La sentinelle de Thibodaux. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1861-1866, 1865-11-04
state Of Louisiana.
Town COUNCIL or ru1BoDAux

Il IN ts
TOWN COUNCIL OF THIBO DAUx.
At called meeting the Mayor and Trus.
tees met this 18th day of October. 1865.
Were present: The Mayor S. 7. Girls.
amore, R. ID. Jordan, j. d. Leblanc. a.
Perrin, }. al. Fleetwood.
Absent. e. Rabichaux, 81. Hoffn,an
The reading Of tho minutes Of the last
meeting was dispensed with.
The Mayor submitted the foltcwireg re-
port, which has been adopted, to wits i
Mayors OFFICE nHIBcHAux. IA.
October, 18th 1851.
Toahe Hon. Trustees of
tile town of 1hibodaur.
Gentlemen-The books of the Corpora
tiu, in which are recorded the proceed
isgs of, and Ordinances enacted by, the
Town Council since its organization, have
not been found. The last information /
have of those records is the delivery of
the same by Mr.. j. w. Kmoblnch, clerk
during the administration Of Mayor Leo
Hymel, to Mr.. G. II. Gruneberg, clerk
during the late administration Of Mayor
sited them ia the Ccart-house.
Seu,e copies Of the printed Ordinances,
up to the year 1856, are still in existence,
but most of those ordinances have been
modified and repealed. therefore recnn-
mend that an entire new seto ordinances
be enacted, suitable to the present eondi-
ton of affairs. New books will be required
for recording the proceedings of the coun-
Gil and the ordinances enacted hereafter.
/ am gratified to inform the council that
the Guion academy has been returned tn
the proper authorities of the town Of Thi-
bodaux, as will be seen by tae following
order.
SPECIAL onuERl HEADQUARTERS,
No. 80. DEPARTM-NT OF LOUISIANA,
lEatract.l
8, The property in the town of Thibobaux.
Louisiana known as the . Guion Academy, and
now hel by the military authorities as abandon
cd property, will be put int the possession Of
the proper civil .suthOrties Of the said town. sub
ject to the condition that ssch possession shall
not be to the prejudice sf any Interest Of the t.
nited States in and to said property
By order of Majors General E. R. s. Canby
Z WiCkHAM HUFFMAN,
Assistunt Aduiasa General
NATHANIEL BURBANK
lst. Lieut., Acting Asst Adjt GeaeyM
Trustees of Guion Academy thro, Gen.
Sherman.
The prompt action of Maj Gen. Candy,
ih reply to the petition of the proper au-
thUities is ~sertAy of commendation, aud
the thanks Of cur fellow citizens are due
to tat officer.
It asw remains with you gentlmen to
devise ways and means to enable tile
School Directors to have the Academy o.
pened for the reception Of pupils at as ear
ly a period as possible.
Your attention is directed to a commu-
nication received this day, by me. from
Major r. j.. Palen, commanding Post. nn
the subject Of establishing night police
III the town, and recommend that q can
II it tee be appointed to confer with tlis
ofhcer on that matter and make whatever
may be deemed expedient,
to put q s&np to the tlssfas and robseries
that have been so frequent of late. | am
fatfsfied that any assistance Major Paiea,l
can furnish. will be thankfully received.
aud any iDconyenienoes necessarily ari-
sing from the operation If . strict palice |
will be cbeerfully submitted to, by the ci-
tizens, in erder to mainfain order and se-
cure their property fresa thieves and
rubbers. /
Respectfully submitted,
S. #. GRESAMORE,
a Mayor Of I'hibvdaua. |