The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-01-16
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
Police jury ofthe Parish ofW. b. Rouge.

of January, 1s53Sat 10 o'clock, A. NJ, the
following members were present, viz: NJ.
c. Leblanc, Joseph Trasimond Landry,
Bernard Peyronnin, Charles Smith and Will
liam Reynaud. Absent-Messrs CHARLES
L. Petit, Fielding Cooney. Ernest Hebert,
John L. Lobdell, William J. Lyle and John
Il. Nolan.
There being no qaorum, the Jury adjourn
ed till o'clock, 7. NJ.
At O'clock p. NJ, the same members be-
ing present and there still being 10 quorum
they again adjourned until next morning, 4th
instant, at 10 o'clock A. M.
TUESDAY MORNING, January 4, 1863
present, Messrs William Lyle. John L. Lob
dell, Charles Smith, Bernard Peyronnin }.
L. Landry, John T. Nolan Fielding Cooney
and William Reynaud. Absent-Nessrs
M. c. Leblanc. Ernest Hebert and Charles
L. Petit, g.
The committee appointed N the 9th Of
September last, to whom was referred the
Report OF the Parish Attorney, in the mat
ter Of the election: held on the 2lih July,
1852, for taking the sense Of the people Of
this Parish as to the propriety OF issuing
Parish Script for building a Plank Road
from the Bayou Crosse T&te to the Misss-
sippi River, submitted their Report Oh this
day, there having been 40 gstoram Oh the
Goth day of September last---the day iix;d
by resolution for said committee TO report
Whereupon it was on motion Pesotred
That the Report of said Committee be laid
on the table, with the exception of that part
of the said Report, Which was adopted. set
ting aside and repeating the instructions
given to the Parish Attorney to institute an
action in the premises before the Sixth Ju-
dicial District Court.
Report of Committee appointed to examine
Parish Treasurer's accounts.
To THE POLICE jury. &c-The under
signed appointed at the last session of the
Police Jury Committee TO examine the
Treasurer's Books and Vouchers. have per-
formed that duty and report that they find
them correct, and balance in the hands of
the Treasurer Of Seventeen Dollars and
twenty four cents
Signedl Ut, NOLAN,
Vast Baton Rouge, j. 7. LANDRY,
January 4, 1853. B. prYEoxxIn.
Resolved, That the said Repor; be adopted |
Report of the Com of the Poyi,as Legacy
10 the Hon. the President and
Members OF the Police Jury Of the
Parish Of West Baton Rouge.
The undersigned Commissioners of the |
Poydras Fund, respectfully submit the fol-
lowing report:
According to instruction received by the |
iarlsh Attorney from the Police Jury, said |
Parish Attorney proceeded to have seized .
and sold, five arpents Of land. situated at the
lower end of this Parish and belonging to
the Estate of Daniel Contini, " hereof Mar
celine Bergeron is the Executrix. said tract
o! land having been mortgaged to the Police
Jury to guarantee the payment of Two
Thousand Two Hundred Dollars, loaned out
OF said Poydras Fund to Francois Beiat de-
ceased, its original owner. On the day Of
sale, the undersigned commissioners of sad
fund purchased said tract. there being 10
other bidder, at the price Of Eighteen Hun
dred and sixty six dollars, end afterwards
sold the same to Balthazar Drpuy Of the
Parish of lberville, for the sum of Two
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, payable
on the lst day of March. 1853, with eight
per cent interest from date till paid.
The object OF the present Export is that
the Police Jury ratify the proceedings had
in said transaction, to wit: The purchase
Of said tract of land for the price aforesaid
of SIs6G,GG and tina sale of the same to sal.
Balthazar Dupuy for the sum Of Two Thou
sand Five Hundred Dollars.
The whole of which is respectfully sub
mitted, lsignedl Il. n. FAVOR,
}. V. DURALDE,
NJ. BARROW
n yg-ac
That said Report be unanimously adopted
fled and spread on the Records; and that
the proceedings of said commissioners had
in said transaction, to wit: The purchase
of said tract of land for the price aforesaid
of 5lSG666 and the sale of the same to Bal
thazar Dupuy, for the sum Of Two Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars, be ratified.
J. V. Dulalde, Sheriff, having submitted
10 the Police Jury at the LEGAL meeting
at the Court House. on this day
for the purpose his bond as Tax Coi!ec!o:
TO the amount Of $l9, 1857, with Messrs p. p.
Dabin and L. Favrot, as securities. said hoa9
was unanimously accepted ard considered
Is ample and sufficient to secure the pay
nent of the Parish and State Taxes. ion
which said Sheriff and Collector, j. Y. Dt-
talde, may be liable in law.
Report Of the Finance ConmiHce,
The Finance Committee have examined
he following accounts against the Farsi.
md find them to be correct. They there
ore recommend that the account be passed
md homologated viz
Rosemond Hfbert, for holding inquest ca
lead body, @2.i %
frr o., nn 7 .