The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-01-18
~ .PROChED1NGs
OF THE
Police Jury ofthe Parish ofW 2. Rouge.

Court House thereof, on Monday, the Sd day
of January, 1853, at 10 o'clock, a. NJ, the
following members were present, viz: NJ.
G. Leblanc, Joseph Trasitnond Landry,
Bernard Peyronnin, Charles Smith and Will
liam Reynaud Abs.nt-Messrs CHARLES
L. Petit, Fielding Cooney. Ernest HGbert,
John L. Lobdell William j. Lyle and John
T. Nolan.
There being no qaorun,, the Jury adjourn
ed till 2 o'clock, p. NJ.
At 2 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. NJ.
TUESDAY MORNING.. January 4, 1853
The Jury met asreeably to adjournment--
present, Messrs William Lyle, John L. Lob
dell, Charles Smith. Bernard Peyronnin. }.
L. Landry, John 7. Nolan, Fielding Cooney
4nd William Reynaud. Absent-Aiessrs
NJ. G. Leblanc. Ernest IIebert 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 JuIy
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 Missis-
sippi River, submitted their Report on this
day, there having been no quorum on the
Goth day of September last--the day fixed
by resolution for said committee to report.
Whereupon it was on motion Resoiued,
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 TO institute an
action in the premises before the Sixth ,ju-
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 Jurya Committee TO examine the
Treasurer'sS Books and Vouchers. have rer-
formed that duty and report that they find
them correct, and a balance in the hands of
twenty four cents.
ISignedl J. T. NOLAN,
Vast Baton Rouge, J. T. LANDRY,
January 4, 1858. B. PEYRoNNIN.
i'esolUed, That the said Report be adopted.
Report Of tie Com of the Poyd,as 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 Executrx. said tract
OF land having been mortgaged to the Police |
Jury to guarantee the payment of Two |
Thousand Two Hundred Dollars, loaned out |
ofaeaid Poydras Fund to Francois Bedat, de.
ceased, its original owner. On the day Of |
salef1he undersigned commissioners of said
funds purchased said tract, there being no
other bidder, at the price of Eighteen Hum
dred and sixty six dollars, aud afterwards
sold the same to Balthazar Dupuy of the
Parish of Iberville, for the sum Of Two .
i thousand Five Hundred Dollars, payable |
On the lst day of March, 1883, with eight |.
per cent interest from date till paid
The object OF the present Report is that
the Police Jury ratify the proceedings had
in said transaction, to wit: The purchase
of said tract of land for the price aforesaid
of Sls6G,6G and tina sale of the same to sal!
Balthazar Dupuy for the sum of Two Thou
sand Five Hundred Dollars
The whole of which is respectfully sub
mitted, lsigaeal Il. N, FAvEor,
}. Y. Durable,
M. BARROW.
Whereupon it was on motion ReS0lUed.
That said Report be unanimously adopted,
filed and spread on the Records; and that
the proceedings of said commissioners had
in said transaction, to wit: The purchase
of said tract of land for the price aforesaid
of SisG6.6G and the sale of the sane to Bal
thazar Dupuy, for the sum of Two Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars, be ratified.
J. V. Durable, Sheriff, having submitted
to the Police Jury at the legal meeting
at the Court House. on this day
for the purpose his bond as Tax Collector
to the amount of Sl9,SG7, with Messrs p p
Babin and L. Favrot, as securities, said boW
was unanimously accepted and considered
as ample and sufficient to secure the pay
ment of the Parish and State Taxes, for
which said Sheriff and Collector, J. Y. Du-
ralde, may be liable in law
Report Of tie finance Cos,1jfteg
The Finance Committee have examined
the following accounts against the Parish.
and find theulsto be correct. They there
fore recommend that the account be passed
and homologated viz:
Rosemond HGbert, for holding inquest on