The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-07

26th Jfine. 1883.
On motion, the Jury adjourned until to-
morrow morning st 10 o'clock.
TueAday Morni1sg.
The Police Jury Of the Parish of East
Baton Rouge, tnet agrteahly 70 aajourm
ment present. the sains members as dH
yesterday, with the exception Of VIM. L.
Burnett. The President called the meet
i''g to order, the minutes being read, were
approved.
The Committee 10 whom was referred the
matter Of the Comits Bridge, made the fol-
lowing report, with accompanying speciA.
tions which were adopted
REronr. I'VE the COMMITTEES appointed
at the last st ssion of the Police Jury to ex-
anime the t'oraite Bridge, and report the
probable cost Of building new bridge. or
repair the one now standing Your Conn.,
mittee after having examined the bridge
carcfully; big leave 10 report as follows:---
That they end the Dents Of the Bridge are
Of cypress timber. aud sound, and think that
The bridge can be repaitcd so'as TO be made
sas good as new; say to last ten years, at a
cost OF seven hundred doIlary.
lSigned.l GEo. Y. TRupKAu,
W. l.. CAMpBnLf,
SgTH DAVID.
SrEcirrcarioSs-- Resolved. That the fol-
lowing repairs shall be made 10 the Bridge
actoss the Comite, near Major Roberts -
The sleepefs hall be made OF heart Of white
oak. 10 by t2 inches; sufficiently long TO
double Oh the Bent 12 inches. The bents
OF the old bridge being GOOD, shall fetnain ,
excepting The bent that has settled below
the level of the rest Of the bents, (which
is The third bent from the east bank which
shall be replaced with a new one. and rais-
ed TO level with tho balance of the bents
The planks Is to be "a inches thick, ID feet
long. eight inches wide, ol the heart Of OAK
or cypress, to be spiked on the sleepers
with five inebtpikes, two spikes in each,
whefe it crosses the sleeper. There shall
be at ten ieet,a peice u timber, three and
bali inches thick, . inches wide, 1s feet
long The railing shall be the beatt Of oak
or cypress. 4 inches square, with braces of
the eanle nize, to be put on posts of the
same, thee feet high inortses 10 he 81
inches deep IN the rail opd the rail to be
spliced on The posts; TO be braced on the
out side q. each rross timber with the same
kind OF material. The posts to be plahked
mp with one inch plank, 10 be spiked on the
post The contractor iDr said Bridge shall
give Bond will, two good securities, in
The sum OF fse hundred dollars for his faith
litl performance OF the above contract.
The following resolution in regard to the
foregoing. was presented; and the yeas and
noes being called. was adopted, as follows
Yeas, Geo. V. 1rnleau l. $. Taylor A. y.
Alexander. Seth David, w. l.. Campbell.
George Garis. t6). Nays; Thomas Devall,
J. -. Klcinpeter and J. q. Washington t3).
Resolved, That the foregoing report aud
specifications be adopted, aud that the sum
Of seven hundred dollars be. and the same
is hereby appropriated for the above pur-
pose; and that the following named persons
be. and are hereby appointed Commission
ers. viz: Seth David, B. Williams, Danl
Morgan and Jackson Iibbey. All laws to
the contrary notwithstanding, are hereby
repealed.
The Finance Committee submitted the
following port, which was adopted:
The Committee to whom was referred
The duty OF fixing the amount, with speciii-
cations, ioi the taxes of the present year.
beg leave TO report, that the current ex-
pcnscs viii require the aggregate OF the
following specifications, viz:
For E,at,d snd Petit furore 4 oUon m