The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-01-19


Court House thereof, on Monday, the 3'l day
Of January, 1853, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, the
following members were present, viz. VI.
c. Leblanc, Joseph Trasinond Landry,
Bernard PeyroDniD, Charles Smith and Will
liam Reynaud. Abssnt--Messrs Charles
l.. Petit, Fielding Cooney. Ernest HILBERT,
John L. Lobdell, William j. Lyle and John
T. Nolan.
= There being no qaorum, theJury adjourn-
ed till o'clock, P. NJ.
At 2 o'clock r. NJ, the same members be-
ius present and there still being no quorum
they again adjourned until next morning, ith
instant, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
TUESDAY MonNrSe. January !. 1853
The Jury met agreeably to adourn'neni---
present, Messrs William Lyle, John l.. Lob
dell. Charles Smith. Bernard Peyronnin !.
L. Landry, John J Nolan, Fielding Cooney
and William Reynaud. Absent-Messrs
NJ. G.. Leblanc. Ernest HILBERT and Charles
l.. Petit.
The committee appointed on the 9Th Of
September last, TO whom was reirrred the
Report Of the Parish Attorney, in the nat
Ter of the election: held on the 2Ith .Inlv
1852, for taking the sense OF tiIe people Of
this Parish as to the propriety OF issuing
Parish Script for building a Plank Road
from the Bayou Crosse 1ete TO the Nssls-
sippi River, submitted their Report on tbs
day there having been no qnoum ON thc
Doth day of September lsst--thc day fixed
by resolution for said committee TO report
Whereupon it was on motion RcsdrM
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
gwen to the Parish Attorney 10 institute IN
action in the premises before the Sixth ia
dicial District Court
Report Of Committee appointed to examine
Parish Treasurer's accounts.
To THE PoLIcE Junx. &c.--Thc under
signed appointed at the last session of the
Police Jury Committee to examine the
Ireasurer'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 !. r Nolan,
Vast Baton Rouge, !. r. LANDRY,
January 4, 1853 B. pryRoNNIN
Resofve', That the said Report be adopted
Report Of Tie Com Of The Poyd,os Legacy
To the Hon. the President and
Members of the Police Jury ofthe
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 uortgagcd to the Police
Jury to guarantee the payment of Two
Thousand Two Hundred Dollars, loaned out
OF said Poydras Fund to Francois B6dat de-
ceased, its original owner. On the day of
s6le. the undersigned commissioners of said
fund purchased said tract, there beng 40
other bidder, at the price OF Eighteen Hun
dred aud sixty six dollars, and afterwards
sold the same to Balthalar Dupny of the
Parish of Ibervlle, for the sun Of Two
thousand Five Hundred Dollars, payable
on the lst day of March. 1858, with eight |
per cent interest from date till paid
The object of the present Report is that
the Police Jury ratily the proceedings bad /
in said transaction, to wit: The purchase
Of said tract 81 land for the price aforesaid |
of $ls6G,GG and tina sale OF the same 10 sait /
Balthazar Dupuy for the sum OF Two Thou
sand Five Hundred Dollars.
The whole of which is respectfully sub /
mitted, lSigncdI II. NJ, FAVOR,
J. '. Durable,
NJ. BARROW
Wbereupon IL was on motion Resoired, |
That said Report be unanimously adopted,
filed and spread on the Records; aud that |
the proceedings of said commissioners had |
in said transaction. to wit The purchase |
of said tract of land for the price aforesaid
Of SlSGG,66 and the sale OF the same to Bal |.
thaxar Dupuy, for the sum of Two Thousand !
Five Hundred Dollars, be ratified
!. V. Durable, Sheriff, having submitted /.
20 the Police Jury at the legal meeting
convcnee at the Court House. on this day /
for the purpose his bond as Tax Collector /.
to tie amount of e19,SG7, with Ncssrs p. p /.
Babln and l.. Favrot, as securities, sHio bom
was unanimously accepted and considered .
as ample and sufficient to secure the pay
mcnt OF the Parish and State Taxes for
which said Sheriff and Collector, J. Y. Du- /
ralde, may be liable in avv. I
Report of the Finnmcc Con,miHeo.
The finance Committee have examined
the following accounts against The Parish /.
and find them to be correct They there
fore recommend that the account be passed
and homologated viz
Roscmond Hebert, for holding inquest on