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

of the police jury, shall be receivable in
payment of seventy-ive per cent. of parish
| licenses of tue next ensuing financial wear
| Sec. I. The boards of leyee syndies ior
each of the three districts are hereby de-
i cIared to be plr0ehial authorities within the
| purvlew ana meaning of sec. of the said
above fecited Act of the General Assembly
No. l40 approved May 9, 1877, and as such
each of said board is authorized to call on
| the State Engineers for the performance OF
the duties imposed on them by sec. OF said
| Act
See. 8. The board of Ievee syndies, the
| levee master, the road MISTER, or the over
seers OF the roads are authorized to apply to
any person employing laborers, for such aid
III the way of implements, TOOLS or other as
slstance as may be needed for work on the
levees; that said application be in writing
or printed, aud that all cases where such
assistance IS given Or withheld shall be re-
ported i'll writing to the board of levee syn
dies of the proper district and these reports
shall be forwarded by the said board to the
president of the police jury, and by him pub
iiely read ut the next meeting of the police
jury after their receipt.
The police jury recognizes its want of au-
thority to domore i'll this respect, than appeal
to the pnblic spirit of the citizens to afford
such aid to their OWN authorities in the en-.
deavor to protect the parish from overflow.
and which endeavors will necessarily fail in
view of the scant available resources unless
it be strengthened by the material and sub.
stantial aid ard cooperation OF all the citi-
zens of the parish.
Sec. 9. All persons liable to work on the
levees may obtain exemption from the same
by furnishing two able bodied unci.ed Ia
borers, or the payment of two t$2) dollars
for each day they are called on, and such
payment to 6e made to the road master Or
his deputy on the day and at the place when
the service is due, who will execute and give
duplicate receipts therefor, one of which it
will be the duty of the party paying to trans
nit or give to one of the board OF Ieyee
syndics.
All sums derived from exemptions or fines
for failure to work on levee shalt be imme-
diately paid to the parish treasurer and by
him credited TO the special levee fund of the
district from which it is derived.
See. TO- a days labor on the levee is here
by declared to be- nine full hours of actual
work exclusive of stoppage for meals, or
other cause, aud one hour after sunset is to
be credited as two hours work Under this
provision the annual tax due by each citizen
liable to road dutyis los hours work on the
leyees, and the account of the time is to be
kept in hours.
All notifications to work on the levee
shall be in writing or printed and delivered
the locality of the work, the hour when it is
to begin and shall request the citizen to
bring with him a spade on other desired i'm
piement to be used in the work. At the
hour and place designated the nMne of the
party cited if he fail to appcarshall be called
thrice in Il loud voice, and upon his failure
to answer or to pay the communications or TO
furnish substitute he shall be liable to arrest
and fine, and the justice of the peace shall
forthwith issue his warrant to arrest the de-
faltlting party upon default hcing shown
and filing with him of the copy of the writ
ten or printed notice, together with the
affidavit of the party serving it.
Sec. IL. All employees of labor having no
tee are hereby forbidden from employing
any person subject to work ON tho levee
during the time for which lie may have been
cited to work on the leyee.
Notice to employers may be given by
leaving with them or i'll their absence from
the IL homes or plantation, with their wives
oyerSeers, agents or fOreInen, a statement
showing the names of the persons cited to
work on the levee, and the day or Jays his
services are demanded.
Any person after notice, employing such
person liable to work on the leyee, and du-
ring the time for which he was cited, shall
be liable to a fine of twenty dollars. one
half for the use and benefit of the informer.
and the other half for the use of district
leyee tax fund.
See H. The board of leyee syndics shall
at n times have full control over the Ievees
with authority to prevent injury thereto,
and to cause hogs running at large on the
levees to he killed.
The said board shall have .au th0rity to
cause riparian proprietors or theiiss:> agents
to securely fill and close all cuts, PATHWAYS
or openings made in their front lcvees Mt or
before time to be indicated by the board !.
and when the same is not done, or is done
in i'm unsafe and unskillful manner in its
opinion, the said board shall have authority
to secure the said cut, pathway or opening
i'll 81 substantial manner, and TO charge the
same to the owner or lessee of lands upon
which said levee is built, and if the expenses
therefor and the twenty per cent. added are
not paid said board i'll ten days after the
said account is rendered to the owner. lessee
or in case of absence from the tract of land,
to his wife or Overseer, manager agent or
foreman. then the said board shall cause n
prosecution to be taken under the succeed
ing section.
See. IS. The owners and possessers of
land having levecs on them arc Hereby for
hidden from making, permitting or allowing
any cut. pathway or opening to be made
wholly, or i'll part through their levees. or
from permitting the same to continue where
made previously to the passage of this or
dlnancc; anu any violation of this section
shall render the owner, lessee or his oyersecr
or agent allOwingit subject to fine of ($20)
twenty dollars for each day when said open
ing is permitted to remain after notification
from the board of levee syndics to close the
same.
See. Ia. The president of the police Jury.
and the parish attorney shall prepare blank
forms for notices to be served for road and
levee duty, and said notices shall contain q
memorandum showing the duty imposed by
law. and the penalties incurred for neglect
ing it, and blank form for notices to be
served on employers of labor informing
them of the names of the parties cited to
work. of the penalties incurred if they or
their agents shall employ the said persons
during the time for which they have been
and asking for such aid in tools
or otherwise as may be judged necessary for
carrying on the proposed work.
After such forms are agreed on the said
president is authorized to direct the print
ing of said notices by the parish printer.
Sec. Is. The board of leyee syntlics are
authorized to contract with owners of ripa-
rian lands or their agents who will undertake
to keep the levees ON their front clear of
briars and weeds. TO close all openings ON
demand to take precautions to render craw-
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