Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1853-01-15
pROCL,EDIWgS oftha POLICE JURY
Of the Parish Of Isast Baton Rouge

ss@8assf Jaliiitfy ~ i b53.
4 The Police jury of tie PufisI, Of lsas
Batoil Rouge mel tliif day, according I,
law. Were present ffouiBssa Bte Fl
Ward No IS &. w Christine.
do No2 M. Ii Ton,liusoa.
do No 10 Seth David.
I. do No III sfii w. l.. Campbell.
G.. w, Christine, Pre,tat
tt VIM. t1iabbs. Clerk. 81,
! ..t...se l.. Z Powers, CoHBtabIa
The President. called the meeting TO Or
+ |der. There being no quorum, II adjourn
ed until 2I o'elosi NJ.
\ lsHs tia Mon yAY 1svntiNasbi ts
j. The Police Jury met agfeeably to nd
Ijournmsnt. I'fosenhtlie ssfns insiflt,er,
~ III thamorninp, withtlie uaditioiiof tbs
followipat viz. Ha8e at - tsh9HfH
From Wnnd No 3 i r. Chspnjan.s
from Ward No A A. ID. Alexnnler.F
Ffom Ward Mo Ti,es Devail, III
/ From Ward No 6 J. B. kleinpeter,
tHI From Ward MOI II II knok,
From Wam No IL George Garig.i
The President called The meeting To- or.
der. And tlis t,iiuntes Of the last meet.
Ing were read, and appfoeeds1J T Htshi
On motion the Jury proceeded to tho
election Of Auditor oi Parish. And oh
eounting Tho votes IL was feititd that
Messrs. r. M Hatch and A. r. Converse
had received an equal number Of votes,
consequently tliera wasi,o election iitf
On motion tl,e election of Auditor waH
4 postponed Until tomorrow. a
On motion lie Jury Then proceeded TO
tha elsetiol4of Treasurer nnd Collector for
tile ensuing yehf, ugd Oh counting the
votes 10 was found that Whi. 1Iul,t,s was
reelected unanimously ftF
On motion tile jury adjourned Until to-
morrow morning ut 10 e'eoel, af
e TUESDAY MoaNlEa, Jan 6ah 1858.
The Police Jury met ngfeeabiy 10 al.
jonfi,ment |; rreasntltlle shtne members NJ
Oh yesterdny. The President called THE
meeting to order. g W IS .a s5e
The resignation of J.. r. Dufroca, Esl
ns Commissioner of Elections Iur the
Town Precinct, was presented, On mo.
tion said resignation was accepted a8l
Opmotion Mr. Henry Tomlilisoha hasvaa
appointed Coifnissionefpf Ganeahl glee.
tions for the e1owii Precinct III pIace off
KsDuiroeq. a teIfs
| n Gu motion the rules icing dispensed
with. The following resolution for oppro.
| prlation was presented, and adapted ies
The following resolution tpas presented
and adopted.tH Eli 81 slG8Hs#ssl sti a
Rcsoieea That VIM Hul,l,s he ansl,or-
isad 10 cell the iaIiee Digest at tbs rate
of oftwenty.fyecents per copy instead Of
one dollar. all laws to the contrary are
hereby repealed. ST
The following petition signed by +. w.
Brown, aid others, was presented, and
adopted. 7a' s#f Aslh
Y "A petition 10 divide Ward No Into
two Seboo. districts making aClay Gut
Road tile dividing line. s'Fa i'tss t''
The following resolution In relation 10
The forgoing petition was proposed. and
adopted s "a #A8
Resotrctl, That the foregoing Petition
be granted. And that tiic Southern por.
'ion Of sai,l Ward, us divided, be styled
the 7th Sehoo district. And the North.
efn portion be styled the 18th School dis.
triet. And tint this resolutions take effect
frouithe tfoinnlgn,iontiereof. 9ff 's'a
The Petition signed hy +. b. y. Green.
we'll, and others, praying that iii nrpro.
priatot be- made % build bridge ucross
Sandy Creek 0p motion SAID petition
was laid Oh tho table indefinitely. ifaf7H
The following resolution was proposed,
aud adopted. Haf f W
u Reyolca, Tint the anlount, of tile Par.
isil Tax for tie year 1852, be and the sume
IL increased to Ten thousand dollars III.
stcnd Of Eight thousand nine hundred aud
seventy.five dollars, as fixed by the Police
Jury al tho last September session. II
Oh motion The Jury proceeded to fl,c
election Of Parish Auditor for tho eustihg
year iand on counting The votes il was
iound that u. E. Powers, Ind received iIfe
greatest number. and was teclarcd elected.
The following resolution was proposed,
and adopted.
Resolred. Tint Samuel Kelly be, and
lie il hereby appointed as overseet 81 Low
OF line Of Road District No 0 IN piace OF
John Browning, who refuses 10 serve.
On motion tie Jury tlien adjourned un-
Ill "a o'clock +. II.
TuEspAY EvENlnc.
ma p.,,i,e Tn,v net .o,c..,,lv Il ad..
iournment. Present tile same number a.
Il, nj ,,,;,h ia A.
" t'e.t''ofn'hB Win we eAoep11onl q lMfs
Campbell. who Was excused. The Prssi.
.lant lled tl,a ,,,eef;nr ~ or,ler
',,s -, 81, 49,, ~ ~
1nc l0lt0Wth9 resolution was presented
and adopted. M