The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1886-09-11
No. l67.

Dividing the Parish into Levee Districts sne-
clfying the manner Ill which icveeS shalt be
Kept up aud repaired and the conditions
under which cuts III levtcS shall he permit
ted, providing for the election OF L",ee Iu-
slector>. defining their dLties and fixing
their So iarleS. etc.
SECTION ! BE- it enacted hy tie Police
jury OF the Parish 81 Laiourc!e in regular
session usseiiuled. that this Parish Shall he
and Is hereby divided into four Lcvee Dis.
tflets. as follows:
No. | which shall extend from the upper
line of the Parish on both sides OF the BAYOU
down ID Raceland.
NO. : which shail extend from Raccland on
the rI.llt bank of the BAYOU down to "A polni
Opposite the Iut-Oh.
No. 3 which Shall extend from Raceiand
on the LETT bank of the Bayou down to the
Uut-Otf.
No. ! " irh shall extend from the Crt-Otf
Oh both s.tics OF the Bayou Gown to the Gun.
SEC. :. For each DltIlrt. au Inspector
shall Annually be elected by the Police. jury
al its October session ,S.lt Inspector shall
also be Road liispcetolJ and lie shall t,.
charged with The superintendent OF tie
levcr> OF his District Tor which duties lie
shall receive the salary as now fixed for Road
and Levec Inspectors.
SEC. ;. When any ievee is in need OF re-
pair the Leyee Inspector OF the District shall
give notice III Wrlttn. To the proprietor. uwu-
er. lessee or agent OF the itnu> in flont o
which said levee i Situate.., specifying Wh,t
repairs are needed to he made. ordering him
to make the SAID repairs without DELAY. and
II amy proprietor. owner. lessee or agent ttll,
neglect "r refuse to make the repairs sptci-
iIed by the Inspector, the said Inspector
shall proceed forthwith to have the sand re-
pairs done and present a Statement to the
Police Jury OF all costs thereof which state
ment shall be given to the District Attorney
who shall forthwith enter suit against the
party so tlrtlnu. rffuSluV or. npuIaef;py -,
make the said repairs. for the recovery of
the amount pad out and costs. provided that
the cost of sad lepalrs shall rot exceed
$tno.Oo at amy one point in tlIt said levee.
SEC. 4. No cut any .evee for kIce Fumes.
dahls or Tor any other water conduit or Tor
any other purpose shall he permitted to he
made or built Or shall any person he permit
ted to insert III any pubic lcvee any fune.
dahl or piping to be used for flushing rice
fields or furnishing water to sugar houses
and machinery or Tor Il road way. unless up-
ON the written application OF the PROPRIETOR
owner, lessee or agent OF the land said an
p%llcatlon to be accompanied with good and
solvent surety in the sum of One Hundred
! Dollars to secure the payment of any dam
ages lncarred and TO be addressed to the
President OF the Police Jury or t, the Police
Jury who shall grant the SAID application
aud any one havin. permission to place a
dahl for flooding ice shall have the same
constructed under the direction of the Road
and Levee Inspector of his District and made
TO the satisfaction OF a jury of not more than
three owners Of lands adjacent to those of
the proprietor of the proposed dahl, provided
that no opening OF any kind shall be permit
ted to be made between the LIST Noyenber
and the LIST August of the following wear.
ANY one cutting OF inserting, IN any Ieyer
OF this Parish, fumes, dahis Or pipes witbout
complying with the provisions Of this orli-
nance or who shall III cutting anT leyee f,i!
to follow the directions OF The Road AMI
Levee Inspector shall be prosecuted and On
conviction before any court of competent in.
rlsdiction stall suffer IA fine not TO exceed
Fifty Dollars or impIisummcut not 10 excred
Twenty days or both at the discretion Of
the court.
SEC. ,. 1t shall be the special duty of fine
LeYeee Inspectors to make Il careful exan,i.
nation OF AL rice fumes. dahiS, water con.
duits and road ways in the Parish and when
IN their estimation any Shall be considered
dangerous or unsafe, they shall immtdrately
notify the landowner, lessee or AGENT ia
front OF whose property the said detective
DAM, pipe, conduit or Roadway is situated to
repair, strengthen, take down and ill m,
SAID detective dahl, pipe. conduit or roadway
within Il delay OF 10 days and in cas-. sa;d
owner, lessee or agent shall refuse to obey
said order. then IN the Case al Il ,iahI. pipe
conduit or road way constructed since the
passage OF tins law. tie Road and Levce In
spector shall proceed To take down and fill
! up SAID dahl, pipe. conduit or roadway at tha
expense OF the Parish to be recovered by tha