Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-09-24
AN ORDINANCE supplementary to ''an Ordi
nance relative to Roads, Levees, bitches, and


nance relative to Roads, Levees bitches, and
Bridges, &c"
Be it ordained By tie Police Jury ofMe Parish efLa-
are, That Article2 Of the said ordinance be amended
and reenacted read follows Every leree which
shall contain perpendicular foot Of water ts&9 and
not over three feet shall have at least five feet base for every
loot III height; every evee which shall contain more than
hfee perpendicular feet of WATER and not over five feet,
a nave at least six feet base for every foot in height
every evee which shall coraiu than five perpendc
nEir feet OF WATER and over six feet shall have least
seven feet base fore every foot in ght every leyee
which shall contain six perpendicular feet of water
shall have least eight feet base Tor every foot in height
EVERY leFee snail have summit six feet in
BREADTH and shall be that after the sinking
OF the EARTH it shall have r elevation a, least one foot
above the level Of the water when highest In order 10 con-
form to this article the proctors shall be required to work
Oh the side ofthe levee the so AZ to obtain
the necessary base and determine whether the required
base exists the Inspector shall from center OF
the evee the road side to the end of the base and should
this measurement yield the half of the required base
the balance Of the levcc the bayou side shall be considered
rs containing the balance of the requisite width No earth
shall be taken from the bayou side than five from
the center of the evee and no new yee shal he con-
strtlcted nearer than thirty feet from the bank of the bayou
ART 2 That Article be 80 amended that whenever the
arbitraors to be appointed under said article should decide
that the new work, &c, required of any planter not
sry, that such proprietor shah not be liable for any damages
that may happen from his complying with such requs
ton as expressed in said Article 6.
ART 3. That Art. be aneuded give each propr
etor three to complete the necessary works his ley.e
instead OF two, as expressed in said article.
ART That Article 10 shall be amended that the road
shall be twenty feet wide instead of twenty five feet
qrred by said Article. q
ART 8 That Article f3 sia! be amended that instead
OF one Inspector there shall be elected four Inspectors If
Roads, ieFees &C. that the parish be divided lno four
Inspection Dstrttsthe First to begin the right bank Of
Bayou lacircfe at the upper line of the parish aud extend
down to the lower line of Niche! Arabic the
lnue on the same bank, from that point down as far
evees necessary the Third begin upper limit
OF the parish the left bank and extend down the line
dividing the plantations of A. Robinson and p Lefebyre
and the Fourth District to extend down from this point
Tar as ievees, &C. necessary and that the fifteen hun
dred dollars allowed to Inspectors shall be divided
give three hundred and fifty dollars to each of the Inspectors
OF the First ami Third Districts and the Of four hun
dred to those OF sseSecoid anl Fourth.
ART. d. That Article is be amended that the Inspector
shall have power make acquisitions for ans
Roads, Lerees &C. only during high water in Of ur
secy i'll all other to have the work done by contract
ur otherwise.
ART l. That Article 81 be amended and reelaced rs
TO read as follows Whenever the Inspector shall find tho
road or levee of any planter in bad order he shall forthwith
notify said planter verbally otherwise, repair the sarhs
and put in good order without delay, and for THIS purpose
'eqlire many hands Of the said planter may be neces-
y and should any proprietor not at send the hands
eflied Of him. the said Inspector is authorized
Ms place or plantation and order from his force the requisite
number of hands to put said road evee in good repair
md should the proprietor by force violence resist the
aking of his slaves he stall forfeit and pay fine OF five
hundred dollars.
Approved, August 1, 1865, j. X. GOLRpAIN,
President Of the Police Jury.
Certified, l.. $. ALLAN, Secretary. Q