Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-07-21

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lars. less &c amount Of Treasurer's commission OF
One Hundred nolla-s aud le-s the fees Of Commits
sion.rs amounting to Fourteen Dollars, leaving the
svm Of Two Thousand Four Hundred and seventy 'n'o
70. 100 Dol ara for distrbuti n. .,
~(SiRned.1 5 10 dell, u r Cam. J l. Loeoell.
On motion Of Mr.. Lennon. ]: was
Re .o;ved, That the President OF the Police
Jury be authorized to appoint a
Of three who will be empowered TO confer
with the Town Council Of Baton Rouge. in
regard to leasing the ferry atross the M'ss's-
aim; RIVER from that place TO West Baton
Rouge. to fix terms and conditions # said
lease, to arrange a tariff Of charges for freight
and passage.
Be il further Resolved. That they be IN
structrd to have said ferry sold within sixty
days from this date, and that they insert in
the conditions Of the lease q! the Ste am Boat
shall run from sun up in the morning unt'' 9
o'clock in the evening in summer, and 7
o'clock in the winter. aud that they also in
,<rt in same that a continued violation, on
the part Of the lessee OF the condition Of said
lease, shall work . forfeiture Of the charter
or lease.
Tie following persons we're appointed on
the Committee to confet with the Town
Council Of Baton Rouge ~ regard to lease
Of Ferry, viz N W Pope, J V Durable, II NJ
Favrot.
On motion Of Capt. Cain. it was
Resolved. That the members Of the Police
jury be allowed ten cents per mile going
and returning.
All applications for cadetship at A'exan-
dri. were laid on the table anil made the
order Of the dav f"r next Monday.
On motion Of Capt. Cain, il was
Resolved, Thst the Clerk Of the District
Court be. allowed S2j, the Recorder SIS, and
the Sheriff SIS per snnu.n for Stationery, etc.
On motion, it was !.
Resolved, That the Cle,k be empowered
TO purchase Stationery Tor the use Of the P"-
lice Jury, and to ave a lock put on the desk
in which The papers o. said body are kept.
A motion Vas made TO publish a petition
from Davi Pipe. o Bernard, Jr. N w Pop.
v Durable, L Favrot, F R Allan, A'zire
Leblanc, v Dub,ora. Of this parish, asking
4 canal or drain tn be estahlished. from L.
Blsnc's Point to Bayou Choctaw. aud def
ming it, course, wherenpop the yeas and nays
were called. aud tn, motion sustained, viz /:
Yeas.-Cain, Lennon, F A Woods, Pope,
James LobdelI, Pipes, Sidney Lobde1l.
N~ays.-Braud, Landry. Tnnidad.
On motion Of Mr. Jas LpbdsIl, it was
Resolved, That the Pres'de"t Of the Police
Jury be authorised to 70 ercurity in any sui
for prosecuting those who1may tresrass on TN
School lands Of this urish. brought il the
name Of the Superintendent Of Public Edu-
cation for the Stats of louisiana or other
wise.
On motion widow J B Ferioux was placed
On the paurer lit as q pauper Of the 2nd de-
gree, and allowed FIVE dollars per month.
Widow Dnverge was also placed upon the
paurer list in the Is degree. and allowed $i2
pei month.
On motion the Jury adjourned to Monday
June 18th, at . o'clock u. m.
On Moni.y, June nth, 1860. at 9 o'clock
.. NJ, the Jury met axresh'y to adjournment
Present-Rrand, F A W ois, Pope, Pipes.
s LobdelI. and Cain. Mr. Pope was appoint
ed President protein. On motion OF Mr. 5
Lohdell the Jury adjourned 10 Monday, the
18th inst, at 10 o'clock q. m.
On Monday, June 18th, 1850, At 10 o'clocx.
.. M, the J Jury met according TO adjournment.
Pre.ent-B,aud, Landry, F A Woods, J c
Woods, Trinidad, Pope, PIPES, J L LobdelI,
S Lobdell Cain and Lennon.
The minutes were read and on motion ap-
proved.
Applications for Cadetship At Alexandria
Military Academy, were made by widow
Pier E Cassie for her son, Pierre Cassie ard
by Augostin LeCIerq. 70. his ne: kew, Alfred
LeClerq. After having thoroughly exam'n-
ed and weighed the merits Of each applicant,
= motion was made TO vote bv ballot. upon
which motion the vote was called as follows
and the motion carried
ii T; c.;. L L0''e'l' Pipes $ L01de''
Nays-Braud, Landry, Trinidad and F A
Woods.
The Jur, proceeded to vote by ballot, and
upon counting the votes it appeared that Pr
ere Cassie had received six votes and Alfred
LeClerq five votes, whereupon on motion Of
Mr. Trinidad, Pierre Cassie was declared du-
ly elected beneficiary Cadet to Alexandria
from this parish
SyIvsnie Saorage, Coroner, was allowed
SIS for holding an inquest.
Frank White, J P, was allowed s25 f.,
holding m inquest.
The committee appointed to examine the
parish Treasures Books made the following;
report, which was read and approved:
10 the President AID members # tie Police Jury
The undersigned . Committee appointed BY your
Treasurrr's b".ks, beg leave 10 state that they have
carefully examined same and 6nd that they are all
correct. That he has furnished proper vouchers AID
that there remains in same officer. hand- q balance
~ s~eusy " uvu'Seu y e'kh'yfnsA0 $O-lvV
lars to the credit Of the parish
(S,snsdl N W Pope, "a Woods, J Tras landry
An account Of w D Winter II IS for sun.
dry work on l~evees, was allowed also an ac-
count Of A Crawford Of 5000 for leveIling
Of lsvees ant roads in the W,rd.
A committee appointed at The last January
session Of this bod to revise the Levee laws
Of this parish and make such alterations and
additions as may be required, presented their
report which was read and laid on tn. table
subject to call.
NJ. Sidney Lobdell offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That from and after the first
Monday Of June 1860, the salary of the Par
ish Attorney shall be fved at the sum ofthree
hundred dollars per annum, and that upon all
Judgements obtained by him in the name o,