees from ie§pon llble artlee In euch cases a charge of t,stt a quart will be matte. O0- Ye we and mtereatlng loca Item« are re ■»eotfully solicited. M OUK ItKMIHKtt CAN HELP US f really,H, when wrltli.g to. or onyln« good« ron our advertisers, they will simply aay ey saw tneli cardslu tnu i>ar>er February 15, 1873 «Om» «-ntndvertUeuieutati peraquareOrat • •rvion Kbcii subaequcut Inaurtlon, fifty MCb •a cota in" tone year ... |l 00 . 0 (i 0 Oaa-iiAif eolninii one y«*r • - * 0.00 •■a quartercol'iinn one year • • **-00 Inal omrda one vent ... 10.00 Idyertleeiueiita unit «uoaeription« areool lectnhleliiVHiiHi.lv In ndvanoe 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 Svhv.ol 1 card of. tjje Paitsh uÇ S:, by to •o t on * ot :CI I d authonZ- I nntitv Ml ! or notify Wi • or 1 in ! 1 Charles 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 0 { 1 yi j 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 r j f 1 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 j .... , , , 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 _ »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 11 ed of 8 , in ed 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 a? i-n if nci zj to obUk».'. j »M*a*-* try A uiArk» (.r-w.i». f.u. o, all COUNTRIES '■.sines? di-tit ï. i: 1 i' m.l.yi ra 1 rs tint JK4S and t 'irU lie * lient. •blo t a«.-.' win—'v.at Pncttef izcluil «I7. WHc nr -0119 ' . ,-t '* Ct —* — n »tel*« ?«fe«£l Ottc«.' **SS|.ic,tüN, d c. a yo - & OFE 1 C 1 AI DIKEl ?< ô > 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. (JLLMAN and CO., •vaisKiEs 416 «V. Fourth St Cincinnati. 0 JOS. KANTZ 2328 Aiinuncutio'' St New Orleans Kepresep» itiv' • U. i !Ü. -.si?i iCri. •f.'ilUMIl.li *7 HAhNV'LLg. LA. M' r 0 ry tari«*'«**. OFRCIA!. JOURNAL mw mm PARINH UP ST. CHARLES. 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