Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-06-06

JNy ~ VSNSSS " u 0liI ClECLGu dElSn FIN
Ter Tor one year from the date hereof.
MI. Simmons moved to reconsider the proceed
lngs IN relation to the parish printing, and the
motion being put to vote, Messrs. Simmons
hyde and Babin, 3 yeas; and Messrs. Gallagher
Landry and Brown, 3nays. The President hav.
ing the casting vote, voted in the negative, there
lore the motion was lost.
Resolved, that the Clerk of the Police Jury be
ana ne Is hereby authorized to make out an esti-
mate exhibiting the various items of expendi-
lures required for the Parish for the current wear
ending June, 1858, and to cause the same to be
published at least 80 days before the next meet
ing OF this body, to fix and decide on the amount
Of Parish Taxes TO be assessed in said parish, in
conformity with the 9th section Of the act Of the
State Legislature entitled an act relative to Po-
lice Jurles, approved April 9th, 1917.
On motion, 1t was resolved that the bill Of Mr..
Erwin for fifty dollars for hanging slave Adrien,
be reduced, and that he be allowed thirty-f
dollars.
The committee consisting Of Messrs. Landry
and Hebert, appointed at the last session of the
police jury 10 contract for the necessary repairs
to be made to the Court House, having presented
helr report, was unanimously accepted; they al
so presented a report as to the possible costs of a
fire proof building, which was also accepted.
On motion, it was resolved, that Mr.. Andre,
Bourgeois, an INDECENT person, be entitled to the
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the warrant of the member from the seventh
district, until otherwise provided.
The petition Of Camille L. Landry was recon-
sidered, and on motion, it was resolved, that he
be refunded the sum of one hundred dollars out
ofthe amount of the fine imposed on and colIec-
ted from him, in the suit of the State Of Louisiana
VS.. Camille L.. Landry, and that the said sum of
one hundred dollars be paid to him out of any mo-
ney in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
The petition Of sundry inhabitants from Ba-
you Sorlel, praying that an appropriation be
made for the purpose of aiding them in making
a road and constructing the necessary bridges
having been presented and read was unanimous
ly accepted, and on motion, resolved, that Messrs.
Jonn Adams and Elisha Homsberry be and they
are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a
Road on the east side of Bayou Sorrel from its
mouth to lake Chico, and that the sum Of three
hundred dollars be and the same is hereby apprO-
pTlated to aid IN the construction of the said Road
and Bridges, out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated-said sum to be
drawn out of the Treasury on the warrant of
said commissioners, and to be by them expended
for the purpose aforesaid.
Be it further resolved, that the said commits
sioners be requested to make a report of the same
at the next session of the Police Jury.
The petition of sundry inhabitants residing I
IN lower Grand River, praying that an appro-
prlation be made for the purpose Of aiding them
in making a road, having been presented and read
was unanimously accepted. Be it therefore re-
solved, that two hundred and fifty dollars be
appropriated out Of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to aid in the con-
s%truction of the said Road; and that Messrs.
George Mitcheltree and GreenviIle A. Laughlin
be and they are hereby appointed commissions
eTs to have said work faithfully executed-said
to be drawn out ofthe Treasury on the war
rant of said commissioners and to be by them
expended for the purpose aforesaid.
Be it further resolved, that the said commits
sioners be requested to make a report of the same
at the next session ofthe police jury.
Resolved, That Mezsrs. Hebert and Landry,
heretofore appointed a committee by a resolution
Of this Board of date April 9th, 1857, for the
of making and draining the Iberville and
West Baton Rouge Cut off Road, be and they are
hereby authorized and given full power TO re-
celve from Louis Desobry, Sr, an authentic act
# transfer on behalf Of the parish of Iberville
If the right Of servitude of drain of said Road
his plantation in conformity to the reso.
luton Of this body Of the 27th April, 1857.
Ordinance concerning Ferries, approved Sep~
tember 18th, 1887.
Section 9th. ANY person who shall herea fter
become the purchaser of the Ferry across the Ba-
Tou Plaquemine. shall be bound, during all the
ime the said Ferry shall belong to such person,
ind especially in low water, to keep a safe path
way on both tsides of said Bayou, for the safe
'assage Of all travellers, either on foot, horseback
IF in carriages, and to keep said pathway or
amp in good order during all the year of his adj
ld~ication, under the penalty of a fine.
Be it resolved, That whenever the water shall
ease to run into the Bayou Plaquemine, owing
D the low stage of the water in the Mississippi,
shall be the duty Of the purchaser ofsaid Fer
Y to make a bridge or caaseWay across the bot !
1n of said Bayou at least 16 feet wide, and to
the same in good order for the safe and
passage Of travellers, and for each and ev-
ry failure so to do, he shall be fined in the sum
f twenty-five dollars. That this provision shall
E incorporated in the sale or adjudication OF :
lid Ferry as a condition thereof.
The following accounts were reported as Just !
nd correct by the Finance committee, and al s
wed:
Il. A. Estevan, clerk fees, $1A 81 $
os. HI. Erwin, sheriff fees, Isl so
for scaffold and coffin for Adri- C
en-, hung, IS 90
.enry Sullivan, for sick person George Nor e
ton, So 90
dolphe Babin, attendance as witness, 475 '
Fl. Rils, justice fees, 1921
l. Leveque, for surgical services on M. 4
May Battle, 90 90
Hen JumeI, constable fees, go
Blanchard, fees in cases Of Thos.
Myers and Christ. Gerbert, 465
Resolved, that the committee composed of \
essrs. Hyde and Brown appointed on the 27th
pril, 1857, for the purpose Of examining the nat
al drain, running through Mr.. Sosthene Adams q,
a%ntation, be and they are hereby requested to
AXE a report at the next regular meeting Of 4
is Police Jury, they having failed to make their =
port at this meeting. '
On motion, resolved, that the ordinances and 2
OF the police jury ofthe parish OF fiber |!
lie be revised, compiled and corrected; and that