SECTION 9. _Be it further ordained_, That any negro found drunk within the said parish shall pay a fine of five dollars, or in default thereof shall work five days on the public road, or suffer corporeal punishment as hereinafter provided. SECTION 10. _Be it further ordained_, That all the foregoing provisions shall apply to negroes of both sexes. SECTION 11. _Be it further ordained_, That it shall be the duty of every citizen to act as a police officer for the detection of offences and the apprehension of offenders, who shall be immediately handed over to the proper captain or chief of patrol. SECTION 12. _Be it further ordained_, That the aforesaid penalties shall be summarily enforced, and that it shall be the duty of the captains and chiefs of patrol to see that the aforesaid ordinances are promptly executed. SECTION 13. _Be it further ordained_, That all sums collected from the aforesaid fines shall be immediately handed over to the parish treasurer. SECTION 14. _Be it further ordained_, That the corporeal punishment provided for in the foregoing sections shall consist in confining the body of the offender within a barrel placed over his or her shoulders, in the manner practiced in the army, such confinement not to continue longer than twelve hours, and for such time within the aforesaid limit as shall be fixed by the captain or chief of patrol who inflicts the penalty. SECTION 15. _Be it further ordained_, That these ordinances shall not interfere with any municipal or military regulations inconsistent with them within the limits of said parish. SECTION 16. _Be it further ordained_, That these ordinances shall take effect five days after their publication in the Opelousas Courier. Official copy: J. LOVELL, _Captain and Assistant Adjutant General_. At a meeting of the citizens of the parish of St. Mary, held at the court-house in the town of Franklin, on Saturday, the 15th instant, P.C. Bethel, Esq., was called to the chair, when a committee was appointed to report upon certain matters submitted to the consideration of the meeting, which committee reported by their chairman the following, which was unanimously adopted: REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.