The Carrollton sun. (City of Carrollton, Parish of Jefferson, La.) 185?-1???, 1860-07-07

cordance Herewith, to open the said
street within the prescribed delay; be-
tween Nashville Avenue and Joseph
ST.. in this village, pray your Hon
orable body, to grant me q delay for
doing the same, until the 1st day Of
December next, 1860. The propriety
of asking this indulgence. will, / trust.
be made apparent to your honorable
body, by the following considerations,
viz The necessity of my immediate
departure for Tennessee, on account
of the illness ofone of my sons. who Is
there at school, which win prevent my
immediate attention to the work. Sec-
ondly-the having rented the pasture
through which the said street passes,
and the contract for which, will not ex-
pire until the time mentioned, LIST De-
cember) r)---and 3rd--the street never
having been opened, and having no OUT
let. beyond Joseph street, the public
Twill experience no Inconvenience from
the delay IasiAed. Relying upon your
fayorablehotion upon this application,
and that your instructionsto to your Syn
die, may be in accordance Herewith.
am with much respect,
Your most ob't serv't and fellow-citixen, i
A. p. GRAY.
The following petition was also re-
ceived.
TO TO Hon. the Police Jury ~
ofthe Parish Of Jefferson, Len Bank.
The Memorial of the undersigned
inhabitants and property holders In
the Parish of Jefferson, respectfully
represents, that in order to check tho
intolerable evils arising from the sale
of ardent and Intoxicating spirits to
slaves, it is indispensably necessary to
adopt efficient measures to bring the
offenders to justice: that the demoral-
izing effects resulting from this Illegal
practice is growing to such an extent,
as to render the slaves in this Parish
iii {. great measure = useless to their
| masters, and to inaka their discipline
and government extremely difficult,
Your Memorialists have reason 10
believe that there are many, dram-
| shops In the Parish where grog ia
4 dealt out to their slaves in exchange
/ of stolen property of every des--.
cription, and there they are instigated
\ to insubordination and disobedience;
A that the utmost vigilance of your meIno-
rialists cannot guard against the loss
and danger ssing from this deplorabIei
i state Of things. Your memorialists
would therefore most respectfully sug
gest To your honorable body, theladvan-
tages that would result from the ap-
pointment of q certain nuEaber. say two
or three policemen, whose duty it should
be, in conjunction with the Syndi6 to
arrest all slaves who are found absent
from their masters residence orplunta-
ton, without written permission signed
by the master or oyerseer, which permit
shall only be valid for one day or twen-l
ty-four hours; that the slaves thuse eT-
rested. shall be forthwith conducted by
said policeman orSyndic, to their owner
or owners. who shall pay d fine of I'll
one dollar for each and every slave thus
brought to him, for the benefitso the
policeman or Syndic arresting said slaye
or slaves, and in case said masterrefuses
to pay said fine, ttaen it shall be tho duty
of the Attorney of the Parish to sue for
it's recovery before any Court Of COM
petent jurisdiction, in the name of the
Parish for tho benefit of said policeman
or Syndic, and to impose also the DUTY
on said policeman and Syndic, to detect
as far as possible all pessons whosasl or
give, Intoxicating liquors TO slaves in
& violation of the laws of this State, and
to give information thereof to the proper
officers, so that the offenders may be
; brought.to justice.
Your memoriaIists respectfully prey
that 1t may please your honorable. body
to pass such an ordinance in the. prem
ises es in your wisdom you may deem
calculated to put an end to the grew
+ ances complained of in the memorial.
And they win ever pray, etc,, etc.
.(signed,) p. +. Arnoult, c.
Royer,s.Js ss,F. LeBreton, C. Roselius
/ j. w. LaVinbeuyre, w. r. Mason
j r. Soniat, r. Sauye,sJ. y. G. Arnoult
A. N. Ogdens anass sctbcrs. 4
On motion of Mr.. Earsbe duly sec.
onded the above petitioT' was ttf4srres
to the Judiciary Committee; where
upon the President appointed Mr.. Il. G
a Perret to got with said Committee il
the matter.
On motion Of Mr.. Preston, the Jur,