Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-01-13

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submitted At aeadionrned meeting.
The following committee was appointed:
= II Shipley. A Adams, B Bryan, w Havss
and Jas, 81 Brunnt.
Rraoiged, That this meeting adjourn n meet
on Tuesday tho 1trf i1Bt5 1t f2 o'elocf
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p. TG6MGai President
JouS r. DUfhocqs Secretary
THJRsDAY, Jan II, 1914,
Tie meeting met pursuant to adjournment
Gen. Thomas being db8cnE p 4 Walker, ESQ.,
was called to the chair.
Tie committee appointed Il make a report
! On said subjecf, presented The folIowiBgs
through s Fl Shipiey, their Ch5iftnan.
Whereas-The principle that the greatest
I good Of The greatest ntff1ber ehohld ever be-
regarded az Of paramount Importance JIM the
location AZ we'll az the institution ofalf puhliB
Offires, and whereas the Office 6f the Survey
Or General for the State Of f0uisians; whsn
located al DohaldsBnyiIit vac a violation Of
this principle; and was attended with embar-
assmeats, difficulties and expense to the
great mass Of he population Of this STATE
when compared win ne DrE8Gnt location, and
whereas tie good people Of DoualdsonviIlS
and us viciuiIY who we're alone particularly
benefited by the location ofthe of7cs thers,
constitute but 4 small proportion of tie good
/ people Of this State. Therefore be il.
Rcsoired, That regarding the interests of
the citizens OF Louisiana GENERALLY, we hearth
" approve Of the at which removed the Of
fee Of tie Surveyor General from Donaldsosi@
vile to Baton Rofg8; and for fTe reasons Of
tins our preference we would refer aIl i1seg-
e8fed to the following facts and argunSenfa2
many Of which we have collected from fast
public ~dncument8 amt records of tie Office
tseIG, and which, We lIinR are clemsIy sHfgi.
cleut to demonstrate 70 any candm nind. tbs
D~ropriety Of the recent removal.
In Ii der Ia exhibit more clearly tbs hsne-
fis derived by the great mass Of the people 81
| louisiana by the REMOVAL we have divided
the State into two sections and hate cbacs.
ied in favor of Donaldsen7iiIe Its forf1er loca.
ton, the whole Of OpeFousas and Attakapass
although tie facilities for reaching Bafsn
Rouge fom these sections are greater than TT
r~eaclfEag DonaldsoHvilIe bg means of the AtJ
chafalaya which is no@ fully opened IT aff
seasons 0fthe year for navigafioH-We hays
also concededsto DoualdsoHviIle all hat por@
ton Of the State lying South ofthe Bayon
Plaquemine upon tie Mississippi RIVER also
Lafourcte and an that part Of the cbbuntry Of
which the Bafoti ~F'laruemiue Is the outlet
and South Of lhe Gulf Of Mexico and West To-
the Sabine.
To most Of fhe above narusd sections gafob
Rouge may be considered quite as easy If
access an DoHaIdsnnviile by meansof the T3a-
yon Plaquemjne and the AfchafafaYa. Tha
other division We haFs assumed in favor nf
Baton Rouge comprising All these parts Of the
country lying North OF The Bayou PIaquerains
with the whole Of The country lying uposs
Red Riser and if5 numerous tributaries, as
also that upon the Mississippi River and tbs
whole Of the Greensburg District.
By a careful examination Of the records Of
the SURVEYOR Generals Office which are II dpsn
for the inspection Of any individual, of which
prlviledge this committee have availed them
selves, the following results have been OBJ
tanned, in regard TO Che general business Of
the Office under the two divisions which wa
have made
LIST The number of actual calls At the Of
flee Of the Surveyor General, by persons M
public business, for the last two years ending
in luiy-We have found to be five hundred
and forty fuur.---Fton the fat division uarngd.
South 81 the Bayou PIaquemine there we're
one hundred and wo-an from the ID d-
vision North If the Bayou Plaquemine thera
were Four hundred and fortY-two, being 4
Inference in favor of it's present location OF
Three hundred and forty--or more than fofar4
fifths,
I'd. The number CT the Deputy Surveyors
who are at present employed ID the Survey
Of Public Lands and private claims in the two
divisions named are thirty nine. of which but
fourteen are employed in the LIST division
South Of the Bayou Plaquemine, and twenty
five IN the other ~diFisioH, North of the Bayou
Plaquemine, a difference in favor Of Baton
Rouge Of nearly one haif-showing exclusive
~ that tie great PROPORTION or at least I'D IF
the actual business transacted with the Sur
veyor Generals Office, is from that part Of the
State benetitsed by the removal-for we con.
celve that the personal calls at the Office cur
stitute a fair criterion BY which to Judge tsa'
advantages cir disadvantages Of location whiiss
the number Of Deputies in the different seg-
tI0ns employed in surveys-show wh&re madR
Of the public lauds lie, and where most Of fhS
Surveyors business is performed.
In addition to the foregoing reasons, iustieSF
to the citizens of the Greensbure district "A.
qIired that the Surveyor Generals Office
should be lorated within il, for the purpose IT
correcting the surveys, which have been most
u constructed, and have remained ~sgronenus
for many years much to their INJURY
TO those who have been obliged to visit eAS
Surveyor Generals Office frequently al Don
ald5onphIe from this and other parts Of TIE
State i viii be entirely unnecessary for d.
to speak Of its inconmGdious landing whieR
all steamboats, avoid il possible, We hoWsveF
feel it to be a matter uf public interest, am
therefore allude TO the fact as one far hohhl
possessing any recommendation in favor n
is being a proper locality for any public or
nce-whIeh should be at a point easy d. a
so W@4A
bib in this respect, we are Inclined to
few if any, will question.
This COMMITTEES deem it their duty m
messing the hearty annrnraI nf he n.tsaana e