The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1878-07-13

Adjourned to tomorrow at Ga. III,
TUESDAYS SESSION, July ..
Body met as per adjournment.
Present-Wm. Payne. President.
Joseph Ezernack,
Carroll Jones,
W. G. Ross
A V. Carter.
W. g. Butler,
Nj. B. llortns
T.. jackson.
F. Jennings,
l.. Chopin.
ROAD LAWS.
An Ordinance in relation to Road Ap-'
petitioners, Oyerseers, Hands, &c.
ROAD APPORTIONERS.
SEC. b. it Ordained by the Police
Jury of the Parish, of Nat titocl,ts, That
the Police Jury shall appoint at its reg
nar January session in each year, three
householders III each Ward of the parish,
sunjrct to road dnty, whose duty it shall
be to act as Road Apporti"neas for the
term Of one year, and whose jurisdiction
as snch shall he limited to the ward for
which they are appointed, and of which
they must be residents.
SEC. 2. Be it further Ordained, DC
That said road apporti"uers shall, with
in twenty days from the receipt OF then
appointments as such, apportlon the
hands, residents of their wards and liable
to work on the public roads, to the seve
raj overseers of their respective Districts,
and to furnish lists to said Ovcrseers, OF
all persons liable to work the roads, OF
which they are OvtrsetrS; and such
persons shall be subject to the orders
and directions of said Oversters, and nc
other persons shall he liable to road SER
V ce except those whose names appear on
said lists. The said lists so furnished
shall be attestcd by majority OF the
said apportioners.
SEC. j. Be it further ordained, &C.,
That should the Police Jury fail or neg
lect to appoint the road apportioners as
required by Sec. | of this Ordinance, the
Apportioners appointed for the year pre-
ceeding shall hold their Offices till Their
successors are appointed aud duly mott
fled Of their appointment:
And any Appoitioner duly appointed
and notified, who shall refuse t" act as
such, or neglect to discharge any of the
duties prescribed in the preceding Sec
lions, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and on conviction, be subject to- fine
not to exceed twenty-five dollars, or i'm
prisonmcnt not to exceed twenty days
at the discression of the Court.
ROAD HANDS.
SEC. 4. Be it further Ordained, That
all male persons between the age Of
eighteen and torty-fve shall he subject
to road duty, Oh all or any public
roads within the limit Of tho warl, il
which they reside, except ordained Min
listers of the Gospel, Justices of Peace
Postmasters, Licensed Physicians, Apoth:
ecaries, keepers of Public Ferries and
their regular assistants, Teachers ano
Students of public schools. Prorided
| that no person shall be compelled tt
! work on any road to which he has not
been apportioned:
SEC. 5. Be it further Ordained, That
any person or persons who shall ran &c
apnear and work on the roads to which
they have been duly appointed and dnl!
! notified BY their Overseers as here'nat-
ter required, and in obedience to instruc,
tions of said Overseers, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and on conylc'
| f;on. shall he subject to fine of five dol
! lars for each day he or they shall refuse
! to work as aforesaid, or imprisonment
not to exceed twenty days, or both, al
the discretion of the Court.
SIC. 6. Be it further Ordained, That
! in cases where it shall be made to ap
pear to the entire satisfaction. of any
road Overseer, that any person who has
been duly notified, is unable to perform
road duty, owing to some physical disa-
bility or other uncomfortable cause, ,n'
said Overseer shall have authority tt
excuse for the time being such person
| from working on. the road. Any person
shall also be excused FROM road duty who
shall send an efficient substitute not LA
| Die to road duty. And further, any per-
son furnishing on the demand OF tn
! Overseer one OK wagon OF one P'o"
team and pillow, shall be excused from
road duty for the time said OK wagon OF
plow team and pillow, which shall he con
sidered as equal to one hand, Shall De II
actual use.
Sec. 7. Be it further Ordained, No per
son shall be compelled to work on tn
public roads more than ten days during
any one year from January to January
nor shall any person 10 compelled Z
work the road during the year in whicl
he shall have been Only notified to serv'
as q Juror.
ROAD DISTRICTS.
| SEC. 8. Be it further Ordained, &c.
That each Police Jury Ward OF this par
ISL shall be, and is hereby constituted
Road District, and the said Road Dis
trists shall lie, and are hereby numbered
in accordance with their number a.
Police Jury Wards All roads embraced
in each of the several Rosd Districts 0
The parish, as hereby constituted, shall
oe numbered cousecntively, beginning
It numbrr one in each District, until thu
miro number of road embraced i'll eacl
# the said Road Districts are designa
led by Number.
ROAD OVERSEERS.
SEC, 9. Be it further Ordained, &c.
That the Polio. Jury at its regular Jan
,ary Session in each year. shall appoin
NM, po.d Ov.rseer for each pul,}ic r,,t,
N each Road District, to serve for th
term of one year; provided, that no per
,on shall he compelled to serve as a roa'
,verseer two years in succession. An
if from any cause vacancy should &C
mr. during the year, the President Of tn
Police Jury is hereby empowered to ar
miut an ovelserr to Ill such vacanc
during the remainder Of the year. An,
shonld any persou appointed in accord