Gazette and sentinel., 1861-06-22
fore cutting off travel BY said road. therefore,

OF our country, be so amended as 10 read-That
the family OF every soldier in needy c~ircumsran-
ces be allowed not less than $40 nor more than
S25 per month.
Mr.. Dardenne, at the special request OF Capt.
Charles A. Brusle, o. the "lberville Greys," pre-
scented a detailed account of the expenditures of
The money appropriated by the Police Jury Tor
the use of SAID company.
Wherenpon, the Police Jury unanimously op.
posed the examination ct the details OF said en-
penditures. having the most implicit confidence
IN Capt. brItsle and knowing that every cent APP
propfIaied tor The Use OF said company would I've
well and properly spent when it passed through
the hands through the hands OF their gsIlan,
Captain: and III order 10 provide for any further
contingency that may arise and also TO reassnre
Capt. Brusle and his gallant soldiers, that though
absent they are not iorsoitea. Now be it
Resolved, That the Police Jury OF the parish
OF ibervilie do hereby appropriate the additional
sum OF Fifteen Hundred Dollars for lhe use of
The "lberville Greys,n said sum 10 be subject to
the order OF the Captain oi said Company, when
ever called Tor by him or his authorized agent.
On motion. the Police Jury adjourned ill TO.
morrow 10 O'Clock, n. NJ.
June j.-The Police jury met pursuant 10 adj
Journment. Same members present.
On moIion OF Mr.. Chfistin. Resolved, That
from and alter this date the Ferriage across the
rver opposite Plaquemine is hereby increased TO
twenty cents Tor foot passengers.
On motion of the same member, Resolved,
hat the Resolution passed on the 18th day OF
last May, al the extra session OF the Police Jury,
allowing the sum OF Two Thousand Dollars 10
any company offering lis services either TO the
State oil Confederate States, be and the same is
hereby amended, 80 as 10 read al follows, 10 wit:
Resolved, That hereafter no money shall be
drawn under said resolution from the Parish
Treasury Uy any company whose services have
not been accepted by the Confederate States, aud
said money 10 be drawn by draft, signed BY the
President of the Police Jury.
The pc ltIon OF Capt. Pardo, Of the Pelican
Guards, having been presented, was read and
unanimously rejected.
On motion oil Mr.. Christin, Resolved, That the
Parish Printing be done by each OF the two pa
pers printed in the parish, and that the sam OF
Tour hundred dollars, appropriated for that pur.
pose, be equally divided between them,
Said Resolution having been put 10 vote, was
carried by i've votes TO one, Mr.. Roane voting
IN the negative.
The petition of Mr.. Ephraim Lanier praying
for Teliet, was reconsidered and again rejected.
Upon which, Mr.. Morionneaux offered The fol-
lowing, TO wit:
Whereas, the Corporation of the town Of Pla-
HucHilH w d idllcu ~ support tpnTdlul LdIuPr,
one OF its paupeTs, and blind al thai
Therefore be it Resolved, That the sum of fifty
dollars Tor one year from this date, be allowed
him as a gratui'y from the parish. SAID resolu-
lion having been put 10 vote. vas rejected.
The PettIon Oi the inhabitants Ui Lower Grand
River, praying Tor a division Of The Road aud Le,ee
Dist. No. Z. having been presented, was read ind ac-
copied aud un motion ot Mr. Ruane, il was Rrsoly-
ed, That the ROud leeve District No. z, Of tins Par
ish, be changed aud limited as fpllows-said District
10 begin nj the Park" and 10 extend along The East
side Vt Grand River, To the lower line ui the land
belonging To the widow aud heirs off. J. Sigur-and
that portion OF said Dist. No. {, extending from the
upper line ot SAID Sigur tract, To the Southern Par.
ish boundary, together with the western side Of said
tiIund River, known as Lower Grand Riyer) -xten-
ding from SAID boundary up to Bayou Pigeon, orrpo.
site 10 the mouth 81 Little Pigeon, be creai-d and
made u Road District, tu he known ~ District No.
-, and that George Mitchelfree be, aud he - hereby
appointed ltoad Inspector ia aud Tor -uid district.
Mr. k-ep offered the iollO" ing preamble and ordi-
nance which we're nanimousI adopted
hrrear, the State Legislature al its last regular
Session, repealed the Act establishing the Board OF
Public Norks-iher-by paralysing the arm TO which
We have looked for protection aud security and,
whereas Bayou Plaquemine in it's present condition,
It's mouth unprotected tom the entrance Of drift
wood, Graiui River, its main outlet, being closed with
DRIFT aud sediment, will be The cause as surely as il
exists, "t the inundallon aud ruin at the most settled
aud furnishing PORTIONS OF the Pariah aud, whereas
with such iacis and certainty at hand. il becomes
ue uu'y o' q rafochiai au'nofi'irs to take mear-
uIes 70 protect ana guard the fn'ish against an inn
PYnu'.s oa"se' threatening us most vital interests
49, 10 y o''a,"eu py IN roi,ee Jury OF Ire
a,sh ., ioersI'e, uat Hiessrs; beliort Marion
iieaux, Michael Schlatre, jr, and DIR. L. ). Gauett,
be and they are hereby appointed Commissioner
with iull power TO devise aud superintend the execu-
i,om goIng dawn b,von Pi,onem;ns -" ~" ""o'
BE j, further o,i,;u,si ~ Th,, n. nm, ..,h.
water v IN nave fnllsn ,uf6c,rn,Iy r., s,Iax s..i C ."s
missioners 10 commence onerr,ions. rhev M. 1000
empowered TO call unou the Parish n.g,oss wS..
they shall enpioy in r.ecu,iug the nIan ,h.v ms
deyise-rrrurnin9 said nerrossin nd., The J;,.c,;an
Of the Crosse Teie Road Commissioner as soon ma
the work will he connle,ed
BE u turiher ordained, &C., That the sum Of 300
be, and the same is ereby appropriated uo purchase