Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-06-28
An account in favor of Iberyille Jail for

for medical services, for 2l,OO
An account in favorof DR.. J. r. Chris
tlan, in a jury judgment, for 1000
An accotht in favor Of Henry Sulli-
van, jailor, for 2,75
Total, $l86,5l4
The following accounts were reported and re-
lected, to wit:
An account of G.. S. Rousseau, Justice peace, for
charges in the case of the State of Louisiana VS.. F.
Briegne. An account Of John Cannon, for lO,47.
For nursing on David Brown, a pauper, for II so
total, SS1 81.
A petition signed by several inhabitants resi-
ding on the East Bank ofthe river in said Parish
praying to repeal an ordinance passed by the Po-
lice Jury on the 14th day Of April 1851, authoris-
ing a common drain to be cut through Iberville
Point, was submitted and read to the Police jury
and the prayer of said petition having been taken
into consideration was put to vote-Messrs. Slack,
Adams, Leblanc and Brown voted in the afirma-
tive-Mr. Upton was excused from voting at his
own request.
Therefore, said prayer was granted and there
upon the following resolution was adopted:
Be it Resolved, tina the ordinance passed and
adopted by the Police Jury on the 14th of Arril,
1851, concerning the making and establishing of
a common drain across Iberville Point be and the
same is hereby repealed in all its parts-the same
to be void and null.
An ordinance concerning bathing in the River
and Bayous during the day time having been SUBJ
mitted and read to the Police Jury was unani-
mously adopted and approved.
A petition signed by several persons residing on
the left Bank of the river was presented and read
to the police jury praying that the 18th and 18th
school district be united into one and when SO
united that the same shall be known and called the
18th school district-said district being as they
now stand, of great inconvenience, and preclude the
possibility of renting a school house or employing
a teacher for each one of said districts-therefore
be it resolved that the prayers of said petition be
granted and that said 18th and 18th school dis
tricts be united into one, and the same be here
after known as the 18th school district.
Resolved that the Treasurer of Iberville be au-
thorised to contract with some competent person
for the purpose of building and constructing new
fence on the upper and back line of the court house
lot, and that the said treasurer be authorised to
pay the cost of the same out of the parish Treasu-
ry.
The petition of the inhabitants residing on the
bayou Plaquemine in the rear Of the town of Pla-
quemine praying that the police jury make an APP
preparation of the sum of two hundred dollars for
the purpose of assisting them in some measure to
defray the expenses of making a new levee on said
bayou Plaquemine where the crevasse existed.
having been presented and read to the police jury
was rejected.
Resolved, that a committee Of three, of which
the President shall be the Chairman, be appoint
ed to whom shall be referred the majority and
minority reports relating to an ordinance concern
ing the Road and Levee Laws, with instructions
to report thereon to morrow at IL NJ.
Then the President appointed Messrs. Slack
and Brown, to compose said committee.
Resolved that the clerk of the District Court be
authorised to contract with some one for the pur-
pose of making an armour to keep the papers and
boob, or cd oo,~% o-l H. 5000 A. l.
be paid by the parish aud not to exceed twenty
five dollars.
On motion the Police Jury adjourned until to
morrow at IL o'clock, NJ.
On Tuesday the Sd June, 1851, the Police jury
met pursuant to adj ournment-present, Messrs.
w. c. Adams, Thos. c. Brown, Isaie Leblanc,
Chas. A. Slack and IA. Dardenne-Mr. Upton
was excused by the Police Jury for not attending
The session being opened, the following pro-
ceedings were had.
The committee appointed to take into considera-
ton the majority and minority report relating to
the ordinance concerning the Roads and Levee
lands, within the Parish Of Iberville made by the
appointed at the session of the Police
Jury on the 14th April, 1851, presented their Re-
port to the Police Jury which was unanimously
and ordered to be filed in the archives Of
the Police Jury.
An ordinance concerning the Roads and Levees
within the Parish of Iberville having been sub
mitted and read to the Police Jury, was passed
and adopted by the following vote. Messrs.
Adams, Leblanc and Slack voting in the afirma-
and Mr.. Thos. c. Brown voting in the ne
gative.
Agreeably to section I'd of the aforesaid ordi-
nance the Police Jury proceeded to appoint in
of Roads and Levees in and for the Parish
of Iberville for one year from this date.
The following members were unanimously ap-
pointed.
LIST. district, C.. Adams, jr.; I'd do. Col. E. G.
w. Butler; Sd do. Armant Hebert, 4th do. w. E.
Edwards; 5th do. Paulin Dupuy; 9Th do: Treville
jr.; 9thdo. Balthazar Dupuy; 10th do. VIM. Bill
lings, senr.; 18th do. Col. r. A. Stewart; 10Th do.
DR.. J. Pritchard; 18th do. VIM. r. Boote; 14th
do. Paul Hebert; 18th do. Isaac Erwin; 10th do.
S. F. Ivy
Agreeably to section Goth of the aforesaid or
dinance the Police Jury proceeded to an cleo
ton for a Parish Attorney to serve until the I'd
Mondsy of April next, 1852, as provided by SAID
ordinance, and the names OF Messrs. Edward W.
Robertson, H. H. Taylor and E. w. Blake were
proposed to fill said office. Upon counting the
votes the result was as follows: Mr.. H. H. Tay-
lor obtained 2 votes, Mr.. E. W. Robertson l vote,
and E. W. Blake / vote.
Whereupon Mr.. H. H. Taylor was declared du-
" elected as parish attorney to serve until the I'd
of April next, 1852.
On motion Of the President, Resolved that the
sum of twenty dollars be allowed to the Clerk of
the Police Jury to copy in a fair and legible hand
the ordinance concerning Roads and Levees adopt
ed by the Police Jury this day and to translate the
same into French for the purpose of printing, and
that said sum be paid by the Parish Treasurer up
on the receipt Of said Clerk.
Whereas the Bridge of the West Baton Rouge
and Iberville cut off across Bayou Bourbenx has
been partly washed away and otherwise inju-
red.
Be it Resolved that the sum Of one hundred
and fifty dollars be appropriated towards the re-
pairs Of said Bridge and that Messrs. Camille L.
and Michel Hebert be appointed a Com:
to superintend the repairs Of the said
Bridge on behalf of this Parish, and that they be
with full power to confer with a commit
tee to be appointed by the parish of West Baton !