Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-02-07

Office, 80 90
Henry Sullivan, %jailor, for blankets for Jail, 4 90
L.. Petlt, account for costs, copies: sc. for
the Parish, IL so
}. L. Petit, sheriff, for expenses to St. Mar
tin for a witness in the case of the State
VS.. Charles Smith, &c, "a q
J. IL. Haase justice OF the peace, account
for fees in criminal cases, 8 81
Charles Manly, account for burying all in
dlgent. 10 90
F. V. Gallagher, justice of the peace, ac-
count tor fees IN criminal cases, is 70
Adonis Petit, clerk police jury, for parish
tax list, 20 90
DIR. Ward. for viewing a dead body, 10 90
F. V. Gallagher, justice of the peace. ac-
count for fees in criminal cases, 3 So
1912 "a
Resolved, that the President be authorized to
draw on the parish treasury for the above ac-
counts.
The following accounts were rejected:
VIM. Christine, account for nursing and at
tending Michel Genagly, II 90
F. V. Gallagher, justice of the peace, ac-
count for two dockefs, 2 so
The Recorder of the parish of I~berville, then
came forward and presented to the police jury the
bend furnished by J. L. Petit, sheriff of said pa
IRISH, as collector of State and Parish Taxes for the
year 1851, and the said bond and securities thereon
having been deemed Sufficient, was unanimously
approved and adopted.
Whereas, H. H. Taylor, Esq, the attorney of
the parish, having left tine parish, Resolved, that
another attorney be appointed in his place and
stead to a1 the unexpired term of said Taylor,
to wit, until the I'd Monday in April next, 1852.
Then the police jury proceeded to the election of
an attorney to fill the unexpired term of H.. H.
Taylor, Esq, as attorney for the parish until the
I'd Monday in April next, 1852. Mr.. H. F. De-
htrny noa,ro .+~a 81 r. IN
ceived 2 votes; whereupon Mr.. H. F. Deblieux
was declared duly elected attorney of the parish
for the %unexpired term.
On motion of Mr.. R. A. Upton, Resolved, that
the various Reports of the several road and levee
inspectors of the parish of Iberville be received.
Resolved further, that the various delinquents
therein be at once prosecuted for the fines for
which they are liable, according to law, with the
exception of Mr.. A. S. Robertson, who is allowed
until the last day of January 1852, and Messrs L.
Millaudon and NJ. Catorie and others, as set forth
In the various reports.
That the parish attorney be instructed to prose-
cute said persons to the extent of the law; that he
be further instructed to prosecute Treville Hebert,
Inspector of the 9Th District, for not having made
a Report according to law; also Messrs Amant
Hebert, Inspector of the Sd, William E. Edwards,
Inspector of the 4th, and John H. Randolph, In
spector of the 18th District, for not having made
Reports according to the 2sth section of the road
and levee Ordinance, adopted Sd June, 1S51-all
prosecutions to be commenced forthwith.
Resolved, that the 10th District be also exclu-
ded, in conformity with the Inspectors Report;
and further Resolved, that the Inspector for the
2f District be allowed ten days to make his Re-
port according to law, and in default thereof, that
he be prosecuted by the attorney. he being excused
on account of his very recent appointment.
The petition of MessTs P. A.. Degelos and The
odore Orlllion, praying to be permitted to emanci-
pate and manumit the negro man Baptiste, aged
about 50 years, stating that the said Baptiste is of
sober, quiet and industrious habits, and has render
ed long and faithful services, is presented and read
to the police jury; and the said petition having
been taken into consideration, and the said Bap-
tiste being well known to all the members present
1t was unanimously Resolved, that said Bap-
tlste deserves to be set free and emancipated, and
that said Degelos and Orillion be authorized to
emancipate and manumit the said Baptiste. and
that said Baptiste shall not be compelled to leave
the State of Louisiana after his manumission;
and that he shall be dispensed with furnishing the
bond required by the 18th section of the act of the
Legislature of the State of Louisiana, entitled ian
act to prevent free persons of color from entering
this State, and fr other purposes, approved March
II, $780," ano further, that he shall be entitled TO
all the benefits of the act of 25th March, 1881,
which is an amendment to the act above cited.
On motion of Mr. R.. A. Upton, Resolved, that
the Report of the Commissioners on the Common
Drain be accepted and that the same be filed in the
archives of the police jury.
An Ordinance to establish perpetually a com-
mon drain in Iberville Point, on the left bank of
the river, and providing for the widening, deepen
ing and thoroughly cleaning out Bayou Braud, hav-
ing been read and submitted to the police Jury,
was, on motion of MI. R. A. Upton, unanimously
adopted and approved.
The petition of Mr.. Paul Deblieux, clerk Dis
trict Court, praying to be permitted to erect a rail-
ing around his desk in the court room, in front of
the Judges seat, having been read, it was unani-
mously Resolved that the prayer of said petition
be granted, and that the costs of the same be paid
out of the parish treasury.
On motion of r. A. Upton, Resolved, that a
committee of four, to be composed of Messrs
Slack, Adams, Upton and Dardenne, be appointed
to repair at such time as they may determine, not
later than the 25th day of January instant, to the
parish of Point Coupe, and there to examine
Grand Levee in said parish; to ascertain its present
situation, and what labor is required, if any, to
render the same perfectly safe from yielding, in
the event Of another high stage of water; to con-
suit with Charles Poydras, Esq, President of the
police jury of said parish, and ascertain what aid,
if any, will be required from this parish, and to
report Immediately upon their return to the Pres
ident of the police jury, whose duty it shall be,
upon the recommendation of said committee, to
convene an extraordinary session of this body, if
said committee think the urgency of the case re-
quires it.
Resolved, that said committee be allowed, while
engaged in said duty, the same per diem and mile
age as while in attendance upon the police jury,
and their travelling expenses.
Whereas, from the Report of Mr.. Paulin Du-
puy, Inspector of the 9Th District, it will be neces1
sary to appraise the lots Of the several proprietors
lying and situated in front of the new levee lately
made, where a crevasse was made last year in the
rear of the town of Plaquemine, said lots being
unincoaporated, in order to ascertain the amounts