The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-11-07
CHAS.. ENGLEMAN,
: GEORGE HERRLE,


Resolved, That the General Tax for
the year 1860, be and is hereby fixed
at one per cent on the Assessed Value
of Real Estate and Slaves per Tableau
Of 1860.
Resolued, That a Special Tax of one
half of one per cent be and is laid on
the Assessed Value of Real Estate and
Slaves per Tableau of 1860 to pay for
constructing the New Levee now being
finished and for repairs to the Levee.
The following resolution offered by
Mr.. Engleman in behalf of the Finance
Committee was read and adopted after
suspending the rules.
Resolued, That the Recorder of
Mortgages in and for the Parish of
Jefferson, is authorized to cancel and
erase from his Books, all the privileges
of the City of Carrollton recorded
against Mr.. Salomon Cohn for taxes in
the years 1856 and 1851 provided, Mr..
Cohn pays the cost of. erasure and the
Recording Fees and exhibits the xea-
lsurers Receipt for all Fees paid for
Recording said Privileges.
The following resolutions from the
Streets and Landings Committee we're
read, and after suspending the rules
adopted.
and is authorized end ted t0
fence in with his squares N8A ft6 to
no and l22 to 126 in Carrol tom all
the streets lying between Camel venne
Lower Line, Eighth and Tenth streets,
but no portion of the streets named
above are to be included and the fence
thus erected is to remain only during
the pleasure of the Council.
Mr.. Zeller called for the yeas and
nays on the above resolution and they
were taken. Yeas, Messrs. Davenport,
Engleman, Fischer and Mayo. Nays
Messrs. Zeller and Herrle4 yeas and
2 nays. 49,
Resolved-That Messrs. s.. III. Brown
& Co., be and are hereby authorized to
lay r. r. track across the upper side
of Upper Line street at point oppo-
site Plum street so as to form a connec-
tion with the Jefferson and Lake r. K.
and the R.R. which they will construct
in street of New Carrollton
provided, they lay the said track to the
City grade, fill up the street in which ii
is laid, to the grade, dig and keep open
the bitches required round about it,
make and keep in good repair the
bridges over which it may pass and
plank the space between the rails OF
said track and twelve inches on each
side of it, and when required by the
Council they shall remove said R.R
track at their own expense.
Sundry bills were read. On motion
the rules were suspended and the Mayor
authorized to draw warrants for the
following persons and amounts.
j. Blanc, 925 barrels brickbats. 1912 Y
r. l.. Preston, month services
as Attorney 25 W
S. n. Canon, 3 months salary
as Keeper of the Court
House 10 81
The following from the Streets ant
Landings Committee was read, approved
and adopted after suspending the Rules
The Streets and Landings COMMITTEE
report in favor of paying Mr.. NJ. Bacl
$500, in notes of this corporation fo,
the Land necessary to open Iimpe
and Short streets through Square No
80, in Carrollton, and offer the following
resolutions.
ReSoLUed, That the Mayor is author
lied to purchase and accept a titlc
| from Mr.. NJ. Bach by Notarial Act
the ground necessary to open Iimpe
and Short streets through Square No
80, to-wit A strip of Land for th'
continuation of Zimpel street measuring
| fifty feet front on Washington street
by depth of 275 feet; and a strip o
Land for the opening of Sh9ft street
measuring % feet -oA each o
f Third and Fourth streets, by650feetde
RcsoLUed, That for the payment o
| the price of said Land, say $500, tn
+ Mayor is authorized to draw thre
notes of equal amounts payable res
: pectively in one, two and three year
: after date of the act of sale, wit
5 interest from date at six per cent pc
annum.
t On motion the Council adjourned un
f til Wednesday, November IA, 1860, at
: o'clock 2. NJ.
"a true copvO
G. c. PORTER, Sec'y.