Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-12-15
PROJECT OF A CODE WITH REGARD TO
PATROLS. IN AND FOR THE PARISH
OF POINTE COUPEE.

ARTICLE L. in ordinary cases there shall be a
least one patrol. and not more than two per week
In each patrol district The limits of the natrol
districts shall be the as those of the police
lury districts director of patrols for each
district shall be appointed each year at g.
| ART 2 All the white male population, from
the ages of lG to So shall be held subject to pa
/ troll duty. when called on. The directors and
captains OF patrols must be shareholders or sons
OF shareholders. The directors Of patrols shall
nave the right to divide their districts into as
many sections as they may think proper and to
appoint captain for each section
ART. 3. Every patrol shall be made in conform
ltv to written order, addressed to the captain
OF each section by the director of the district.
The patrol shall consist of five persons. to be
taken IN their order the list of persons subject
to patrol duty. Patrols shall be made on foot or
ON horseback. according to the orders of the
captain During the patrol, the men composing
IL are bound to obey the orders of the captain
ART. =. Any slave found without pass from
his owner. or the agent of his owner, beyond the
limits of bis owners plantation shall be detained
by the patrol 1t shall be the duty of the cap
tam OF the patrol to notify, soon as possible,
the owner of the slave thus detained of his ar
rest and the owner shall pay to the captain for
each slave thus arrested if on foot. one dollar: if
as above shall refuse to tell the name of his owner
or If arrested ut a distance of more than ten
nilcs from the plantation of his said owner,
ut shall be considered as a runaway and COM
mlti'd to the parish prison.
AK, .. Within the twenty-four hours after the
patrol, de captain must make bis report to the
director tataiing in it what has taken place with
regard 10 the police of slaves during the preced-
ing rouin. fh shall also report the men of the
pa're' VINO may have rcf,sed while in the per-
iof'nahce OF thclf slty to obey his orders Every
captain, refusing or eeglecting to make the above
report shall be slbJec to fine of five dollars for
each spheIse, recoverable. before anv co,npetent
tribunal at the instance otthe director,
ART. u. Each director of tatrols shall keen a
book, in which shall be enrcsistered the orders
by him given to the different capsins. as also the
reports made to him by the latt.,, This book
shall be submitted to the inspection # the police
jury ct It's regular sessions: accompanied by the
reports of the captains, under penalty Of s25
for each conravention. and further the forkiture
OF his salary for three months. The above sne
shall be recoverable at the instance of the Pa
lsh Attorney before any competent tribunal !,
ART. I. The fines received under the provisions
Of the 9TH Article shall form special fund for
patrol purposes. Each drcctor of patrols shall
receive $50 year for his services Each CAP
tain ofpatrol shall receive Is cents for each round
which ne shall report. Each man of the patrol
shall receive 80 cents for each round Every
person subject to patrol duty who refuses to at
tend contormaby to the orders of the captain.
without good and valid excuse shall be subject
t" fine of So for each refusal. recoverable, at |
the Instance OF the captain before any competent !
tribunal
ART. 8. The patrol shall arrest and commit to
prison all white persons or free persons of color
whom they may find, either in negro quarters or
in company with slaves, and who may appear to
be suspicious or dangerous. The captain of pa
trolls should take with him, during his round the
order OF the director appointing him as such;
otherwise the patrol shall not be considered
legal
ART. g. 1t shall be the duty of the directors of
patrols to make from time to time a visit of in-
spectlon to the negro quarters and negro cabins
OF their respective districts. The director shall
for this purpose put in requisition the number of
men that he shall think proper; and before going
INTO the quarters or cabins, shall notify the pro-
prietor thereof. This notice may be made verb
ally or in writing. The proprietor or agent who
nay refuse to permit the visit of the director shall
be subject to fine of at least $50 and not more
han $500 for each offense. to be recovered at the
Instance of the Parish Attorney, before any COM
,etcnt tribunal.
ART. 10. In the exercise of his functions, and
PARTICULARLY during his visits to the cabins and
quarters. the director of patrols shall be bound
o present to every person who may request it
he commission which he holds from the police
lry. None of the directors acts shall be con-
idered legal unless he complies with the preced-
ng regulation.
ART IL. Every patrol shall have the right to
inter- into the grog-shops, taverns Or stores when
yer they have reason to suppose that they are
isorderly or that there are slaves there assem-
led. F. BOUANCHAUD. !