The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-07-08

2sth June, 1853.
On motion, the Jury adjourned until to-
morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
Tuesday Morning.
The Police Jury of the Parish of East
Baton Rouge, met agreeably to ADJOURN
ment; present, the same members as on
yesterday, with the exception of VIM. l..
Burnett The President called the meet
ieg to order, the minutes being read, were
approved.
The Committee to whom was referred the
matter of the Comite Bridge. made the fol-
lowing report, with accompanying specifi-
tions which were adopted
REpokr.-We the Committee appointed
at the last session of the Police Jury to ex-
anime the Comite Bridge, and report the
probable cost of building new bridge. or
repair the one now standing. Your Com
mittee after having examined the bridge
carefully; beg leave to report as follows
That they find the Bents of the Bridge are
of cypress timber, and sound, and think that
the bridge can be repaired so as to be made
as good as new; say to last ten years, at a
cost of seven hundred dollars.
lSigned. GEo. v. TRuDEAU,
.le .. w. L. CAMrBELL,
........ SETH DAVID.
SrEclrrcATloNs.--R That the fol-
lowing repairs shall be made to the Bridge
across the Comite, near Major Roberts
The sleepers shall be made of heart of white
oak. 10 by II inches; sufficiently long to
double on the Bent IL inches. The bents
of the old bridge being good. shall remain !;
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 new one, and rails
ed to a level with the balance of the bents.
The planks is to be p inches thick, ID feet
long. eight inches wide, of the heart of oak
or cypress, to be spiked on the sleepers
with five inch spikes, two spikes in each,
where it crosses the sleeper. There shall
be at ten feet peice of timber, three and
half inches thick, inches wide, 1s feet
long. The railing shall be the heart of oak,
or cypress. 4 inches square, with braces OF
the same size, to be put on posts of the
same. three feet high mortises to be 81
inches deep in the rail, and the rail to be
spliced on the posts; to be braced on the
| out side at each cross timber with the safne
| kind of material. The posts to be planked
up with one inch plank, TO be spiked on the
post. The contractor ior said Bridge shall
give Bond with two good securities, in
the sum of five hundred dollars for his faith
| ful' 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. Trndeau, |, S. Taylor, A. D.
Alexander Seth David, w. L. Campbell,
George Garig. t@. Nays, Thomas Devall,
J. B. Klenpeter and j.. g. Washington l3)
Resolved, That the foregoing report and
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 Libbey. All laws to
the contrary notwithstanding, are hereby
repealed.
The Finance Committee submitted the
following r. port, which was adopted:
The Committee to whom was referred
the duty of fixing the amount, with specif-
cations, tor the taxes of the present year,
beg leave to report, that the current ex-
penses will require the aggregate Of the
following specifications, viz:
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