New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-03
No. 81.
AN ACT

To provide for the construction of a shell
road in the parish of Jefferson by thu
police jury of the left bank of said parish
and for the payment thereof; for the
keeping Of the same in repair, and to au
thorize said police jury to levy a speca
tax for said purpose.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of Louisiana in General Assembly con
vened, That it shall be the duty of the
police jury of the left bank, parish of Jeffer.
son, and it is hereby autho rized and EN-
powered to pass and adopt within ten days
from the passage Of this act, the necessary
ordinances and resolutions for the cOnstruc-
ton within one year from the adjudication
of the contract, OF shell road extending
along the Metairie ridge in said parish Of
Jefferson, from the New Orleans canal west
as far as the Labarre road. and
| at the option of said police jury
| along the Labarre road to the river MissiS-
| sippi said road shall be in all respects a
| trst-cIas5 shell road, and shall be built in
accordance with the specifications to be fur
| nlshed by the surveyor of the parish; and
it shall be the duty of the police jury to
cause the surveyor of said parish, or ofsome
other, il case there be no such officer, to
furnish the necessary plans lines, grades,
levels, curves, ETC., and to take the general
superintendent, III accordance with the
specifications furnished. and the cost of this
shall be assumed by the contractors
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted, etc, That
the cost of the construction of said shell
road shall be borne in equal proportions,
One-half each by the front pr0priHtOrs Dor
dering on said road, pro rata and the said
police jury of the left bank, parish Of JEFF
fersOn and the proportion Of the front pro-
priet0rs shall remain lien and privilege
superior to all other liens and privileges
upon the property fronting on said road in
favor of the contractors thereof, until fully
paid, by recording the bills for the same,
duly certified by the surveyor of said par
ish, in the Office Of the recorder Of said
parish.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, ETC., That
it shall be the duty of said police iurv of
the left bank parish of Jefferson, within
ten days from the passage of this act, to ad-
vertise for ten days in the official papers of
the parishes of Jefferson and Orleans for
proposals, to be sealed and directed to said
police jury, and to be opened by them in
open and public meeting of said police jury
on a day to be named in said advertise |
ment, when said police jury shall proceed |
to adjudicate the contract to build said |
road to the lowest bidder, and shall pro- |
coed, in such form as said police jury shall |
determine, to make formal contract in &C
c0rdance with the plans and specifications,
bidder, and may require of such lowest
bidder such security as said police jury may
think proper for the faithful performance.
OF the contract within such time as the said
police jury and said contractors may agree,
1t being understood that this shall not ex-
coed one year.
SEC. A. Be it further enacted etc. That
from and after the completion of said shell
road hereinbefore provided for, it shall be
the duty of said police jury, during the
month of December of each and every
year, to appropriate sufficient sum Of
money out of its treasury to keep said road
n repair during the current year, which
sum shall not be appropriated to any other
purpose.
SEC. 5. Be it further enacted. etc. That
Upon the completion of said shell road. and
laid completion having been duly certified
o, according to the provisions of this act,
shall be the duty of said police Jury Of |
he left bank, parish of Jefferson, to at
nee pay to the builders ofeaid road. or
settle with them, as both parties
. the contract may agree, the proportion l
the police jury being one-half the total l
ost thereof; and should there not be sutii- {
lent funds IN the treasury the police Jury Y
re hereby authorized to levy a special tax e
Efficient to pay the sum required upon all '
le taxable property in the left bank, par s
b of jefferson to be equally assessed a
'cording to the last assessment made be- p
re the levying of such special tax; and fl
pom the collection of such special tax, Q
hIch shall be Immediately proceeded y
18th, said police jury shall pay its proper Ii
IN OF the cost Of the shell road herein pro o
ded for d
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc., That o
laws or parts of laws contrary to or in fl
nsistent with the provisions Of this act b
e hereby repealed. r.
SEC, l. Be it further enacted, etc, That u