Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-10-02
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POLICE JURY pROCEEDINGs

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AT a regular session of The police ;,,,
held at the Court House on Mopd.v ~
tember 9Th, 1869, there were nr..snt
Mrssrs. Pope. Chinn, Durable, Dubroc.'
Landry. Stevens and H. Hebert.
O" motion. A. D. Barrow was appoint.
ed clerk pro TEN.
O." motion Of Mr.. Durable II wesq .E
Resolved, That the sum of six th,nnn..
and one bundled dollars be ssspssed =.
the taxable property of the parish q. the
mount shown by the estimate submi,led
to tue police jury At it's last regular meet.
ing, al necessary for the current expep.
SEES Of the parish for the year 1870.
HI. Hysms wa unanimously elected
parish printer for the ensuing. year.
The Finance Committee made the al.
loving report which was adopted
The Committee on Fnaoce beg laav.
to report the following Account. 70 trne
and CORRECT and recommend psym+nt
ths'eof Hermoeene Bsbin, 3 i.oa.s,a'
$50 J. V. Durable, j., Sheriff, bm,ts
sna ststinnery, .Sl5 HI uy.ms. Il
parish printing 10 September lst, $lla so:
A. Y. pubr"ca. parish surveyor, $50 /:
Edward HILBERT, work on l-vre Of Mme'
X. HILBERT (~levr@ fond) $91 So.
(siR"ed) j. T LANDRY. Chairman.
The ioll"wing Preamble and resolutions
were adopted : "E ststHLiI ~s71cIa
Whereas certain inhabitsnts Of this
parish have signi6ed their willingness 10
advance money to the parish On sth,ir
taxes for the purpose of repairing the
levee on ths Leblanc point, be it
Res1vrd,t Thst tt,e' president Of the
police jury be authorized to draw upos
the parish trashy warrants in sucA
amounts as may be most convenint.. to.
the sum Of $1,000. payable on he 6sst
day of June 1870. r.. ..IAT 7xI7
Resolved, That the said warrants shan
be disposed of at par. the proc eds 10 60
into the parish treasury, to he drawn fr
as will be required TO pay for said WORK.
Resolved, That the inspector Of the
7th ward be directed to let ont, immedi.
ately after. thirty dave notice, to the
bidder, the work On said lesee.
and that on its completion aud receipt
by said Inspector and president Of lha
police jury. the. said presidsot be directed
draw upos said fund for i.s payment.
O" motion Of Mr.. Chinn, it was
Resolved, That --- he sppoiated
whose duty it shsll he 10 have
the levse io the upper PARTON os
This parish. k0own ~ the Point Manor,
Or psrish levee. w.. 81 r5.. r9 ,s
Resolved. That they advertise Tor tho
space Of thirty days fr proposals. for The
'uiIding Of ssid lever scraes the csesssse,
be completed 90 NJ before the 13tA day
# Decrmber next, and that they let out
he same to the lowest bidder. CO.
Farther Resolved, That the sum u
our thousand dollars, or al much a. may
be necessary, be appropriated out Of tie
fund Tor the ,pnrpose Of paying for
.sid work, and all expenses incidental
Mr.. Da.slde offered the following
amendment which was defeated:
Resolved. That the resolution offered
y Me- CHM apprupriating -four thous-
md doIlsis for tho repair Of the parish
evee be amended 20 80 to read tAsee
housand 1ollsrs. or 90 much thereof -
nay be lnecesssry. no,, 70 ii 81.
The original resolution wa then tstsso
,p and psssed. sA' ,'''@N 'ot' H's'o 4 e., /.
Gu moti0pdof Ne. Durslde It was 3
Resolved, That the parish sttornsy BE-
md be 10 hereby instructed to exsmioe
nto the condition Of the road running
trough the Bsbina plantation st, o. "a
he forty srpe6t line, end thss be report
o this body what steps should b. taken
D order te keep tho same open fer Tie
'se Of the public. = s,o2eg .g
The president appointed. M-ssrs. B. r.
'hino, Jss. B. Devsll, and Al Dubrses
committees to have Point Nsnoir 70.
'uilt 4fl.
On motion it was ara ssfrq
lReso'sed, Thst whsreas, owing TO tie
sdical c6sages made in our lsvee lsws
the late Liquidation Of ,ths STAT, il i.s
ecomea nresSSAry 70 Revise the lStse or.
ip4.sess eftlds pstish. aosthaEf ~ ds@
'rm to said, chsng~so BeitvAa
Besolved, That c-4- be appointed 70
COMMITTEES to draft On OsfdisaSc~ 10 ~
.fd to ilevees If this -psrish. WHO Mn
rpsrt g this body y it, next regular
The president appoistsd ness,s 3. y.
'*vrOt. J. V Durable, B. r. chiss sSs
/. T. Landry. .sx