The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1877-07-21
Pr0posed Ordinances Relative to
Roads and LeyeeS.
Introduced before the Police Jury Of As
cension Parish July 10, 1877.

ported tkat IHcS nave ISGClNSo
from the Governor of the State, Whereby
they are informed that the State is unable
to assist in repairing levees. and it therefore
deyolves uuon the Police Jury of each par
iah to repair aud build their own levees,
wherefore they present the following
ORpINANcE IN RELATION TO ROADS
Be it enacted By the Police Jury Of the parish
Of ascension
SEC. |. That the parish Of Ascension is
hereby divided into three road districts, de-
scribcd as follows:
the right bank Of the Mississippi, and north
of Bayou Lafourche.
Ne 2 is chat 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 . That IL road master be named for
each of said districts, who shall serve with
| ont nav but who shall be authorized to APP
| poiut and remove i'll bis discretion one Or two
| oyerSeers Of roads for each justice OF the
peace ward in his road district, and the said
| deputy oversecrs, 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 sum not exceed
| ing 1880 thirty dollars per year, for each
Justice of the peace ward in his district; the
warrants Of the oveTseer when approved oy
| the president of the police jury and not IN
excess of the said sum, shall be paid out OF
! the appropriation for roads.
See, 8 it shall be the duty of the over
| serrs of roads to see that the roads III the
| Justice of the peace ward Tor hen they are
| respectively appointed are worked and kept
in repair when ordered by the road master
low nj anf.lt
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
| struct the 0verseerS of roads to faithfully
discharge their duties, and he shall have
power to remove them, and to appoint new
! ones whenever he may consider 1t proper.
See The road master and oyerseer OF
roads shall have power to order out all cltl-
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 road out OF the justice
of the peace ward in which he lives, unless
directed or authorized to do 50 by the road
| master.
See s. Whenever the leyee syndics Of any
Ieyce district shall deem it necessary to call
out the people of the district subject to road
duty to work on the leVees IN the district, 1t
shall be the duty of the road master and OF
| the 0fcrSctES OF lOduS 10 ODcN an SidtIo va
the leyce syndics in relation to the summon
inc OF the people subject to road duty to
work III the district, and IN experimenting
the same while ut work and Ior Gettult CT
neglect hereof the lcyee synGies shall have
power to suspend the said road master, OF
anv of the overseers from his office and upon
| certifying this fact to the president OF the
| police jury he shall appoint Il new road mas
ter who shall hold his Office until the police
jury shall name and appoint one in his stead:
See g. Whenever the leyee syldicS shall
employ an overscer of roads i'll ard about
levee work they may allow him compensa-
ton therefor, but not at II rate exceeding
two dollars day.
See T. The road masters and tho deputies
shall keep the account OF the number OF
days of work given to the roads and to the
levces 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 0vcrseers
of roads of his district as he may judge
proper.
See g. Whenever i'll the Judgment of levee
syndics there is great hazard OF Il creyasse,
they NAV in their discretion appoint a leyee
master and charge him with the control and
supervision of the work undertaken to avoid
the peril and in case OF such an appoint
mcnt the road master and the oNerseerS
shall obey and respect the said ieVee master
in and about all matters pertaining to SAID
work.
See. 10. If any road master or overseer OF
roads shall neglect, or disobey any IaWtu!
order, instruction or regulation OF the board
of levee syndies or levee master OF then
district he shall be liable to IA line OF S2t
in the discretion of any competent coart
See H. Each member of the police Jury
shall have authority whep 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, and the rote
master shall not be held to fail i'll his duty
in ordering work on the roads unless either
the police juror, the overscers OF roads OF
three citizens OF the ward i'll which the work
| ought to be done, have called his attention
to the necessity of said work.
See II All the penalties. conditions and
obligations imposed in relation to citizens
subject to levee duty, and all powers con
, ferred on officers i'll relation to notices. ane
all obligations resting on employees of labor
| in relation to persons liable to work OF
levees are hereby declared to apply in full
force to persons liable to road duty and t
their employers.
Sec I3 The road master may contract
with any owner of u tract OF land who VII
agree to keep his road in good order, by
agreeing to exempt him and his laborers
from work upon the public roads, for suci
time as may be agreed on provided that tho
| exemption to be granted shall not exceed tht
whole number of days labor imposed by law
and may be less according to circumstances
ORDISANCE RELATIVE To LEvEEs.
Whereas, Act No I40 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 levees, wherefore 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 | being the portion Of the parish lyine
on the right bank OF the Mississippi river
and north of the Bayou Lafourche.
No . being that portion of the parish ly
ing on the right bank Of the said river ant
south OF said Bayou Latourche.
No. being all that portion of tie parish
lying on the left bank OF the Mississippi river
Sec 2. That there shall be appointed by
the police jury for each district board o
levce syndics, consisting for districts Nos.
and of three members, and for district No
of five members which said syndics shall
serve without pay and the road master fol
each of the districts shall be d member q
said board.
See B. Whenever the board of syndic.
shall consider it necessary 70 work upon any
lcvee in its district it is authorized to cal