Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-08-27
LEVEE ORDINANCE.
AN ORDINANCE supplementary to 'sasi ordl,
nance relative to Roads, Leyees, bitches, anc

AN ORDINANCE supplementary to g asi ordl-
nance relative to Roads, Leyees, bitches, and
Bridges. &c"
Be it ordained By the Police Jury efh the Parish OF L.
fcbe That Article of the said ordinance be amended
and reenacted so read foows Every evee which
shall contain one perpendicular foot Of water and
not over three feet shall least five feet base for every
foot in height every leree which shall contain more than
three perpendicular feet Of water, and not over
shall have least six feet base for every foot IN negn
avery evee which shall contain than hre pefpeioc
MAR feet of water and six feet shall have al least
seven feet base every foot in height every eVee
sha have at least eight feet base every foot in height
Every Ievee shall have summit Of at least SIX rect %
breadth shall be constructed that after the
Of the earth it shall have elevation OF at least one loot
above the level the water when highest In order TO
form to this article the propetors shall be required TO
on the side OF eVee hss ioaa he
base exists the Inspector shall measure from the cener
the eyee on the road side to the end OF the base and
this measurement yield the half OF the required nas
the balance of the bayou side shall be considered
as containing the balance Of the requisite width No earh
shall be taken from the bayou SIDE nearer than nve e
strcted nearer thirty feet from the bank OF the
ART D That Article be so amended that whenever tne
arb;traors to be appointed under said article should decae
that the work. &c. required OF any PnIer = 5
sal that such proprietor shall not be liable for any
that may happen from his not complying WITH su'i iei'
ton as expressed in said Article b.
AIT g. That Art 7 be amended as to give eaeh pioi
et three years complete the necessary works on MS e'e
instead of two, as expressed in said article
ART That Article 10 shall be amended that the roae
b, he twenty feet wide instead of twenty-five feet as re
auired by said Article.
ART That Article IL shall be amended that fnsteae
Of one Inspector shall be elected four inspectors
Roads Leyees &C. that the parish be divided into fot
inspection First to begin on the right bank
BAYOU aourche the upper line of the parish and extent
down to line Of Michel Arabe the Second TO con
tnue on the bank, from that point down as far al
eyees are necessary the Third to begin at the upper @
Of the parish the left bank and extend down to the line
dividing the pantaans of A. Robinson and p Lefebvre
and the Fourth District to extend down from this point al
far as eyees &C. and that the fifteen nun
xed dollars allowed to Inspectors shall be divided so as
dive three hundred and fifty dollars to each Of the Inspector
of the First and Third Districts and the sum Of four hun
dred to those of the Second and Fst,rsh. >
ART g. That Article is be an1eied that the Inspector
shall have power make acquisitions for hands to work OF
Roads, Levees &C. only during high water in case OF ur
gency all other to have the work done by conrac
otherwise.
ART I. Article Fl be amended and reenacted so a
to read as follows Whenever the Inspector shall find thu
road eyee of any planter in bad order he shall
notify said planter verbally otherwise to repair the s
put in good order without delay and for this purpose
require as many hands of the said planter may be neees
sary and should any proprietor not at send the hand
required of him. the said Inspector authorized to enter OF
his place or plantation order from his force the requisite
number hands put said road levee in good repair
should the proprietor by force or violence resist thu
taking of his slaves he shall forfeit and pay tine OF nv
hundred dollars.
Approyed August T. 1853 ]. K. GOURDAIN,
President of the Police Jury.