Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-14
Police Jury Ordinances.

commend the adoption of the following
ordinances:
ARTICLE l. Throughout the whole por
=, ton OF the parish where levees are re
y" CURED to protect the inhabitants agains
lnundatlon, said levees shall be made
and kept in good repairs by the owner
or owners Of the land where said levees
are required, according to the ordinances
hereinafter provided. s
! ART 2. All levees having one perpen
dicular foot of water, and not more than
/, three feet against them, shall have at
least four feet base for each and every
. foot in height. All levees having more
than three and not more than six per.
| pendicular feet of water against them,
shall have at least five feet base for
each and every foot in height. And all
levees having more than six perpendicu
. lar feet of water against them, shall have
at least six feet base for every foot in
height. The width of the TOP of the
levee shall be equal to it's height, and
the levee shall be constructed in such a
way that two-thirds of the base shall be
on the side of the river; and, finally,
every levee shall be Of such height that
after the settling of the earth it Shall be
two feet above the highest water mark.
ART. 3. Hereafter, every new levee
shall be constructed as follows, to wit:
In places where the bank of the river is
apt to cave in, at a distance of at least
one arpent; and in places where the
same inconvenience does not exist, at a
distance of at least forty feet from the
|top of the bank. And all evees already
made, the base of which is at distance
less than fifty feet from the top of the
bank Of the river in places subject to
cave in,yand at a distance less than ten
feet in places where the same inconve-
nience does not exist, shall be made &C.
cording to the present article. And the
earth used for the repair OF construction
of levee shall be taken at distance
of at least twenty feet from the base of
the levec on the side of the river. And
lftconsidered necessary by the Inspector
of the District in which said lcvee is sit
uated, ditch shall be dug in the center
of the base Of the levee at least three
feet wide and three feet deep, so as to
remove all stumps and logs, and after
full examination of the interior of the
ditch, it shall be filled up and the ground
well stamped. The place where the
levee is to be built shall be plowed
before beginning the construction of said
levee.
ART: 4. In the month of July of every
year, it shall be the duty of the Inspec-
tors to examine the roads, bridges and
levees Of their respective Districts; to
draw process verbal of all fireworks I
Or repairs which they may deem neces- :
sary; and to give notice to the owners :
or lessees of the property on which said ,
works or repairs are to be executed, ,
according to the ordinances of the Police ,
Jury. :
aRT. 5. Any person refusing or neg c
ecting to perform or execute any work S
" repair required by the Inspector oil r
he District, shall be liable to fine not
ess than $25 nor more than $500, re-
overable by the Parish Attorney, be- t
ore any Court Of competent jurisdiction;
nd the Inspector of the District shall s
ause said works to be executed, by t
elling the same to the lowest bidder, fe
ne at the expensesof said owner, after "
living ten days public notice. t,
ART. 6. Whenever the construction or Fl
epair of levees, bridges and roads shall a.
e ordered on any property the owner C;
owners of which shall be absent or
eside out, Of the parish, the Inspector of a,
le District shall give notice of the works q,
y him ordered, by inserting said notice " "
one or both of the newspapers printed 81
! this parish, and the notice so given y, b.
,all be considered as legal notification "
any nonresident proprietor. nj
ART. I. The works and repairs to be Fl
ade annually to levees, shall begin on s.
e 10th OF August, unless rendered i'm oh
'ssiple by the high stage of the water, III
which case said works and repairs oil
lall be commenced as soon as practi- ho
'ble, and completed on the 1st Novem- A.
II ensuing. It is, however, provided sh
at the roads and bridges shall be at th,
times repaired and kept in good or or m
r, and the Inspectors, each in his own of
strict, shall, at all times, be author fin
q to give orders to any proprietor ISL
nose roads and bridges shall need re- ter
lrs, to make Or cause to be made the oa
id repairs within ten days from the e
rvice of the notice, under the penalty. mc
fine not less than $40 nor more than or
., to be paid by said proprietor, and thu
I'd for by the Parish Attorney. And On m
all cases the owner shall be subject ha,
pay all damages which may result loo
N the bad condition of his roads and wee s
dges. W.
ART. 8. It shall be the duty Of the In ha,
sctors of every district to make, at the
st once a week san ;ncnao+;on ofolI co;