Houma Ceres. [volume] (Houma, Parish of Terrebonne, La.) 1855-18??, 1855-10-25

that 1AIs HeTCef received HFe VOteS anu
Mr. Connely received five votes.
There beipg no majority in favor Of
either Of the candidates. The election was
declared null and void.
On motion of J. D. Umberfeld.
The Police Jury took a recess till two
o'clock p. N. e.....
The Police Jury met conformably to
the adjournment.
Members present as before.
On motion the Police Jury, again
torney.
On counting the votes it appeared that
Mr.. Connely received six votes and Mr..
Mercer received four votes, therefore Mr..
Connely was declared duly elected Parish
Attorney to serve during the year ending
on thelst Monday Of September 1856.
Mr. Thibodaux.
| Proposed Mr. p. H. Darce az candi.
date for the office of Door Keeper Of the
Police Jury, and said Darce having re-
ieved the vote of all the members, he was
declared duly elected to serve during the
year ending on the lst. Monday Of Septem.
ber 1856.
On motion of Mr.. Tanner.
The Police Jury proceeded to the elec-
ton Of the commissioners of Election to
serve during the year ending on the lst.
Monday of September 1856, which resul.
ted as follow, to wit:
! tWard-R. D. Jordan, F. L. Mead,
2 Furcy Thibodaux.
Is Ward-Auguste Legendre, Euzelien
Gantraux, J. C. Potts.
Sd Ward-J. McCullom, NJ. H. Daunis, J.
Leblanc, alias Noise.
4th Ward-O. NJ Aycock, P. Becknel,
1sidore Duprc.
5th Ward-P. H. Dxrce, J. NJ. Daigle.
| Pierre Daigle.
9th Ward-J. 3. Bond, A. 81. Ce Laporte,
J. B. Dunn.
7th Ward-Jos. Semp.e, w. A. Bisland,
L. S. Chauvin.
5th Wsrd-J. N. Robichaux, N Fields,
| W. S. Campbell.
9th Wan-H. Collins, Joseph Toupes,
J. NJ. Sanders.
10th Nard-Peter Welsa, Thsodule Du.
plainly, Paul Forei.
,1th Wa:3-Ursin Prevos., +. F. Michel,
St. James Falgout.
18th Ward-W. Hatch, H. Wright, H. s.
| Hancock.
18Th Ward. V. Boute.ou. ". Il. Moor
ing, c. C. Wallis.
The Police Jury proceeded to the elec-
ton of the commanders Of Patrol to serve
during the year ending on the lst. Monday
Of September 1856, which resulted as
| follows, % wit:
lst Ward-Oiezime Babin, - Ward,
Nicholas Smith.
cd Ward-Argus,e Legendre, " c, Hol.
Ieyman, W Watkins.
Sd Wari-M. Il. Daunis, ]. McCollum
Jas. Iusky. .
4th Ward-Lezin Daigle. Auguste Le
/ Blanc, Drauzin Bergeron.
5th Ward-J Bite Bergeron, Ma1iliairt
Hebert, EdouaM Savoie.
9th Ward-W. F. Gray, Celestin Berger
on. Il Eoeveo stein.
7th Ward-Thomas Welsh, E. Ho.ard
| Sen., Richard Peters.
9Th Wasa-Hypoli'e Pitre, J. N. Robi
4 caanx, Jean Leboeuf.
9th Ward-Robert Daspit, P. Blanchard
/ Leon Ozio.
!, 10Th Ward-F. Thibodaux, P. Thibod
|, aux, B. Leblanc.
, 1lth Ward-Ursain Provost ]. s. Miller
Aurelien Thibodaux.
18th Ward-J. Jackson, NJ. s. Trahan
Frank Haines.
18th Ward- B Dodds, D Phipps, c
Deoux.
4 The Petition Of Messrs. BLAKE, WHITE
AND Anderson, proprietors of the HOU
+ MA CERES, proposing to contract 70
e the Parish printing was referred to com
mittee, composed Of Messrs. Thibodau1
Theriot and Duplanty.
The Petition of'V. Sulokowski parisl
!. surveyor requesting the Pulice Jury to ap
J. propriate the sum Of two Hundred dollar
s for the purpose Of enabling him to max
a map Of the Parish Of Terrebonne, wa
a referred TO committee, composed q
: Messrs. Thibodaux, Tanner and Dupre.
n The Petition Of John Berger prayin'
that P. H. Darce be fined for neglect in th
performance Of his duties as Road Inspec
tot, was referred to committee compose
of Messrs. Thibodaux, Tanner and Gueno
III The Petition of number of the i
!. habitants ofrthe 18th ward paying for a