Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-09-16

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" " {. ]. q. El4inpetefs " y II Burgess.
Win. Hubs, Clerk. Il. klhnat Constable.
The president If the P,1ire t1fy being alb
sent, w. ~ Les. WIS tallaJ to the Chair tru
tempofe, and called the naetfng 10 order, and
The Jury proceeded to business.
a notification (signed by 4. g.. Heron Esq,
Attorney # 10 ues MtC8l6pD i1rtt1iine tic
Police Jury through it, ptesiisbt II the trat 8
fer If the il Ignient Of wilkins VS.. Parish Of
| East titt. ii Hotge. since the III July last
ngtS) wHs presented.
The following fesDIuti III was proposr0, and
adopted
Resolved That Massrs Joseph = Chapman,
tae II Hit. and Alexander Fridge bp, and
they are hereby appoiDted Commissioners 10
let out the contract for & lasfftCtiup the bridge
across CYPRESS HaYotbn Tho road laalint from
Baton Rouge tn Clinton. to sunet ntpnd HE
construction and when lie contract is oUrn.
p1ypd with to givn u certificate Of tin same,
anl 81 vtffant shall ln draa ii for The n0tiht:
nbt to exc ed u re hundred dollars.
The foIEIwln4 resolution was proposed and
adopted.
Resolved That Tho president If tts Police
Jury. appoint a committee Of three persons f.
examine Tie s%ittliliyn If the btilae across
Nfh,iesart, FityGn and report At the tftshnt
session Of tho Police du'yt the necessary re-
mfrs that will be required on the Sums and
The problhle c,st II lie sarue aud tiat the
t1atE notify fhe O. itttnissirftpfs u tlnir Hppdfnt-
rnent. The f. low tiu commissioners were mp
poiuled in compliance with the aboya tesoz
luton. Messf= Il. RI g, VIII. EsteW and i.
Hag, =.. "t.
An account Of u. DtYan Tailor. was pre-
scented and refnrrpd to the ]fuao8e e%tGn1ni lep.
The Jury Then b1joirtHd until q G'tlJck r. II.
Mooney EvEFtNu
The Police Jury mist agresaLly to adj urn
mnn' present lie 81 ne rnrif rers Is IN tho
morning. The president pf6 tam called The
meeting 10 order u.
W.D. Lee, presented a resolution for a1
appF,priai On II 1fe bundled 4 liars Tor makz
ifT rnid IL 4 mite Bfl1ga 10 OMaiyf -.
Roberts. whiol under the rules, was laid over
one day
The Fin nee t5fd nittah MAIDS 4 report favo-
talte 20 the ]afeoDnt Of H. H. y;tn Jaiinf Tor
thirty tw9 dollars with resHiH ion making ap
pfopriatipn # said amount, Which resolution
tnhhf the rules was hid over me day.
tld m tion the Jury then proceeded IN the
election Of Jail Physician Tor the ensuing year.
and Oh counting The vo' IS II was t0in that
D.. W. u, Word lah fusaiged fhe pseafezt
number Of vi Ga and vas DECLARED e'eeted
The .f0llovi ing resolution was presented and
adopted
Resolved Tint M. q IIatket member
Gle t from watd No. 2 II this Parish his
absanied himself two session., sfteW cause
why he shduld not he fined FIR non tilend noes
Mr., q. lEaeket bagitu mlde his excuse.
The said excuse vas accepted.
The jury then proceeded 10 The election
: ut Clerk, and oil counting the votes II was
found that VIM. Itubbs and j. II. Dufr0ed,
bad received I'D equal number, neither was
elected. On motion the election was post.
ponrd until Tomorrow.
The Jury then proceeded 70 The election
of Parish Auditor for The ensuing year and
on counting The votes it was found that r.
4. Il. Hatch bad received the greatest
number and was declared elected.
The Jury then ptotgeded 70 The election
Of Parish Ranger for the ebsHiht year and
on counting the votes 1t was found that II.
l.. Wolfe had received the greatest hum
bar, and was declared duly elected.
The Jury then proceeded to the election
Of ConstHbIg to their body, and Mr. II.
kinuer was unanimously elected.
The Jury then adIoutned uhtilto morrow
Ut 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
TUESDAY MoHN1Na Sept. 9Th, 1s4s.
The Police Jury met agreeable TO ad
Ibtirnment Present the slime members rs
on yesterday with the addition Of Thomas
DeyaIl (President) fom ward No 5. The
Jury was called 10 order by the President,
and proceeded to business.
A report was made Ivy the committee
appointed to examine the bridge acfoss
Montesano Bayou, and on motion was laid
on the table. .
A report was made by Jas. s. Rhodes
overseer OF road district No, - 10 REFER
ence TO bridge across Whites Bayou, md
adopted, and the following resolution in
reference thereto adopted.
Resolved That the sum ofonc hundred
and forty dollars be, and the same Is hers
by appointed for the purpose Of erecting n
bridge over Whites Bayou, on the road
leading from Baton Rouge 10 Clinton 10
road district No IS. And that VIM Noble,
DIR. w. II. Atkinson and BENZ. Allen be
appointed commissioners TO let out the
building Of said bridge, TO the lowest bid
der, the an cunt not TO exceed one hundred
and forty dollars and the SANE Commits.
]sioners are instructed 10 place the new
bridge in the same place a. the former one.
And the Clerk VI the Police Jury is ins-
tructed to notify the Comm,ss Oncrs as
soon as possible ofthcir appointment.
rT4Isz aa-.= Il u d.. I..1.- e. tbsstt,
two dollars was presented, and allowed.
/ he following resolution was proposed, and
adopted.
Resolved That the report Of the Commits
~sioners appointed 10 make out the rod 10 the
Cofnile bridge, be received, and that Dhs sum
Of one hundred dollars be, and The SINE is
hereby appropriated, for the purpose Of repair
1Gr the, said road, and that the same be ex-.
pended under the sup erintcndence Of the said
| Commissioners. And that they report 10 the
next Jnne Session.-Proyided nothing IN
| these resolutions contained, shall DO cons
trued to authorize the rlosing the pre4eut
road and that the clerk infnrm the gaId Com
missioners-and that Mi, Stephen Roberts,
r. VI. Lea and Egbert Morgan be allowed
the sums allowed them respectively IN their
report.
On motion the Jury then proceeded to The
election Of Clerk Of their body, for the eHsu-
ing year, and o j, counting the votes it was
found that II. w. ShefbIrn Esq, had rece we'd
the greatest number, and be was declared
duly elected.
The Jury then adjourned until 3 O'Clock p. ".
TUESDAY, EVENING
The Police Jury met agreeable 10 adjourn
meut, present the same members as in the
morning, the President, called tie. meeting
to order,
An account OF VIM. Hubbs, Clerk for five