The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-29
Police Jury Ordinances
Parish Of Ascension.
PARISH or ASCENSION, Z
Courthouse, May Is, 1889. s

Courthouse, May Is, 1889. s
(No. !. New Serics.]
AN ORDINANCE to carry into effect the
provisions of Act No. liz OF the General
Assembly Of 1880, approved April 10,
1881. and all other laws relative to
roads, bridges and bitches.
SEC. l. WHEREAS, The General Assem-
bly, Of 1880 enacted the following law, to-wit
No. 1871 AN ACT
To amend and re-cnact section 1878 Of the
Revised Statutes Of 1870 relative to
public roads.
Be it enacted by The General assembly q
The State of Louisiana, That section 1878 Of
the Revised Statutes be, and the same is
hereby amended and re-enacted SO as to
read: 1T shall be the duty Of the Police
Juries to divide their parishes into as many
districts as they may think proper, for the
appointments Of Ovarseers Of roads They
shall, annually, appoint overseers OF high
ways or roads, who are to summon all male
persons, from the age Of fifteen to fifty lex
cept ministers OF the gospel and snch other
persons as are or shall be exempt), to meet
ut such places and times, as to them, the
said Oyerseers, 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 SO negccting 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 OK
pended in hiring other hands to work on
said roads. and iii default OF or refusal to
pay such fine, such person shall be confined
in the parish prison until such fine is paid !;
pr0riacd, lie shall not remain Ill prison for
more than five days.
(Signed.) L. n. OGDEN,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives
S. ID. MCENERY,
Lieutenant Governor and President Of the
Approved April 10, 1890
LOUIS A. WILTZ,
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 BY The Police Jury Of he
parish Of ascension, That until otherwise
provided the Police Jury wards OF the par
ish shall be and constitute the road districts
Of said parish.
SEC. =. BE 1t further ordained. There shall
be elected annually by the Police Jury one
road ovcrseer for each Of said road districts
herein provided for. The term OF office OF
said road overscer to expire on the first
Monday Of January Of each year. The Po-
lice Jury rcserving to itself the right of re-
moving ut any time, any overseer of roads,
for incompetency or neglect of duty. 1t
sh all Be tile duty OF ovcrscers Of roads to
faithfully carry out tie provisions of Act
No. ll2, approved April 10, 1880, and all
other laws and regulations relative to roads,
bridges and bitches, and such other duties
has pJ,,ty.
management and control Of levces, rice
fumes, etc, as provided for in Act SO Of the
General Assembly, approved April 10, 1880.
That for said services, the said road over
sccrs shall receive an annual salary OF
seventy-fve dollars, payable ON his own
warrant, duly approved by the chairman Of
the Finance Committee and President Of
the Police Jury.
SEc.3. BE it further ordained, That each
member OF the Police jury shall, at every
regular meeting OF said Jury, present IL
written report of the condition of all the
public roads and highways, bridges, bitches,
Icvces and rice fumes in their respective
wards, road and levee districts. The failure
on the part of any member of the Police Jn-
ry to make said report us herein provided
for, shall subject him to a fine of ten dollars
recoverable before any court of competent
1t shall be the duty Of the
District Attorney to collect said fines, and
to pay the same into the paris, Treasury
Said fines shall be deposited with and form
part OF the public road and levec fund.
SEC. 4. BE 1t further o,Mai'cd Tll;ll all
ordinances, resolutions or regulations OF the
Police Jury in conflict herewith DC and the
same are hereby repealed.
Adopted by the Police jury OF the parish
Dt Ascension, May TO- 1880.
Icas-Dutfrl, ho1rignez, Klopman, Han
se:i, Braud, Gibson, Bar,non, Blouin.
5@M5 K. Z. HANSON.
A true copy: President
X PROSPER LANDRY, Secretary.