Cabildo Digest

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Digest of the Acts and Deliberations of the Cabildo
Roads

Introduction to the Digest

Subject Book Volume Page Date Description

Roads 1
278 2/6/1778 Governor: Galvez; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr. – The Attorney General asks that the inhabitants be ordered to have a roadway cleared in front of their homes, to facilitate the throwing of lines to ships that come up the river. (See “Wharf Landings.”)

Roads 1
312 3/26/1779 Governor: Galvez; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr – The Attorney General calls attention to the necessity of digging a ditch for holding the water that filters through the levee, and damages the roads.

Roads 1
328 7/16/1779 Governor: Galvez; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr – Requiring the proper piece of ground for the building of a public highway, the Commissioners agreed to solicit from Don Pedro Piernas the ground granted to him by Don Alejandro O’Reilly for which ground he will be paid four hundred Pesos. Don Pedro Piernas accepted this proposition.

Roads 2
31 6/9/1780 Governor: Galvez; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr. – Mention is made at this meeting of the roads in the town of Gentilly, pertaining to sentence imposed upon Don Gabriel Peyroux de la Roche Malive to keep said roads in repair. (See “Courts.”)

Roads 2
77 10/12/1781 Governor: Galvez; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr. – The Attorney General calls attention to the neglect of the roads and levees above and below the city on both sides of the river.

Roads 2
135 8/9/1782 Governor: Galvez; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr. – At this meeting mention is made of a new road through which cattle may be driven from Atakapas and Opelousas to New Orleans. (See “Markets.”)

Roads 2
164 2/14/1783 Governor: Galvez; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr. – The inhabitants are ordered to repair the “Road to Bayou St. John: to facilitate the delivery of mail from Pensacola and Mobile.

Roads 2
191 8/1/1783 Governor: Galvez; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr. – Don Gabriel Perones (Peyroux) is ordered to restore the Roads of the Bayou to their former condition, and to close the ditches he has made.

Roads 2
219 5/28/1784 Acting Governor: Miro; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr. – The Attorney General calls attention to the bad condition of the roads, especially to the ones belonging to Mr. de Kernion, Mr. Enoul Livaudais, Mr. Macarty and to a free Negro named Bacus, who owns more land than he can cultivate and for this reason neglects his roads.

Roads 4 IV 225 6/25/1802 Acting Governor: Salcedo; Royal Ensign: De La Ronde – At this time the Commissioners discuss the complaints received concerning the bad condition of the Road to the Bayou, which is “intransitable in that section of the property of Dona Louisa de La Ronde which is caused by the flow of water from the Canal Marigny.”

Subject	Book	Volume	Page	Date	Description
Roads	1		278	2/6/1778	Governor: Galvez; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr. – The Attorney General asks that the inhabitants be ordered to have a roadway cleared in front of their homes, to facilitate the throwing of lines to ships that come up the river. (See “Wharf Landings.”)
Roads	1		312	3/26/1779	Governor: Galvez; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr – The Attorney General calls attention to the necessity of digging a ditch for holding the water that filters through the levee, and damages the roads.
Roads	1		328	7/16/1779	Governor: Galvez; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr – Requiring the proper piece of ground for the building of a public highway, the Commissioners agreed to solicit from Don Pedro Piernas the ground granted to him by Don Alejandro O’Reilly for which ground he will be paid four hundred Pesos. Don Pedro Piernas accepted this proposition.
Roads	2		31	6/9/1780	Governor: Galvez; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr. – Mention is made at this meeting of the roads in the town of Gentilly, pertaining to sentence imposed upon Don Gabriel Peyroux de la Roche Malive to keep said roads in repair. (See “Courts.”)
Roads	2		77	10/12/1781	Governor: Galvez; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr. – The Attorney General calls attention to the neglect of the roads and levees above and below the city on both sides of the river.
Roads	2		135	8/9/1782	Governor: Galvez; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr. – At this meeting mention is made of a new road through which cattle may be driven from Atakapas and Opelousas to New Orleans. (See “Markets.”)
Roads	2		164	2/14/1783	Governor: Galvez; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr. – The inhabitants are ordered to repair the “Road to Bayou St. John: to facilitate the delivery of mail from Pensacola and Mobile.
Roads	2		191	8/1/1783	Governor: Galvez; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr. – Don Gabriel Perones (Peyroux) is ordered to restore the Roads of the Bayou to their former condition, and to close the ditches he has made.
Roads	2		219	5/28/1784	Acting Governor: Miro; Royal Ensign: De Reggio, Sr. – The Attorney General calls attention to the bad condition of the roads, especially to the ones belonging to Mr. de Kernion, Mr. Enoul Livaudais, Mr. Macarty and to a free Negro named Bacus, who owns more land than he can cultivate and for this reason neglects his roads.
Roads	4	IV	225	6/25/1802	Acting Governor: Salcedo; Royal Ensign: De La Ronde – At this time the Commissioners discuss the complaints received concerning the bad condition of the Road to the Bayou, which is “intransitable in that section of the property of Dona Louisa de La Ronde which is caused by the flow of water from the Canal Marigny.”

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