Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-07-07

oo the tOy tfao funl TO amount TO "a" sum :" lWt
T,cu.aud Five Hundred aud tighty:pine 1900 MOL
lars. less the amount of Treasurer commission o
One Hundred Dollars and less the fees Of fommiS
sicn-rs amounting to Fourteen Dollars, leaving tn
sum Of Two thousand Four Hundrediand Seventy dvs
1s.loo Dol 'ars for distribute n.
lSigned.l Cs iohdell, D P Cam, J L 1oedel'
On motion Of Mr.. Lennon, !. was
Resolved, That the President OF the P'''ce
Jury be authorized to appoint a .omm'ttee
of three who viii he empowered to confer
with the Town Council Of Baton Rouge. in
regard to leasing the ferry across the Missis-
si,.pi RIVER from that place to West Baton
Rouge. to fix terms and conditions ri said
lease, to arrange a tariff Of charges for freight
and passage.
Be it further Resolved. That they be i'm
Gtructrd to have said ferry sold within sixty
days from this date. and that they insert in
the conditions Of the lease o: the Steam Boat
shall run from sun up in the usormax r'ntil 8
o'clock in the evening in summer and 7
o'clock in the winter. and that thew also in
s<rt in same that . continued vi %lation, on
the part Of the lessee OF the condition Of said
lease, shall work 4 forfeiture Of the charter
o. lease.
1'a- following persons were appointed on
the Committee tn confer with the Town
Council Of Baton Rouge in regard TO lease
Of Ferry, viz N W Pope V Durable, H NJ
Favrot.
On motion Of Capt. Cain. it was
Resolved, That the members Of the Police
jury b. allowed ten cents per mile going
and returning.
All applications for cad.t.h;p At Alexan.
dm- w.re laid on the table and made the
order Of the dav for hext Monday.
On motion Of CAPT. Cain. it was
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Court BIZ. allowed S25. the Recorder SIS. and
the Sheriff SIS per annum for Stationery, etc.
On motion, i vas
to purchase Stationery Tor the use At the Pr.
in which The apers . said body are kept.
A motion a. made to publish a petition
from Davi PIPES @ Bernard. u. n w Pop".
Dura,de. L Favrot, F r Allan, A.zire
Leblanc. Y Dub,ora. Of this parish. asking
. canal or drsin to be established from L.
BIanc's Point to Bayou Choctaw. and def
ming ito course. whereupcn The yea. aud nays
were called. and til motion sustained. viz
Ysas.-Cain. Lennon. F "A Woha, Pope,
James LobdrIl. Pipes, Sidney Lohiell.
Nays.-Braud, Landry. Trinidad.
On motion Of Mr. jas Lohieil, It was
Resolved, That the President Of tn Police
Jury be ausherised 70 ~ security ID NY snit
f"r prosecuting thoss who may tresrass on the
School lands Of this parish, brought in the
name Of the Superintendent Of Public Edu-
cation fos the State Of Louisiana or other
wise.
On motion widow J B Ferioux was placed
on the pauI er Ii t rs . paug~r Of the 2nd de-
gree. and allowed five dollars per month.
Widow Dnverg- was alto placed upon the
peuIer list in the Is degree. aud allowed Si2
PER month.
Ou motion The Jury adjourned to Monday
June 18th. at 9 o'clock u. n.
On Monday, June ll'h, 1860. At 9 o'clock
=. r. tie Jury met ~xreahly 10 ID iournment
Presen'-Rra,d. F A W obs. Pope. Pipes.
S Lobdrli. snd Cain. Mr. Pope wal appoint
ed President protein. On motion OF Mr. 5
Lotdell the Jury adjourned to Monday, the
18th inst, ut 10 'o'elcrk q. NJ.
On Monday, Jane 18th, 1860, At 10 o'clocS.
=. NJ, the Jury met .cecrasnx to adjournment:
Present-Btaud. Landry, f A Woods. J C
S Lobdelt Csia a~d Lru,non.
The minutes were read aud on motion an
proved.
Applications for Csdetsb;p at Alexandris
Military Academy, we're made by widow
Pier Z Cassie for her son, Pierre Cassie and
by Augustin LeCIrrq. f..hi. ne. kew, Alfred
leClerq. After having thoroughly examin-
ed and weighed the merits Of each sppIica"t,
= motion was made to vote bv ballot. upon
which motion the vote was called As follows
and the motion carried !:
Yeas-Pope, J L Lobdell, Pipes, S Lobdell
and Cain.
Nay'-Bsaud, Landry. Trinidad and A
Woods. a
The Jur, proceeded to vote BY ballot. and
upon counting the votes il appeared thst Pr
ere Cassie hsd received six votes and Alfred
LeClerq 1--WE votes, whervupon - motion If
Mr. Trinidad, Pierre Cassie was DECLARED du-
ly elected beneficiary Cadet 70 Alexandria
from this parish.
SyIvanie Saurage, Coroner, wal allowed
SIS for holding an inquest.
Frank White. } r, was allowed s25 for
holding an inquest.
The COMMITTEE appointed to examine the
parish Tleaenre's Books made the following
report, which was read and approved:
10 he Pretiest AMI members Of te Police jury
The uodersignei . Conm nj Zee appointed b. your
Hon. ooSy 70 make an examination" Of the Parish
T'easutsr's b..pks, beg leave 10 state that The, have
carefully exsn:ned same and ind tha~ they are all
correct. That he has furnishsd proper vouchers q d
tnst there remains in samr ohacer'> hands a balance
OF twsnty-toar hun ired and eighty nine 43.l0J dol
lars 70 the credit Of the parish
t>tsned] N W Pope. F A Woods, J Tras Landry
An account OF w D Winter II IS for sun.
dry work On Iev~es. was allowed also an ac-
count Of A Crawford Of 5000 for IeveIiiny
Of levees and roads in the Ward.
A committee appointed at the last January
session of this body to revise the Lever laws
OF this parish and make such alterations AID
additions as may be required, presented their
report which was read and laid on tn. table
subject 10 call.
Mr.. Sidney Lobdell offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That from and after the first
Monday Of June 1860, the salary Of the PAR
lsh Attorney shall BE- fived at 1.-THE sum ofthree
hundred dollars I.-r a"nu,n, aud that upon ali
md ~ht.:..-l L. IT, =: L. 1900 <(