Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-06-21
GENERAL RO.aDLGWS
Potcers Conferred ON Police luries rs-
latire to Roads, Bridges aud Ditckss.

resident and non resident proprietors ofthc
works to be done to the roads and bitches.
Process Verbal of Adjudication ODE Recoyis5-
Attorney for Absentces-No 4ppraisemext. !
Sec. 1866. In all cases of adjudication of =
work to be done to roads, bitches and
BRIDGES, OF other public works, it shall b
the duty of the officer adjndicating tho
same, to cause the process verbal or adjudica-
ton to be recorded in the mortgage record,
which shall operate as q lien on the land;
or in case of non-payment, the undertaken
shall be entitled to an order Of seizure and
sale, upon the presentation of said act thus
recorded, annexed to his petition, togothcr
with his oath, showing the amount duo
him; and in case of non residence, IT shall
be the duty of the Judge to name AN Attor-
ney for the non resident, upon whom ser
vice shall be made, AZ provided for in exc
cutory proceedings Of the Code of Practice;
and said Attorney shall be entitled to such
compensation a. the Judge may think pro-
per, to be taxed as part Of the costs.
The order of seizure and sale shall be exc
Gated by the Sheriff of the parish, without
the benefit of appraisement, in the same
manner, and subject to the same formai'-
ties as in ordinary cases Of seizure.
Police Jmries to Sue for scork done By Them.
Sec. 1867. Whenever any work to the
roads, etc, of any Parish Of this State, shall
have been made at the expense of the Par
| ish, it shall he lawful for the Police Jury to
sue the person for whose account the work
! or repairs were made, and to obtain the
reimbursement Of the said amount by privi-
/ lege on the land subject to the works.
| The general and special laws relating to
roads shall remain in force until the enact
ment of laws regulating the roads BY tho
| Police Juries, and no longer.
What Skels be Deemed Public Roads.
Sec. 1868. All roads in this State that
have been opened, laid out or appointed by
virtue of any act of the Legislature hereto
fore made, or by virtue of an order Of any
of the Police Juries in their respective per-
ishes, are hereby declared to be public roads,
as are also all roads made on the front OF
their respective tracts of land by individu-
ais. when the said lands have their front0
any of the rivers or bayous within TIM
State.
1t shall be lawful for any individnais
through whose land the Police Jury shall
cause public road to he laid out, to cisim
just compensation therefor.
, Roads TO be laid out By a Jury of Frcckoldes--
Duty Of Jury -Odas--Ijamages, Hou Paid.
Sec. 1869. A roads 70 be hereafter open
ed aud made, shall be Land out by a Jury OF
,, Freeholders, consisting of not less than six
inhabitants of the parish where the said
road is to be appointed for that purpose by
e the Police Jury it shall be the duty Of the
7 said Jury of Free holders to trace and lay
out such road to the greatest advantage Of
!, the inhabitants, and as little as may DO to
4 the prejudice of enclosures, and assess such
damages as any person may sustain.
t They shall take the following oath;
LAB. do soIemnly S,cear that Iscill Iay
out the road aeic directed 10 be laid out by
the Police Jury of the Parish Of ----------.
|, to the greatest case aud adranta1e ef NE IN
n habitants, and rith as lille prejudice to ~
= enclosures as may be, Without faror or eDsc-
ton, malice or hatred, and to the bcst efnz
skill and knorledge, SO HELP JU4
> GOD.
ii All damages assessed by the said jury 70
b, any individual through whose land ~
ID road may run, shall be deemed PARA
N charge, and be paid ~ the Treasures q
re said Parish.
Nothing in this section shall be 20 CO
O. strued as to give a right to any individu|
to claim damages for the laying out ofy
road along the part Of his land, ACCORDING
to the former customs existing IN the State
nor to affect in any manner the rights Of -
It. dividuals to any batture or allnvian already
IN formed or which hereafter may DO forms
on the front of any tract Of land which ~
on any navigable river or watercourse Win
p in the limits of this State; nor to proven
20, any owner of the soil on which publ
of road shall pass, to resume the uso and POI
10 session of such soil whenever the said roc
shall have been abandoned by the publii
or shall have been transferred elsewheT
no with the consent of the owner and wit
he that of the competent authority.
re- O,ners may appeal from FiRdings Of jury
" SEQ $3.50. Whenever any individus
a., through whose land a road Laid out - afbr
nd said shall pass, may be dissatisfied with Il
decision of the freeholders laying ont %
same, either AZ to the course the same b I
bc take, or to the damages to him assessed, 3
"a may have an appeal to the District Con
os for the Parish in which said road lies; Pr
vide he prosecute the same at the Nd
ma session of the said Court after the laying Q.
ar of the said road or the assessment Of :!
a damages |; and no appeal shall be set as,e
for want of form in bringing the same 2
ad fore the courts. Injunctions to stay pr
ceedings may be issued IN said case WI
the case requires the same
i've Widh Of Roads- Cause,cays Hcr MadS .
ood See. 1871. All roads so laid out shall
the deemed public roads, and shall be At -
twenty-five feet wide; and when to
ma overseers of roads it may be deemed expo1
ON ent, to make or repair causeways on the =
OF road, they thall be at least fourteen y
wide, and the earth necessary to raiee
re. each side of the causeway equally, % -
form drain on each side of the same
). Duties Of Opnscers Of Roads.
Sec 1872. The Overscers of public ros
are hereby directed to have compiesely y Y