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

f of but a very small portion of the public funds, did the La
I permit partial parochial taxation. Your undersigned con
c mittcc feel confident that the whole sum necessary to buiit
make and permanently establish this road, could be raise
-, without an objection from the tax paving population upo
the left bank of the river. But this, ii is hoped, the honor G
the remainder of their fellow citizens would forbid. A
ofwllich is respectfully submitted.
lbersille, August 3lst, 1850.
(Signed) w. R. BOOTE,
Chairman,
N. Z. BLoUIN,
LUCIEN GUIDRY,
in. S. BLANCHARD,
An ordinance to provide for making and
establishing 4 eat loft Road across Iberville
Point in the Parish of 1berville, to lead from
Island, was presented and read to the Police
Jury, and the same being put to vote, Messrs
R. A. Upton and Thos C. Brown voting in
favor of it, and Messrs Louis Hebert and w.
C. Adams voting against, their being a tie, the
President pro TEN 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 or
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 etfectuallv
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
OF the 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
dlnance being put to vote was unanimously
adopted and ordered to be filed.
An ordinance concerning Roads and Levees
in and for the parish of IberyilIe, was pre-
scented and read to the police jury, and the
being put to vote was unanimously ADOPT
ed.
Whereas the office of justice of the peace
for the lst 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 2Sth 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 all the proceedings ofthe 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
to subscribe to the Southern Sem
for the use of the 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
it becomes necessary to raise a parish
Tax.
1t was unanimously resolved that a parish
Tax be levied in and for the parish of IberviIle F..
or the year 1850, of eight cents upon every
hundred dollars value Of taxable property as
'essed in, and in conformity with the assess
nent Roll of the State for the year 1851, and
IN ordinance to that e%ffect>havinr been sub
nitted to the police jury was unanimously
and approved.
The petition of Mrs. Theresa.Eliza Winfree
Wo. Roach) praying to be permitted to cman-
lpate her negro man named Jack, aged about
lfty years, having been submitted, was reject $
d, Messrs Adams, Hebert, Brown and Stringer. $
citing against it, Mr.. Upton not voting. I
The petition Of J. H. Richard, BENJAMIN Ri
hard, Trasimon Richard, Jerasime Richard, 4
Melon Richard, praying to be permitted to
mancipate their slave William, aged about r
lxty years, having been submitted to the police i
Try, was rejected-Messrs. Adams, Hebert. n
and Stringer, voting against ii. MIR. q
'pton voting in favor of it. l.
An ordinance to establish a canal or drain
the rear ofthe town of Plaquemine and out
the Incorporated limits thereof was present
and read to the police jury aud the sam be
g put to vote was unanimously adopted and
.
Whereas it is necessary, in order to preserve
re parish property wherein the Court House .
I'd Jail are built, to make a fence around the y
me. S
Resolved, that Messrs. w. C. Adams, Louis il
and Thomas C. Brown, be and they are v
ereby appointed a committee to contract for II
purpose of making and erecting a suitable
nee around the unenclosed sides Of the Court =
ouse and Jail lots. The said fence to be
ade with Cedar posts and three rails. That
i'd cammittee be authorised to receive propo- 4
us for said fence and to let the same out to
e lowest bidder, and that the costs of the i,
me shall be paid out Of the parish Treasury
J the warrant of said committee, or any two d
them, Immediately after the same shall have p,
zen completed and received.
There being no further business before the :
'lice jury, on motion the police jury adjourn
until the next regular session, to wit-the
Monday Of January next, 1851.
A. G. STRINGER,
Pres. Protein.
LOUIS HEBERT, 4
WIN. C. ADAMS, 6