Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1850-09-21

Meesrs Joseph Gall, Joseph Leblanc and William New
at Ives Mill. Messrs. Z. A. Sherbourne, l.. NJ. Troceler
and Jshn Whitney to preside over the 9Th election 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 1878, due J. L. Brown fora
table and repairs done to the Court
room, Railing, &C., allowed, 5,75
An account due H. Sullivan, Tailor, for
house rent for twenty four dollars,
as per bill, allowed, 24,OO
An account of S. due FRANCOIS, negro
man, for making a coffin, for an indi-
gent, as per bill, allowed, 500
An account of $14 for articles to Parish
Jail for use of prisoners, and for feed
ing and keeping a lunatic in said Jail
due the Sheriff, as per bill, allowed, l4,00
An account of 500 due Antoine Will
lert, for making coffin for J. N. Ros-
son an INDECENT, said account reduced
to ten dollars, which amount is al.
lowed, 1000
An account of 1850 due F. N. Bissell
for nursing and taking care of Mrs.
Imam, an INDECENT sick person, al
lowed, $50
An account of $3.50 due Charles mu-
latto boy, for nursing and taking care
Of J. N. Rosson, an INDECENT, is allow
ed, 1900
An account of $2o,65 due G. S. Rous-
seau, justice of the peace, for fees in
criminal cases, said account reduced
to $l7,5 9 which amount is allowed, 1889
The said committee then reported adversely
on the following acts, to wit:
An account of S12 due Robert Baldwin for
building a Tomb for ]. N. Rosson, rejected.
An act. Of G. s.. Rousseau, justice of the peace,
for six dollars for furnishing dinners to II
Jurors in the case Of the State VS.. slave Mel
son, rejected-which reports having been sub
mitted were unanimously approved.
Then the Police Jury adjourned until 3
o'clock A. NJ.
At 3 o'clock P. NJ. the Police Jury met.
Present as before.
The following report of the committee on
the Island cutoff road, is presented anc adopt
ed, to wit:
"Tot the Honorable the Police Jury ofhe Parish ofI5errille:
Your undersigned, a committee appointed by your honora-
bic body. at its last session in June, for the purpose o ftaking
into consideration the propriety of making a cutoff road
across the point, known as Ibervilie Point, from the ''ls-
land' to that part of the Parish, known as "Manchac;" to
examine the varions localities where said road may pass;
to estimate the cost of max ing the same, to ascertain how
much of said cost can be raised by private subscription; to
determine and fix upon the best locality for said Road,
and generally TO report to your honorable body, all mat
tiers in relation to said Road. to the end that the same may
be made-have the honor to submit the following Report:
Yonr committee have discharged the duties imposed upon
them by the Police Jury; and after diligent and careful IN
vestigations and examination, they report that IN their
opinions said R load should be laid off from the ''Island to
Manclac' upon the lands of Lucien Guedry at the Island,
and coming out upon the other side at and upon the lands
of Mad. We. Jolly and the heirs of Ursin Jolly and Doctor
Trasimoud Dupuv, and the heirs and late widow of Luc.
Lesassier, for the following reasons: Because At is the
shortestaDd most direct route for said road-because itcuts
off no lands, that is 10 say runs through no ones land, but
goes through upon direct lines and because this in the opin-
ion of your committee can be made for the least price; and
because it there cuts off the most travel.
Your committee think that said Road can be purchased
and made for the sum ofone thousand five hundred dollars,
$500, or thereabouts, and that of this sum five hunnred to
one thousand dollars can be easily obtained by private sub
scription i'll money or labor, perhaps a still larger sum
than the last named, depending upon the locality of the
Road. Your committee would recommend that the said
Road be constructed as cheaply as possible, so as to make
it always passable for carriages and all ordinary travel, and
to this end recommend that over the swampy portions of
the Road, trees be cut down and laid across said road from
ditch TO ditch and covered with the dirt thrown from the
bitches upon either side-thus the road will be at but a
small expense, rendered permanently good at but a triding
annual repair. Your committee further recommend that
your honorable body pass an ordinance making it the duty
ofall inhabitants within five miles of said road upon the
same side of the river) and upon the Mississippi to work an
nually upon said road, and that yonr honorable body APP
point A Commissary of said road annually, to be known as
"Commissary of the Island cutoff road whose duty 1t shall
alwaysbe to keep said road in repairs.
Your ommittee congratulate themselves and their fellow
citizens generally that your honorable body had at last
moved in this important matter,
The making o. ::..::s roaa! e one Of the very last impor-
lance, TO the lower portion ofthe Parish upon the left bank
of the rivera work that should be made at once, nay your
ommittee will add that it is a work that should have been
made long sin e. Of its very great importance, your COM
mittee feel that it is hardly necessary for them to speak, as
all of the members of your honorable body are intimate
with the locaIity-its interests and necessities-still they
that they present to the Police Jury some of the many
reasons, that command the immediate construction of the
road.
The construction of this road, will cut off over seven
miles of travel, and will tend to bring nearer to each other
the lower and upper portion of the Parish OF lberville; it
will facilitate bonds, which now hang but loosely upon the
Island, for your committee are of opinion that unless this
road be constructed, the Island portion of the Parish will
make a successful application at the coming session of the
Legislature, to join the Parish of Ascension.
1t will bring the lower portion of the Island-now fire.
quently an Island in more than the name-to a closer prox-
unity to the seat of justice of the parish. 1t will enable its
citizens to attend their church, from which they are now
cut off by distance of travel, and the almost constant bad
state of the roads. It will be a positive advantage to over
FIVE hundred of the citizens of the parish; and it will be a
great advantage to all ordinary travel, and facilitate CON-
munication. Your committee are of opinion, that, in the
end, by the constr uction of this road the parish will be the
gamer, as they estimate that over two hundred dollars, as
an average sum, will be saved to the parish treasury annu-
ally, and this for the fees and mileage Of sheriff, constable,
and other judicial officers; the mileage Of persons, &C.
This should receive a great consideration from your honor
able body. The inhabitants of the parish of IberyiIle, from
the church of st. Gabriel to the lower line, have paid the
assessed parish tag into the parochial treasury for the past
~forty-fve years, and during all of this time have never re-
ceived back, by way Of appropriation, one single DOLLAR
They have seen other portions Of the parish improved,
from the church to the lower line of the parish,
have never received one dollar for any appropriation
Your committee suggest therefore that the
granting of this necessary appropriation would he but a
mere act Of Jnsticet to this portion Of the parish.
In conclusion, your committee urge most strongly and in
the most emphatic manner, the absolute utility and necessi-
fV ~ fhta4 ufLn6 Pnnd and upHoI n kn TnauncR rfS i'm at
ate construction, and to this end suggest that yonr honora-
bic body appoint three commissioners, clothed will full pow
es to make said road, and that the necessary appropriation
be made for the purpose. They are further Of opinion that
if the police jury provide the laud, pay for the right of
way, and build the necessary bridges, that the balance of
that they could say much more in relation to this road,
but believe that it is unnecessary, thinking that they have
already discharged the duties dcvolved upon them by the