Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1850-10-05

SASHSN
Chairman,
N. Z. BLoU1N,
LUCIEN GU1DRY,
in. S. BLANCHARD,
J. WALSH.
An ordinance to provide for making and
establishing a cat loft Road across IberviIle
Point in the Parish Of lberville, to lead from
the vicinity Of the Church of St. Gabriel to the
Island, was presented and read to the Police
Jury, and the same being put to vote, Messrs
K. A. Upton and Thos c. Brown, voting in
favor of it, and Messrs Louis Hebert and w.
G. Adams voting against, their being a tie, the
President pro tenn gave the casting vote in IA
vor of said ordinance. Therefore said ordi.
nance was adopted.
An ordinance to establish a Canal or com.
mon drain to be cut from Bayou Crocodile OF
Spanish Lake into Bayou Manchac, to drain the
points known as Plaquemine and Iberville
points, was presented and read to the Police
jury, which ordinance being put to vote was
unanimously adopted and passed.
On Tuesday the Sd September 1850, the
Police Jury met pursuant to adjournment.
Present as before.
Resolved that Louis Petit Esq. Recorder of
the parish Of lberville, be and he is hereby en-
powered to cause such work to be made upon
the office of the Recorder, as will effectually
prevent the rain from entering the doors and
windows of said office, and when such works
are made the costs of the same to be paid out
ofthe parish treasury upon the warrant Of the
President of the police jury.
An ordinance to lay a Tax upon all Billiard
Tables and Grog Shops in said parish, Except
those situated in the incorporated towns) was
presented and read to the police jury, which Or
dinance being put to vote was unanimously
adopted and ordered to be filed.
An ordinance concerning Roads and Levees
in and for the parish of Ibervile, was pre-
sented and read to the police jury, and the
same being put to vote was unanimously adopt
ed.
Whereas the office Of justice of the peace
for the LIST police jury ward of said parish is
now vacant,
Resolved, that an Election for a Justice of
the peace in said ward be ordered and held on
the 18th September, inst.
On motion, Resolved that the Clerk of the
police Jury be and he is hereby authorised to
contract with W. P, Bradburn, editor of the
Southern Sentinel, for the printing and publish
ing of al the proceedings of the police jury of
said parish, &c, and that the sum allowed for
that purpose shall not exceed two hundred dol
lars, Resolved, further, that the said Clerk be
authorised to subscribe to the Southern Sem
tine, for the use ofthe parish.
Whereas in order to defray the expenses of
the parish and the payments which will become
due for the erection Of the Court House and
Jail, it becomes necessary to raise a parish
Tax.
1t was unanimously resolved that a parish
Tax be levied in and for the parish of Iberville
for the year 1850, of eight cents upon every
hundred dollars value Of taxable property as
sessed in, and in conformity with the assess
ment Roll of the State for the year 1851, and
an ordinance to that effect having been SUBJ
mitted to the police jury was unanimously
adopted and approved.
The petition of Mrs. Theresa Eliza Winfree
(Wo Roach) praying to be permitted to eman-
cIpate her negro man named Jack, aged about
fifty years, having been submitted, was reject
ed, Messrs Adams. Hebert, Brown and Stringer,
voting against it, Mr.. Upton not voting.
The petition of J. H. Richard, Benjamin RI
chard, Trasimon Richard, Jerasime Richard,
and Melon Richard, praying to be permitted to
emancipate their slave William, aged about
sixty years, having been submitted to the police
jury, was rejected-Messrs. Adams, Hebert,
Brown and Stringer, voting against il. Mr..
Upton voting in favor of it.
An ordinance to establish a canal or drain
in the rear ofthe town Of Plaquemine and out
Of the incorporated limits thereof was present.
ed and read to the police jury and the same be
ing put to vote was unanimously adopted and
approved.
Whereas it is necessary, in order to preserve
the parish property whereon the Court House
and Jail are built, to make a fence around the
same.
Resolved, that Messrs. w. C.. Adams, Louis
Hebert and Thomas C. Brown, be and they are
hereby appointed a committee to contract for
the purpose of making and erecting a suitable
fence around the unenclosed sides Of the Court
House and Jail lots. The said fence to be
made with Cedar posts and three rails. That
said cammittee be authorised to receive propo-
sails for said fence and to let the same out to
the lowest bidder, and that the costs of the
same shall be paid out of the parish Treasury
on the warrant of said committee, or any two
of them, Immediately after the same shall have
been completed and received.
There being no further business before the
police jury, on motion the police jury adjourn
ed until the next regular session, to wit-the
I'd Monday Of January next, 1851.
A. G. STRINGER,
Pres. Protein.
LOUIS HEBERT,
WIN. c. ADAMS,
THOS. C. BROWN,
r. A. UPTON.
Apos1s PETIT, Clerk.
Runaway I'm Fail.
Was brought to the Jail of this
~ Parish, a runaway negro boy,
who calls his name STEWART.
III and says he belongs to Mr..
~10 Marcelin Landry, residing on the