Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1853-09-24
J. u. LANDRY,
d. LANDRY,
L. p. BABIN.

(Signed) RICHARD WALL,
J. 4. LANDRY,
D. LANDRY,
I. P. BABlN.
On motion of Mr.. Chinn, it was
ReS0lred, That the Assessor Of the Parish
be authorized and he is hereby directed to as
sess the value Of the property in that district of
country known as Bayou Crosse Tete and
Maraugouin, and which was within the limits
of the parish of West Baton Rouge previous
to the Act of 1928 of the Legislature, Temporal
rily annexing it to the parish of lberville, and
that the Sheriff of the parish be further direct
ed to proceed the collection of the taxes in ac-
cordance with law.
Now, we wish our readers to understand
this matter thoroughly. We assert, indepen-
IDENTIFY of whoever may differ with US in opin-
ion, that the above proceedings are unwarrant-
ed from anything whatever that appears in the
statutes. There is not a syllable of law which
authorizes such 4 high-handed measure. If
the law intended that Crosse Tete should be-
come a portion of West Baton Rouge, when
there existed a ''good and practicable road to
the Mississippi-which, however, the law no.
where says--the authorities of that parish
should have adopted the proper and the only
method by which they could hope to obtain
possession. They should have waited till the
Legislature meets, and then represent the mat
ter to that bodv--for it vas certainly intended
by the act in relation to it, that it was reserved
for the Legislature to judge uhen a "good
and practicable road" existed, and what then
should be done with the territory in question.
The above resolution speaks of "that dis
trict of country known as Bayou Crosse Tete
and Marangouin, and which was in the limits
of the parish of West Baton Rouge previous
to the act of 1928" &c. That territory nerer
was a portion of the parish of West Baton
Rouge. That parish nerer exercised a minutes
jurisdiction over that territory. True, an act
was passed in 1926, extending the boundary
of that parish beyond that district Of country,
and commissioner appointed TO have bounda-
ny lines run, one of whom was J. B. RILs of
this parish, but the act was repealed the follow
ing year, before any survey was made. We
aSh--Sdh q phi SIaiut 10 OHCe CeH " NV
of her territory, a district of country given it
by law, but which said act was a~nnulled be-
fore said section had been surveyed"
We assert again-from the sense and Ian
guage of the three acts relative to Crosse
Tete, passed s~everally in 1926, 1927 and 1928,
the courts can make no decision in the matter,
further than to decide that it is a question for
the Legislature alone. Why, pray, cannot the
authorities of West Baton Rouge wait until
the Legislature meets-then present whatever
claim or right to Crosse Tete which they con-
ceire they have, and abide by such disposal of
the question as the Legislature, in its wisdom
and sense Of justice, may deem proper to
What a%lhimportant principle and in
terest are at stake, which thus urges on the
Police Jury of West Baton Rouge in the adop-
ton of measures which cannot fail to be de-
~leterious to the interests of that parish? All
there may be some secret movements on foot,
urging on desperate measures, of which the
world knows nothing hereabouts.
One of The Leters.-It is not often that we
are favored with an epistle as f~attering as the
following:
To the Editor Of the Southern Sentinel:
Sir: You will please send your valuable paper
to DR.. G. w. c., Jeffreys Store, Nottaway county,
Va. You will certainly do a great deal of good
by sending so UaluaWe a paper to the Old Dominion.
send it Immediately, and leave your &C
with HART, AUSTIN & Co., and as soon as
Yellow Jack will allow me to come up. | will set
tie your bill, for I cannot think that any rational
man could refnse to pay for SO valuable a paper.
Yours, with respect, B. A.C.
Thank YOU, sir-thank you, sir. We have
no words to express our thanks for so ~fatter-
ing a letter; and we sincerely trust that the
.benighted land called the cold Dominion" may
be proited by getting a glimpse of the Sentinel.
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