Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-12-04

spector OF hoadS and LeFceS Tor the llth District,
in the place and stead Of Mr., Cclestin Roth, WHO
resides out OF said District.
o. motion of Mr.. liCtel;, Resolved, that Mr..
IrasnoiN IoIneau h. .",:n... .rr-.ui= AIRY Of
patrols IL tie place Of o.. !. t""sie Iia;@rt re-
>!gned, lis term Of service 10 @a." nom the 5tEI
Ian':y last, 1882. for tEgEsat~
Whereas. the east sid O: 3avo2 C."sse Tete
j. nov! icing extensively c..l.Q}tt. it becomes
necessary IL icrln OF il u L,W Road District
Ihe!ct0Ir. be il itsoIAtd, that SAID eli side OF
the Bayou Crosse Itte. c"lru@ncin~ at The lower
mouth Of Grand Bayou and extending t. thc line
between HE parishes Of pri&rr Coupe " and lbes-
,i,.r. he and the Sanle iSl.rM.by constituted a Head
District. 10 he called the 18Th inspection District,
aId that ~ inspector he appointed for thesalne.
On lnotlo2 ci Mr.. Slack IT," naIIe oi Nv. +. p.
rp93 iiaNIu been Suggcstc!, !!c WAS III ani?,.custy
appointed inspector OF SAID 18th District.
Whereas experience has shown that the public
school lnW is imperative TO Il great extent, on az
count of the in udicious division Of the parish into
school districts, therefore be it Resolved. that a
committee to be composed of liaSsIs. t'ntun. Ft-
bert and Slack, examine and report 10 this tcdy At
its next meeting upon the expectancy Of rc-dls-
trlctlng the parish fer public schools.
On motion of Mr.. Slack. the following Raso!u-
ton was adopted: Resolved, that the sutn OF one
thousand dollars be and the salrc is hereby aHpry-
prlated.tor the purpose OF repairing the Bayou
Crosse I etc Road, from the INDIAN Village to the
Portage, payable out OF any tNIds III the parish
treasury rot otherwise appropriated.
Resolved, further. that Thomas ). Garrett. .IaS.
Fl. Johnston and Pierre GeIIuSstu, be and they
are hereby appointed commissioners TO suVerin-
tend said works, and that said appropriation te
paid upon their warrant, by the parish treasurer,
50 soon as the said works are completed.
[ pom representation to the Police jury that II.
f. DeblieuX, Esq, had been elected attorney for
49, n-+- - : l.. - e A.. 40. - s--t f-.
and that the entry of said election has been omit
ted in the written proceedings of the Police Jury,
on motion of Mr.. Htbert, Resolved, that said
omission be now supplied, and said II. F. De-
blieuX declared as duly elected parish attorney
from said 18th of April last, for one year.
The petition of A. Black, coroner; praying TO
be compensated for the boarding, &c, OF chill
dren Of one Catherine Whalen, who is row con-
fined in the Parish Jail, for two months. having
been submitted and read TO the Police Jury, it
was unanimously Resolved that the SIM of $14
per month be and the same is hereby allowed said
Black for the maintenance of said two children.
since they have been under his charge; and that
the President be and he is hereby authorized to
draw for the same,
An ordinance to amend an ordinance, entitled
an ordinance to provide for making and establish
ing a cutoff road across lberVIIic Point.f TO lead
from the vicinity of St. Gabriel's Church to the
i'atAitH Ai'b N.kfNf hiN'AAh0 NAA~ NtN'iF wan ~
the purpose of said road, having been Submitted
to the Police Jury. and said ordinance having been
put to vote, was finally a~dopted-&lessrs. Uplon,
Slack. Brown and Leblanc voting II the aIillrna-
tive: and Messrs. Adams and Hebcrt voting in the
negative.
The petition of Charles NJ. Trail. praying 10 be
permitted to emancipate and set free his nulatto
woman Henry, aged about rs years, having been
submitted and read to the police Jury, and the
same bargnp hpaO mt tn vote WAS rpiprlaI
Whereas, at the last session of the Legislature
of this State, an act concerning the licensing of
drinking houses and the sale of intoxicating IL
quors in this State was passed, providing that the
Police Juries of the several parishes OF this State
shall have the exclusive powor TO make such
laws and such regulations for the sale or protlbi-
ton of the sale Of Intoxicating liquors as they
may deem advisable, and to grant or withhold IL
censes from drinking houses and shops, as a mao
rity OF the citizens and voters of said parish may
determine by ballot. Therefore, lie it Resolved,
that in order to carry into effect the provisions OF
said act, that an election be held on the 18th day Of
October. 1852. to take the sense Of the people iii
that respect, and that the sheriff give notice Of
such election.
There being no further business, on motion, the
Police Jury adjourned until the next regular meet
ing, to wit, the first Monday of January next, 1858.
Signed, LOUIS HEBERI,
r. A. UPTON,
WIN. c. ADAMS,
THOS. C. BROWN,
IZAIE LEBLANC,
= CHAS. A. SLACK.
J. A. DARDENNE, Pres't.
Attest, Atoms PETIT, Clerk. ocl6