Gazette and sentinel., 1861-06-15

well ain properly spent when IL passed through
HE hand, lnIOugI The hands OF their gallant
Captain; dud IA UIder 10 provide Tor any further
contingency that may aIIse aud also 10 reassure
! CAPT. GlG..e and his ga..aLt soldiers, that though
aos~n, The. ale not iorgol,ra. Now be l.
Re-oNeG, That rne Police Jury ot the parish
OF iJeryI!ie do hcIeDy appropriate Inc additional
suEI oi Fifteen liuudrrd Dollars for lhe use OF
the "l1ersIie Crews. sand sum 10 be subject 10
the order q! The topJdiu OF sand Company, when
ever called Tor 10y han OF his authorized agent.
On motion. the Police Jury adjourned All TO-
morIow ~ o'clock, ~. VI.
JUEE 5-The Police Jury met pursuant to ad-
~JJuluWeul. SluIu members present.
O." motion OF Mir. Christin, Resolved, That
nom anu Jiter tA.s cate the Feruase across the
Ilyer opposite Y.aquelniEe is hereby increased 10
twenty Gents iUT loot passengers.
On t..o.Ion oil The same member. Resolved,
hat toe Resolution passed OIL the 18th day OF
lat MAY, al the extra session OF the Police Jury,
allowing me sum OF Two Thousand Dollars 10
any company offering lis services either TO the
>iate Oi Confederate States, be aud the same is
hereby amended, 80 is 10 read a. follows. 10 wit:
Resolved, Ina, hereafter 10 money shall be
drawn under said resolution tom The Parish
tIcdsuTy y ANY company whose services have
not been accepted by The Confederate States, aud
SrAN iiIll=A ~ VI hIGNb bI uluIk, Sl5utu Nv tue
PiesIdent o! the Police Jury.
Inc pc mon Ot Capt. Pardo, Of the Pelican
nudIGs, having bee.. presented, was read and
unanimously rejected.
On mot Oh OF Mr.. CuTislin, Resolved, That the
fJIl,h Filming lie uuHe by each OF the Two pa
peIs p1iIteu III Inc pa!ish, and that the sum OF
Tour hundred dollars, appropriated Tor that pur-
pose, be equally div, drd between them,
SAID i,esoLuuUu having been put 10 vote, was
Carried By i've votes TO one, Nj. Roane voting
IN the negative.
the petition Of Mr.. Ephraim Lauier praying
IOr IeItl, was recouSlderCd and again rejected.
, Upon which, Mr.. MoiiONnedux offered The fol-
lowing, TO SIT:
Whereas, The Corporation OF the town Of Pla-
quemiue has failed TO support Fphralm Lanier,
Uue Of lis paupers. aud bind al that
ThereiOIe be II Resolved, That the sum OF fifty
dollars lor one year Iom this date, I've allowed
hIm as a SraluI'y irom Inc parish. sand resolu-
non having been put 10 vote. was rejected.
The PcjiuCn % the ,nhabiUuts ui Lower Grand
liyeT, pay ag luT a DIVISION ui Tie i,uad aud L.evee
DI>i. NJ. : having b.ru pICsoHtrd. wds read and uc-
Crplrd aud on motion 81 5Ir. ltUane, II was Rrsoiv-
ed, Iiu, the Road Lceve DIstHcI No. 7, Ut tins Par
isn, be changed aud limited as tpllUws-sgid DIstrict
10 began al the "raIN, and 10 extend along he East
sIuc uI GnuG River, To the lower line OF the land
b~ei,ugiug 10 he widow add hrIIs oil. }. cIgur-aud
t'at portion UI Suid hist. No. :, extending from the
upper iua Ui sand SIguf tIaCt, tn The Southern Par
LII boundary, lUgeiheT with The western side ut said
Grand RIsri, tnuO"n as Lower Grand Riyer) eAIeu-
uIug iIUnI SAM boundary up To Ija1o Pigeon, oppo-
site 10 tine mouth IF Lutte iIgevu, be created and
mad d Road District, to hr kmuwn Us District No.
-, aud thai George MIcteiIree be, and ne II hereby
appointed Road Inspector 8" and ,or said District.
hT. Keep Offered Jae following preamble aud ordi-
nance which were unanimously adopted
Nhtred., Ihe State Legislature at lis last regular
Session, repealed lne Act establishing the Board Of
Public W Orks-therrby paTaly sIng the arms TO which
We have looked fi protection and security and,
whereas Bayou Piaqurnine IN its present condition,
it's IHouIh Unprotected tom the entrance of dritl
wood. Gr6nd RIVER, us main onilrt, being closed with
dnit aud sediment, will he the cause us surely as il
Exists, nt the inunddifOn aud rum ui the mO, settled
aud iluurlshIug PORTIONS oi tue PHIIah aud, whereas
wIIh such iucts ana certainty al baud, IL becomes
t15 duu Vt The PaTOchIal authorities 10 lake Ineas-
uTes to protect aud guard the PaIsh against an im-
p-hdlng danger inreaGrGIng its most vItai interests;
Therefore, be L ordsiurd b, the Police jury OF tie
Parish OF iDersilir, that Messrs. Beltort Marion
neauz, Michael Scniat'e,J j., aud. Dr. L. :. Garrett,
be aHd they are hrtcby appointed COMMISSIONER
with fail yone CT To devise aud supeuuIend tire execu-
tpn vi a plan 10 prevent cfieuluaiiy Ihe dliii wood
ioal SONG down bayou Piaqurmiuc.
BE it further ordained, &c, Fiat as soon az the
water vii have fallen Sufficiently TO allow SAID Com
misSIOners 10 commence operations, they are hrrpby
empowered 10 call upon tile Parish neg,oes, who
they shall employ M executing tH plan they may
deEIse-ivJuTnIug sand negroes. under the direction
oi Tire Crosse Iete Road commissioners, az suun as
lie wufh ~lli be completed.
Be Al ihnher ordained, &C., That the sum OfSjO0
be, and the same Is hrieDy appropriated Ia purchase
mH;er1ts, &C., tor the eXrrutGig ut SAID work.
BE itiuuber ordained, &e., That The Commission
es are authorized aud instructed 10 communicate
with Tie aurhUuties OF the Parish OF West BATON
Rouge, 10 O0IaIn their concurrence aud assistance IN
Inc UUUse wOrk.
BE II lunher ordained, &C., That in authorizing the
said worn al the mouth Of Bayou PiaqueniDe, the
Police JuTy does not prel-nd 10 assume any power
not Delegated to II, bu, is only acting IN seii-detence
and Tor the prUtec non of thr Parish, in a case for
wh,ch the Leg lslatuTs has failed Ia proviie, and for
when II cannot provide ia time 10 save the Parish
IRON ruln aud devastation
Ga motion, resolved, that Articles l0l aud los of
The Patrol Ordinance he, and the same are hereby
repealed and The following enacted in their sIead.-
lst. The Patrol shall be armed aud equipped as d.
rrcted, or deemed proper by the Chief OF Palrul. 2nd,
Tne PalrUi shah meet al any place or rendezvous
d slgnaIeJ BY the Chief
The round shall commence al . o'clock in the
summer, and 8 O'Clock Ia winter, aud cOnriuue un-
al 3 o'clock ia summer, add 4 o'clock IN wiider; but
the hours auay be changed whenever the Chiet may
deem II necessary. The Patrol on duly shall run
over the District or be distributed aud pared in such
a fndnnsr by ius chirt as To render il most efficient,
"a shall YIsit all negro quarters and search oil cab
iss deemed suspicious by the Chief.