The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-07-14

SilIl MAY NC On LOT IL DHfIItilllf lOH
OF work, provided that the road master is
only authorized to spend II sum not exceed
Ing $3.50 thirty dollars per year, for each
Justice of the peace ward in his district; the
warrants of the oyersecr when approved by
the president of the police jury and not in
excess ofthe said sum, shall be paid out of
the appropriation for roads.
See. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the over
secrs of roads to see that the roads in the
justice of the peace ward for which they are
| respectively appointed ARE worked and kept
i'll repair when ordered by the road master
| according to law, and each overseer will be
subject to the penalties and punishment
now imposed by law on the persons hereto
fore charged with the care of the roads. 1t
shall be the duty of the road master to in
struet the overseers of roads to faithfully
discharge their duties, and he shall have
| power to remove them, and to appoint new
ones whenever he may consider it proper.
| Sec. The road master and overseer of
roads shall have power to order out all citi-
zens subject to road duty to work upon the
road of the district i'll which they may reside,
! but no ovcrseer is authorized TO order any
| citizen to work IL road out of the justice
of the peace ward in which he lives, unless
directed or authorized to do so by the road
| master.
! Sec. 5. Whenever the levee syndics of any
| leyee district shall deem it necessary to call
out the people Of the district subject to road
| duty to work OF the leVeeS in the district. il
| shall be the duty OF the road master and of
| the overseers of roads tn obey all orders of
! the levee syndics i'll relation to the summon
| ing OF the people subject to road duty to
| work i'll the district, and i'll experimenting
| the same while ut work and for .sefault CT
| neglect hereof the lcyce syndics shall have
| power to suspend the said road master. or
| amy OF the 0Versecrs from his office and upon
certifying this fact to the president Of the
| police jury he shall appointa new road mas
ter who shall hold his office until the police
| jury shall name and appoint one in his stead.
| See. q. Whenever the leyee syhdics shall
employ an overseer of roads i'll ard about
| levee work they may allow him compensa-
| ton therefor, but not at Il rate exceeding
| two dollars a day.
See. Z. The road masters and the deputies
| shall keep the account of the number of
days of work given to the roads and to the
| levees separately. and the work upon one is
| not to be credited to the other.
| Sec s. The road master may from time to
| time issue such instructions to tie overscers
| of roads of his district IT'S he may Judge
proper.
Sec 9. Whenever in the Judgment of leyee
| syndics there is great hazard of Il creyasSe,
| they may III their discretion appoint a leVee
master and charge him with the control and
| supervision of the work undertaken TO avoid
| the peril; aud III case of such an appoint
| ment, the road master and the oversecrS
shall obey and respect the said Ievee master
in and about all matters pertaining to said
work.
See. 10. If any rold master or overseer of
| roads shall neglect, or disOhey any lawful
order, instruction OF regulation OF the board
of Ieyec syndics or levec master of their
district he shall be liable to a fine of $50
i'll the discretion of amy competent coart.
Sec. IL. Each member of the police Jury
shall have authority when i'll his Judgment
proper to call the attention OF the road mas
ter to the necessity of working the road
within his police jury ward, aud the road
master shall not be held to fail in his duty
in ordering work ON the roads unless either
the police juror, the 0verseers of roads OI
three citizens OF the ward i'll which the work
ought to he done, have called his attention
to the necessity of said work.
Sec. H. All the penalties. conditions and
obligations imposed in relation to citizens
subiec, "a leyec duty, and all powers con-
ferred on Offices IN relation to notices, and
all obligations resting gu employees OF labor
in relation to persons liaDiise-ta work on
lerees are hereby declared to apply III tnii
force to persons liable to road duty and to-
their employers.
Sec. Is. The road master may contract
with any owner of u tract of land who will
agree to keep his road i'll good order, by
agreeing to exempt him and his laborers
trom work upon the public roads, for such
time as may be agreed on, provided that the
exemption to be granted shall not exceed the
whole number of days labor imposed by law;
and may be less according to circumstances.
ORDISANcE RELATIVE To LEyEEs.
Whereas, Act No 140 of General Assembly
of Louisiana, approved May 9Th, 1877, au-
thorizes and requires the police jury to make
regulations for the construction and repair
of lrvees, wherefore the police jury of the
parish Of Ascension do enact as follows:
SEC. |. ! We parish is divided into three
leyee districts described as follows:
No. being the portion Of the parish lying
on the right bank of the Mississippi river,
and north of the Bayou Lafourehe.
No. being that portion of the parish ly-
ing on the right bank of the said river and
south of said Bayou Latourchc.
No being all that portion of the parish
lying on the left bank OF the Mississippi river.
See ,. That there shall he appointed by
the police jury for each district IL board of
lcvec syndics, consisting for districts Nos. l
and . OF three members, and for district No.
of five members which said syndies shall
serve without pay and the road master for
each of the districts shall be "a member of
said board
See g. Whenever the board of syndics
shall consider it necessary III work upon any
lcyee in its district it is authorized to call
ont the citizens of its district liable to road
duty for that purpose; and it is hereby
made the duty of the road master and the
oyerseer of the road of the district to sum-
mon those liable to duty and to superintend /!
them ut work under the instruction of said
board of levee syndics or of the levee master.
in case the board appoint one. Ii the work
to be done ON the lcvee consists of any
cleaning off the weeds and brinrs or filing
up roads or paths made i'll the leyee, the
board of icvec syndics may direct that only
the citizens of the Justice of the peace ward
in which the,work is to be done he called on,
but when the work is of considerable extent,
or of much importanca~or III case of emcr-
gency. then the said board may call on
citizens liable to duty.
Sec L. Ii any person liable to work on
the 1cvee should fail to appear at the time
and place specified, or should fail and neg
lect TO work diligently and in obedience to
the orders OF the levee syndics, road master
or the overseer of the roads, or the person
authorized to direct and supervise said
work, or should fail to continue to work
from day to day as he may be called .on
until he has discharged all his obligations,
lie shall be subject to aStine of four dollars
for each failure as aforesaid and in default