The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-04-07
Proceedings of the Police Jury,
Parish of Ascension.


CoURT-HoUsE. April 2, 1877.
Members PRESENT.. +. Alleman, A. Bur
nett, Hillery Rice and Henry Heyman.
Absent-R. o. Landry.
The President being absent, P. F. Alleman
was elected President of the meeting.
The minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved.
The following petition was read and re-
ceived:
RECORDERS OFFICE, March 81, 1877.
To the Hon. the Police Jury of the parish Of
Ascension
GentLeme,s-The plan of the town of Port
Barrow is in q very bad state, and liable to
be scattered at almost any time. found 1t
in this condition on coming into possession
OF this office, and have endeavored to glue
and stick it together so as to be able to have
a correct copy taken of the same and now
ask your honorable body to authorize me to
employ some capable person to make the
said copy before the same becomes lmpos-
sible, and hope that the same will meet with
your immediate attention.
Yours respectfully,
w. w. BUFORD, Recorder.
On motion of A. Burnett:
Res0lced, That the President pro tenn. and
the Parish Attorney are hereby authorized
and empowered to ascertain the cost OF
copying said plan of the town OF Port Bar
row. and to have the same executed at their
earliest convenience.
Adopted.
The following petition was also read:
To the Hon. President and members of the
Police Jury of the parish of Ascension ::
Gentlemen-There is balance due me for
services rendered as Justice of the Peace of
the End Ward for the year 1876 of about nine
dollars was rendered by Mr.. Dugas, late
! Parish Treasurer, a warrant for nineteen
05-10O dollars, but as no such amount was
due me, l declined to accept this, but have
been unable to get any document or warrant
| to represent the amount that is due me, and
hope your honorable body will take some
| action relative to the same.
Yours respectfully,
w. w. BUFORD.
On motion of H. Heyman:
| ResoEued, That the Treasurer is hereby
| directed to register warrant for 81 as bal
ance due w. w. Buford, Esq, for services
rendered as Justice of the Peace, End ward,
| for the year 1876.
Seconded and adopted.
| To the Police Jury of the parish of Ascen-
| sion, State of Louisiana:
The undersigned respectfully represent
| that there is great danger, in their opinion,
| that smallpox now in st. James and in the
| lower part of this parish and elsewhere may
| spread; and that they recommend that an
| appropriation be made for the purpose of
procuring good and genuine vaccine matter
and of employing doctor to vaccinate all
persons needing it in that part of the parish,
| lying on the left bank of the Mississippi.
| A. Knight, London johnson, Isaam Thor
! ity, r. N. Chapman, Jno. A. Turner, Thos.
/ Miller. A. S. barrow, j. L. Brent, Ben. Glib
son, W. +. |. Davis, Henry &. Braud, George
Tureaud, Alex. S. Landry, A. j. Landry.
The above petition was. received, and on
motion of A. Burnett, it was
Resolved, That the sum of one hundred
| and fifty dollars be, and the same is hereby
| appropriated out of the contingent fund of
the year 1877, for the above purpose.
Seconded and adopted.
On motion of H. Heyman:
Be it resolved, That the sum of twenty.
five dollars be and the same is hereby ap
propriated out of the first fines collected by
the Sheriff of this parish for the purpose OF
buying handouts and leg irons for the use
| of the Jail.
Adopted.
On motion of A. Burnett:
Resolred That the Treasurer be author
lied to register and pay the bills of the Clerl
of Court for his services in criminal case:
tried at the recent term of the District and
Parish Courts after the said bills shall have
been examined and approved by the Parish
Attorney, customary consideration of sale
accounts by this body being in this particu
lar case waived and dispensed with ant
that ordinances or resolutions in conflict
herewith be and are hereby repealed for thu
purp ose of this resolution.
The following bills were approved:
H. C. CRUDE, repairing benches in the
Courthouse, $0 W
B. Rybiski, medicines furnished the Jail, o.
On motion, duly seconded, the meetin.
adjourned to meet on Monday, the 9Th da.
of May, 1877.
P. F. ALLEMAN,