Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1853-01-22
PROCEEDINGS ofthe rOIlCE Jury
Of tho Parish of mast Daloa Rouge.
BAfon KovoE. Monday Mofiiing,

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ed until y o'clock r NJ.
Mon ,AY EvENiNu.
Tie Police Jury met agreeably To ad
ionrnlnent. Present, the same member,
as III the morning., with the addition Of the
/ following, VIZ
| From Ward No . j. p. Chapman.
From Ward Nod A. d. Alexander.
From Ward No5 Thos. Devall,
From Ward No 0 !. b. Kleinreter,
From Ward No7 X. L Knox,
From Watd No ia George Garia.
The President called the meeting 10 or.
der And The minutes Of the last meet.
Ing were read, and approved.
On motion the Jury proceeded TO the
election Of Auditor oI Parish AID Oh
counting the Votes IL was found Tint
Messrs. r. M. Hutch aud A, r. Converse
had received All egnal ntiinher Of votes.
consequently there was no election.
On motion the election of Auditor was
postponed until tomorrow.
On motion the Jury then proceeded 10
the rleption of Treasurer aid Collector for
lhe ensuing year; and on counting the
votes II was found thar VIM HubLs was
reelected unanimously
Oh motion the Jury adjourned until To-
lnorow morning at 10 o'clock.
'l'bEsrAy MoaNiNe. Jan. 9th 1863.
The Police Jury met sgreeahly 10 nd.
ioufnsnent present the satne members as
on yesterday. The President called the
meeting 10 order
The resignation OF ] r.. Dufrorq. ESQ
as Commissioner Of Elections for the
'rowH Preninc. was presented. Oh mo.
tan seid resignation was accepted.
On motion Mr.. Itenry 1'en,liti-tfi was
appointed Commissioned bl Geneaal Flee.
tons for the Town Precinct III place Of j.
Il Dnifoeq
Oh molten the rules teing dispensed
with. The following resolution Tor appro.
printion was presented, aud adopted.
TIE following resolution wus presented
aid adopted. .a asa 8s{tfs5
Resolved, That Wm. Hnbbs be an,hor.
ised TO sell the Police Digest at The rate
Of twenty-five cents per copy, Instead Of
one dollar. all laws to the contrary are
HeIPUy Iepeaieus ass4 ~ az458 )
The following petition signed by r. w
Brown, mud others, was presented and
adopted.
A petition to divide Wnrd No 7 Into
two Sehoo, districts mailing Clay Gut
Road' the dividing the.
The following resolution In relation 10
The foregoing petition was proposed, mud
adopted
Resotped, That the foregoing Petition
he granted. And that tho Southern puf
tinn Of said Ward. {as divided, be styled
llle 7th School district. And Tie North
ern portion be styled tho 18th School dir.
trict. Aud lint this resolution take effect
from the promulgaiion thereof.
The Petition signed by j. 3. u. Creep.
well, and others, praying that nh appro.
priation be nude to build 0 bridge auoss
sandy Creels. Oh motion said petition
was laid oil the table indefinitely.
The following resolution was proposed.
aud adopted.
Rrsoiet. i'hat the amount. Of the Par
i~h Tax for the year t,52. benuei the same
Ii increased Ia Ten thousand doIlars iii.
stead Of Eight thousand niue hundred and.
seventy Ave dollars. as fixed by tlle Police
Jury at the last September session #
Oh motion the Jury proceeded to the
election Of Parish Auditor for tile ensuing
year and OH counting the votes IL wes
iound thar &. t. Powers, hnd received tile
greatest number, and was ,'eclsred elected
The following resolution was proposed,
and adopted.
Resolresi. Tint Samuel Kelly b., and
he Il hereby appointed All overseef Of Low
or line Of Road District No Gin piace or
john Browning, who refuses 10 serve.
Oh motion tile Jury then adjourned un.
I'll III o'clock n NJ.
TUESDAY EVENING.
The Police Jury met agreeahly 10 ad.
iournment. Present the same number d.
III The morning, with the exception of MI.
Cnmptell, who was excused. The prosi
dent called the meeting to order.
The following resolution was presented
and adopted.
Resokuea, That tile South boundary
line Of Ward No 3 be. aud Is hereby ex.
tended TO the Corporation line Of the ely.
Of Baton Rouge from the Mississippi river
70 tile extent oi the North line Of said
Corporation 10 the Rail road--Theice up
the said rail road, to tie old Iine--thence
the old line. as formerly.
Mr.. r L. Knox called Up the resolution
in regard % the Marietta road. from Mr..
Burgess's lane. 10 the Amite river. Oh
motion raid resolution was laid on the
table indefinitely.
The Finance committee presented the
following report on the Treasurer and
Cuileclor's account. which report and ac-
count was adoied
Dr.. Tie Parish Of East Baton Rouge
IN accoun, current with William Hubs
Treasurer q Collector CT.
January "a 1853. For Balance due me II last sell
tlement 276 81
o 1ss. ~ ',' a. ~ eooi ~
For amount Of uneollccted tar, AZ perIist 13535
For amount of my cosnmissinus for eDi-
lecsing and disbursing 49953 rs 1t N
per cent 746 53
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E& @. s. ToiaI II 35s W.
Balance doe ne. $50 81