Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1850-10-26

. NORDINANS

n L;na "a ast.hI, to provide Tor ma
across IbervilIe Point in til 10 of Ihe,.;u.M,o
lead from the vicinity Of thesnrcb of s, Gahr;ei
to the Island.
BE i, ordained, by The Poliq, oe ,ho ,.x;.h
of Ibe, vile, that William K. ILL., s"~' IN ill., a,
cbard, and Joseph Walsh, be athev ,,a herehv
appointed commissioners, to Xii y an,ootF
Road, across Iberville Point, froAa n,,n,,,;on IF
Lucien Guidy, or another place,ln,~ ~ .nch
place above, as they may see fit, o", ,,audanc
with the Report Of the Committee.ed in the po.
llce Jury this day.
Sect. I'd. Be it further ordai, a.. I'm,
said Commissioner Immediately afts,e n,sn,e
Of this Ordinance, shalt be notified Of :. .roo;n1,.
ments. in the manner prescribed byv. ind II
shall then be their duty, at once TO metoye,her.
and select a site. for said cutoff Road q to IT,
cate the same-from one side of said Pr 10 the
other-and TO lodge The trees cautiously Il poin,
to point, where they locate the same--L;aed.
that the location OF said Road. shall be nnwer
down than the plantation Of Rene Arnous MN
which he resides, upon the upper side of said ,nt
and no higher up, upon The lower side of said n,
than the plantation of Waller Hebert, and pro-
ed said Commissioners, shall not locate said r,
SO as to run through the lands Of plantations Of
dividnals--so as 10 leave TO the same person, laI
upon either side Of the same, but that said Roag
shall as far as practicable. be run upon The sid
lands of the planters, across whose lands the sam
may be run-said Road 10 be not less than fort
feet wide-weli dtched upon either side.
SECT. 3. Be it ordained, etc, that when sal,
Commissioners, or a majority %of,hem, (and a ma
jority Of them shall be a qnorum to transact bust
ness. and majority Oft quoram, shall govern) shal
have located The road, and determined where thu
same shall run, they shall at once notify the pro
p~rietors Of the lands, across which they intend Il
run sand cut-Off road, OF the facts, and call upor
them, TO name one or more appraisers, t. value
said land. and the Commissioner shall also namt
an equal number Of appraisers; aud shonId the sale
Appraisers Thus named be unable 10 agree upor
the value of the land taken by the road. and fol
public Use. the said appraisers shall call in an nm
pire 10 determine between ,hem-and the award l.
the said appraisers, or umpire, shall be binding
upon the parish and upon the proprielors Of the
land.
Sec. 5. The said Commissioners, shall, imme,
diately after said award, proceed 10 build, a good,
durable. permanent, cyprus bridgs, across Bayou
Braud; and 10 this end, shall offerthe same for con
tract, TO the lowest bidder. for the space of ten
days-and the contract shall be given to the person
or persons. who offer to do the same for the leas,
sum, and furnish security TO the satisfaction of said
above the highest water mark-fo be so tied and
secured, that it canno, be carried away by the wa,
ter, and TO be rallied in upon either side.
Sec. 6. BE it fur,ner ordained, ETC, that the
Commiss oners aforesaid, shall then proceed to es.
innate the cost of making said road, from river to
river. and shall make a full report of the same al
the next meeting of the Police Jary, and in said le-
port. they shall state fully, all acts they may have
lone or performed by virtue of this ordinance,
where they have located said road. to whom and for
how much they have adjudicattd the building of,he
bridge, and for what prize the land has been ap.
praised.
SEc.6 6. Be it fcr.her ordained, ETC.. that the sum
o five hundred dollars, be and the same is hereby
appropriated, out ofany money in the Treasury Of
the parish, not otherwise appropriated, for the pur-
which, when located and opened, shall remain for
ever, 10 the free use of the public.
Sec. 4. Be il further ordained, ETC.. that a ieas.
enable aud sufficient time be given to the proprie
tors, through whose lands the said cut-off road may
run, to build their side fences, before said road is
open te the public, which time shall not be less than
thirty days, from the day o location ofsaid road and
to the propfietors ofthe same.
SEC. s. Be it further Ordained, etc., that the
money aforesaid shall be drawn from the Treasury.
>nIy for the use of said road-and shall be paid BY
he Treasurer, only, upon the warrant Of any two
IF the aforenamed Commissioners, and the counter
Of the President. Tor any W memhersof
he Police Jury, in the absence Of the Presidency Of
he Police jury.
SEC. 8. That the Commissioners shall be allows
ed a reasonable sum for their services which they
may recover under this ordinance-hereafter 10 be
determined and fixed by the Police Jury. which
shall be proportioned to the labor performed by
each of them.
Sec. 10. Be it further enacted. that when this
Dad be established, that the proprie,ors upon The
e Lc-1~ -rtl,~ .:,o. H. c,n r,.1o, IS ,:l -o.l
,e required to work on the same, and TINT Il Com
nissary for said Island cut>off road be annually
appointed.
.Sec. II. Be it further enacted that The Report
If the Committee, SO far as their suggestions are
made. be and The same is hereby adopted-ard when
aid road is once made. the proprietors upon said
eft bank, within the above distance, be required to
zeep the same erpetually in repair. Thus done
nd passed at the Parish Of Iberville, this I'd day of
september, 1850.
A. G. STRINGER, Pres. Protein.
r. A UrroN,
VIZ. c. ADAMS,
LOUIS HEBERr,