Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1850-10-12
Police Jury--Paris1l OF lbervilIe.

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e The President, Jas. f. Robertson, being absent, the P
/; lice Jury proceeded to elect aPresident pro TEN. Wher
upon Dir. A.G. StrInger was unanimously elected Pre-
! protein.
l. The Police Jury being organized, proceeded to busjne.
n Resolved that Mcssrs Jas. +. Robertson and Charles
Slack, the absent members, show cause at the next sessit
n of the Police Jury. why they should not be fined for not a
tending at this session.
On motion, Resolved that Mcssrs r. A.. Upton, w.
Adams and Louis HILBERT, be appointed Il standing con
inittee on accounts and claims, TO serve for and during Oh
year from the date hereof.
Then the Police Jury proceeded to appoint Commission
es of Election, to serve for and during one year, i'll an
for the Parish of lberville, for the several election pre-
cincts of said parish in conformity with the provisions
the 9Th section ofthe act of the Legislature of the State
La. entitled can Act for the Uniform Regulations in tn
State Of Lousiana approved LIST June 1916" and the folio"
ing persons were duly appointed, to wit: Messrs Joscp
HreauX, Norbert Lauve and Albert Alain, to preside on tn
, first election precinct to be held at Buena Vista Hotel
| Bayou Gosla Landing. Messrs Trasimond Roth, JoscpI
E. WiitaIl and Balthazar RIls to preside over the q
election precinct to be held ut the Court House of salt
Parish at p'aquemine. Messrs Paniin DIupuy, JOSEPH
kicinpeter and Charles Booksh to preside over the 81
election precinct to be held at Theodore Johnston's store
at the Indian Village: Messrs Valery Hebert, Camille l.
Landry aud VALERIE J. Dupuy for the election precinct t
be held at the residence of Paul Dupuy in this Parish
Messrs Refine Leblanc, o. d. Watson, Dugregi Dupuy
70 preside over the 5th election precinct to be held al
Guidry and Eugene Babin to preside over the 9th election
p-ecinctto be heldat the coffee house of Mr.. Louis PoIlet
Meesrs jasper Gall, Joseph Leblanc and William New
conner TO preside over the It'll election precinct, to be held
at Ives Mill. Messrs. +. A. S%herburne, L. N. Troxclcr
and John Whitney to preside over the 9Th elctiou pre-
cinct to be held at Johnston Brothers store.
The committee on claims and acts, after
having examined the accounts submitted to
them, reported favorably on the following ac-
counts, to wit:
An account due Worsham and Sigler
for repairs on Parish Jail as per act, al
lowed, $1,000
An act. for 1915, due ]. L. Brown fora
table and repairs done to the Court
room, Railing, &C., allowed, 5,75
An account due II. Sullivan, Tailor, for
house rent for twenty four dollars,
/ as per bill, allowed, 24,OO
An account of IS due FRANCOIS, negro
man, for making a coffin, for an indi-
gent, as per bill, allowed, 500
An account of $l4 for articles to Parish
Jail for use of prisoners, and for feed
ing and tc,s5tp,lg Il lunatic in said Jail
Idde the Sheriff, as per bill, allowed, 14,OO
AN account of $40 due Antoine Will
lert, for making a coffin for J. N. Ros-
son an INDECENT, said account reduced
to ten dollars, which amount is al
I lowed, 1000
account of $3.50 due F. N. Bissell
for nursing and taking care of Mrs.
lnmann, an INDECENT sick person, al
lowed, $50
An account of $3.50 due Charles mu-
! latto boy, for nursing and taking care
: off. N. Rosson, an INDECENT, is allow
ed, 1900
An account of $20,65 due G. S. Rous-
seau, justice Of the peace, for fees in
criminal cases, said account reduced
to $l7,59, which amount is allowed, 1859
The said committee then reported adversely
the following acts, to wit:
An account of $l2 due Robert Baldwin for
building a Tomb for J. N. Rosson, rejected.
