New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-24
No. 81.


AN ACT
To provide for the construction of a shell
road in the parish of Jefferson by the
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 special
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 Jetfer
son, and it is hereby authorized 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 a 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
first-class shell road, and shall be built in
accordance with the specifications to be fur
nished 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, i'll case there be no such officer, to
furnish the necessary plans, lines grades,
levels, curves, etc, and to take the general
superintendence, in 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 proprietOrs 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
prietOrs shall remain a 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
isl, 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 jury of
the left bank, parish of Jefferson, within
ten days from the passage of this act, to adj
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 adiudiCate 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 a formal contract IN &C
cOrdanCe with the plans and specifications,
and said lowest proposal, with said lowest
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,
it being understood that this shall not ex-
coed one year.
SEC. 4. Be it further enacted, etc, That
from and after the completion of said shell
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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
in 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
said completion having been duly certified
to, according to the provisions of this act,
it shall be the duty of said police jury OF
the left bank parish of Jefferson, to at
once pay to the builders of said road, or
otherwise settle with them, as both parties
to the contract may agree, the proportion
of the police jury being Onehalf the total
cost thereof; and should there not be sUth
cient funds in the treasury, the police jury
are hereby authorized to levy a special tax
sufficient to pay the sum required upon all
the taxable property in the left bank, par
ish Of Jefferson, to be equally assessed
according to the last assessment made be-
fore the levying of such special tax; and
upon the collection Of such special tax,
which shall be Immediately proceeded
with, said police jury shall pay its proper
ton of the cost Of the shell road herein pro-
vided for.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, etc, That
all laws or parts of laws contrary to or in
consistent with the provisions of this act
are hereby repealed.
SEC. T. Be it further enacted, etc, That
this act shall take effect from and after
its passage
(Signedy 0. H. BREWSTER,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
(Signed 2: B. S. PINCHBACK,
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
Senate.
A true copy:
j. w. FAIRFAX,
Assistant Secretary Of State.