Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-12-04
o1Ac OF ROAD & LEvEE INspEc
TORS.

10 arr. Ete7ra Stesart, residing in The
~-or parish Of East Bdto:a Fou7s
" are hereby notified to make til. following ~
pairs and additions to your road and lever Nm,
T. % Tue new ievee hereinafter named on Won,
piaoeauon situated IN this parish and known a. IL,
line. t. wit: :" '''A IVA
sections J. 2 and 8 of 1900 feet, q acres 10 wards =,
at top. oN' "n" = iee
gee = and ) of 1000 feet, q acres So Yards an Al.
sa''pn / o tne levee of 4 feet at base and 2 feet at ton
= oun ioo leet, an addition to th- seTee of 10 feet
a.. peSe anu D teet at top. Sec 18th, of 400 feet. n aers
Do yards new levee 60 feet frum bank ;o;ni,s nav,
eipo~, . 'eet high. 80 feet base and ! feet wida on
'op. Sec 9Th, of 600 feet, e acres so wards no ra.
pars necessary Sec 9th, Of 900 feet, a acre 20
ia'osj he" ievee running from elbow below brick
A''h u ELBOW atlove..aIne, 5 feet high, 27 feet bas ~
a'o ieet "ide or top. Sec 1ota, OF 1888 feet Il acre
:. 5aFss') no repairs necessary, sec 18th, Of 1883
rect, 70 acres "a yards a new levee to uuner line, 40
. .set from oanh 0! the river, 5 feet 9 inches high, 81
feet base and Il fe-t On ton ' -
gu are required to work your road and bitches
a'ng your Whole front in the manner the law directs,
TO wilt: bitches TO be TX feet vide at ton ! fan, desr
and l foot wide at bottom: earth from saua ,o hs
thrown into the road. The road to be Is feet VIDE
10 oe ploughed on the sides anil thrown ND in The
ni.'d'e SO as I" give Il inch grade to every foot of
"iath. You are required to hare a cross ditch and
us'"ee on your road at distances not further apart
man : acres; bridge to be 20 feet long, made of
1nch plank resting on 6 stills, cross bitches to be lined
"' F'tNS'S 81 d. % prevent cayllg In,
In making new levee, the law requires to be dug in
she centre OF the track of the new Iexee, a ditch ?
'eet wite and ) feet deep: that SAID track or bed whe1-
on IN the sevee is t. be made, must be ploughed the
"hoie distance aud the earth of which same is 10 BIZ
made, must be taken at least 20 feel from the outside
oase. You Will notice the above sections are mum
osfe'', commencing at your lower line and are staked
of.
the LIST day of December next,
n. W. POPE
WV Deputy Inspector 9th Ward.
West Baton Rouge, October Both, 1855.
To Wing ". Einchsloe, residing IN the
~ parish Of East Baton Rouge:
IOU are hereby notified to make the following re
= pairs and additions to your road and levee and
/" make the new road and leeee, hereinafter AIMED,
on your land, situated in this parish, Commencing at
your lower line, to wit:
Sections l and 2, 9se feet, a 74-1oo acres.) new
lever, commencing at a point Tn YOUR lower line
about Is yards from public road. running up on a
straight line, to a point opposite the printing Office,
one arpent from crack behind same, thence to a point
on Old ievee about 20 steps below where the old saw
mil gate once stood, to be I feet high, 80 feet base
and y feet wide on top. Sec Sd, Of 800 feet, Il acre
base and 8 feet at top d
You are required to make a new road across your
lana, along said ievee, to be laid off, ditched worked
acccnrding to law to wit: bitches to be ~ feet wide
at top, foot deep and ! foot wide at bottom; earth
from same to be thrown into the road. The road to
u - see' Wioe, TO De ploughed on the sides and
ihrowa up III the mi' die so as to give 4 incl, grade
to every foot of width. You are req uired to have one
cross ditch and bridge at your lower line, one about
midway your tract an one at old saw mill gate; brid-
ges to be 20 feet long, made OF 9 inch plank resting
on ) sil's; cross bitches to be lined with pickets SO as
to prevent their caving in.
In making new ievee, the law requires TO he dug in
the centre 0, the track of the new levee a ditch . feet
wide and 3 feet deep That said track or bed where
on the levee is to be made, must be ~ploughed up
the whole distance and the earth OF which same is
t" be made must be taken at leas, 20 feet from the
outside base You will notice the above sections are
numbered commencing at your lower line and staked
of:
All work on roads and levees must be finished By
the LIST day Of December next.
N. y. OPE
Deputy Inspector 6th Ward.
West Baton Rouge October 30th 1855.