Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-12-10


McPhaul lcvee, be amended so AZ to
read as follows:
That the sum Of $4,000 appropi-
atcd towards the making Of said levet
be added to the next schedule Of tht
probable expenses Of this parish.
On motion Of 7. J. IIarmanson:
Resolved, That the building Of the
McPhaul Icvcc be sold at the Cour1
House of the parish, after ten days ad
vertisement, and three months given ol
the completion of the same.
A petition from Orphis Sicard was
read, and
On motion Of Divide Bara:
Resolved, That a committee, com
posed of Hubert Patin, Jr., B. Lcjeune.
and Etienne Major, be appointed to ex-
anime the repairs made by the said 81.
card to the road and bridges on the Ba-
ture, and report upon the value Of said
work.
On motion of James Vignes:
Resolved, That the president of the
Police Jury be authorized to examine
the list of insolvent or absent persons
presented by the sheriff of the parish of
Pointe Coupee.
On motion Of Charles Poydras:
Resolved, That a committee, com
posed of James NJ. Hurst, J. K. Pickett
and Samuel j. Tanner, be appointed to
select the place where the bridge is to
be constructed on Bayou Crosse Tete;
that said committee make a report to
the Police Jury of the cost of said work;
that in the report the committee give a
description of the timber necessary for
said bridge, the length and width, and
the specification which the building of
the same may require; of what kind Of
is necessary, either draw bridge
or an ordinary bridge; that in their re-
port they state whether the old bridge
Oh cannot be repaired, and at what
cost.
On motion of ia. Miller:
Resolved, That tie road and leyee in
spector of the I'd section Of the 1st ward
be instructed to advertise and sell, &C
cording to the Police Jury regulations,
the construction of the dyke across Gil
lock Bayou on the land Of Antoine La
and also the repairs to be made
on the levee of the same, at the expense
of said proprietor and the tract of land
on which said work is to be done, pro-
vided the price does not exceed 25 cents
per cubic yard.
Resolved, That the contractor shall,
in case of refusal Of payment for said
work by the owner of said tract ofland,
present his claim against both the land
and the proprietor thereof, and in case
IF failure to make out of them the
amount due or any part thereof, then in
that case the said contractor shall be
paid by the Police Jury.
Resolved, That the said road and le-
wee Inspector sell on the same terms and
conditions the repairs to be made to the
dyke Of Lake Bayou on the land belong
to Glendenning, and also the repairs
to be made to the dyke of Chance Bay
on the land of C. C. Pickett.
On motion of j. A. Miller:
Resolved, That the commissioner of
the I'd swamp land district compel the
who made the levee on Chance
Bayou and the branch connected with it,
20 raise the same two feet higher.
On motion of 7. J. Harmanson:
Resolved, That the upper line of ward
No. 2 be, and the anne is hereby, extern
led from the upper. mouth of Moreaeu
o the line between the plantation of Jo-
'eph Torras and that of the late John
only SO far as it regards roads
ind levees.
On motion of A. Labry:
j. B. Villeret is appointed director of
,atrols for the Cd section of the. 9Th