Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-28
Police Jury Ordinances.

| DiluSeS, appointed by the POllce Jur'
of the parish of Pointe Coupee, at it
last session Of the 4th of June, 1860, re
commendthe adoption of the following
ordinances:
ARTICLE l. Throughout the whole por
ton of the parish where levees are re
quired to protect the inhabitants agains
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 thar
three feet against them, shall have al
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 fol
each and every foot in height. And al
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 hei ght, 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 distance of at least
one arpent; and in places where the
same Inconvenience does not exist, at
distance of at least forty feet from the
top of the bank. And all levees 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, and at distance less than ten
feet in places where the same inconvc-
nience does not exist, shall be made ac-
cording to the present article. And the
earth used for erepair or construction
of levee shall be taken at distance
of at least twenty feet from the base of
the levee on the side of the river. And
if considered necessary by the Inspector
of the District in which said levee is sit
uated, a 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 pIowed
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
ievees 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
ecting to perform or execute any work
Or repair required by the Inspector Of
she District, shall be liable to fine not
ess than $25 nor more than $500, re-
,overable by the Parish Attorney, be-
ore any Court of competent jurisdiction;
and the Inspector of the District shall
;ause said works to be executed, by
selling the same to the lowest bidder,
me at the expense of said owner, after
irving ten days public notice.
ART. 6. Whenever the construction or
'epah of levees, bridges and roads shall
oe ordered on any property the owner
,r owners of which shall be absent or
'eside out of the parish, the Inspector Of
he District shall give notice of the works
y him ordered, by inserting said notice
n one or both of the newspapers printed
n this parish, and the notice so given
hall be considered as legal notification
o any nonresident proprietor.
ART I. The works and repairs ta4be
made annually to levees, shall beginon
he 10th Of August, unless rendered i'm
'ossiple by the high stage of the water,
n which case said works and repairs
hall be commenced as soon as practi-
able, and completed on the 1st Novem-
'er ensuing. It is, however, provided
hat the roads and bridges shall be at
IL times repaired and kept in good or
er, and the Inspectors, each in his own
district, shall, at all times, be author
zed to give orders to any proprietor
whose roads and bridges shall need re-
airs, to make or cause TO be made the
aid repairs within ten days from the
ervice of the notice, under the penalty
t fine not less than $40 nor more than
SO, to be paid by said proprietor, and
ued for by the Parish Attorney. And
q all cases the owner shall be subject
Q pay all damages which may result
rom the bad condition of his roads and
ridges.
ART. 8. Itshall be the duty of the In
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