The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1880-07-31
Ordinance No. l4O.

10 provide for the protection and preserya.
lou # the Levees of the Parish of La
iouicie. dividing the Parish into Levee
Distries.
Where's by Act No. So of the regular ses
sion OF IN Legislature approved April 10th
Ioso fhe fsllce Jnries OF the several Parish
es are lnVesied with the control and man.
asement ofall the Public levees and autho,
rlzed ard required to make such laws as
may oe necessary and proper for their re-
Pen pfose1vaton and protection.
1neieIore De 1t resolved bv the Police Ju-
~ OF the Parisi of Lafourche, That the
Public Levees q said Parish be aud thew
are hereby. drvited into tour Leyee Dis
! fricts as follows:
No. y: Frem UPPER line of the Parish right
descending bank t, Merville Rhome's.
m, ne. :. From thespper line of Merville
Khome,s, night t,e ending bank to lower
limit OF the Parish.
| NO; .. FEoil the upper liue Of the Parish
it = desceneins bank: to Raceland station.
NO; a. Flonl Racel.ad station, left de-
seendln3 bans, to owerlimts of Parish,
Sec. = lie f,t'ths' ostzais.ed That the
i;osd Oyerseers of Districts Nos. /. 2. 3
and Z, appointed under existing laws shall
be and they are hereby appointed Levee
inspectors for the Districts Nos. l, 9, 4.
Sec. lie II .J"'the,'oTddancd, That the
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lsh snall De ut the eSpeNe OF the prop1ie-
tors or owleis of the lands in front of
which said levees are made.
Sec. Z. lie IL Jnfthes. en0cted. THAT when
ever arv levee is i'll need ofrepair the 1eyee
Inspector of the District shall dive notice
| u writing TO tne proprietor or owner of
he lands Ill front OF which said Nlevee is.
spechymG what repairs are needed to be
made. olaenng him to make the said re-
pairs without delay, and if any proprietor
OF owner iall refuse or neglect, to make
the repairs specified by the Levee hsDec-
tor within 10 days after service Of said no.
tlce. then and III that case the Levee Inspec
tor shall oe AID he is hereby authorized TO
advertise the work to be done upon said
ievee: 0y posting up notices at the Court
house door and ii the vicinity Of the levee
TO be repaired and after the same shall
nave been advertised for 10 days he shall
let the Same TO the lowest bidder. to ba
PAID by tue Parish, aud upon the comple-
ilon OF the work upon said levee, tire Leyee
1nspector::shall; make q detailed statement of
all the costs thereof, 20 be given TO the Dis.
tr1ct Attorney who Shall forth with enter
SUIT against the party so failing, refusing
Or nesiecting I'd make said repairs. for tha
recovery of AMOUNT paid out and costs.
Provided that irtcase there he more than
one point in any llevee needing repair the
Levee Inspector tshall advertise aud sell
the work to be ddQe upon each point sepa
rateiy, and providAl further that the work
so advertised shaReRot fdr each point need
ing repair exceed the sxh Of one hundred
Sec. 5. Be it 5n4tter enacted, That in all
cases OF great emergency when the levee
or any portion thereof may be in eminent
diangerfhe Provisions set forth in sec. Of
u tnls ordinance shall not be enforce4, ous
the Levd.e Inspector shall immedigtely pro-
ceed to- act under sections and OF Act IS
OF the .eoular session Of the legislature o1
looo rs follows: ri, :,
Sec. ) BE il jurtae.. cnac'ed ETC.. That. III
case OF danger OF crevasse IN any ward' tue
Oversee or of said ward shall call out all per
sons in ,,bIe to road duty, to work wheh re-
qulred on the levees OF their wards tnaI
any pc ,rson subject to road duty who shall
[all to- work on any public levee, as provld
Ell in { ,,a nrecediug section, or under any
Fesnla t;on Il any police jury of this State
shall oe prosecuted before any court OF con
Deten + jurisdiction, and, on conviction
snail he fined two dollars per day Tor ever.
lay hat he may have failed SO to WORK
lpf Iin default OF payment OF s'iu nne
Iall be imprisoned i'll tho, parish jan hu
10 exceed ten days ). p'0c.dcd. thae no po'
4 sou shall be required to laoof more 'n'
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See. 4. Be il ,u.ijtcI enacted, cie;, Ina
: the oyerseer Of levees Of the ward Whe;
= there may be danger GA break il, in T. the = ~
wee, shall have the right to call on the op' Y,
). seers OF any adjoining wards Tor assistant
aud II shall be the duty OF these oversee
In notify those person subject to ROAD 9u
living within these wards, to proceed
the il,a desisnated point to work as prov1a ls.ua
n in section of this act. That all perso
Who may work On levees. in aceordan u
with the provisions of section 3 Of this a
IS shall receive from the parish the, the sum SUI \,
III one dollaA per day for every day y,h. ne n :,
I'll the levee ioyerseer shall be entitled l
wise to two dollars per day.
q, Sec. 6. Be 1t further enacted That IN c
any whs has been notified ho to Tepalt r"nt
thar the work specified by the Levee
snecror in his written notice is not neet
~ Il shall be tho duty Of said Levee lnsl
tor Immediately to summons jury u