Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1869-10-30

building, or repairing, ievees. and ,o Ar,
cept or reject. such as .hey nav de.n
proper /: and in case there should h. NJ
suitable bids for the building Vt the nro.
posed works. either on the frs,aor second
s,ffering, they shall proceed 10 buy in said
work and have ii made under the ditec,.
ion Of the Inspect. r.
SEQ. Il That in .he event a bav;,r
the work done ss provided in the foreee.
ing section, the Inspector il su,hbrizaa -
employ hands and foremen, and huv .scb
material as may be necessary to eouipIe,s
tIir lever according to law.
Sec. Is That the leyeps ia. b. made
nader the authority Of the police einry os
Ibis parish. shall be- made in The pr,nor.
lions and DISTANCES hereinafter desivn.,.
N, TO wit T: Every levee which shall co,.
tain one perpendicular foot of wsier. Aud
not above three feet, shall have. at leas,
FIVE feet of base tor each and every foo.
IN height Every leYee which shall con.
lain more than three perpendicular fee, Of
otter, and not alove FIVE feet, shall have
1T least, SIX feet Of base for each and
very foot in height. Every levse which
-halI %cnnt,in more than Eve perpeudicnIar
feet of water, and not above six feet. shall
have, at least, seven fett base for each
and every foot In height. Every leyee
which shall contain stsove six perpendicu.
lar feet Of water, shall have, al lessr.
eight feet Of base Tor each aud every foot
IN height.
See IS The top of every levee shall
be equal TO one-third Of IFS base, provided.
that no levee shalt b. required to have
more than nine feet nn top -
Sec II That each lrvee shall have
such an elevation that after the earth
has settled, il will hp. at least, two and a
half feet above the highest stage of wsier.
Sec. IL That every new leyee shall
he made at the f~pllawing distances from
the river, to wiz III places subject to
caving in, il shall be put at the distsnca
ot, at least, two arpenfs from the bank Of
the river, AID in places noe iiablp TO cave,
it shall be, at least, sixty feet from the
bank of the river These distancrs shall
I've measured from the river bank, or wbese
The bank is cracked, from the said crack
b. the base of the lrvee. II shall be die.
crrtionary with the Inspector to orderihc
building Of the new leyee further back
from the river bank. than above stated,
when the nature OF the bauk may render
it necessary
Soc. 10 That the earth used fer makiug.
or repairing, the ~levee, shall be taken at
, dat nee Of, at least, twenty five feet
fcarD the base on the outside
See. 30 That esery new lpvee. or part
Of a levre made anew, si,all lie protected
on the side next the river, t,y face nes, az
palisades of picktts, wherever the gnl.
y Of the soil may canse the Inspector 10
spprrhend that the i-vee may be injured
~ the waves of the river.
Sec. 81 That every new levee. or part
,f n levpe made anew, shall c~outain no
trunks of trees. stnmps, roots. or any other
thing which by decay might cause cav
ing or sinking aud diminishing lis sniidi-
iv ; and before commencing any new
lrvee, the ground intended for the lesee
shall . plowed and 4 ditch shall I've dug
two feet d ep by three in width IN the
centre Of the bed Intended for such new
lrvee. and any wood or roots found there
in shall he cleaned out.
Sec. % Tia, the Inspector Of Roads
aud Lcvee-. deputy inspectors, members
If the police jury and all Of It's DIFFERS,
are hereby forbidden to have an interest
in ANY road or l-vee cbntr .ct in this par.
ish, and in case OF violation Of this pro-
hibition, the contract shall be null and
void. and the Office Of the oficpr thus
fl. milling shall be deemed ipso fdeso va
cant.
Sec. % That the roads # this parish
shall be worked by the Inspector undsr
the existing laws, until otherwise ordered.
Sec. "a It Is further orda;n d, that
all former ordinances of this parish on inc
subject OF ~levees, and such as provide lot
an lnsppcto, of roads. are hereby Trpssiec'
Sec. Is That this ordinance 'ske e'
feet from and after its passage.
On motion Of Mr.. Durable II was
Resolved, That the sum of twenty ne
dollars be appropriated for the porPoee
of paying Bertrand Case's salary o. ~,
sp-c,or Of roads aud levees for the 20 70
ward Of this parish for the yesr eno'ng
June 1855. -
On motion the account Of h. ) nyans
for $50 was allowed and ordered " VIC
paid.