Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-10-19
Police Jury Proceedings.
B.rus Houss, Monday Morning,

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October iiih, 1900. j.
AT meeting If the Police Jury of:tie Parish q
tast Baton Rouge. held nj the Cnuft Hpdse t',ia
day, t0she City Of Baton Rouee, ssfeeatly to
aiiputnmpnt- were ptespnt, viz
Ftpm Ward No 0. r. Rnss, No i Josrl,h'.s va
her, M 8, Thomas Devall, No 9, Jattes G pnw-
1,,. NJ 7, A. Disun. Nos. r. r. tcntad. No g.
7 Perrin. No 10, 1dsi Junf, Nutt, w. b Camp
he'll. M ~. t.eotee Gatig.
Il kinnef, Constable, Taos DtrAiL. ptest
WV. HUNS. Clerk =.
The President called The meeting b order. And
n, %uiptiut, The feailing ~ the minutes Of last see
siuh ne dispensed with.
The follow ing resolutions in reference 10 the
establishment ~ A pcot House, wets presented,
and ur niotio,, the rules were dispensed with, AMI
adopted
RpsuRptd, That The sum ef thirteen hundred dol
lars. he a,ti The sai,ie IL hereby appropriated on
the part Of The Parish, aud pay able nut ol the Iax
roll Of 1851. ft lite purpose ii purchasing u sui
table tract Of land, and erecting huuaes, IN accor-
dance with the report made by the Committee
on Poor House, IN conjunction With lie Council
If the nv n Batuu Rouge Provided the. said
Council appropriate an equal artpunt for the Same
purpose. BE- II further Hesottet, That George
Gatig, WIN. Hubs, James G, Dawson and II.
Ion,Iirsun. le and ARE hereby a~pppinted a Com
,nittee, 10 confer with the CITY Council Of Baton
Rouge, or Committee appointed by them to carry
INTO execution tnp iDfegulng. anu lotoWlhE ftSo-
iutinns, And that said Committee be a permanent
Committee TO make the purchase Of land, and ST.
rafintend The construction Of the buildings
he II further Rrsoittf, That The foregoing rdtt,-
ttittee have power on the part Of the Parish, to
sct In conjunction with the COMMITTEES on the part
OF the City Council, TO purchase 4 tract II land AZ
contemplated In the first resolution, upon which
10 place said buildings and make The necessary
~erprtiois and improvements provided that the
title to 81 undivided half Of said tract of land he
stipulated In the sale 10 be in the Perish Of East
Baton i'ouge-that said sale be by public act
and before lie execution submitted tothe examine
alton Of the Parish Attorney, and lie approved Of
by him, and provided that The price Of the nioiety
" said tract Of Lard shall not exceed Ave hundred
dollars.
Be |, further Resolved, That the SAID Committee
shall have power, ioinlly with the to,nrNttee ap-
pointed by the CITY Council, 4 cntise to be cree
led on said land. the necessary buildings and inn
pruvementsa 80 contemplated in the first resolution,
and 10 buy all materials, and make all necessary
contracts proper lbf making said buildings and i'm
provements provided, IN no ease shell the Par
,sh lie bound for The payment Of more than half
the cns, Of said materials. eretiions atd %improve-
ments provided further. that In ITO etse shall the
Parish I've bound TO ray for said buildings, mates
rails and Improvements more than eight hundred
dollars, as their portion Of the price. and cost of
the ssue-and provided. also that the Treasurer
shall no, make any pa ynlpnt tbt said buildings and
improvements. but as they progress.
And I've II Further Rrsetped, THAT after said
buildings have been erected. and The system put
in operation, ITO appropriation will ae made by
the Parish, for the support OF paupers out side OF
said Poor Hot,seso1
A petition cf James G, Dawson, praying that
the weni Not Precinct he changed G.as ptesei-
ted and granted, And the following resolution in
reference thereto adopted
B,..l,ry That tha atautin, ,,rart,,,f Ct ,x-aYt
No 6. he removed from The house OF James G.
Dawson, to house of WIN. Edinonson,:
A report Of J. 3. Willis, r. g. tsalir. Paul
kleinpeter, J NJ MeCutrhepn Apl ! M. Smith,
Commissioners appointed by the polife Jury for
the purpose Of creating and opening q ruad ex-
tending TO the road known az the mi,klle road, 10
~intefsec, the road near Mahrhac Church. IL run
in q direct line To its intersection with Wards
Greek, thence on the South side Of faid Creek
through the lands Of A. Smith. N. Hampton. J.
NJ. MeCutrheon. I. Banker and J. s. willis 10 its
intersection with said Highland road. lat the
lands Of jas. y. Willis AMI !. c. Foreman. The
saia report was received and the following tese-
luton IN reference thereto adopted
Rteoircd, That the foregoing report be adopted
and said rad I've declared a public rad, and de-
signated by No. ~ And that Jas. NJ Willis I've
appointed ovetsper Of The satne.
Messrs. Conrad and peyali, rendered their ex4
euse iur non-attenlahce at the last session, which
wi melton was accepted
COn motion. Nj. H. TonlinScn was Hned ten
collars, Tor non attendance nj the last; session Of
the Police Jury,
@the following resolution was ~rfcposed. and
on motion the rifles were dispensed: with and
adopted
Eesotrsd, That Richard Lourks. Esq. he allow
sd The sHn Of seventy five dollars as extra allow.
ence for making aud printing a digest of the or
dinun'es Of the Polls Jury.
The following resolution was proposed. and
"n melton the rules We're dispensed with, and
adopted
kasolrei, That Mr.. l,epor, be allowed extra
compensation for erecting the Montesano Bridge,
vi eight per cent pei a,ttin. from the second OF the
present month. I'll paid. an the sum Vt five hundred
dollars, And also The sum Of siS dollars. and that
the Treasurer I've ordered TO pay the claim of said
Lapott, out If the first money in the treasury.
The following resolution was proposed, a,A
adopted
Resleoi, That the resolution in relation 10 stray
cattle, passed AT the last September session. I've so
amended that il I've sufficient for any leraon taking
ny stray cattle, 10 have them taken before a free
holder Of the ward in which they are taken up, to
I've appraised. and that said free holder be autho.
Iized to administer the oath OF apprafsement To
the apneafers, And that said freeholdsr be al
lowed fifty cents q head for cattle, and the Parish
Ranger be allowed the same compensation for his
services, Or molten the Jury then adjourned
,"r DE. THOMAS DEvAt.L, Pies'I
Wa, Htpns, Clerk.