The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-08-04
Ordinances Relative to Roads and
leVeeS.
Adopted by the Police Jury of Ascension
Parish July "a, 1877.
ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO ROADS.

Be it enacted by the Police Jasry of the parish
of ascension
SEC. l.. That the parish of Ascension is
hereby divided into three road districts, de-
scribed as follows:
No. is that part of the parish lying on
the right bank of the Mississippi, and north
of Bayou LafUurche.
Ne 2 is that part of the parish lying on the
right bank of said river and being south Of
Bayou Lafourche.
No 3 is all that part of the parish lying
on the left bank Of the Mississippi river
Sec. 2 That road master be named for
each of said districts, who shall serve with
out pay, but who shall be authorized to APP
point and remove i'll his discretion one ormOre
overseefs of roads for each justice of the
peace ward III his road district, and the Said
deputy oYerseers shall only receive pay
when actually employed; and the amount
of pay Shall be fixed by the road master as
per diem during employment, or gross
sum may be agreed on for particular job
of work, provided that the road master Is
only authorized to spend Il sum not exceed
ing 1880 thirty dollars per year, for each
justice of the peace ward in his district; the
warrants of the overseer when approved by
thespfesident Of the police jury and not in
excess ofthe said sum, shall be paid out OF
the appropriation for roads.
See g. 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
in repair when ordered by the road master
according to law, and each oversecr will be
subject to the penalties and punishment
now imposed 10y 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.
See. 4. The>road master and oyerseer OF
roads shall have power to order out all citi-
zens subject to road duty to work upon the
road of the district in which they may reside,
but no overseer is authorized to order any
citizen to work on a road out of the justice
of the peace ward III which he lives. unless
directed or authorized 10 do SO by the road
master.
Sec D. Whenever the levee syndics of any
levee district shall deem it necessary to call
out the people of the district subject to road
dutyr to work OF the levees i'll the district, it
Shall be the duty of the road master and OF
the overseers of roads to obey all orders of
the 1eveo syndics in relation TO the summon
ing OF the people subject to road duty to
work in the district, and in experimenting
the same while at work and for default CT
neglect hereof the levee syndies shall have
power to suspend the said road master, or
any of the overseers from his office and upon
certifying this fact to the president III the
police jury he shall appoint new road mas
ter who shall hold his office until the police
jury shall name and appoint one in his stead.
Sec. 8. Whenever the levee syudics shall
employ an overseer of roads IN ard about
levee work they may allow him compensa-
ton therefor, but not at rate exceeding
two dollars q day.
Sec. Z. The road masters and the Oversccrs
shall keep the account of the number of
days of work given to the roads and to the
leIees separately, and the work upon one is
not to be credited to the other
See 8. The road master may from time to
time issue such instructions to tie overscers
of roads Of his district as he may judge
proper.
See. 9. Whenever in the Judgment of levee
syndics there is great hazard of Il crevasse,
they may in their discretion appoint a levee
master and charge him with the control aud
supervision of the work undertaken to avoid
the peril and in case of such an appoint
ment, the road master and the overseers
shall obey and respect the said leyee master
in and about all matters pertaining to said
work.
See 10. If any road master or ovcrseer of
roads shall neglect, or disobey any lawful
order, instruction or regulation of the board
of lcvec syndies or levee master of their
district, he shall be liable to a fine of so
in the discretion of any competent coart.
See. IL. Each member of the police Jury
shall have authority when in his Judgment
proper to call the attention of the road mas
ter to the necessity Of working the road
within his police jury ward, and the road
master shall not be held to fail III his duty
in ordering work on the roads unless either
the police juror, the overseers of roads or
three citizens of the ward i'll which the work
ought to be done, have called his attention
to the necessity of said work.
Sec. II. The fines for failure to work on
the, roads shall be as now established by
law, and all the penalties, conditions and
obligations imposed i'll relation to citizens
subject to levee duty, and all powers con-
ferred on officers i'll relation to notices, and
all obligations resting on employees OF labor
in relation to persons liable to work on
leyees are hereby declared to apply i'll full
force to persons liable to road duty and TO
their employers.
Sec. ID. The road master may contract
with any owner of {; tract of land who Will
agree to Keep his road in good order, by
agreeing to exempt him and his labOrers
from 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 10y law
and may be less according to circumstances.
ORDINANCE RELATIVE To LEvEES.
Whereas, Act No 140 of General Assembly
Of Louisiana, approved May 9th, 1877 arl-
thorizes and requires the police jury to make
regulations for the construction and repair
OF levces, therefore the police Jury of the
parish of Ascension do enact as follows:
SEC. /. The parish is divided into three
levee districts described as follows:
No. Iheing tile portion Of the parish lying
on the right bank of the Mississippi river,
and north of the Bayou Latnurche
No. being that portion OF the parish "
ing OH the right bank Of the said river and