Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1866-06-16
POLICE JURY PROCEEDINes

POLICE JURY PR0CEEDINes
Pursuant to : public notice thu No.,
elected members of the Police :Jn.s77
sembled at the court house on NJ. y
June 4th, 1866, Su"!
On motion Of N. w. Pope. M D..
Ell Hebert was elected chairman NJ" pa''
On motion Of Mr.. Pope the .cb.;,s -
pro tenn was authorized to anno;s. a
committee Of two to examine the IT,.
tails Of the newly electedsmemhe,."1 s
upon Messr& ] A. Birdand Judeon na;.1'
were appointed On said committee, ~
committee after sahort recess rer,. .asl
the following members Is dulv En-,
to represent the after named wsrds~s:' /
LIST ward. Hubert Hebert /; ID va,d
A.. Landry ; I'd ward, Judeon poiron, ~ n
ward, Raphael Hebert ; 9Th ward n
P. Vaughn ; 9Th ward, N. ". Pope ~
ward, j. A. Bird ;Sth ward, FERN. II
lain. tsl
On motion TIE Jury proceeded 70 d.
election of officers. T. P. vsuetp mn,
mated Hebert President. and j. A, r.,
nominated n. w. Pops, 7. T. Waugh. :
Fergus Allan were appointed taller. q
counting tho votes it Was found that h.
pbael Hebert bad received three ~.
and n. w: Pope four, whreupon N, v
Pope was declared duly elected Ptesid.m
of the Police Jury for the ensuing vs,
% motion proceeded to the election n
Police Jury Clerk, ). A.. Bird nomiu,ts
q. J. Hyams and D. 7. P. Vaughn nouj.
mated A. D. Barrow. The same telIen
were appointed, on counting votes it v.
found that II. j. Hyams had recei,d
three votes and A. D. Barrow waa 1.
clsred duly elected Police Jury Clsrk.
II. NJ. Favrot was elected parish attu.
ney by acclamation H.. J. Hyams w
parish printer by scclamsdm
VIM. White was elected Parish Tax cal.
by acclamation.
For Treasurer John Bird nominatedV
B. Chainber:in and Fergus Allain nout
nsted F. r. Altain. The same teneu
were appointed. On counting The yo,s
it was found that Chamberlin bad receiv.
ed three votes and F. r. Allan bed n
four votes, wbereupon F. \. al
lain was declared duly elected.
Peter Collier was elected RerreaDtaa.
arms BY scclsmation. The presidat
then appointed the following committee .
On Finance, Jndeon Doiron, Hubert
Hebert and F. Allain on Poydras funds,
John Bird, Adolph Landry and Raphael
Hebert ; to examine ~tfeasufer's books 7.
P. Vaughn, K. Hebert and Judeon Dol
ron ; to- estimate parish taxes,R R. Hebert
T. p. Vaughn and John Bird. G1HaG
The Jury then proceeded to the Ell,
animation Of ame Of persons requiring
relief from the stores furnished BY the
government Of the United States 10 lg
of the parish with the following
sa3
LIST ward, widow F Trahan and three
children, widow Octave Attain, widow
Bertolemie and two children, and jerome
Melancon ; ID ward, WIN. Wagner, 3
grown persons and four children. widow
Jean MarissT emplct aud Rosalie Templet;
81 ward. Camille Hebcrt, wife and four
children. Alfred Lejeune. wife and seven
children ; 4th ward, John Arbuckle, -four
grown persons and one child; widow
FIVE grown persons, Baz's
three grown persons aOd
three children, J. B. Labauve, two grown
persons and FIVE children, two over i
and three under !; Simon LoDguepe two
grown persons and three children over
IA years. 5th ward, Theodole Foret,
wife and six children, two over IA years
Dave and Mary Ann Grover colord Old
9th ward, Mcdonald, one child.
7th ward, Mrs. SylvaDie Aucoin thres
children. 9Th ward, Augustin Seguln
and wife ; widow Emma Ricbrd and SIX
children ; widow Emelie Richard and ono
child ; Mary Shanks. JEFF and Brown
colored, both old and in6rm. ~
The Jury then proceeded to the appoint.
ment of road and > levee Commissioned
with the following result
lst ward, Hubert Hebert ID wa'o'
Landry ; Sd ward, Bertrand Cassi
lth ward. ]. Isidore Daigle 6th wan
NJ. Brooks ; 9th ward, Philip Bauer
It'll ward, Barnsbas Stevens ; 9Th war;
J.. v. Durable il, ;S9thtward, J. R. ~
vail ; 10th ward. B.W. CLARK ; 18th vsfFa
l. s. Hereford.
On motion proceeded TO the appoint
nent of commissioners Of Police Ja'