The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-01-28
. PROCEEDINGS
or THE
Police Jury oftho Parish ofW. B. Rouge.

Ate regular session Of the Police Jury Of
the Parish of West Baton Rouge, held atthe
Court House thereof on Monday, the I'd day
Of January, 1853, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, the
following members were present, viz: M.
c. Leblanc, Joseph Trasimond Landry,
Bernard Peyronnin, Charles Smith and Will
liam Reynaud Abs.nt-Messrs CHARLES
L. Petit, Fielding Cooney, Ernest Hebert,
John l.. Lobdell, William J. Lyle and John
+. Nolan.
There being no qaorum, the Jury adjourn
edtill 3 O'Clock, p. NJ.
o'clock P. H., 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. ".
TUESDAY MoRN1Ne, January 4. 1853
The Jury met agreeablv to adjournment
present, Messrs William Lyle, John l.. Lob
dell, Charles Smith. Bernard PeyroDnn. }.
r. Landry, John T. Nolan, Fielding Cooney
and William Reynaud. Absent-Messrs.
NJ. c. Leblanc. Ernest Hebert and Charles
L. Petit,
The committee appointed on tie 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 July.
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 Resoired
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
given to the Parish Attorney to institute an
action in the premises before the Sixth Jul
dicial District Court.
Report of Cor mittee appointed to examine
Parish Treasurer's accounts.
To THE Police Jury. &C.-The under
signed appointed at the last session of the
Police Jury Committee to examine the
Treasurers Books and Vouchers. have per-
formed that duty and report that they find
them correct, and balance in the hands of
the Treas Irer of Seventeen Dollars and
twenty four cents.
ISignedl J. r. NOLAN,
Vast Baton Rouge,l j. +. LANDRY,
January 4, 1853. B. PEYRoNNIN.
Resolved, That the said Report be adopted.
Report of the Com Of the Poytras Legacy
To the Hon. the President and
Members of the Police Jury of the
Parish Of West Baton Rouge.
The undersigned Commissioners of the
.Hoydras 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 10
the Estate of Daniel Contni, whereof Mar
ceIine Bergeron is the Executrix, said tract
of land having been mortgaged to the Police
Jury to guarantee the payment of Two
Thousand Two Hundred Dollars, loaned out
Of said Poylras Fund to FRANCOIS Bedat, de-
ceased, its original owner On the day OF
sale, the undersigned commissioners Of said
fund urchased said tract. there being no
other bidder, at the price of Eighteen Hun
dred and sixty six dollars, and afterwards
sod the same to Balthazar Dupuy of the |
Parish OF Ibervile, for the sum of Two
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars, payable
on the LIST day of March, 1853, 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 SlS66,66 and tina sale of the same to sal3
Balthazar Dupuy for the sum of Two Thou !
sand Five Hundred Dollars.
The whole of which is respectfully sub
united, lsignedl Il. N. FAvHor,
J. V. Durable,
NJ. BARROW.
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 plice aforesaid
of SlsGG.G6 and the sale of the sane to Bal
thazar Dupuv, for the sum of Two Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars, be ratified.
w. Durable, Sheriff, having submitted
70 the Police Jury at the legal meeting
convenee at the Court House. on this day
for the purpose his bond as Tax Collector
10 TIE amount of Sl9,S67, with Messrs p p.
cabin and l.. Favrot, as securities, said bond
was Unanimously accepted and considered
rs ample and sufficient to secure the pay
ment of the Parish and State Taxes, for
which said Sheriff and Collector, J. V. Du-
ralde, may be liable in law.
Report of tse F;nancc Committee.
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 homoIogated viz
Rosemond Hebert, for holding inquest on