Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-11-15
Police Jury-Parish of Hberville.

IN Monday the 1st day of September, 1851. al
~ a regular session of the Police Jury, the fol-
lowing members met at the Court House of said
Parish, viz:
Mr.. Louis Hclert, member from the Is, district:
VIM. c. Adams. I'd do; Thomas c. Brown, 4th
! do: R. y. Un,on. 9th do; i>aie Leblanc, 9Th do;
ChaS. a. Slick. 7th DO.
John A. D"rdcnne. the President. being absent,
the Police jury proceeded 10 elect a President
pro TEN. When. on motion of Mr.. Adams, Mr..
Louis lletcrt VS. proposed and unanimously elect
ed President protein. the in.y bcilg organized the
following proceedings Were had:
Resolved. thai J. \. Daidcnne. President. >l,c,s
Cause al tie next session WY ne SHOULD not le
fined for non-attcn'unc@
Then the Police jury proceeded TO nominate
and appoint commissioners o! elections III and for
the parish Of lncrviIip. ior tie srtcr;l election
precincts OF did parish. III conformity with the
provlSlons Oh the S'il section OF The act of tie !cgi~-
laiure oi the >i'tc Of La. cutitlcd An Act for The
Uniform regulation OF elections in tfc State OF l.nli-
isiana,' approved Isl ltne tSl5-and the follow
ing persons We're duly ard rn,uiiuou<lv app,intcd
COMMISSIONER: OF electors lol one Yea, from this
date:
McSsr>. Eugene Rro;n.. jean II. n..vlolph and
Albert .AlIain 10 preside over the l>t election pre-
clnct TO be held at the Buclla Vista Hotel at Bayou
Goula Landing.
Messrs. Arman1 IIcbcr1. +. y Bi>>cll and Ma.
thew Mari to preside over tho I'd election precinct
to be held at The Court House al Plaquclninc.
Mes>rs. Adolplle Dupuy. Seha>tirn Schla,re and
jules SELLER To preside over the st election pre-
clnct at the store formerly occupied 10y Theodore
Johnston al the Indian Village.
Mcssrs. Camille L.. Landry. +. Norhcit Marion
neaux and Jcrvais Sclllatre to preside over the
4th election precinct to lie held at the house Of
Paul Dupuv.
Mcssrs. Aueu>tin Leblanc. B. +. Moore aud
Jules Leblanc, to preside over the 5th election,
precinct at Richard s Store.
Mcssr>. CcsaIre Richard, James Pritcl,ard and
Luclen Guidry to preside over the 9th election
precinct. to be hcd al the Coffee house OF Louis
Pollet at the Island.
Nessrs. \. &. Strinscr, Lucicn Leblanc and
William Newcomer TO preside over the 7th cleo
ton precinct. TO ne held at Ives Mill.
Nessrs. Andrew Simmons, Daniel Holiday and
=. 7. Sugg. to preside over the Sth election pre-
cinct. 10 be held at The tore Of Johu>toa Brothers.
Oh Bayou Crosse 1ete.
Whereas. il oder 10 drclray the expenses of the
Parish OF lberv. lie for he cou,ing year ii is ne
ccs>ary that a Parish Tax DC levied for the pur-
pose
1t was unanimously resolved. that d Parish
TX be levied IN aud ior the Pan II OF Ihervillc, for
the year 1851 OF twelve cents rpon every hun
dred dol',f> Nalre oItuAable property 8 ~cSscd i'll
q ID ioI s,it PARISH. and ID conformity with the as
se,sulcui roll OF the St"c Tax OF the year 1851:
and al u tluAncc % til, ctiect ltavllG bcen sub
mlttcd a.d .wu TO re Police Jury, was mIanl-
Inou~lv adopted aid approved.
TiIen the following accounts We're reported by
the committee on accounts and claims as Just and
correct.
An accouu, OF J. S. Rousseau, J. p, for
fees, 5 9,97
An account of J. II. Haasc, J. p. reduced
to 600
An account due Southern Sentinel, 5000
An account Off Sullivan for ~cistcrn. &c, $500
An account due Sheriff. 1880
An account due S. {. Trevor. constable,
for fees in criminal cases, reduced to 1880
And the following accounts were reported by
said committee as re lected:
An accor II by c. Brrhv for burving 4
dead body, $500
An account presented by Adolphe, f. m.
c. for waShiog for the INDECENT sick
person, William Tinnily, $50
An account presented by Norbett Landry
of Ascension for teaching ~inuigent chill
dren dulIng the year 1915 and 1916, 12l.OO
An ordinance to establish a common drain across
the IberviIle Point and ior the improvement and
clearing oct Bayou BreauX having been presented
and read to the Po' &c Jury WIS unanimously
adopted and approved.
Tic p%c,,i;on Of Honore Roth, l. m. c. praying to
cmanci pate lis slave Julie, negro woman, aged
twenty t.cc and ,lcr daughter EstcIle, aged eleven
years, liavlry been presented and read to the po-
lice Jury N9> unanimously rejected.
II having been represented that Mr.. Paul He
bert, Inspector OF Roads aud Levecs fn the l4th
District Is moi a resident of said District
Resolved that Mr.. J. Ii. Randolph be appoint
ed in his place and stead as Inspector of Roads and
Levees OF said l4ll, District.
Whereas, Mr.. Louis Rivet, jr: Inspector of Roads
and Lcvccs for tie Il District, upper Grand
River. is 40 longer a resident Of said District
Resolved. thai Mr.. JOSEPH, Leblanc be appointed
to serve i'll his place and stead as Inspector TO,
said District.
A pc ,ition Sieued by the inhabitants residing in
the 18th inspection District Oil the Bayou Crosse
Tete pray -, that the 7tb section OF The ordinance
of Road and | 2tccs passcG Oh The 81 day OF June
last 1851, be a..1encct 50 tina, the widt'l OF the
roads be reduced from % 10 20 feet: Said peti.
ton having been put 10 vote was rcl ected-Mes>r*
Adaul>, Upton aud Leblanc voting against it, ant
Messrs. Sleek and Brown voting ior ii.
Resolved, that every inl'antant lcni'lno WITH
in 40 arpents from the Mississippi rive, q, pub
lie road in the Parish OF IberviIle owning pos
sessine cattle. sheep, &c, Is hereby notified and re
quired to pen up and secure said cattle, sheep. &c.
at night, so as TO prevent thcI ruhuing al lar,
in the public roau. Each and every person neg
Letting 70 comply with the provisions of this re
solution Shall forfeit and pay g fine of not lc;
than five nor more thea twenty five dollars. to b
recovered before airy Justice Of tte Peace haVir'
jurisdiction over the District IN which such pcr>o
OF persons reside. upon complaint made by al,
person-one hal. OF Wlic, Inc 10 accrue to th
benefit OF the person so complaining, oad t''e othe
halfto the parish.
On motion, resolved, that the Parish Constabl
be fined ten do'loIs for non attendance at til
Police Jury.
On motion, the Police Jury &c journcd until tn
) next regular session to wi1-the lst Monday
January, 1882.
~(igned) WILLIAM c. ADAMS,
THOMAS G.. BROWN,
r. A. UPTON,
lSAIE LEBLANC.
CHAS A.. SLACK.