Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-05-08
Police Jury.-Parish of Iberville.

Police Jury.-P arish Of 1berville.
On Monday the 18th day of April, 1852, at
regular session OF the Police Jury of said Parish
the following members met at the courthouse O
said Parish, to wit:
Louis Hebert, member from 1st District;
W. c. Adams, member from I'd District;
J. A. Dardenne, President, member from 81
District;
Thos. c. Brown, member from 4th District;
X. A. Upton, member from 9Th District;
lZale Leblanc, member from 9th District;
Chas. A. Slack, member from It'll District.
The session being opened. the following pro
ceedings were had:
Whereas, the term of service of the members
of the police jury for the LIST, 4th, 9th and It'll dis.
tncts has expired, ordained, that all election be
held according to law for the purpose of electine
members of the police jury for said districts; and
further ordained, that the sheriff OF this parish be
served with a copy of this ordinance.
Then came Adolphe Grass, Esq, Treasurer, and
presented his accounts for the year expired; and
the President appointed Messrs. Louis Hebert
Ihos. Z. Brown and 1zaie Leblanc. d committee
to examine the said accounts and make their re-
port forthwith. And the said committee having
duly examined said Treas,rer's accounts and
vouchers annexed, make their report, by which it
appears that said accounts are Just and correct, and
there exists In the hands of said Treasurer a ba-
lance in favor of the parish of SG92 81. Where
upon, it was resolved, that said account and report
be filed in the archives of the police Jury, and ap-
proved.
Resolved, further. that the Recorder of the Pa
rlsh be, and he is hereby authorized, to cancel and
annul said Treasurers bond for the year Just eX-
pired.
Then the police jury proceeded to the election
OF a Treasurer for one year from this day, and Mr..
Adolphe Grass was unanimously reelected Trea-
surer OF said parish for and during one year from
this date, upon his furnishing bond with security
according to law.
The committee on accounts and claims reported
the following accounts as correct, and allowed. viz:
/. TO Theodore Blanchard, fees in crimi-
nal cases, SI2 so
2. IL. Petit, sheriff, for holding cleo
lions, 80 90
8. " ]. L. Petit, sheriff; for articles fur
nished the parish, % 40
4. W. P. Bradburn, for printing cleo
ton notices, &c, 80 90
5. " Peter Kelly, for making railing a.
round the clerks desk in court house. 20 90
6. " Joseph Anger, for materials furnish
ed to repair bridge on cutoff road
in Manchac Point, so 90
7. " Charles, mulatto, for nursing an in
digent sick, George Cooven, so
5. }. IL. Haase, justice of peace, fees
in criminal cases, IS 81
Total, S217 OIL
And the following account of DR.. H. C. Berry.
"tor attending and visiting John Fox, an INDECENT
sick, $40" was rejected.
The petition of Edward J. Gay, test'y ex. of
Andrew Hynes, praying to be permitted to enran-
cipate and manumit the slaves Eliza Ann. mulat-
to girl, aged about 26 years, and her two children,
John, aged 10 years, and Mary Jane, aged 5 years;
and the mulatto girl Margaret, aged about 20
years-belonging to the estate of said Andrew
DEMONSTRATING been presented and read to the
police jury, was unanimously rejected.
Whereas, it is shown that since the orders given
by this body at its last session, to prosecute all de-
llnquents reported by the Inspectors of Roads and
Levees, nearly all said delinquents have promptly
completed their works-Resolved, that the fines
incurred by such persons who have before the pre-
sent day fully so complied. be RENTED, and that
the parish attorney be directed to ascertain from
said Inspectors what persons, if any, are still in a
state of delinquency, and forthwith to bring suits
against them.
Resolved, That the draft drawn and dated March
18th, 1852, by Messrs. Ursin Daigre, G. S. Rous-
seau and A.. Otard, commissioners, on the parish
Treasurer, in favor of P. P. Suggg, on account of
the appropriation for the Bayou Crosse T&te Road,
for the sum of $500, be and the same is hereby APP
proved, and that the same be paid by the Treasu-
rer.
The petition of Messrs. P. A. Degelos aud The
odore Orillion, praying to be permitted to eman-
cipate and manumit the slave Baptiste Villiers,
aged about 50 years, having been presented and
read to the police jury a second time, and all of
the members being Of the same opinion as before
it was unanimously Resolved, that the said Bap-
tiste Villiers deserves to be set free and emancipa-
ted: That the said Degelos and Orillion be author
lied to emancipate and manumit the said Bap-
tiste Villiers, and that the said Baptiste shall not
be compelled to leave the State of Louisiana after
his manumission, and that the said Baptiste shall
not be bound to furnish the bond required by the
10th section of the act of the Legislature, entitled
A act to prevent free persons of color from en-
ering into this State, and for other purposes, APP
troved March 16, 1S30"-and that he shall be en-
titled to all the benefits of the act of the 25th
March, 1881, which is an amendment of the act
above cited.
Whereas, at the session of the police jury of
the 5th January, 1852, no commissioners of pa
trolls in and for the said parish were appointed,
THAT being the day fixed by law for their appoint
ment0 be it resolved, that commissioners of pa,
trolls be now appointed for and during two years
reckoning from the 9Th January last, 1852; where
upon, the following persons were duly appointed
commissioners of patrols in and for said parish, to
wit:
Norbert Chopper, for the list District.
J. Achille Hebert, 1" I'd do;
DR.. ]. B. R. Stone, +" Sd do,
Thos R. Lawes, i" 4th do;
S. U. d. Schlatre. /" 5th do;
VALERIE P. Dupuy, L" 9th do;
Thos. Billings, 7th do;
Edouard LIE Blanc, i" sth do;
Jas. Pritchard, 9th do;