Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-06-22
No. go

~ I Et'SN y PBiAkUH W viz n UEIg8 AnFF Di tHf
Parish for permission ~ gnfaneipats bic sDay
j Rachel aged about eighteen yearp, and il bay
/. Ii'g been passed by the requisite n0mbor o
+ tho Police Jury nj y successive meeljnos
u ~ therefore ordered that the petition Of tse
! said Oh. Tessior herein bc granted, and tbe
Folice Jury accord their Bsseflt ~ The snnnei
: patton OF The said slave ilaehel, according Il
law and after tho usual notices.
Resolved, That tho hands OF Mrs. MARY r
Ailfaon bo placed % the upper ond Of fosd
No. 7
Mr.. Devall offered tho following resolution
which WIS laid on ige table.
Resolved, That tho hands ofG. ~. Bel,vpoa.
w. ~ BakCr aud JaHfes Bmylio, BIZ placed Nh
Ionged.
Tho following resolution was adopted. Re-.
solved, That the hanss Of Mr.. Burnett be- ola.
cgdOn the lower end Of the Sandy Creek road
NO. 8, as also the two Mr.. Lizinbys, and that
Noah Scarborough and ulI tbs persons and
hands liable 10 perlurml road duiy above bis
House on the cast side Of Sandy Crock, az far
mp the same as The residence Of John Jones,
inclusive, be assigned To work on tho upper
end Of tho said Sandy Creek road No. o.
The following named pgrsOgis were apDoig.
Ted oFerssors Of road districts,
No. D Philip Gatjg, al Willis. s. VIM.
Pate, cast end, v Sbipiey, west ond, d IohU
browning, z Samuel UfesnweIl. 3 wv u Mont
geometry, upper end, John Bartell jr. lower end.
U Zdhartah Brown, lower end, Vim. Kellg4
upper end, ~ Dram Dewey, upper end, , -
Scudder, lower end, III John Cianeys east end,
J Y Paine, west end, ~ james Sullivan, III
Fri BropkH, IA Christopher Gayle, 15J Rob
Grson, II Joseph Sims, IL w II Valentine.
E8 Rnul X fSttF4s14g4~ Ggn FNm.9l 49,. Ew 49,
drew Cooper, 20 y Chambers, % n II burnett
III J II Boatner, % Philip Carpenter, IN Hsn,.
ry busk, ~ Thomas Kent, ~ Richard OdDFe.
40 Samuel Faulkner, 81 Thomas DeyalL Sg
Joshua Kennard, 80 WIN. l. DIXON, VIM
Noble, upper cnd rail roBd, G. d White. mid.
die DO do. Oran HaCkct, lower end.
The following resolution was adopted. Re-
solved, That tho sum Of two hundred doIlgrs.
DO appropriated be q contribution towards IN.
construction Of q bridge over The Baton Hona9
bayou near It's junction ulth tho Misaisaip5i.
tie said bridge 10 be- If sufficient Length ~
span the said Bayou at It's highest water mark
eighteen fect wide and twenty five feet bjrb
~ the centre, 10 be made Of nood Cypress tin.
Der, the main sIeepors TO be Ten BY eighteen
Inches thick and the rest Of the bridge In pro.
portion, said bridge 10 be- protected by ssfet
railing Oh The sides, and be it further resoIved.
hat the above appropriation he not paid over.
infIl the said bridge shall have been e~onsple-
gu and received by commissioners appotnted
BY tie Police Jury, who by written certificate
snail certify tho same 10 the Police 1urv.
NessTs. w u Scott, Anthony Monpet and
3eorge Griffith. we're appointed commissioner
or said Bridge.
The Police Jury adjourned 70 rness Al
'eIock this afternoon.
WEDNESDAY AYTgRN0oH-The Police Iuyv
net pursuant 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
anne members,
The Police Jury having been called 10 Or
the following resolutions were passed,
Resolved, That oil the inhabitants Of thsg
ection OF the parish living on the Mississippi
iycr, between The upper line Of Mr. CoRFadns
lantation and the Bayou Manchae shall be-
eIhd TO clear out, and exeevate the NORM.
rain lying behind their respective ~plaufaionws
20 the Bayou Fountain. said drain to-
otDfDouly Known no bayou Carp or Fish b.
That the said excavations snail befw0iyr
,et wide with a sufficient depth to make the
'ater flow freely, and that all timber, and 9TH
: distractions shall be constantly kept clear
D., and removed from the said channel By che
roprietor Of the plantation in front. That IL
ny person throw a bridge over said channel
BttA w ~ %1lIGhk aSkEN dS bDk I'd 9IIDEHE THE
ltne and leave b space the whole Width Of
% said channel for the flow Of HE wsssv.
hat any person CONVICTED Of having violated
'e foregoing regulations, shall for each Of
nee be fined In a sUm not exceeding GaV
recoverable before any Justice 81 vhs
sace at the suit Of and for the use o. the.
arish. That IL shall be the duty IS Fkas
'erseer Of roads and inspectors Of leyeess
ID visit the aforesaid canal in the way as he
,es the leyee and enforce the foregoing
and If necessary to bFiBg stsjtg
I the enforcement of fines.
Resolved, That the hands OF W. ID. Adkin-
n be placed on the railroad, on the district.
1fn Baritone old field to the parish line, and
the hands of II w Newport on the road
No. Ill, and the resolution authorship
9 removal Of said hands from district No. III
repealed.
Resolved, That the hands of Thomas Shell
re be placed TO work on road No ~.
Resolved, That road district No. III be 50
as to make Redwood Bridge the diyl.
lg line Of said road and the hands belonging
ends, Of said be- compelled 10 keeps aEd
lge in repair jointly, and the hands d Geo.
CLANCY, William Tucker, ID McCaBtee.JE
and X w Newport, and aDy other
ids not otherwise appropriated living ssad
be placed on the east end, and John
IaDey be appointed CveYsqeT, and that the
nds Of John g Pain, George e Pain, GeOyge
vens, w. SoweIl, Mrs. Ranef and BgEtOn
! Mrs. Corcoran be placed on the west end
John G Pain appointed o~geKseeT.
Resolved, That a committee Of two be sp-
to examine and receive the old Span
records which have been bound BY Mr.
A. Pike, in accordance with the diree.
rs of the Police Jury. Messrs. James Alley
] Samuel Sheffield were appointed on said
hr. Morgan offered the following resolution
ieh passed. Resolved, That a committee
.hFee be appointed by the Police Jury 10 ad.
tise and contract for the repairs which az O.
;essaFy to be done ON the Conn Hor q
'ssrs. Mongets. Garig and Alley werr :
nted on subcommittee.
Resolved, That the collector be, q.
,sby requested to furnish the 2 40 ps g
h a list Of the Pedlars and Hawl oiee yuIy
hin the limits Of this parish Aess
ne appears by the payment fsole as the
amount paid BY them for . faxes. alaa
Resolved, That the hand, e Z last year.
placed on the Springfs ffReg. mr.. Eruss
Fhe following naGsed d road
Commissioners of r.ersoRs were appofn.
Rouge pr AectiOns.
Reid, James c. .cinct-5udge Tester
'lains Precinc' 0Per.
aney, j. 4. Geo. P. Lilley, Geo. z.
James { oo.ne.-JF Mecca. Elihu HOOD.
ron r i P1eelncto-John Foreman, wm
s%sraSors persons we're appointed adj