Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-10-09
POLICE JURY pROCEEDTN1;a

At a regular session Of the pd;e.i,..
held at the Court House on Monday. SaD.
t-mher 9Th, 1859, there weres or.sent
M-ssrs. Pope. Chinn. DnraldeIa Dnb,ocs
Landry. Stevens and II. Hebert
o" motion. A. .. Barrow was .noo;,.
ed clerk pro tenn. hItE
On motion Of Mr.. Durable it W.
Resolved, That the sum Of six tkou..
and one hundred dollass be asslerass.ed on
the taxable property of the parish !, the
amount show n by the estimate submi,,.d
to tue p"lice jury atits last regular me.t.
ing, a. necessary for The current expen,
ses Of the parish for the year 1870
- H " Hyaahs was unsnimoesly sl.e,ed
parish printer for the ensuing year,
The Finance Committee made thu I'll.
loving report which was adopted g:
The Committee on Finance beg iesye
to report-the following accounts ~ tfue
and correct and recommend psym,nt
,h~'eof -Hermoqene Bxbiu, 2 iuoo.s,s
$50 J. V. Dur.Ide, Jr., Sheriff, ib1ols
ana stationery. SIS ; 3 J uyams Ia
parish printing 10 September 1st. Sll9 50:
A. V. l'ubr"ca, parish surveyor, &60,:
Edward HILBERT. work IN. Irv-e II NM.
r. Hrbe't {kvr- fund) $27 50. s!ls -
(sieped) J: T LANDRY. Chsirmas..
The inllnw'ng Preamble and reaolutiiops
WE'RE adopted : ss-trA.S s143o-g
% Whereas. certain inhabitants Of thia
parrish have signi6ed their willisgssssio
sdvshce money to the parish 90 tbett
taxes for the purpose 81 rrpsiring he
levee on the Leblanc point. be it !.
Received. That the presidents of the
police jury he autLnrizrd to d,av ppeu
the parish treasury warrants 10 sueh
amounts as may BIZ most. conveaieut. 10
the sum Of $1,000. payable oon I.Ss6fk
day of june 1870. n.. afT syIe
Resoa we'd, THAT The said warr.ots shall
be disposed Of at par, the proc eds 10 go
the parish treasury. to be drawn. 81
"a w.ll be r+qui'ed to pay for said morb,
Resolved, That the inspector Of tie
7th ward he directed to let out, immedi-
stely after thirty davs. nolier, 10 tho
bidder, the work on isid lesee.
and that on its completion and recript
|'y said Inspector aud president Of ,hs
jury. th.. said presid~ot he directed
% draw upon aaid fund for lie payment.
o" motion of Mr. Chinn, it Was
70 Resolved, That -- he a~ppeintsd .
whoss duty,i il shsll be to have
the lsvss in the upper pdrtios Of
his parish. koows - the Point Manor,
" parrish leves. u. @-a 81 ga .aassao aoais9
Resolved. That they advertise ~ tho
'pnce Of thirty days for proposals for tLe
'uildiDg Of -aid lever scrbss the crevSsse,
Q be completed op "r before the l5,bdsy
# December next, aud that they let out
he same to the lowest bidder. Y -
Further Resolved, That the sum *
our thousand d"llsrs, or 40 much n mar
necessary. be appropriated out II tbs
fund tor the purpuss, VI paying for
work, and all txpenses incidental
~ Lssiea4l - 'p falg-tq 07Jtag
aaMr. aDu aide offered the following
which Was defeated, : seors
4 R*~"l we'd, That the resoluei"n soseFee
yMr. CHM spor,prixtinp foor sb.usF.:
I'd dollx,ts, FOE the repsir of the parish
b. amended 90 % to read three
dollars, or 90 much thereof a.
he '~necess.ry. e, .s,g ri
The original resolution was then tslys
. and passed. 81 s,s
On molten Of NJ. Dur.ldei it was !
Resolved. That the parish attorney Be
nd he. in berehv instructed to exsmipe