Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-12-08

ceived and paid for the account of the parish.
Balance in Treasury at last report. .SlSS9 z
Received since for parish licenses.... 500 on
s24O9 2;
Amount paid 1867 ~
II. PATIN, Jn.,
Parish Treasurer.
Pointe Coupee, December 3, 1860.
The following named persons were
appointed trustees Of the Poydras Col
lege:
S. NJ. Thomas and Auguste Provosty
for Pointe Coupee.
L. A. Hubert and j. L. Matthews fol
False River.
p. Bonancl,aud, ST., and j. B St. Cyl
for the Island.
On motion Of A. Labry, seconded by
c.. Poydras,
Resolved, That P. F. Bourgeois be ap.
pointed director of patrol for the LIST sec
ton of the 5th ward, in place Of j. d.
Lacour, resigned.
On motion of S. NJ. Thomas, seconded
by j. II. Seibert,
Resolved, That it be left discretionary
with the inspectors of roads and levees
of this parish, to locate the bitches ne
cessary to the proper drainage of the
roads of their districts.
On motion of S. M. Thomas,
Resolved, That the parish license for
foot %peddlers, for the year 1851, be
fixed at $3.50; for peddlers with Il or
several horses, at $500; and for peddlers
with Wagons, $1,000.
\Then come the inspectors of the LIST,
Cd and Sd districts of roads and ~levees,
with their reports. Said reports are
read.
Fl. G. Callahan offers his resignation
as inspector of roads and levees for the
LIST district. 1t is accepted and his bond
is cancelled.
B. B. SHINES is appointed in his place.
The following persons were appointed
scllool-directors:
I'd district: H. G.. Callahan, C. r.
Tessier, N. Chalfant.
Sd district: Jonas Platt, D. Gay, j..
r. Coyle.
9th district, lst section: Z. Tircuit, NJ.
Lacour, Adelon Vignes.
5th district, I'd section: J.. W. New
man, N. Beauvais,. +. Carmouche.
9Th district: +. M. Nef, j.. A. Vance,
F. Nurdin.
9th district: Aug. Pourciau, V. Cos
scrand, P. Pourciau.
10th district: Dorsin Pourciau, II.
Knapps, L. Chenevert.
18th district: V. Bergeron, Serzea Gu
erin, l.. Lebeau.
l4th district: j. B. johnson, j. NJ.
Hurst, J. Zugg.
On motion Of c. Poydras, seconded,by
S. M. Thomas,
Resolved; That the McPhaul land be
divided in two equal sections by the
parish surveyor; that on the 18th of
January next, the parish attorney do
sell at auction to the highest bidder,
latter he shall have given ten days pub
lie notice. the lease of each of said sec
tons for the term Of nine years, and
with the following conditions: That the
lessee will keep in good order the road
and leyee in front Of his section; that
for the price of the lease the lessee will
give his note, with good security, paya.
bic at the expiration of each year, to wit:
on the first of January; and will give
bond and security for the fulflment of
that part of the contract which has for
its object the keeping in good order of
the road and levee.
Then is read the following report:
We, the undersigned. committee ap-
pointed by the Police Juryof the parish
Of Pointe Coupee, for the purpose of To-
eating a road from the Bayou Latanache,
running through New California to the
Atchafalaya River, located said road as
follows:
Beginning at the Bayou Latanache al
front corner between the lands of Mrs.
L. L. Taylor and NJ. Brashear, thence N.
81 w. along the line between said,
tracts Of lands to the back corner of M.
Brashear's lot; thence S.W. corner of
land Of Jackson Molloy; thence N. to N.
w. corner Of said land; thence w. be.
tween sections 81 and 81 on the section
line between said two sections, continu-
ing due west on said line between Sec
tions So and Sc: thence on the line d.
viding lots 20, belonging to j.. T. Brooks,
and 80, belonging to Mrs. Fuselier, I'M
til it strikes the Atchafalaya River in
the front corner between j. T. Brooks
and Mrs. Fuselier.
We therefore beg that said road be
laid out as above. JOSEPH WEsr,
A. L. ELLIS,
j. G. Wilcox.
On motion Of S. N. Thomas, seconded
by G.. Poydras,
Resolved, That the above report be
received and adopted, provided said road
be made and kept in good order by the |