Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-12-27
AN ORDINANCE

Relative 10 one or more common Drains through
IberriMe Point.
Gee. I. Be it ordained that the Bayou Breaud
~ be cleared of all distractions and made ofsuch
width and depth, from the Spanish Lake to the
lake back of B.. Adams and R. C.. Camps as the
commissioners appointed under this ordinance,
shall deem sufficient to pass off the walters falling
intothe same-and that all proprietoE Of lands on
either side of said point shall be privileged to
drain into the levee. or into any intervening bayou
or tributary, to Bayou Breaud-provided, said til
butary is cleared Of Instructions to the point of
its confluence with said Bayou Breaud.
tor that portion of lberville Point commencing
below the lands of Rene Arnous Esq, running
through the lands of said Arnous, Eugene Babin,
and passing through a natural drain running up
through the lands of Sigueneaud Lacave, Joseph
Walsh, Mdme. Davy and others. That said drain
when made shall be a common draining canal
perpetualy, and that all inhabitants near where
the same shall run, shall have the right to drain
their lands in and through the same.
SEC. 3. That the canal authorised by section
9 of this ordinance being altogether partial, the
expense of making said canal shall be borne by
the parties interested, and the commissioners shall
have the right to ap~portionthe cost of making the
same among the different proprietors, whose lands
shall be benefited thereby. In consideration of
which expense, the lands thus taxed shall be sub
ject to a liberal deduction from their proportion OF
the cost Of clearing out bayou Breand.
SEc.4. That all distractions 70 any ancient
drains, whether said drains; be Bayous, Cooleys,
or seryitudes acquired by law, be forthwith order
ed to be remoyedby the persons making the same
-andif not removed in tendays after the service
ofthe order, the commissioners shall employ la
borers to remove the same, at the expense of the
persons making said obstruction-to be recovered
before any court Of competent jurisdiction.
SEC. s. Be it further ordained, that D.. J. Pnit-
chard, John Hagan, j., Adolphe Babin, Zenon
Blouin and VIM. r. Boote, be appointed commits
sioners, a majority of whom shall have the power
to carry into effect the object of this ordinance.
That, drain described in section 2>shall be located
forthwith, and also all distractions as described in
section4 be also ordered to be removed forthwith,
and hatthey make their report to this body at its
next regular meeting.
SEC. 6. That whosoever shall hereafter OBJ
struct the natural flow of wa4er in said bayou,
cooley orseapal. u masking Issses, dams, telling
trees into The sapns OF iinslry othserr aaly; shall be
subject to a fine Of not less than e nor more than
fifty dollars, to be recovered before any Justice of
the peace-one half to the use of the pa1rish-the
other halfto the informer-and be further con-
den1ned to remove said distractions, or to pay the
cost ofremoving the samet
Section i. Thatthis onI1hnce takeefaetfr from
its passage;; and that the cnalnissioners II hotifed
q their appointments. "
Passed and approved this ist day of Sept, A. D.,
1851. !
THoMAsc. BROWN, y
r. A. UPTON,
ISAIE LEBLANC,
lCHAS. A. SLACK,
VIM. c. ADAMS,
LOUIS HEBERT, Pres't. pro tenn
Atteet, ADosIs PETIT, Clerk.