Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-06-30

Thousaud Five Hundred and Lightly lS-lOO 10
lars, less tie amount Of Treasurer's commission
One Hundred rollars and less the fees Of Comm
siourrs amounting to Fourteen Dollars, leaving Il;
sum Of Two Thousand Four Hundred and Seventy h'
1e.loo Dollars for distribute n.
fSigned. CS;o dell. " P Cam. Y l. L0odel-
On motion of Mr.. Lennon. Il was
Resolved, That the President Of the Police
Jury be Authorized to appoint . COMMITTED
Of three who will be empowered to COME
with the Town Council Of Baton Rouge. IL
regard to leasing the ferry across the Missis
sirpi RIVER from that place to West Bal
Rouge. to fix terms and conditions { sal
and passage.
Be it further Resolved, That they be in.
structed to have said ferry sold within sixt
DAYS from this date. and that thew i"sert i
the conditions Of the lease Of the Steam Boa,
shall run from sun up in the morning until
o'clock in the evening in summer, and !
o'clock in the winter. and that they also in
sert in same that a continued violation, or
the part of the lessee of the condition OF sale
lease. shall work a forfeiture of the chart.
or lease.
TIE following persons were appointed or
the Committee to confer with the Tow
Council of Baton Rouge in regard TO lea
Of Ferry, viz N w Pope V Durable, II \
Favrut
On motion of Capt. Cain. it was
Resolved. That the members Of the Police
Jury be allowed ten cents per mile goin
and returning.
All applications for cadetship at Alexar
dri. were land on the table and made tn
order of the dav FIR text Monday.
On motion Of Capt. Cain, it was
Resolved, That the Cielk of the Distrir'
Court BE- allowed $25. the Recorder SIS. am
the Sheriff Sis per annum for Stationery, etc
On motion, it was
Resolved, That the Clerk be empowered
to purchase Stationery Tor the use Of the Po-
lice jury. aud to have a lock put on the desk
in which the papers o said body are kept.
A motion as made to publish a petition
from Davi Pipes O Bernard, Jr, n w Pope.
J V Durable. L Favrot. F r Allan, A!zire
lie Blanc, v Dub,oca of this parish. asking
= canal or drsin to be established from L.
:BIanc's Point to Bayou Choctaw. and def
ming it's course. whereupon the yeas aud nays
were called. and tn motion sustained. viz
Yeas.-Cain, Lennon, F A Woods, Pope.
james Lobdell, Pipes, Sidney Lobdeli.
Nays.-Braud, Landry, Trinidad.
On morton Of Mr. Jas LcbdeIl, It was
Resolved, That the President Of the Police
Jury be authorised 10 20 security il. ANY sni'
for prosecuting those who may tresv48ss On tn.
School lands Of this parish, bro"gh' IN the
name Of the Superintendent of Public Ed"
cation for the State of Louisiana or other
wise.
On motion widow J B Ferioux was placed
on the paurer list as . pauper of the end de.
gree, and allowed FIVE dollars per month.
Widow Duv-rge was also placed upon the
spanter list in the Is degree. aud allowed sig
per month.
On motion the Jury adjourned to Monday
June 18th, at 9 o'clock !. m.
On Monday, June llth, 1860, At Q O'Clock
a. n, the Jury met ssreably to adjournment
Present-Braud. F A Woods, Pope, Pipes.
S LobdelI. and Cain. Mr. Pope was appoint
ed President protein. On motion OF Mr. 5
LotdeIl the Jury adjourned to Monday, the
18th inst, at 10 o'clock 4. N.
On Monday, June 18th. 1860, at 10 O'Clock.
=. M, the Jury met according TO adjournment.
Present-Braud. Landry, F A Woods, J C
Woods, Trinidad, Pope, PIPES, J L Lobdeli,;
S Lobdeli Cain and Lennon.
The minutes were read and on motion IN.
proved.
Applications for Cadetship at Alexandria
Militsry Academy, were made by widow
Pier e Cassie for her son, Pierre Cassie and
by Augustin LeClrrq. 70. his e :.sew, Alfred
LeClerq. After having thoroughly exarnin-
ed and weighed the merits Of each applicant,
a motion was made to vote bv ballot. upon
which motion the vote was called a. follows
and the motion carried:
Nas-Pope, J L Lobdell, Pipes, S Lobdel!
and Cain.
Mays-Braud, Landry, Trini lad and F A
Woods. rs
The Jur. proceeded to vote by ballot. and
upon counting the votes It appeared that Pr
ere Cassie had received six votes and Alfred
LsCIerq five votes, whereupon on motion Of
Mr. Trinidad, Pierre Cassie was declared du-
~ elected beneficiary Cadet to Alexandra
from this parish.
SyIvanie Saurage, Coroner, was allowed
SIS for holding an inquest.
Frank White, J p, was allowed s25 for
holding an inquest.
The committee appointed to examine the
parish Treasures Books made the following
report. which was read and approved:
To the Preside.t and members Of tie Police jury
The undcrsignei > Committee appointed bv your
Treasarer's bos'ks, beg leave TO state that they have
carefully examined same and ind that they are all
correct. That be has furnished proper vouchers and
that there remains in same officers hand, a balance
Of twenty-fOar hun ired and eighty-nine 4S-lOJ dol
lars to the credit Of the parish
(sisned1 N W Pope. A Woods, J Tras Landry
An account OF w ID Winter II IS for sun
dry work on ~levees, wa allowed also an ac-
count Of A Crawford of 5000 for l%eveliing
Of levees and roads in the Ward.
A committee appointed at the last January
session Of this body 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.
M. Sidney Lobde]l offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That from and after the first
Monday Of June 1860, the salary Of the Par
ish Attorney shalt be fved at the sum ofthree
hundred dollars per annum, and that upon all
judgements obtained BY him in the name Of