Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-06-15

/ EEBtIifllHE AAEH- 9EAAGE IH141IIT #AAA EHENNA Ast
William kelly'B on the Liberty koad-1'hat
James u, Leo, Daniel Lewis ard John Oai1tt
be, and they tlfe hereby appointed commits
sioaer, for the purpose OF contracting fer and
experimenting the rebuilding Of said Bridge
and 10 draw on the Treasurer for the hntuFnt
WHEN the work shall be complete and received,
provided that II a greater sum shall be neceBs
safy for said work, the same shall be raised
BY The inhabitants Interested In the use of said
Ilfidge.
Doctor Houterre's account for si4,00 for n
poBtmoftem examination Of a dead lnfant
supposed 10 have been murdered. was allow
al, and another account Of 1000 Ia favor Of
the sam for examining the body Of Candido
Rebdon was laid over Gil next session.
Mr.. John II. Dafroeq, was duly elected Par
ish Printer for one year from the %istinsty with
Il salary Of Fifty dollars.
The Police jury adjourned 10 meet ut .
in the afternoon.
1pHspAF AFTERNOON.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjourn
ment.-Present--the same membsfs as this
morning.
TN Motion. Resolved, That Anthony Mon
| get, innr. Big appointed 70 Castrate oil stud
horses found running At large In wards No. |
aud 9. and Joseph Radefigues for tho same
pufpose in wards Mo-. z and ..
Resolved, That hereafter all Btfays taken
mp III this Parish, shall be advertised three,
instead Of six months, and then sold.
a iiet Of suits in tho District and Parish
Courts subject TO Jury tar was received from
the Clofk Of said Courts amounting to $780,.
90, said list embraces the suits instituted from
the first of January 1913, 10 the first OF janu-
afY 1874.
The finance committee made the following
report on Jailuf'B account which was adopted.
The undersigned finance committee to
whom was referred The account Of m. Benz,
| bryan, iailaf, and accompanying documents,
amounting to the sum Of tbittyslye dollars
and twenty-five cents, beg leave to report,
that they have had the same Under o&atnina.
ton, aud find the same 10 correspond with the
accompanying voucher properly authentiea.
ted, and the law tn such ease Hade and proVi.
ded, and recommend It's allowance.
y Tt = tso D. b''' Committee.
The following resolution In relation to the
Bridge on MnntcEauu Bayou was offered and
adopted. Resolved, That the STUN oftwo hum
bred and twenty seven dollars be paid 10 the
MeeBrs, A. G. Russ and r.. Russ, IN full for
the Bridge over the MUntosano Bayou, upon
tho condition That they enter INTO an obliga.
ton with good security in tho sum Of 1890,
that the parish will never be called on by tho
nbligorB, or any other person Or persons for
any further sum for and on account Of said
Bridge, and said security shall be 10 tho salts.
faction Of tho President Of tho Police jury.
A petition from tho Hon ChaB. Tesetgf re-
q]uhBting permission to umaneipate bis Slave,
Rachel was road The first time, and passed by
the requisite number Of tho Police jury.
Resolved, That road No. ~, be continued
from n l]laroIa0n on the limo between Doct.
Taylor aud II. II. Burnett, TO the Ferry Oh the
Manehae.
Resolved, That, that part OF road Mo-. %,
from the Maifhnc road to Samuel ], i. Webbs
be hereafter known aB road district No. 90,
and the hands living on said road TO work tho
same commencing at the Monehae road.
Resolved, That the lower end Of road dis.
tFiCt No. 10, be extended from MonteBan0 Ba-
you to the land dividing the Plantations of
james McCalop and Doctor Scott, and that
tho hands Of Doctor Scott be placed on tho
lower end Of said road district.
Tho Police Jury adjourned TO meet at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning.
WEDNESDAY MoRNtse, 9th June, 1874.
The Police Jury met pursuant to adjourn.
Notwithstanding Same momborB as yea,
torday.
The Jury having boon called to order, tho
minutes Of yesterdays proceedings were read.
Mr.. Lea thon offered the following resolu-
ton which was lost. Resolved, That the
hands now assigned to work the new road lend.
ing from William Kelly's on Sandy Creek to
George G. Chanoy'B on the C0mite river, be,
and tho same are hereby withdrawn, from said
road in accordance with the petition of most
Of tho inhabitants interested, on file, and that
tho hands Of James Cooper ard the persons
ltnblg TO road duty living ut his house, and
above, on or near Sandy Creek, with Mr., Jones
living on the East side Of said creek, be and
they are hereby placed on the main Sandy
Creek road, and TO work on the upper end
from Fosters place, and that all such hands
living south and below the said Coopor's to
the lands of Mr.. Bartell on the east side OF
Sandy Creek work on the town end Of the
said main Sandy Creek road from Fosters
place to the forks near BarteIl's.
On motion, the petition of lion. Oh. T'essier
for tho emancipation Of his slave Rachel was
read a second time and passed by tho proper
number Of the Police Jury, upon which the
following preamble and order was adopted,
Whereas, the Hon, Charles T'essier has APP
piled by petition to the Police Jury Of this
Parishafo permission to omancipate his slave
Rachel aged about eighteen years, and it hav-
ing been passed by the requisite number Of
the Police Jury at two successive meetings.
II is therefore ordered that The petition Of the
said Oh. Tester herein be granted, and the
Police Jury accord their assent to the emanci-
patton of the said slave Rachel, according to
law and after the usual notices.
Resolved, That the hands of Mrs. Mary r..
Allison be placed on the upper end of road
No. 7
Mr.. Devall offered the followin q resolution
which was laid on the table.
Resolved, That the hands ofG. +. Behrnes,
w. D. Baker aud James SmyIie, be placed on
the Springfield road where they formerly be.
longed.
The following resolution was adopted. Re
solved, That the hands Of Mr.. Burnett be pla-
ced on the lower end of the Sandy Creek road
No. Q, as also the two Mr.. Liziubys, and that
Noah Scarborough and all the persons and
hands liable to perform road deity above his
House on the east side Of Sandy Creek, as far
up the same as the residence Of John Jones'
inclusive, be assigned to work on the upper
end Of the said Sandy Creek road No. g..
The following named persons were appoin.
ted overseers Of road districts.
No. 3 Philip Gatig, d s Willis,5 VIM.
Pate, east end, S Shipley, west end, 6 John
Browning, 7 Samuel Greenwich, 8 w Mont
gotnery, upper end, John BarteIl ir. lower end,
o Zahariah Brown, lower end, YIN. Kelly,
upper end, 10 Gran Dewey, upper end, ] b
Seudder, lower end, II john Chaney, east end,
J G Paine, west end, II James Sullivan, I3
Fri Brooks, Ia Christopher Gayle, Is ] Rob-
erson, II Joseph Sims, IS w II Valentine,
10 Paul Kleiupeter, 20 David Young, 81 An.
drew Cooper, % Chambers, % r II Burnett,
"a ] II Boatner, % Philip Carpenter, 26 Hen
ry Lusk, 81 Thomas Kent, y Richard Odom,