Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-09-16


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REGULAR MEETING
" lie Police Jury ef The Parish If East 81
Ton Rouge.
: MONDAY, 4ib Sept. tads.
The p'9life Jury Of the fhfieh Of East Bato
Rouge assembled this day In tdntorniit
!. Present. Ward No. I. Anthony Menget; .
! JANUS Alleys D. Y u Rhodes , 3, John Do
gan O, J u K~leiupelef 4. Joseph Hoard
, q 7 Conrad 10, VIM fIawss II, q Nor
gab IL, u II Penny.
VIZ HAwes, President,
SAITH skolhhld, Clerk.
OraI, Hachat, Constable.
The Police Jury WIS called to order ana
Tie proceedings NJ last session raad.
Oh motion, Msssrs. Conrad, Penny shd Al.
lain wefs excused FIR tiufis attendance ui the
last day Of last session.
Resolved, That In future no member Hf The
Police Jury shall be fined in u sutn eseeedins
thirty d,llars for zach offence Of noilattsn.
dance.
Msssra Conrad and ptiiiy veto abbbintbd
4 committee ~ examine The account Of DfHn
Hatlet. Parish Collector aud Treasurer, and
report on The Hanlns
Resolved, Tia, Mrs. Jane Alien, lie placed
on The list Of paDpefa in The "a class, and thai
her tine date from Tho lst u July last. 1919.
the falite Jury adioafned 10 meet at 3
t'cloch this afternoon.
Monday afteft1eop.
The folite jury met pursuant to adjourn.
tnnht.
Present, The SAINT hienbefs ~ this NOR.
ming except Mr. Eleippetof.
Ranger.
oesolsod, That from abd after Tho paezape
Of this RESOLUTION, the Parish jaiiof Hitall be NJ.
lowed 10 eh6fge twenty-five cents per day for
keeping and feeding zach slave cdnfirgd IN
jail rs n runaway, AZ laws to the contrary are.
hereby repealed.
Resolved, That the West end Of road district
No. 8 be extended Itaai 10 The b mile post, and
That The hands on said road work The same tn
Tho said tito mile post.
Mr. William Martin laid before The Police
jury I'M account amounting 10 sjxty.eae dol
lars for services rendered by bin aa y guard
IN the eolored convict service while etnt,lnysd
on The Baton Rouge and Clinton Rail Road,
which recount was examined l,y lfie p,)jee
jury and rejected, believing ibai The parisb
was not liable for tho payment Of those nc.
counts.
Mr.. Heard was excused attendance This
evening.
an account IN favor Of Justice MeIIugb, hH
constable and several witnesses was examined
aud registered.
~. oran Dewey'a patitief for opening n
pubic road from his haileo 10 The Haton
Rouge ,'nd Tlains road, 10 i~nteraeel lie latter
at tho 9 nile post was read and granted and
INC Following commissioners appointed 10 Law
out The H9ne, Mbstin Holden. Sylvester Das |
viz. a & Russ, Elias Russ, o G Va11suinr.I
ham aud Jacob krhflholt.
Resolved, That James Cdebtr, ftsdt. be a,,.
thorlAed To soil certain irons, or Inp chains be-.
longing 10 tho parish and pay The proceeds III
The Parish Treasury.
Inc Jury thon adjourned to meet nj o
o'clock To morrow morning.
TUESDAY morning, 9th ssett 1919.
The Police Jury mot pursuant ID adjourn.
mont,
Present. Ward No. 4, Monget ., .Jae,
Allay ), I u Rhodes 8, John Began g., ]
u klelnpeter 7, Joseph Heard Il, + b rpn.
rad; 10, VIM Hawes Ill, Il Morgan IL. y
II Penny.
Tho Police Jury was called to order and The
of yesterday read.
The petition Of Charles y %1,onney and
Thompson w Bird. executors Of The eafate az
l}edfgt langley deceased, late of this pariab.
Ior tho emancipation Of the following slaves
belottging 10 said estate, 10 wit
Comfort hgea tblrty-threa years, Nancy
.hirty-threr yeafS, Katy twen'y.one years,
Henry eighteen yenrs, Eleanor twelve years
md james s(aon Of Katy two years, was read
he first time, aid paaaed% by tho requisite
of the Police Jury.
A petition from Abraham Bird for tho e.nan. :
'ipation Of his slaves, Kitty or Kate. nged tltir.
y-soven veafs. and herawo children, Adowih
nd William was read and rejected.
The following handa were placed On stle
'aton Ronge and Clinton Rail Isead, l. g
Is White. n w Brashier#, John Bra.
hiers, William Kitchens, David MeCanta and
'oIlard Harrison, and Green 4; White ap.
olnted orcrsetr 81 tho upper end Of enid road.I
Resolved, That Green Il White, = w Bra.
hlera, John Braahiera. William Kitchens, 4
)avid McCanle and Pollard Harrison, be ex. :
mpt from the payment Of any fine thai may I
o imposed on them for refusing to work on
district No. 81. I
An actountsin favor Of Jane M Elan, E4d.
fifty dollara, was allowed him for his OBI. I
ion in writing IA to the power of The Parish
'ollee'orito enforce the payment o~fpafish l
lxes nnGer eS visiting lawa.
satnucl Skolfeh Clerk Of the Police jury
'as allowed ten dollars FOR stationerysfurnial-
d the Police Jury from January 1871, to the 7
resent session.
Mrs. l. Brown, a destitute person war al =.
wed twelve do!lars for ahor present relief =
nd support. :
The committee appointed to supefintend y
10 workaby the State hands on the Baton
ouge and Clinton Rail Road, made the fol. y
wing report which was adopted. =
Baton Rouge, 18th Sept. 1912.
To the Hon. the President and members Of b
lc Police Jury, the undersigned committee
'pointed by your Hon. body last June session
snperlntend the State ~convicts and furnish b
and transportation while employed
/ the Baton Rouge and Clinton Raj Road,
leave to report that on The 18th of June
st, the said conVicts commenced operations.
Id cont lnued until the 9TH Of August last. Il
this period the expenses amounted as j.,
y
II Knox, for provisions, for con- y
victs and guards, $ls1 SO +
red. Arbo'tr and Others for lumber t.