The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-05-29
PARISH OF ASCENSION, }
Courthouse. May -, 1880.
mo. ?. New Series |


@M..M.M.m Court House, May -, 1880.
No. ?. New Series
AN ORDINANCE to carry into effect the
provisions OF Act. No. So Of t:le General
Assembly or 1889, approved April 10, 1881.
Sec L. WHEREAS, The General Assem-
bly, Of 1880 enacted the following law, to-wit !:
No. So. AN ACT
To provide for the protection and preserga-
ton of cusnplctcl public !evees i'll CON
junction with the Police .jurics CT the
several parishes OF the State: to pre-
scribe the manner in which lcvcrs may
be cut for rice fumes. roads and ma
ciiincry, and to provide means for the
payment Of the expenses attending this
work, ;tad TO provide penalties and pun
ishments for the violation of the pro
visions of this act, and for violations Of
parochial ordinances made in conformity
with this act.
SECTION l. BE it enacted by tie General
assembly of he State Of Louisiana, That
the Police Juries Of the several parishes of
this State are hereby invested with the man
agcment and control Of all completed public
lcvecs OF this State, which may require pub
lie care for protection and preservation, and
they are hereby authorized :tall acquired to
make sucl laws is nay be necessary and
proper for their repair. preservation and
which the same may be cut for rice fumes
or other purposes
SEC. >. BE ii further enacted. etc, That Po-
lice Jnries shall divide their respective par
isl,es into leEee wards Or districts and np-
point oversecrs therefor, and NATL such time,
when sand division can be made, the road
wards us ut present laid ont Shall constitute
lcVee wards, and the road oversetrs shall
act us lever ovcrsrcrs. That it shall be the
duty of the said ltvce uRcrsecrs, on the ;,p-
proach OF high water in each year. to cause
all openings and cuts in the lcv.es to be re-
paired AMI filled up. at the expense Of those
persons who may lave made same, aud i'll
default Of pa'lncnt from said parties to be
paid bv the parish; and to have flied up
and repaired, all cuts, holes, and wasllinys
i'll the levee, ut the expense of the parish
and it shall also be his duty to kill all hogs
running at large upon public levees
Sic. }. he It further e,ntcted, etc.. That,
i'll case of danger of crcvsssc in any ward
the overseer Of said ward shall call ont 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 Oh any public levce as pro
Vldcd Ill the preceding section, or under any
regulation OF any Police Jury of this State.
shall be prosecuted before any court of
competent Jurisdiction. and, on convietiun
shall be fined two dollars per day for every
uitS tHai ne IilN iliNt. 1;llitu SO To WORK, and
in default Of payment Of said fine. shall be
imprisoned i'll the parish Jail not to exceed
ten days: Droridcd, that no person shall he
required to labor more than twelve DAYS il
any one season.
SEC. A. BE it further enacted. etc. That
the overscer Of leyees of the ward where
there may he danger Of "A break in the levee,
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 10
lily those persons subject to road duty liv-
ing within these wards. to proceed to the
designated point to work us provided in see
ton 3 OF this act That all persons who
may work on levees, in accordance with sec
tlrn 3 Of this act, shall receive from the
parish the sum Of one dollar per day for
every day he may work. and one dollar for
every night: and the lcvcr overscer shall
De entitled likewise to two dollars per day
SIC, D. BE 1t further enuctcd etc, That |
i he Board of State Engineers shall. imme
dlatcly after the passage Of this act, cause |
to be prepared plans for rice fumes. suit |
able to different dimensions of levces, ac- |
companed by proper specifications for their /
construction. and the same shall be ready, /
at any time, to be furnished when required (
as hereinafter rrnviled and no fumes shall /
be permitted to he built except Ill conformity I
with said plans and specifications, nor shall !
any person he permitted to insert in any ,
public levee kept up BY the State, Or any