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

/ tutE odiu "olhS Di repairs SliaIl he SUI
ject to fine as provided by Art. 5; an
also subject to all damages which thi
neglect may have caused.
! ART. 10. In case any crcvasse shou1
take place on any lcvee or levees, th
Inspector Of the district shall repair t
the spot where the same may have har
/ pened, without delay, and shall ther
call together jury composed of te
freeholders of his district, who, afte
examination of the premises, shall joint
ly with the said Inspector, make out
report recommending such measures a.
to them will appear best, in order to stol
the crevasse, and said report shall b.
transmitted by the Inspector to tht
President Of the Police Jury, whose dut,
! it shall be to convene Immediately the
Police Jury, in order to submit the mat
ter to them; and in the meantime should
the Police Jury not meet as the necessi
ty requires it, the jury of freeholders
Jointly with the Inspector, shall have
full power to act, and enter into any
contract having for it's object the stop.
ping of said crevasse or crevasses.
ART. Ii. Every owner of land on the
banks of any river, bayou, or other
water course, as we'll as those of the
back settlements, are bound to give for
public use a road of at least TWENTY-FIVE
feet between the bitches, on the whole
front Of his property, and keep the same
constantly in good order and repair, ac-
cording to the existing ordinances, and
such others as may hereafter be passed
by the Police Jury.
ART. II. Said road shall be elevated
towards the center, so as to facilitate
the draining Of the pIuvial waters, and
be lined on each side by a ditch two
feet wide and one foot deep. The side
bitches shall Communicate with each
other by other bitches at least three feet
wide and two feet deep, made across the
road, at least one for every four arpents
when extent of property will admit;
otherwise, one cross ditch for every lot
or parcel Of ground fronting the disssis-
s1ppl Or Atchafa!aya. Immediately op
poslte said cross ditch, main draining
ditch at least two feet wide by two feet
deep, should be made and extended to
the satisfaction Of the Inspector.
ART Is. The bitches across thes road
shall be covered by bridges at least
twenty feet wide and four and half
feet long. Said bridges shall be made
with planks OF dressed cypress pickets
swo inches thick, nailed or pinned on
i've Jo'sts, placed level with the road, SO
Is to give free passage to carriages and
,arts.
ART IA. All bridges made by p~opri-
'tors Of lands on small bayous, ordtches
'pened to drain their said lands, and /
which shall be more than six feet wide.
hall be made as follows, to wit: The
ridges shall be at least twelve feet
vide, and made with good three inch
'lanks, with railing Oh each side; the
'Ianks shall be nailed Or pinned on four
oists, one foot square. Said bridges
hall be made under the inspection of
he Inspector of the district. All bridges
,lready made, but which shall not have
'een made according to this ordinance,
I shall appear unsafe to the Inspector,
hall be orderedato be made anew bysa
he Inspector; and any owner refusing
7 neglecting to comply with the oree,
| the inspector, shall be subject to a
ne OF $50, to be recovered by the Par
sh Attorney before any Court of compe-
ent Jurisdiction, and liable to all DANA
'es which his neglect may occasion.
ART 10. Any party to whom sums of
loney shall be due for work on levees
roads, by virtue of the ordinances of
le Police Jury, shall have privilege
n the property; and such privilege shall
ave precedence over any other privi-
'ge, even over the one held by the
endor of the soil Act of 1861
ART. 16. Whenever crevasse shall
ave taken place on a plantation, and
re negroes or hands Of the owner of
I'D plantation shall not suffice to re-
alr it, the Inspector Of the district shall !
'qnlre from the inhabitants of the vi :
nifty the number of slaves necessary !
stop the crevasse, and such slaves
lall be paid at the rate of two dollars
y day, and be fed at the expense of :
e owner of the land on which they ;
'all be working
ART. Il. Any person refusing to send =
slaves, after due notice to that effect,
all be liable to fine of S. for each :
ID every negro he should have fur -
shed; and the Inspector will see that 9
e Parish Attorney do sue said de- =
'qnent, and report thereof to the Police :
ry. g
ART. Is. Any inhabitant who shall
ye sent one or more slaves to stop a
esasse on another PERSONS land, shall Q
entitled tn the value of the slave or Il
YES who should happen to drown D
emse!ves orsotherwise lose their lives b
the effect Of said work. In such n