The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-22
PARISH OF ASCENSION,
Court. Unns4 MaY Ii 1874

PARISH OF ASCENSION, }
Court-llouse. May Is, 1880. :
No.2 New Series
| AN ORDINANCE to carry into effect til,
provisions of Act. No. 80 OF the General
Assembly Of 1880, approved April 10, 1880
Sec. l. WHEREAS, The General Assem
| bly, Of 1880 enacted the following law to-wit
No sS.1 AN ACT
| To provide for the protection and prcserva,
| ton of completed public lcvecs i'll con
junction with the Police Juries of The
several parishes Of the State; to pre-
scribe the manner in which lcyecs may
he cut for rice fumes, roads and ma.
| chincry, and to provide means for the
payment Of the expenses attending this
work, and to provide penalties and pun
islments for the violation of the pro
visions Of this act, and for violations of
parOchial ordinances made III conformity
with this act
SECTION !. BE Il enacted BIZ The General
assembly Of ne STATE Of Louisiana, That
the Police .Juries of the several parishes OF
this State are hereby invested with the man
| agelnent and control Of all completed public
levees Of tIris,state, which may require pub
lie care for,protectiun and preservation, and
they are hereby authorized and required to
make such l:ws as Tuy be necessary and
proper for their repair, preservation and
protGttit and to regulate the manner III
which the same may be cut for rice fumes
or other purposes.
Sec. 2. BE 1t further enacted, etc, That Pc
lice Jures shall divide their respective par
isles into levee wards or districts. and ap-
1,ointoversccrs therefor, and until such time,
when SAID division can be made, the road
wards as mt present lis;tl ont shall constitute
leyee wards, aud the road OveFseers shall
act us lcvec oyerseers. That it shall he tile
duty of the said levec overseers, on the al-
proacl of high water in each year, to cause
all openings and cuts in the levres to lie re-
paired and filled up, at the expenee,o of those
persons who may have made same, ard in
default OF payment from said parties to he
paid by the parish; and to have filled up
and repaired, all cuts, holes, and washings
in the fevee, at the expense Of the parish
and it shall also be his duty to kill all hogs
running at large upon public lcvees
SEC. 3. Be il further enacted, etc, That,
in case of danger of crevasse III any ward,
the oversecr Of said ward shall cali out all
persons liable to road duty. to work when
required on the levees Of their wards: that
any person subject to road duty who shall
fail to work on any public levee, as pro
vi,lcd in the preceding section. Or under any
regulation OF sny Police Jury Of this State,
shall be prosecuted before any court Of
competent jurisdiction. and, On conviction,
shall be tined two dollars per day for every
day that he may have failed SO to work. and
in default Of payment Of said fine shall be
imprisoned in the parish Jail not to exceed
ten days; pr0ridcd. that no person shall he
required to labor more than twelve DAYS in
any one season.
Sec. 4. BE it further enacted ETC., That
the overseer Of levees Of the ward where
there may be danger Of a break in the levce,
shall have the right to call on the overseers
Of any adjoining wards for assistance; and
it shall be the duty Of these overseers to no
lily those persons subject to road duty liv-
ing within these wards. to proceed to the
designated point to work IA provided in see
ton 3 of tins act That all persons who
may work on levees, in accordance with sec
ton 3 of this act, shall receive from the
parish the sum of one dollar per day for
every day he may work. aud one dollar for
every night: and the levee uvcrsetr shall
be entitled likewise to two dollars per day |
SEC. s. BE il further enacted etc., That |
the Board Of State Engineers shall, imme-
diateiy after the passage of this act, cause |
10 be prepared plans for rice fumes, suit |
able to different dimensions Of levees. ac-
r"mpanled by proper specifications for their t
and the same shall he ready, I
u any time. to he furnished vixen required, /
a. hereinafter provided: and no fumes shall |
be permitted IL be built except in conformity !
with said plans and specifications. nor shall |
my person he permitted to insert in any
public lesee kept up by the State, OF any /