The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1881-09-24
Ordinance No. l43.

ton Of the leveeS OF the PallS OF LafOur
che and dividing the parish into districts.
sion Of the Legislature approved April 18th
1880 the police jurors of the several parishes
are invested with the control aud manage
ment Of all the public levees and authorized
and required to make such laws as may be
necessary and proper for their repair, pre-
servation. therefore.
Section |. BE it resolved by the Police
Jury OF the Parish Of Lafourche, That the
public levees ut said parish be and hereby
divided into Thirty seven districts as fol
lows. viz:
Section Q District No. l. From the up
per line of the Parish fright Bank to the
upper line of John Webre Est.
District NO. 2. John Webre Est. upper
line to the upper line Of John Williams plan
tdtioR.
District No. 3. From upper line of Jno.
its of the town of Thibodaux.
District No. 4. From lower of corporate
limits of Thibodanx to lower line of Felix
Z. SEWN.
District No. ,. From lower line of F. p
SEWN to st. Charles Charpel
District No. 6. From st. Charles Chap
, pei to upper line Of Gazzo.
Dist rict No. I. FrOu upper line Of GazzO
to lower line of St. Marys Church.
District No. .. From lower line OF st.
Mary's Church to the upper line of Al,dor
Matherne
District No. 9. From upper line Of Ali
dor Matherne to store of j. Molaison.
District No. 10 From Molaison's store
| to upper line Of Jno. Gonzales plantation
Dist. No. II. From upper line of Juo.
Gonzales to NJ. Delaune's store.
! District No. II. From NJ. Deloune's store
| to store OF L. lerile
District No. l3. From l.. LeRille's store
| to Jno. Montbou les lower line.
District No. Ia. Fron, no. Monbouller's
| lower line to lower line of Bianchard's Es-
| tate.
district No. Is. From lower line of the
Blanchard's Est. to the lower limits OF the
| Parish on the right bank.
| District No. lb. FROM the upper line OF
| the Parish left Bank to the lower line Of
| Dixie plantation.
Dist. No. II. From the lower line of Dix
| ie plantation to the Chack Bay lane.
| District No. Is. From Chack Bay lane
to the lower ,iIe of the Collins plantrtion.
! District No 49, From lower line of Col
! Inns plantation to Latonrclie Crossing.
District No. 20. From I.afourche Gross
! ing to lower line of Bush Grove plantation.
District No. Il. From lower line OF Bush
Glove plantation to upper line Of Pitman
| place.
District No D. From the upper line of
Pitman place to the upper line OF the Flo
| rae plantation.
! rae place to lower line oi kaceland i.lace.
District No, "a. From lower line OF Race
lard place TO upper line Of Mathews place
District No. p. FROM upper line of Ma
thews to upper line of Lesen,lre place.
District No. 26. From upper line Of La
& rdes place to lower line Of Adlar Bou
dreaux's place.
~ A
isc Boudreaux's place to uppe. line Of =
Hacang's place.
District No. %. Fron, upper line CT T
Harang TO the Gait Of
District No. 29 From :hs Cut-off'' tc
the upper line of Mrs. Livau,lais Pitre.
District No. 80. From the upper line OF
Mrs. Livaudai> Pitre to lower limit OF The
Parish left descending bank.
Section g. Be it further ordained, Tha'
the keeping in repair Of the leveer of til.
Parish of Lafuurche shall be at the ex
pense oil the prOpI or or owners of tn,
lands in front Of which the levees ar,
made.
Section 4. Be it further ordained, Tha
when any leyee is in need ofrepar. the lc
wee inspector Of the district shall give 10
tice in writing to the proprietor or owue
of the lands in front OF whch said levee is
: specifying what rcra!r are needed to b
made, ordering him to make the said re
pa,r without delay, and ii any proprietor o
owner fail. refuse or neglect, to make tn
repairs specified by the Inspector with
ten DAYS after service of said notice the
and in that case th, levee inspector shal
he and is hereby authorized to advertiz
the work to he done upon the levee, l.
;. posting up notices in the vicinity of tho
wee to be repaired or at the court h0us
door, ard after the same shall have bee
advertised for ten days hr shall let tn
same to the lowest bidder to BE- paid by III
t Parish and upon the completion of I'll
work upon said levee tue leyee inspcctt
!. shall make detailed statement of all til
q csts thereof aud after the refIsal of I'll
owner OF lands, in trout of which the lcve
is situated to pay same, the said stat
e ment shall be given to the Distri'
Attorney, who shall forthwith enter su
Y against the party So failing. refusing or nc
i lecting to make said repairs for the recO
r. cry OF the amount paid out and costs. Pr
vit!ei that in case there be more than OF
n point in any leycc ueeding repair the levi
ii inspector shall advertise aud sell the wOI
,s to be done upon each point separately a,
It provided that the work SO advertised sha
not iur each point needing repair exec
b, ths. sum of One Hundred :}ollars.
d S.cttnD 5. Be it fnrt her enacted, That
ii all cases of great emergency when the
,s yce or any porti"n thereof t-Eaay be in en
nent danger the provisions SET fUftn III 81
" ton 4 OF this Ordinance. shall not be {
forced hut the levee inspector shall iml!
tiiately proceed to act under section 30l
I. Act IS of the regular session oi he legis
turc nj 1850
Section 6. BE it further enacted, et
That in case a,v one who has been nnti.i
to repair ,!ie ierce III front Oi his ian
shall contend that the wu.k specified III
he the lavee Inspector in his written notice
20 not needed, il shall De tie duiy Gf said
X wee Inspector to Immediately summons
er jury of not less than five s.r ~ GERS ali
he neis hber'lcelF Fwho- stall San.ips ,sslt io'
AK said trfIecd repairs aud decide wsaefher
bya not the work ordered by .he>> Inspector
le- necessary. ~
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