Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-21
Police Jury Ordinances.

last session of the 4th of jane, 1860, re-
commend the adoption of the following
ordinances:
ARTICLE l. Throughout the whole por-
tion of the parish where levees are re-
quircd to protect the inhabitants against
inundation, 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.
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 its 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 watef 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 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 levees already
made, the base of whichis at distance
less than fifty feet from the top of the
bank of the river in places subject to
cave in, and at distance less than ten
feet in places where the same inconvc-
niencc does not exist, shall be made ac-
cording to the present article. And the
earth used for the repair or construction
of levee shall be taken at distance
of at least twenty feet from the base of
the leyee on the side of the river. And
if considered necessary by the Inspector
Of the District in which said levee 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 the works
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
lecting to perform or execute-any work
or repair required by the Inspector of
the District, shall be liable to a fine not
less than $25 nor more than $500, re
coverable by the Parish Attorney, be-
fore any Court of competent jurisdictions;
and the Inspector Of the District shall
cause said works to be executed, by
selling the same to the lowest bidder,
ane at the expense Of said owner, after
giving ten days public notice.
ART. g. Whenever the construction or
repair Of levees, bridges and roads shall
be ordered on any property the owner
or owners Off which shall be absent Or
reside out of theparish, the Inspector Of
the District shall give notice Of the works
by him ordered, by inserting said notice
in one or both Of the newspapers printed
in this parish, and the notice SO given
shall be considered as legal notification
to any nonresident proprietor.
ART. T. The works and repairs to be
made annually to levees, shall begin on
the 10th Of August, unless rendered i'm
possible by the high stage Of the water,
in which case said works and repairs
shall be commenced as soon as practi-
cable, and completed on the lst Novem-
Der ensuing. It is, however, provided
that the roads and bridges shall be at
all times repaired and kept in good or
der, and the Inspectors, each in his own
District, shall, at all times, be author
lied to give orders to any proprietor
whose roads and bridges shall need re-
pairs, to make or cause to be made the
said repairs within ten days from the
service of the notice, under the penalty
of a fine not less than $40 nor more than
$50, to be paid by said proprietor, and
sued for by the Parish Attorney. And
in all cases the owner shall be subject
to pay all damages which may result
from the bad condition Of his roads and
bridges.
ART. 8. It shall be the duty of the In
spectnrs of every district to make at