Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-09-22

the order of the Inspector shall be subject to a
fine of $50 to be recovered by the Parish After
nev before auy Court of competent jurisdiction.
and liable to all damages which his neglect may
occasion.
ART. Is. Anv party to whom sums of money
shall be due ior work on levers or roads. by
virtue of the ordinances of the Police Jury, shall
have privilege on the property; and such priv
ilege shall have precedence over any other
privilege even over the one held by the vendor
of the soil. (Act of lS55.)
ART. Ii. Whcueve er a crevasse shall have taken
place on plantation through the neglect or re-
fusal of the proprietor to keep up his levee i'll
good order, and the negroes or hands OF the
owner Of said plantation shall not suffice to re-
pair it, the Inspector of the district shall require
from the Inhabitants the numher OF slaves nee
essarv to stop the erevasse, and such slaves shall
be paid at the rate Of 81 per day, and be fed at
the expense of the owner of the laud on which
they shall be working. Any person refusing to
send his slaves after due notice to that effect,
shall be liable to a fine of So foreach and every
negro he should have furnished; and the Inspec-
tor will see that the Parish Attorney do sue said
delinquent and report thereof to the Police
Jury. Any inhabitant who shall have sent one
or more slaves to stop crevasse on another
PERSONS land shall be entitled to the value OF
the slave or slaves who should happen to drown
themselves or otherwise lose their lives by the
h.
assisted by three inhabitants, shall proceed to
the appraisement of such slave or slaves, and
the process verbal Of such appralsement shall be
the base of the claim for the value of the slave
or slaves from the Police Jury; aud the payment
shall be made out of the funds OF the parish, In
cases where slaves shall be wounded or disabl d,
the owner shall be entitled to an indemnity, to
be determined aud paid as above. The Inspec
tors shall that the regulations concerning
levees, roads, bridges and bitches are strictly
enforced; and any person refusing or neglect
ing to execute any of the ordinary works ordered
| by the Inspector, within the specified delay,
shall be liable to a fine not exceeding S25, cx-
cept in cases specially provided for. In case OF
Immediate danger of the breaking of any leree,
the Inspector shall if in his opinion public Sc
curity requires it, dispense with the notices to
the front proprietors; and he is fully authorized
and empoW cred. with the consent and advice OF
six inhabitants. to employ sufficient number OF
laborers or slaves, to provide the necessary ma
terials and to do all the necessary work to avert
the impending danger; and all expenses thus ID
Cured and approved by the Inspector and SIX
| inhabitants aforesaid shall be audited by the
President of the Police Jury, and paid by the
Parish Treasurer; the Police Jury reserving the
right of action against the property of the
owner for the REIMBURSEMENT OF all sums thus
| expended in pursuance with this Article.
! ART. II. The Inspector shall cause to be re-
moved Immediately trees, edges, dead animals,
| or any other incumbrance whatsoever that may
| obstruct the passage, and the person in frent Of
whose plantation shall have been found the oh
| structon. who, after due notice, shall refuse or
neglect to remove or cause to be removed such
obstruction, shall be liable to fine of SIS.
/ ART. Is. The Police Jury, at its session of the
/ Ist Monday of March of every year. shall appoint
! four inspectors of roads, levees, bridges etc.
who shall have the supervision of the public
works of this parish as will be hereafter speci-
/ fed; and for that purpose the parish shall be
divided in four districts Of evees, roads bridges,
/ &c. as follows: The LIST. District to be composed
| of the 1st I'd and Sd Police Jury Wards The
Ia District, of the 4th. 5th 9th, 7th, llth, lZtl,
/ and 18th Police Jury Wards. The Sd District. of
]. the sth, 9th and 10th Police Jury Wards. The
4th District of the l4th Police Jury Ward, to be
divided into two sections as under the old
| laws.
ART 10. The following public works shall lie
considered as belonging to the respective dis
tricts in which they may be situated, to wit:
The McPhaul road and levee in the lst district.
The Raccourci road and levee, the Grand Levee
road and levee, the Fordoche road. the road and
the dyke leading to Waterloo, the Grand Bay
levee and dykes. the two roads on the Island,
the road on the Batture, and the bridge on the
i Discharge. in the I'd district. The New Road,
and Poulailer road and bridge in the 81 dis
trict. The Bayou Crosse Tete road and bridges
in the 4th district
Art 20. The salary Of the Inspectors of the
Ist and I'd districts shall be $1,000 each; that OF
the Sd district 500; and that of the 4th district
sl0O. The Inspectors shall be paid on their
own warrant; aud it shall be the duty of each
Police Juror to notice any deriliction of duty
on the part of any Inspector, and report the
same to the President of the Police Jury, who
shall cause inquiry to be made; and when said
charge OF charges shall be sus aimed. the 1nspec-
tor shall forfeit such portion of his salary as
!, may yet be due him, and may be removed from
Office by majority vote Of the Police Jury.
ART 81. The inspectors of said districts shall
reside in the districts in which they may be ap-
/ pointed
ART. %. II shall be the duty of all Inspectors
to glperintcnd 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.
President of the Police Jury Of all repairs to be
made to the public works of the parish. as spec
flied in the Police Jury Regulations, which
after the legal delays shall be sold at auction
to the lowest bidder, by the Parish ATTORNEY
: who will draw process verbal OF the said sale
ard take bond for the fufllmento OF the contract
! and said works shall be made under the dlrec
. ton of the Inspector. as provided for IN ordl
' nanees concerning roads, leVees, ditches ano
) bridges. 80.
: Art. a. Whenever new leyee shall be
/ fadeemed necessary, the Inspector Of the distric
I shall trace said levee and make out plan OF it
specifying the length of the levee its hight anf
tie number of feet OF base, and then transmit tt
t the Police Jury copy of said plan; the Inspec
: tor shallsl r personally responsible for the act
done by him in his capacity, aud shall furnish
g bond. with good security, to be approved by th'
| Police Jury, in the sum of $4,000, for the pune
@ tual and faithful performance of his duties.
$ ART. rs. Each Of the Inspectors shall keep
. book. in which be- shall record all the order
E given by him in his capacity to the nhabitant
of his district for repairs to their roads, lesees
# bitches or bridges, and refer to the Parish Al
o torney all delinanents by whom iae may haE