Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-07-21
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINGS.

Pursuant to a public notice the newly
elected members of the Police Jury as.
sembled at the court house on Monday
June 4tb, 1866.
On motion of N. W. Pope, Mr.. Rapha.
ell Hebert was elected chairman pro tenn.
On motion Of Mr.. Pope the chairman
pro TEN was authorized to- appoint a
committee of two to examine the creden-
tials Of the newly elected members where
upon Messrs.J A. Bird and Judeon Doiron
were appointed on said committee. The
committee after a short recess reported
the following members as duly elected
to represent the after named wards-viz ;
LIST ward, Hubert Hebert !; I'd ward, D.
A. Landry !; Sd ward, Judeon Doiron ;4th
ward, Raphael Hebert 9Th ward DR.. T.
P. Vaughn 9Th ward, N. W. Pope 9TH
ward, JsA. Bird Sth ward, Fergus AL
lain.
On motion the Jury proceededlto the
election of officers. T. P. Vaughn nomi-
mated Hebert President, and j. A., Bird
nominated N. W. Pope, T. P. Vaughn and
Fergus Allan were appointed t%ellers. On
counting the votes it, was found that Ra-
phael Hebert had received three votes
and NV. Pope fouh whreupon N. w.
Pope was declared daily elected President
Of the Police Jury for the ensuing year.
On motion proceeded to the election of
Police Jury Clerk, IA. Bird nominated
HI. Hyams. and DIT P. Vaughn nomi4
mated A. D. Barrow. The same ~tellers.
were appointed, on counting votes it was
found that II. ). iHyams had received
three votes and A. D. Barrow, vas de-
ciared duly elected Police Jury Clerk.
q. N: Fayrot was, elected parish, attor-;
ney by acclamation /; Il. j, rHyams was.
elected parish printer BY. exclamation.
VIM. White was elected Parish Tax col
lector by a~cclamation. .e1ots eii cir grfAa
For Treasurer John Bird nominated W.
B. Chamber' i and II Fergus, Allan fnomi-
mated F. r. Allan. The same ~tellers.
were appointed. On counting the votes
it was found that Chamberlin had receiv-
,edHthrees votes and E. RI Allan had re-
ceived four votes, %whereupon F. R. AL
lain was declared duly elected.
Peter Collier was elected sergeant-at-
arms by reclamation. The president
then appointed the following committee !:
On Finance, Judeon Doiron, Hubert
Hebert and F. Allan on Poydrass funds,
John Bird, Adolph Landry and Raphael
Hebert ; to examine t~reasurer's books, 7.
P. Vaughn, R. Hebert and Judeon Dol
ron !; to estimate parish taxes, R. Hebert,
I. P. Vaughn and John Bird.
The Jury then proceeded to the ex.
animation of names of persons requiring
relief from the stores furnished BY the
government of the United States to the
destitute of the parish with the following
LIST ward, widow F. Trahan and three
children, widow Octave Attain, widow
and two children, and Jerome
Melaneon ; I'd ward, VIM. Wagner, 8
grown persons and four children, widow
Jean Marie Templet and Rosalie Templet:
Sd ward,,aCamh Hebert, wife and four
children. Alfred Lejeune, wife and seven
children ) 9Th ward, John Arbuckle, four
grown persons and one child widow
.omeaux,3 five grown persona, dBazile
L.onguepe, three grown persons and
three children. J.sB. Labauve, two grown
PERSONS and FIVE children, two over IA
md three under Simon pLonguepe two
crown persons and three children over
a years. 18th ward, 4Fheodule sForet,
wife and Sill, children, two over IA years
)ave and Mary Ann Grover, colord old +;