Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1859-08-20

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y notice and milege at the rate of five cents
per mile to the domicil of the person to be
notified, payable on the warrant Of the Pres
ident Of the Police Jury. -
Art. 252, Sec, 40 1t shall be the duty, Of
said District Committee, any two of whom
may form d quorum, to meet at the time and
place designated by said Inspector, to be de-
termine the place and size of the levee to
be made, and their action shall be final and
without appeal.
Art: 253. Sec. ID. Whenever any proprie-
tor of lands fronting on the River in this Par
ish shall fail or neglect to make his levee
after due notice served on him by the lnspec~
tor Of Roads and Levees of the Ward to
which he belongs, within the time allowed
him by said Inspector in said notice, it shall
be the duty of said Inspector within three
days after the time shall have expired, with
in which said work should have been compile
ted, to advertise for the making of said levee
and road for sale for the peri cd of ten days in
at least three public places in this Parish, and
also by notice in the official papers.
Art. 254, Sec. as. Said Inspector shall, in
the manner specified in Art. - notify the
Committee of the District in which said
]evee may be situated, to attend said SALE
1t shall be the duty Of said Committee to
make an estimate of the costs of making said
levee, and should the bids not be as low as
the estimate previously made, or as under
proper, they shall proceed to have it made on
account of the Parish. All necessary Incl
dental expenses incurred by the Inspector in
the laying ont and sale of said work, shall be
paid on warrant of the President of the Police
Jury.
Art. $50, Sec. SO. In all cases Of adjudica-
ton of work to be done OH roads and fevees
in this Parish, it shall be the duty of the In
spector making such ad publication to exact Sc
curity from the said lowest bidder of a sum
one fourth over and above the amount of sale,
or in case the sale shall have been made to
the owner of the land, the bond shall be one
fourth over and above the estimate of the
costs of making the same made by the Road
and Levee Committee.
Art. Psi Sec. 81. He shall make a process
verbal OF the ad judicatlcn and have the sa me
registered in the Office Of the Parish Recor-
der to operate as a privilege on said land. and
in case of non-pavment, the undertaken will
have the right to obtain a writ of seizure and
sale on the exhibition Of said proces-verba!
so unregistered: or of a duly certified copy
thereof with the certificate OF The Inspector
Of Roads and Levees, showing that the'con-
dition of the ad Indication have been fulfilled,
and the whole annexed to his petition in
which he shall set forth succiuctly the facts
Of the case. as well as the amount due.
The Judge of the District Court may in
consideration thereof, issue an order of seizure
and sale, whatever may be the amount of the
demand. In case of non-residence an Attor-
ney shalI be nominated to defend the interest
Of the absent party, WHO shall be cited con
formally to law. The said order of seizure
and sale shall be executed by the Sheriff of
the Parish after an advertisement of thirty
days in the official paper, and notices posted
irthree places in the Parish, without benefit
of appraisement in the same manner and sub
ders of seizure and sale. +
On motion OF Mr. Pope the following reso-
luton was adopted, vl=:
Art. 225. Sec. 16. And no levee shall re-
main within ten feet of the bank.
On molten of Mr. Pope the following reso-
luton was adopted, ui-:
He shall forfeit and pay the sum of Fifty
Dollars foreach arpent of new Ievee he shall
have failed to make, and Thirty Dollars for
each arpent Of levee he shall have failed to
repair.
On motion Of Mr.. Chinn the following
amendment was adopted, ui=: +
That Art. 26l. Sec. 50 be amended and re-
enacted so as to insert after the word levees
in the fifth line, Zone of which is further1
back from the River than the other, the ex-
pense Of making and keeping up The elbow
shall be borne jointly by the two proprietors.
:. On motion OF Mr. Pope il was -
: RESOLVED, That whenever. one OF several in
habitants>o OF a Ward shall m~akeopposition to
cutting of the levee during Tow water, the
matter, shall be referred to the. Inspector who
in shls' discretion may allow or refuse such
ctttipu If tho lorao in oil +Lo rms. -:
the levees shall be closed by the person or
persons makingit.
On motion Of Mr.. Pope that part Of the
Report recommending the system of building
levees by taxation on the inhabitants was
postponed to the September term of this
body. .&
On motion Of Mr.. Trinidad the sum of s25
was allowed to r. Hebert for holding a" in
quest on the 18th inst L
On motion also OF Mr. Trinidad the.sum of
was allowed to Frank White for holding
two inquests. -,
On motion Of Mr. Chinn, it was
RESOLVED, That the Parish Printer be in
to forward a copy.oft the Sugar Plan
ter containing the proceedings of this Session
of the Police Jury to each Inspector of Roads
account for the same at the September term
Of the Police Jury.
On. motion Of Mr.. Pope it was
Resozved, That the amendments to the Road
and levee Laws adopted to-day go into effect
from and after their passage.
On motion of Mr. Chinn, it was
Resolved, That the President Of the Police
Jury be authorized 10 have $50 copies of that
po. tion OF the Report of the Committee APP
tosmake amendments to the laws AMI
Of the. Police Jury in regard to
Roads aud Levees, which refers to the APP
mt of a Road aud Levee Commissioner
for the whole Parish, and also that portion
refers to Ievying a tax upon the Par