Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-08-25

Der, -. ~
- cattle 70
{ sheep and 10
:" barrels, 10
lime ana SAND. 10
barrels,
D
Z" boxes, small 6
" merchandise and large boxes......... 10
" trunk without passenger. 5
nay IN 10
coal III 'i'hs....... ................ ~
- rice IN lierces 70
=" bacon in tierces 40
That said lessee keep good and sufficient
skifls and ferry flats TO cross all persons as
aforesaid, when it shall be necessary to stop
or lay up said steam ferry boat for repairs
and provided that said repairs shall not take
more than forty days in any one year under
the penalty Of Fifty Dollars for each day over
and above said time. unless the Court for sui-
ticient reason and showing of due diligence
on the part Of lessee, remit the SAME
That the lessee be requested to keep on
his steam ferry boat, to manage the engine an
experienced white engineer.
That the privilege Of keeping said ferry
shall not extend beyond three miles each
West Baton Rouge.
That said lessee be required to have flats
and SIX ifs in readiness to cross all persons and
things aforesaid. from and after the 30th day
Of January next until the expiration Of the
said month, when he shall be obliged to fur
nish a steam ferry boat as above mentioned
unless he shall have furnished a good and uf-
fcient boat before that time.
That the lessee be required to give a bond
in the sum of Three Thousand Dollars, or
should the bid be over and above such sum,
then i'll an amount one-hali over and above
such bid with satisfactory security, condi-
toned upon the faithful. performance Of his
contract, and without any obligation on the
part of the lessons to p ~osecHte offenders who
may undertake to keep a Ferry and interfere
with sad lessee.
That should any one thus offend by at
tempting to keep a ferry and interfere with
the privileges and franchises of said lessee, he
orsthey shall pay for every daysof such con-
trayention, the sum of One Hundred Dollars
and costs of suit, half to the lessee, and half
othe Corporation where the complaint may
be lodged. and finally
That should the lessee violate the condi-
ton of the lessee in taking away his boat
when it is not for the purpose of making re-
pairs nor furnish skifs and flats as required
and persistentIy and continually neglect to
cross within the required time, then such vi
~olation SHALL work a forfeiture of the lease.
That In prosecutions against said lessee for
a forfeiture of his contract, be cannot urge as
a sufficient excusethat his boat had met with
accident and detention while on any other
business than that of ienying, nor that he
was washing out boilers when such washing
was after 9 o'clock, A NJ.
lSigned. J. V. DURALDE,l
H. N. FAyRoT, c;.o
N. W. POPE, COMMITTEE
On motion Of Capt. Trinidad, the sum of
s25 90 was allowed to Frank " bite for hoi.
ding an inquest on the Doth of June, 1860.
On motlon OF Capt. Trinidad, the following
~rcounts for dinners to Commissioners wero
allowed:
To Uselian RafIrsie -. -. ....... Sf2 so
:. r @nnama'a'n-.. -. ~ 90
On motion of Capt. Trinidad, it was
Resoi' cd, That the committee appointed by
this Board to draw up a Charter with a SIM
liar Committee frora the Town Council of
Baton Rouge for the running of the steam
ferry boat between the Parish of West Baton
Rouge and the City of Baton Rouge. be main
tanned in their present position with addi-
tional powers to adveItize the sale of lease
of said ferry, and to sell same in onjunction
with the Committee from the Town Council
Of Baton Rouge as soon as possible.
On motion of Nj Pope the following petit
ton Of Mrs Mary Barrow, was received and
laid Oh the table, viz:
To the President and BLENDERS of the Poll c
Jury Of Wcst Baton Rouge:
The undersigned, Alex Barrow, agent of
Mrs Mary Barrow, Administrator of the es-
tate of A. Barrow, respectfully represents,
That upon an indictment found against the
said Mrs Mary Barrow, in the spring of
1880, a plea of guilty was entered, but the
undersigned hereby petitions your Hon. body
for a remission of the fine imposed not only
for the reason that: the said Mrs Barrow
should be placed upon the same footing as
the balance Of the delinquent proprietors,
(Mrs. f. Stewart excepted) but for the fur
Their reason that eighteen of the nineteen ar
penis were completed according to law, be-
sides the one arpent fronting the Court
House, which yo1r petitioner worked.
lsigned. ALEX. BARROW,
Agent.
WEST BATON ROUGE, June 4th, 1860.
On motion of Mr. Pope a draft of Alex
Barrow, being money from the State for con-
struction of a levee in front Of the old Court
House, was paid ever to the Parish Treas |
urer.
On motion of Capt. Trinidad the following
persons Were appointed a Committee to re-
ceive the Bond of the Treasurer of the Poy-
dras Legacy, viz:
A Woods, Trinidad, C S Lobdell.
On motion of Mr. Lennon, 1t was
Resolved, That the resolutions reported by |
the special levee committee to a previous |
meeting ofthis body, recommending an in
crease in the size of %levees, &C., which re-
port was laid over to the next September
meeting, be published with the proceedings
of this meeting.
A petition from some planters in the lower
Wards of this parish, praying that no chan