Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1851-04-05

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The session being opened, the following pro
ceedings were had
The motion of Mr.. R. A. Upton to reconsider
the Resolution concerning the making and keep.
ing of Roads and Levees upon the Mississippi anc
its tributaries and outlets by the State was lost
Messrs Brown Stringer and Upton voting for, and
Messrs Adams, Slack and Hebert voting against
it. There being a tie the President voted against
said. motion.
Mr.. Louis Hebert having moved that the fur.
Their sum OF eight hundred dollars be appropriated
over and above the sum already appropriated at
the last session of the Police Jury, on the It'll day
Of December 1850 towards the completion of the
Grand Levee in the Parish of Pointe Coupee
and SUBJ ect to the same proyisions-and said mo-
ton having been put to vote-Messrs Hebert,
Stringer and Slack voting in favor of said motion,
and Messrs Adams, Brown and Upton voting
against said motion, and there being a tie, the
President cast his vote in favor of said motion, was
adopted.
Then Mr.. K. A. Upton gave notice to the police
Jury that at the next session he would move to
reconsider the vote taken on said motion.
The petition of sundry inhabitants of the 18th
ward of said parish praying for leave to have
bitches cut across the Road leading from the river
to Bayou Pont, was submitted and read to the
Police Jury, and on motion of Mr.. r. A. Upton, the
prayerof said petitioners was unanimously allow
ed.
On motion, resolved, that the sum of twenty
FIVE dollars be allowed to the Recorder eff the
Parish OF ibervilfe as a compensation for the ser
vices required of him in section 80 of the act of
the Legislature of the State, entitled can act to
provide for the assessment and collection of Taxes
in this State7 approved March 21st 1850, and that
the Treasurer of the Parish be and he is hereby
authorised to pay the said sum of twenty-five dol
lars to the said Recorder upon his receipt for the
same.
The petition of 3. Frazee, praying the use of
a room in the Court House for the purpose of
teaching the science Of the English language, was
submitted and read to the police jury, and was
unanimously rejected.
The committee on accounts and claims make the
following report:
An account of VIM. P. Bradburn. Editor
of the Southern Sentinel amounting to
the sum of $3.50. allowed, 5 1850 |
An account due John Cannon for $22, re-
duced to the sum of fifteen dollars, 1900
An account due S. c. Trevor, constable,
for s2o,37, allowed, 2o,a7
An account due Cornelius Manly for $50,
reduced to ten dollars, which is allow
ed, 1000
One account due Talbot and Robertson,
for professional services to the Parish,
for SIS, allowed, $1,000
An account due Thomas Brown for a eof-
fin for the Revd. William lvcrs, for
seven dollars, 700
An account claimed by A. E. Richards, druggist,
amounting to twenty dollars for medicines and
eeches by him furnished to J. N. Rosson, de-
ceased, was rejected.
The Recorder of the Parish OF Iberville having
presented to the Police Jury the Bond furnished
by J. L. Petit, Sheriff, as collector of the State,
ind Parish Taxes for the year 1850, and the said
Bond and the securities thereon having been DEEM
I'd sufficient, the same were unanimously accept
ID.
Then the Police Jury adjourned until the next
regular session, to meet on the I'd Monday in
april, 1851.
(Signed JAS. E. ROBERTSON,
President.
THOMAS C. BROWN,
r. A. UPTON,
VIM. C. ADAMS,
LOUIS HEBERT.
A. G. STRINGER.
ADoLrn GRASS, Clerk protein. JAMES