An act. of S. Rousseau, justice 0 fthe peace,
for six dollars for furnishing dinners to IL
Jurors in the case of the State vs.. slave Mel
son, re- ected-which reports having been SUBJ
mitted were unanimously approved.
Then the Police Jury adjourned until 8
A. NJ.
At 3 o'clock P. M. the Police Jury met.
Present as before.
The following report Of the committee on
he Island cut-o off road, is presented and adopt
ed, to wit:
our Undersigned, a committee appointed by your honOra-
Die body, att last session in June, for the purpose of taking
INTO consideration the ~propriety of making a cutoff road
lcross the point, known as Iberville Point, from the as
and" to that part Of the Parish, known as "Manchac;" to
examine the varions localities where said road may pass;
o estimate the cost of making the same, to ascertain how
much Of said cost can be raised by private subscription; to
ietermine and fix upon the best locality for said Road,
md generally to report to your honorable body, all mat
ers IN relation to said Road, to the end that the same NAV
made-haye the honor to submit the following Report:
Yonr committee have discharged the duties imposed upon
and examination, they report that in their
opinions said Road should be laid off from the "IsIand to !
upon the lands of Lucien Guetry at the Island.
nd coming out upon the other side at and upon the lands
4 Mad. We. Jolly and the heirs of Ursin Jolly and Doctor
Frasimond Dupuy, and the heirs and late widow of Luc, \
.esassier, for the following reasons: Because it is the {
nOFtestanO most direct route for said rOg6-lecauSo IL onte 1
no lands, that is TO say runs through no ones land, but .
oes throughupon directlines and because this in the opin- {
On OF your committee can be made for the least price: and '
ecause it there cuts off the most travel.
Your committee think that said Road can be purchased
nd made tor the sum ofone thousand five hundred dollars, c
iap, or Whereabouts, and that of this sum five hunnred to a
ne thousand dollars can be easily obtained by private SUBJ =
sr'ption IN money or labor, perhaps a still larger sum T
nan the last named, depending upon the locality of the s
load. Your committee would recommend that the said !;
Dad be constructed as cheaply as possible, so as to make !
always assable for carriages and all ordinary travel, and 1
this end commend that over the swampy portions of T
10 Road, trees be cut down and laid across said road from
!tch to ditch and covered with the dirt thrown from the :,
ltches upon either ~side--thus the road will be at but n il
NAH expense, rendered permanently good at but a triAinp y
nnual repair. Your committee further recommend that y
eur p honorable body pass an ordinance making it the duty e
gil Inhabitants within five miles Of said road upon the il
me side OF the river and upon the Mississippi to work an :,
laiiy upon said road, and that yonr honorable body ap- !"
pint Commissary Of said road annually, to be known as
.1ommissary of the Island cutoff road" whose duty il shall II
to keep said road in repairs. ="
Your committee congratulate themselves and their fellow d
tizens generally that your honorable BODY had at last 81
owed in this important matter.
The making of this road is one of the very last impor- :,
10 the lower portion ofthe Parish upon the left bank r
the rivera work that should be made at once, nay your h
mmittee will add that it is a work that should have been -
ade long since. Of its very great Importance, your COM :.
.ttee feel that it is hardly necessary for them to speak, as Il
Of the members Of your honorable body are intimate r
tn the 'ocality-its interests and necessities-stil they =
that to the full discharge of their duties it is proper u
at they present to the Police Jury some of the many 81
asons, that command the immediate construction Of the 9.
ad. .;
The construction Of this road, will cut off over seven "
les Of travel, and will tend to bring nearer to each other Sc
lower and upper portion of the Parish of lberville; it n,
u facilitate bonds, which now hang but loosely upon the -
and, for your committee are of opinion that unless this OF
be constructed, the Island portion Of the Parish will b.
a successful application at the coming session of the
'gisiatnre, to join the Parish Of Ascension.
II will bring the lower portion Of the Island-now fire. ~
emily an Island in more than the name-to a closer PROV et
NY to the seat Of justice of the parish. 1t will enable Its @