Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-06-04
with copy of the contract and all cores
pondence relative theretn

| Will copy OF Inc cOnITacC anu all cores
pondence relative thereto
The two following resolutions. offered b,
MT. r., B. Trinidad, were. on motion, adopted
Reeolved, That the sur, of one hundred ane
sixty-two 50-l00 l$l62 SOY dollars be ard il
hereby appropriated to pay Robert Boyd TO-
his services in running t hr dividing line bet
ween the parishes of lbervilIe and Wes
Baton Rouge, in accordance with a ccrtrac
between said 9oyu and the Presidents of the
Police Juries of the two parishes.
Resolved, That the sum of one hundred
($l00) dollars is hereby appropriated to pay
A. V. Dubroea for his services, as Commits
sioner, IN assisting to run the line between
the parishes of West Baton Rouge and Iber'
Vile
A motion was made and carried to rescind
the vote permitting the inhabitants of San
Michel to place culvert in the new levee
opposite that town, granted atthe last session
of this body, whereupon Mr. J. I. Landry
offered the following resolution:
| Resolved, That the resolution adopted at
the last session OF the Police Jury, granting
the citizens of San Michel permission to place
clvert in the new levee, is hereby repealed,
and that the Inspector Of the 9Th Wsrd is
hereby instructed to close the same immedi-
ate|y.
The same gentleman offered the following
resolution, which was also adopted.
Resolved, That the Inspector OF Roads and
the levee in. front of the property of Philip
Bauer (old Court House lot) be raised as re-
quired BY law, above high water mark.
The esignation of Joseph S. Williams, as
President Of the Jury, as follows, was tead
and accepted.an ordered to be spread upon
the minutes Y.
To the Police Jury Of tie Parish Of West Baton
Rouge:
Conference.-The undersigned asks pardon
tor not having rendered his resignation before
as President of your honorable body, which
he now does, hoping th.t it nay be accepted.
In retiring from your honorable body, he
bees to assure you and through you, the peo-
pie of your parish, that he carries with him
the remembrance Of kind: generous and
hos2itable people.
Very Respectfully,
,4~= JOSEPH S. WILLIAMS.
West Baton Rouge, ApriN22nd 1859.
After reading the resignation of Mr.. Will
liams, the following resolution was offered
by MI. J. T. Landry, and adopted
Resolved, That in consequefteAf the re-
moval of Col Joseph S. Williams from this
parish, that his seat in the Police Jury is
hereby vacated ,eand that the Clerk of this
body be and is hereby instructed to order an
election to be held immediately to fill the
vacancy thus occurring in the 9Th Ward.
A bill of Philip Bauer for interring pau
per during the past summer, amounting to
thirteen dollars, was, on motion, ordered to
be paid.
The following preamble and resolutions
were then read and unanimously adopted -
WHEREAS the Police Jury of the parish of
Iberville, has made provisional appronri-
alton for the benefit Of the Bayou Crosse
~1Tete and Marangouin cos,ntry, to wit: That
: in case the majority Of the legal voters Of
that territory shall vote to remain in the
: parish Of %1bervile, at an election to be
HID on Monday 2nddayof May next, then
said appropriatio1td II Gsed and expended
y for their benefit ee, said appropri-
ss stiGH e to ~ h null = Now therefore
Resolved by the Police Jury Of the parish Of
West Baton Rouge:
LIST. That>the sum of fifteen hundred dol
lars, and as much more asSmay be necessary,
be and is hereby appropriated to make good
and practicable road from the Bayou Crosse
Tete to the Bayou Marangouin, between the
lands of Isaac Irwin and Mrs. Voolfolk, and
that 0. S Hornsly, W. J. Began, and J. B.
Voolfolk, be appointed Commissioners to
contract for and sup *rintend the same-the
Treasurer of the parish being hereby ordered
and required to pay said amount when drawn
for BY said Commissioners.
f Cd: That 1t is an insult to the intelligence
of the people of Crosse Tete and Marangouin
country to attempt to deceive them into the
belief that a good and practicable road can
be made down the Bayou Crosse Tete to the.
Indian Village, until the Bayou Piaquemine
shall be closed.
Sd. That aaload made Of sufficient length
to do any goodzwould not only cost an enor-
nous amount of money, but would materially
inure, If not entirely ruin tire lands on Bayou
jacob; on the Fast bank Of Crosse etc, and
the back concessions Of the Mississippi river,
the proprietors Of. which would promptly
stop the proceedings ofiniunction. -
4th. That this Police Jury pledges that the
Parish of West Baton Rouge will (just so
soon Is Bayou Plaquemlne is closed) appro-
priated ample and sufficient funds to make
good and practicable road from the lower set.
Elements, on the Bay you. Crosse Tete to the In
dian Village; and, ,eaiso, to make good and
practical ble road from spIne point on the Bayou
Crosse Teteto the Brusle Landing on the Mis-
sissippi river. -. --..~$
! s. that in case 'a.majority Of the legal
voters Of saidsdisp puted Territory shall vote in
favor Of " est Baton Rouge It the coming
election on Monday next I'D proximo) then
these resolutions shall be and remain in full