Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-06-12

y '"s S@sESt3t va Sus0 ScaSf ohe -
upon the subject.
Resolved. That o committee be appoint
ed 10 eXafnine the books of the treas irer,
and 10 report thereon at the next meeting
Of the police jury ; the following persons
We're nominated said committee: j. b.
Labauye. james A.. L,baiiI, R,samond
Hsbert. +
Resolved, That a committee be appoint.
ed to contract with tie editor e the Ga
zette of East BatonaRouge, for printing the
proceedings of this body. Committee, j.
A. Lob I'LL, Theo. Allan, and Rosemond
Hebert.
Resolved, That the administrators of
the Poydras legacy be named; P. La6ton,
WIN. Joyce, James McAlop, WIT. HILBERT,
and V. Dubroca were appointed.
Resolved, That Noland Stewart be APP
pointed administrator Of public schools as
assistant Of Mr.. NJ. Courtney.
Resolved, That the petition signed by a
large number of planters, relative to the
fences in arrear of the levee be taken into
consideration.
Resolved, That every land proprietor in
this parish, shall have the right to make a
fence in front of his plantation. betwee,
the public road and the river provided,
however, the said proprietor leave a gate
way at the end of every five arpents along
the whole extent of his land; it being I'm.
derstood, also, that he leave a gateway at
each extremity Of the front line of his land.
Propr etors who have less than FIVE arpents
Fl MT. shall be required to have but one
gate in the middl" of their land; but of
those above mentioned, who should open
a road 90 feet wide on the margin of the
river. shall be- exempted from furnishing
he said gate-ways.
The treasurer of the funds willed by tn
late Julien povdras. having submitted his
report whereby there remains TO divide
among the inl gent famale chil1ren of this
parish the sum of S289s 65, said report
WIS adopted.
o, motion, the meeting adjourned until
Tomorrow at nine O'Clock, A. M.
June 8. 1871.
The same members in attendance as
Yesterday; WIN. Joyce, President.
The foil wing report was presented by
the committee, and signed:
The committee to which were referred
III. petitions of Mary Klein, Telcidc He
bert, Martha Collins Arthemise Daigle,
Se'vina Tuillier report, that after an ex-
animation of said petitions, they are satis-
fed that tn, first mentioned three have an
equitable right to participate in the Pow.
!ras legacy and that the two last men,
are not now residents Of this parish:
and that. after a faithful examination of
he last will and testament of the late
Julien Povdras, ard of the law, thew
ough not to in crit any portion Of said
~. COURTNEY, Chairman
J.. B. LaRsUvE.
EUGENE HEBEnT.
Resolved, That the above report be
aJopted.
Resolved, That provision be made for
the distribution of the funds of the Pow
'ras Legacy, an That regard he had to the
or less degree of indigence of the
applicants for participate n therein, accord
.ng 10 the law.
Resolved That the applicants, Misses
Mary Klein, Telcide HILBERT, Martha Col
ms, be admitted 10 participate in the bene-
its of the Poydras legacy after the follow
ng manner:
Mary Klein, 1888 81 3 8
Telcide Hilbert, : $50 81 %
NJ .rtha Collins, : 96G 81 %
Resolved, That the account of three
'ollars presented by ierre Dabanceas, be
Flowed, andt at the treasurer be permitted
o pay the same on the order of the presi-
lent.
Resolved, That the police jury, while in
fix the dimensions Of a fra proof
,ffice for the clerk Of this parish, conform
bly, to the law approved the sth of March
asst.
Afer full dcliberation, it was unani-
nously agreed that the building should be !
feet long between the walls, !.
wenty feet wide. and eleven feet from the
DOR 10 the ceiling; divided by a brick +
,all one foot thick, so as to leave an ap-
artment twenty by twenty feet large, i
nd another twenty by sixteen feet for the 4
Jerk of the dis riot court, with a double [
placed in the centrs Of the par 0
ton wall. The roof in zinc the wall :
iastered, the floor raised one foot on two
.yers Of brick Gem nted according the T
irections of the lasp ctor. who shall be a
ereaf,er named; The whole bling male
, the satisfaction Of NJ ssrs. V. Lab anc, d
ames McAIop Nolaad Stewart and V. y
'lbroca, who are authorised to contract
18th one or more persons for said object. "
.eso!yed, further, that said building shall
. erected on the parish lands and that the
commissioners above named make a re-
ort al the next ass -snbly of this body, in r
r next; it bang understood, also, I
full latitude be accorded them as to
lie cos and other conditions of the con.
they may make to this effect. The
sterior walls shall be two feet thl k up b
tn floor and from thence sixteen inch h
up to the ceiling and roof; the whole h
iyable il the following IN nner: One Il
lir. when the build ,g sha BE- half done. ?
nd The bl'aace when it shall be completed. L
R:sdveI, that the clerk inform the per- \,
ms below of their nomination as assessors ri
r the current year, viz: J. B. Labauve, al
!. Berg srol and WIT. Hobart. ty
Resolved, that h reafter the president
the Police Jury be required to sign all Pr
ats on the p IRISH, and that the Treasurer To
authorised to pay all orders so signed a.
at Thu. resolution shall be the only one n
force from this day, and that all resolu- IN
ons anterior making it the duty of the BIZ
irish Ju g to sign such drafts, Be and
e hereby re, sealed. nj
Whereas, the Grand Jury has presented tie
this body, the necessity of providing