The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-01-20
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE al
Police Jury ofthe Parish ofW. B. Rouge.

the Parish of West Baton Rouge, held at the
Court House thereof, on Monday, the Sd day
Of January, 1853, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, the
following members were present, viz: M.
C. Leblanc, Joseph Trasimond Landry,
Bernard Peyronnin, Charles Smith and VIII
liam Reynaud Abs.nt-Messrs CHARLES
L. Petit, Fielding Cooney. Ernest Hebert,
John L. Lobdell, William J. Lyle and John
+. Nolan.
There being no qaorum, the Jury adjourn
ed till ? o'clock, P. M.
At 9 O'Clock p. NJ, the same members be-
ing present and there still being no quorum
they again adjourned until next morning, 4th
instant, at 10 o'clock A. N.
TUESDAY MORNING, January 4, 1853
The Jury met agreeably to adjournment
present, Messrs William Lyle, John l.. Lob
dell, Charles Smith, Bernard Peyronnin, J.
T. Landry, J ohm 7. Nolan, Fielding Cooney
and William Reynaud. Absent-Messrs
M. c. Leblanc, Ernest HILBERT and Charles
L. Petit,
The committee appointed on 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 oath July,
1852, for taking the sense of the people of
this Parish as to the propriety OF issuing
Parish Script for building Plank Road
from the Bayou Crosse Tete to the Misss-s
sippi River, submitted their Report OH this
day, there having been no quorum on the
Goth day of September i0t--the day fixed
by resolution for said committee to report
Whereupon it was on motion Rcso,red,
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 Iu-
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.
ISignedl IT. NOLAN,
Vast Baton Rouge, J, 7. LANDRY,
January A, 1853. B. PEYRoNNIN.
Resoired, That the said Report be adopted.
Report Of the Con, of The PoydraS Legacy
To 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
Parish 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, whereof Mar
celine Bergeron is the Executrix, said tract
of 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 Bedat, de-
ceased, its original owner. On the day of
Gale, the undersigned commissioners OF said
fund purchased said tract, there being no
other bidder, at the price Of Eighteen Hun
dred and sixty six dollars, and afterwards
sold the same to Ba!thazar Dupuy Of the
Parish OF Iberville, for the sum of Two
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars. payable
on the 1st day OF March. 1853, with eight |
per cent interest from date till paid.
The OBJECT Of the present Report is that
the Police Jury ratify the proceedings lad
in said transaction, TO wit: The purchase
of said tract Of land for the price aforesaid
of SlSGG,66 and tia sale of the same to sai1 |
Balthazar Dupuy for the sum Of Two Thou
sand Five Hundred Dollars.
The whole Of which is respectfully sub |
mit.ed, lsignedI II, NJ. FAvNor,
J.V. Durable,
NJ. BARROW.
Whereupon it was on motion Hesolre3, |
That said Report be unanimously adopted,
filed and spread on the Records; ard that |
the proceedings Of said commissioners had
in said transaction, to wit: The purchase
of said tract of land for the price aforesaid |
of SlS6666 and the sale OF the same to Bal
thazar Dupuy, for the sum Of Two Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars, be ratified.
w. Durable, Sheriff, having submitted
to the Police Jury at the legal meeting
convenee at the Court House, On this day
for the purpose his bond as Tax Collector
to the amount of $40, SG7, with Mcssrs p. p. |
Babin and l.. Fayrot, as securities, said bond
was unanimously accepted and considered
as ample and sufficient to secure the pay
ment of the Paris!. and State faxes, 70:
which said Sheriff and Collector, j. Y. Du-
ralde, may be liable in law.
Report of the Finance Conn7littse
The Finance Committee have examined
the following accounts against the Parish, |
and find them to be correct. They there
tore recommend that the account be passed
and homologated viz:
Rosemond Hebert, for holding inquest on
dead body, S25 90