The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-22
Police Jury Ordinances.
Parish of Ascension.

| PARISH OF ASCENSION, !
Court-House, May Is, 1880. :
mo. l. New Series.]
AN ORDINANCE to carry into effect the
provisions Of Act Nc. liz Of the General
Assembly of 1884, approved April TO-
1881. and all other laws relative to
roads, bridges and bitches.
/ SEC. |. WHEREAS, The General Assem-
bly, Of 1890 enacted the following law, to-wit
No. 1921 AN ACT
To amend and re-enact section 1873 Of the
Revised Statutes of 1870, relative to
| public roads.
Be it enacted by The General assembly o,
the State Of Louisiana, That section 1878 OF
/ the Revised Statutes be, and the same il
hereby amended and re-enacted so as to
read: at shall be the duty of the Police
,Juries TO divide their parishes into MS many
districts as they may think proper, for the
| appointments OF Oyerseers of roads. ahey
shall, annually, appoint overseers Of high
ways or roads, who are to summon all male
persons, from the age of fifteen to fifty Tex
cept ministers Of the gospel and such other
| persons rs are or shall be exemptA. to meet
| at such places and times, as to them, the
said overseers, shall seem convenient to
| work on the public roads; and whatsoever
shall, upon said summons, refuse or neglect
to do and perform their duty. shall forfeit
and pay the sum Of two dollars per day for
each person 50 Meglecting or refusing to he
recovered by judgment before any Justice
Of the Peace OF the parish, and paid by said
Justice to the overseer and by him to be eN-
pended in hiring ether hands to work on
said roads, and in default Of or refusal to
pay such fine, such person shall be confined
in the parish prison until such fine is paid !;
prOridcd, lie shall not remain IN prison for
more than five days.
fSigned.) Il. N. OGDEN,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
s. d. MCENERY,
Lieutenant Governor and Preside0 Of the
Approved April 10, 1880.
LOUIS A, Witt,
Governor Of the State of Louisiana.
true copy:
WILL. A. STRONG.
Secretary Of State.
Now, therefore, in order to carry out the
provisions of said act, and all other laws
relative to roads, bridges and bitches;
BE IL ordained Nv the Police Jury Of the
parish Of ascension, That until otherwise
provided, the Police Jury wards of the par
ish shall he and constitute the road districts
of said parish.
SEC. Z. Be it further ordained, There shall
be elected annually by the Police Jury one
road overseer for each Of said road districts
HCltIH pIUtlucu luz lHC ICFIu Ol OIIlCt OI
said road overseer to expire on the first
Monday of January of each year. The Po-
lice Jury reserving to itself the right of re-
moving ut any time, any Overseer of roads,
for incompetency or neglect Of duty. 1t
sll all be the duty of overseers of roads to
faithfully carry out tic provisions of Act
No. ll2, approved April 10, $780, and all
other laws and regulations relative to roads,
bridges and bitches, and such other duties
as may be imposed on them relative to the
management and control Of levees, rice
fumes, etc, as provided for i'll Act 50 of the
General Assembly, approved April 10, 1880.
That for said services, the said road oyer
seers shall receive an annual salary of
sevcnty-tiFe dollars, payable on his own
warrant, duly approved Iy the chairman Of
the Finance Committee and President OF
the Police Jury.
SEC 8. Be II further ordained, That each
member of the Police jury shall, at every
regular meeting of said Jury, present a
written report Of the condition OF all the
public roads and highways, bridges, bitches,
lcvees and e fumes in their respective
wards, road ard levee districts. The failure
on the part of any member a the Police Jn
ry to make said report rs herein provided
for, shall subject him to q fine Of ten dollars,
recoTerab bic before any court of competent
jurisdiction, It shall be the duty Of the
District Attorney to collect said fines, and
W pay inc SAINT IltO tIle parish treasury.
Said fines shall be deposited with and torm
part Of the public road and letec fund.
SEC. 4. Be it further ordained, Thall all
ordinances, resolutions or regulations of the
Police jury in conflict herewith bc and the
same are hereby repealed.
Adopted by the Police Jury of the parish
of Ascension. May 10, 1880.
Ycas-Duffcl, Rodriguez. Klopman, Han
son, Brand, Gibs0 l'armon, Blouin.
Il. Il. HANSON,
true copy: President.
X PROSPER LANDRY, Secretary.