The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-01-25
PROCEEDINGS
OF TUE
Police Jury ofths Parish ofW. B. Rouge.

COnrt House IncfcOI, on honnaY, the III Gay
of January, 1853, at 10 o'clock. A. NJ, the
following members were present, viz. NJ.
c. Leblanc, Joseph Trasimond Landry,
Bernard Peyronnin, Charles Smith and Will
liam Reynaud. Absent-Messrs CHARLES
l.. Petit, Fielding Cooney, Ernest H6bert,
John l.. Lobdell, William J. Lyle and John
T. Nolan.
There being no qaorum, the Jury adjourn
ed till 2 o'clock, P. NJ.
At o'clock r. NJ, the same members be-
ing present and there still being no quorum
they again adjourned until next morning, It'll
instant, at 10 o'clock A. N.
TUESDAY MoRNiyG. January 4, 1853
The Jury met sgreeabIy to adioarnment---
present. Messrs William Lyle, .lohn t. Lob
dell, Charles Smith, Bernard Peyrounin. !.
I. Landry, John L. Nolan, Fielding Cooney
and William Reynaul. Absent Messrs
NJ. c. Leblanc. Ernest HILBERT 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 9th July.
1862, 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 T6te to the Mipsis-
sippi River submitted their Report on this
day, there having been 40 qftoyrH, on The
Doth day of September last--tbe day fixed
by resolution for SAID committee to report.
Whereupon it was on motion Rcsoired
That the Report OF said Committee be laid
on the table, with the exception OF bat part
of the said Report, watch was adopted set
ting aside and repeating the Instructions
given to the Parish Attorney to institute an
action in the premises before the Sixth Ju-
dicia District Court.
Report of Committee appointed to examine
Parish Treasurer's accounts.
TO THE PoLtcE Jury. &c.-The UNDER
signed appointed at The last session OF the
Police Jury Committee TO examine the
Treasurer's Books and Vouchers, have per-
formed that duty and report that they fad
them correct, and balance in the hands of
the Treasurer Of Seventeen Dollars and
twenty four cents.
Signed !. r. NOLAN,
Vast Baton Rouge, !. r LtNpRr,
January 4, 1853. B. pFYRoNyIv.
Rcsoived, That the said Report be adopted
Report ofMc Com Of the Poy1yas Legacy.
To the Hon. the President audl
Members Of the Police Jury of the
Parish of West Baton Rouge.
The undersigned Commissioners of she
PoydIas Fund, respectfully submit the fol-
lowing report:
According 70 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 Continl. whereof Mar
celne Bcrgeron is the Executrix. said tract |
OF land having been moitgaged 10 the Police |
Jury to guarantee the payment of Two
Thousand Two Hundred Dollars, loaned out
OF said Poyiras Fund to Francois Bedat. de-
ceased, its original owner On The day Of
sale, the undersigned commissioners of said
fund purchased said tract. there being 40
other bidder, at the price OF Eighteen Hun
dred and sixty six dollars, and afterwards
sold the same TO Batha.ar Dppuy of the
Parish oil lberyllc, for the sum Of Two
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, payable
on the LIST day OF March, 1883, with eight
per cent interest from date till r1id.
The object the present Report is that
in said Transaction, to wit: The purchase
Of said tract of land for the price aforesaid
Of @lSG6GG and tha sale of the same to sai.
Bathazlr Dupuy iorthe sum OF Two Thou-
sand Five Hundred Dollars.
The whole OF which is respectfully sub
'nitted, lSiguedl u. NJ. FAVOR,
J. Y. DuEALDE,
M. Barrow.
Whereupon it was on motion Rcro'rcd,
That said Report be unanimously adopted.
filed and spread on the Records ard that
the proceedings of said commissioners had
in said transaction, to wit: The purchase
Of said tract Of land for The price aforesaid
Of lS6666 and the sale of the same TO Bal
Iha1ar DupUy, for the sum Of Two Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars, be ratified.
i. V. Durable, Sheriff, having submitted
10 tn, Police Jury at the legal meeting
at the Court House. on this day
for the purpose his bond os Tax Collector
% the amount of Sl9,S67, with Nlcssrs p. p.
Babin and L. Favrot, as securities. laid boat
was unanimously accepted and considered
Is ample and sufficient to secure the pay
nent of the Parish and State Taxes. for
which said Sheriff and Colector,J. V. Du-
ralde, may be Liable in law
Report Of he finanre CoBnjficr
The Finance Committee have examined
he following accounts against the Parish,
md find them to be correct They there
ore recommend that the account be passed
md homologated viz:
Rosemond H6bert, for holding inquest on
lead body, So 90