Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-07
Inspectors Of Roads and Leyees.

The Police Jury, at it's session of the
first Monday of March of every wear,
shall appoint five Inspectors of roads,
levces, bridges, &c, who shall have the
! supervision Of the public works of this
parish, as will be hereafter specified; !;
and for that purpose the parish shall be
divided in five districts of Ievees, roads,
bridges, &c, as follows.sg .s- ~
| The lst District to be composed of the
lst, I'd, and Sd Police Jury wards: the
I'd District of the. 4fh, 5th, 9Th, and 7th,
including the Grand Bay leyee and
/ dykes; the Sd District, of the sth, 9th,
and 10th; the 4th District of the IIth,
18th, and 18th; the 5th District of the
18th.
The following public works shall be
considered as belonging to the respee-
tive districts in which they may be stu
ated, to wit:
d. The McPhaul road and levee in the
lst District /: the Raccourci road and
levee, the Grand Levee road and levee,
the Fordoche road, and the dyke and
road leading to Waterloo, in the ID Dis
trict; the New Road and the PouIailler
road and bridge, in the Sd District; the
two roads on the Island, the road on the
Batture, and the bridge over the Dis
charge, in the 4th District; the Bayou
Crosse Tete road and bridges, in the
5th District. -.
The salary Of the Inspectors of the 1st
and I'd Districts shall be $1,000; that of
the Sd and 4th Districts, $loo; and that
Iof the 5th District, $50.
The Inspectors of said Districts shall
reside in the Districts insswhicll they
shall be appointed.
1t shall be the duty of all Inspectors
to superintend the necessary repairing
of all levees, roads, bitches and bridges,
either private or public, and to see that
the same are kept in good order.
The Inspectors will report to the
President of the Police Jury of all re-
pairs to be made to the public works of
the parish, as specified in the Police
Jury Regulations, With, after the legal
deIays, shall be sold at auction to the
lowest bidder, by the Parish Attorney,
vino will draw process verbal of the
said sale, and take bond for the fulfill.
ment OF the contract; and said works
shall be made under the direction of the
Inspector, as provided for in ordinances
roads, levees, bitches, and
bridges.
Whenever new levee shall be deemed
necessary, the Inspector of the District
shall trace said levee and make out
plan of it, specifying the length of the
evee, its height, and the number of feet
If base. and then transmit to the Police
Jury a copy Of said plan; the Inspector
shall be personally responsible for the
'cts done by him in his capacity, and
shall furnish bond, with good security,
o be approved by the Police Jury, in
he sum f, for the punctual and
aithful performance Of his duties.
Each of the Inspectors shall keen a
'ook, in which he shall record all the
rdersglven by him in his capacity to
ne Inhabitants Of his District for re-
'atfs to their roads, lcvees, bitches or
ridges, and refer to the Parish Attor-
ey all the dclinquents by whom fine
nay have been incurred; and it shall be
IS duty to lay said book before the
'oliee jury at each regular meeting,
In case Of emergency OF ahsenee, the
Inspectors may appoint one or moro
epnties, bat they shall be under the d.
ection and control Of the Inspectors,
nd their appointment shall be made
My for one month at a time, and No
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