The daily comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1850-1856, 1853-01-29
PROCEEDINQS
..- OF THE
Police jury oftho Parish ofW. b. Rouge.


Court House thereof, on Monday, the Sd day
of January, 1883, at 10 o'clock, A. M, 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 HGbert,
John L. Lcbdell, William J. Lyle and John
r. Nolan
There being no qaorum, the Jury adjourn
cd till o'clock, r. NJ.
At o'clock P. NJ, the same members be-
ing present snd there still being no quorum
they again adjourned until next morning, Ith
instant, at l0oc)ock A. NJ.
TUESDAY MORNING, January 4. 1853
The Jury met agreeably to adjournment
present. Messrs William Lyle, John l.. Lob
dell, Charles Smith. Bernard Peyronnin. J
r. Landry, John I. Nolan, Fielding Cooney
and William Reynaud. 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 cath July.
1852, for taking the sense OF the people OF
.h.s Parish as to the propricty of issuing
Iarish 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
10th day of September last--the day fixed
by iesolution for said committee to report
Wlereupon it was on motion Rcsolred,
j hat 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 Ju-
dicia District Court
Report of Con- mittee appointed to examine
Parish Treasuret's accounts
To THE Police Juhy. &c-The under
signed appointed at the last session of the
Police Jury a Committee TO examine the
Treasurer's Books and Vouchers, have per-
formed that duty and report that they find
them correct, and balance in the hands of
the Treasurer of Seventeen Dollars and |
twenty four cents.
Signed J. T. NOLAN,
Vast Baton Rouge IT. LANDRY,
January 4, 1853. PrYRcNvIN.
Resolved, That the said Report be adopted
Report of the Com of the Poydyas Legacv.
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 Execurix. said tract
Of land having beer mortgaged to the Police
Jury to guarantee the payment of Two
Thousand Two Hundred Dollars, loaned out
oi said Poydras Fund to Francois B6dat, de-
ceased, its original owner. On The day OF
sa'e, the undersigned commissioners of said
tand purchased said tract, there being no
other bidder, at the price of Eighteen Hun
Ilred and sixty six dollars, and afterwards
sold the same to Balthazar Dupuy of the
Parish OF lherville, for the sum of Two =
Thousand Five Hundred Dollars payable 7.
on the lst 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 T
IF SlsG6,G6 and tina sale of the same to sal. i
Dupuy for the sum of Two Thou 6
land Five Hundred Dollars, 4
The whole of which is respectfully sub /,
ntted, lSignedl II. NJ. FAvRor, >
J. " Durable, I
NJ. BARROW h
Whereupon it was on nlotion Resolred, {,
That said Report be unanimously adopted, +
lied and spread on the Records; and that q
he proceedings of said commissioners had 4
n said transaction to wit The purchase
If said tract of land for the price aforesaid +
# S S66G6 and the sale of the same 70 Bal \
hazar Dupuy, for the srr of Two Thousand =
i've Hundred Dollars, be ratified
J, V. Durable, Sheriff having subraitted
o the Police Jury at the legal meeting 4
onvenee at the Court House, on this dav o
or thc lirr7e" his bond as Tax Collector b
o HE amount Of Sl9,SG7, with Messrs T. = a
,ahu and l.. Favrot as securities; said AGnd :
,a- unanimously accepted and Considered
9tupe and sufficient to secure the pay
mt of the Parish and State Taxes, for ,
.hich said Sheriff and Collector, J. V. Du-
aide, may be liable in law y
Report Of Me Finance C0,,uuttcr. =,
The Finance Committee have examined J
ne following accounts against the Parish NJ
nd find them to be correct. They there. ,r
IRE recommend that the account be passed
nd homologated viz:
Rosemond Hebert for holding inquest or 2
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