Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1860-07-14

odiu ulStIlCl; ana III case OF lallulc I
any of the proprictors, he shall draw
process verbal specifying the object c
objects in which said proprietors sha
: have failed to comply with said pre-
visions, mentioning the time with
| which said failure must be rcctifed, an
then serve a written copy Of the sam
! on the proprietor; and if at the expira
ton Of said time the works or repair
are not yet performed, the proprieto
shall be liable to a fine not less than So
nor more than $500, recoverable by tn,
Parish Attorney before any Court 9
competent Jurisdiction. The Inspecto
shall be bound to have said works made
at the expense of the proprietor, who
besides, shall be subject to pay sucl
damages as may result from his negIj
gence to all who may have suffered from
it.
ART. 9. If, at any time subsequent tt
the general inspection in July, the In
spector shall think that leyee ought
to be made anew, either wholly or in
part, he shall proceed according to Art
4 of the present ordinances, and any
person refusing or neglecting to exc.
cute said works or repairs shall be sub
ject to fine as provided by Art. S; and
also subject to all damages which this
neglect may have caused.
ART. 10. In case any crevasse should
take place on, any levee or levees, the
Inspector Of the district shall repair to
the spot where the same may have hap.
pened, without delay, and shall there
call together jury composed of ten
freeholders of his district, who, after
examination of the premises, shall joint
ly with the said Inspector, make out a
report recommending such measures as
to them will appear best, in order to stop
the crevasse, and said report shall be
transmitted by the Inspector to the
President of the Police Jury, whose duty
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 necess-
ty requires it, the jury of freeholders, i,
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. IL. 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 road of at least twenty-five |
eet between the bitches, on the whole
ront of his property, and keep the same
in good order and repair, ac-
ording to the existing ordinances, and
ucl1 others as may hereafter be passed
y the Police Jury.
ART. -. Said road shall be elevated
owards the center, so as to facilitate
he draining Of the pluvial waters, and
e lined on each side by a ditch two
eet wide and one foot deep. The side
ltches shall communicate with each
ther by other bitches at least three feet
7ide and two feet deep, made across the
Dad, at least one for every four arpents
'hen extent of property will admit;
thcrwise, one cross ditch for every lot
+ parcel of ground Fronting the Missis-
ppl or Atchatalaya. Immediately op.
osite said cross ditch, main draining
itch at least two feet wide by two feet
eep, should be made and extended to +.
le satisfaction of the Inspector.
ART. l3. The bitches across the road
lall be covered by bridges at least
venty feet wide and four and a half {
ct long. Said bridges shall be made 5;
ith planks or dressed cypress pickets
70 inches thick, nailed or pinned on
re joists, placed level with the road, so
to give free passage to carriages and c
rts. +
ART. IA. All bridges made by p-opri- a
ors of lands on small bayous, or bitches
ened to drain their said lands, and |
1ich shall be more than six feet wide, Il
all be made as follows, to wit: The t
idges shall be .ats.least twelve feet r
de, and made with good three inch tt
inks, with railing on each side; the y
anks shall be nailed or pinned on four t,
SITS, one foot square. Said bridges b
all be made under the inspection of G
Inspector of the district. All bridges =
eady made, but which shall not have D
N made according to this ordinance,
shall appear unsafe to the Inspector, al
I'll be ordered to be made anew by tt
= Inspector; and any owner refusing OF
to comply with the order
the Inspector, shall be subject to re
OF $50, to be recovered by the Par sl
Attorney before any Court of compe-
t Jurisdiction, and liable to all DANA to
which his neglect may occasion. of
ART. Is. Any party to whom sums of eli
ney shall be due for work on levees til
roads, by virtue of the ordinances of
Police Jury, shall have a privilege Pl
The property; and such privilege shall pa
e precedence over any other privi- tn
e, even over the one held by the Ju
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