Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1859-03-12

notify the different committees Of their
appointment.
1st. District-C G. Pickett, John NJ
gent, j. T. Herring.
Sd District.-D. Gay, J, Torras, G.
Smith.
4th District.-Loyel Ledoux, 0. Lee
%Ijeune and w. Brown.
5th District.-C. +. M'Rac, J. Strother
and Hitchcock.
9th District.-John Mmbius, n. Car
mouche and 0. Bouts.
It'll District.--Dr. V. Peyton, W. A.
Adams and Simon Hermann.
9th District.-C. Poydras, A. Bondy
and Aug. Poueciau.
10th District.-L. Chencyert, B. Lc-
|%jcnnc, Fl. Patin, Jr.
llth District.--R. I. Barrow, Thomp-
son and j.. Hurst.
On motion Of P. B%ouanchaud,
Be it Resolved, That hereafter the
public works shall not be sold by the
Inspectors, but by the President of The
Police Jury, at the Court House, on the
first Saturday Of each month; that when
ever a parish work shall hereafter have
to be made according to the Regulations
of the Police Jury, it shall be the duty
Of the Inspector Of the District within
which the said work is to be made, to
make a re,,,oIt Of tho same to the Police
Jury. and to state its probable cost;
that ~thereupon the Police Jury shall
pass upon said report, and if adopted,
and the work is ordered, then the Pre-.
sideDt shall, after due advertisement,
sell it as aforesaid, at auction, to the
lowest bidder.
On motion of David Gay,
Resolved, That elections be ordered
by the President, for Justice of the
Peace, in the lst, Sd, 9th, 9th 10th, and
18th Wards.
The report Of the committee appoint
ed to examine the repairs necessary to
the parish prison, was read and adopted,
and on motion OF ?. Bouanchaud,
Resolved, That the President Of the
Police Jury, Oh the 1st Saturday of April
next, will sell at the Court House the
repair to he made to the Jail and the
construction of a house for the jailor,
according to said report; provided that
the price of adjudication does not ex-
coed $1,000, to be paid on tho lst of
May, 1860, for which a warrant. will be
given by the Auditor, bearing 8 per cent
interest from the time the work shall be
completed, and accepted by the commit
tee who made the report.
On motion Of 2. @. Lcbeau,
Resolved, That a committee of three
be appointed to assist the Inspector i'll
experimenting the work to be done on
the Grand Bay @levee, in place Of Messrs
Bertoniere and Lejeune, deceased, and
G. e. Hunter who has left the parish
and further, that the said Inspector,
together with the committee, be author
ICED 10 accept Nj. Henry Luke as a new
contractor to complete the repairs to be
madcs to the said levee, on his giving
bond and security for the whole work,
on the same terms and conditions upon
which Mr.. Chapman had undertaken the
said work, viz: 26c. per cubic yard.
Said work to be completed on or about
the 10th day Of April next; the same to
be received BY the surveyor and com
mittee when completed.
Committee appointed: Messrs. james
4, Vance, T. N, NeH and A. L. Mahou.
deau.
On motion of J. B. Major,
Resolved, That Mr.. P. Bouanchand be
appointed administrator of Poydras Col
in..place of Emile Faussier, who has
left the parish.
On motion Of David Gay,
Resolved, That the Recorder Of the
Of Pointe Coupee Is hereby auth
to make a cross-index of all the
in his Office, whether legal,
conventional, or Judicial; and that he be
allowed the sum OF five hundred dollars
for the same.
On motion Of David Gay,
Resolved, That the absent members
be fined $50.
On motion of Lowell Ledouy,
Resolved, 1st. That in the 18th ward
Of this parish, hogs shall not be permit
ed to run at large in the neighborhood
# l@evees, and that every body will have
right of killing them when thus
'ound running at large in the neighbor-
lood Of levees. 81. That any person on
whose property shall be found cord=wood
on the public road or the side Of
he road and inside Of the 1evee, shall be
lned $50; said fine to be collected be-
ore any court of competent jurisdiction.
Sd. That any person, on whose front