St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-03-03
PUBLIC ROAD LAW.

Section /. Be il ordained, by
the Police Jury Of st. Tsiumsny
Parish. State Of Louisiana, That it
shall be the duty 81 the Police Jury
annually to appoint 0versesrs Of the
public roads. whose duty it shall bs
to summon Ill male persons resid-
ing within their respective limits.
between the ages of fifteen aud fifty
years, excspt ministers Of the gos-
pei aud those exempt BY the Police
Jury.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained,
etc. That the overseers Of the pub
lie roads shall give notice 20 each
person what kind Ut tool or tools
they and each Of them shall bring
u work with on said road, at the
time Of sn.nmoning such pessou.
to work; that the overrser shall
summon each person subject to road
duty who shall reside within his
road district, in writing. At least
ten d .ys before the day appointed
for working the road. to appear 1t
the place designated BY the over
sesr for the purpose Of working the
road.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained.
etc, That it shall be the duty of the
Clerk Of the Police Jury to furnish
each oversesr with . copy Of this
road law. and . copy Of summons
to work on the roads. in the follow
ing form. to-wit:
To Mr..
You are hereby summoned to be
and appear at. .on the
......day Of ...... ....., l8.
at tho hour Of. ;. O'Clock, for the
purpose Of working the public road,
aud that you bring with you. 80.
Herein fail not. under penalty Of
being reported . dsisultsr.
............, Oyereeer.
............, 1885,.
Sec. 4. Be it further ordained.
ETC.. That it shall he the duty of
each overseer to furnish 70 the
Clerk of the District Court, at least |
10 days before the Let day Of March |
Of each year. . list Of all persons |
to work the road and
who have failed or neglected to
work. and the number Of days that
each person 90 reported has failed
to work. aud it shall be the duty of
the Clerk Of said Court to furnish
, list OF the same to the District
Attorney. to he proceeded with ..
hereinafter set forth.
Sec. S. Be it further ordained.
Ito. That each aud every psrson
subject to road duty. who, after
having been duly fummoned to
work on tie public road, shsll fail
n neglect to do 90. shall be fined
a . sum not less than ten dollars
,or more than fifty dollers, and in
lefault Of paying said line, be i'm.
,risoned in the common Jail Of the
parish for . term Of not less than
en- days nor more than three
nonths. said fine to be recovered
y Indictment or information in the
lame of the State. II
Sec. 6. Be it further ordained.
tc.. That any person may b ~
eased from said 6ne and imprison.
aeut. upon paying to the ovsrseer ;
1 their respective road the sum of .
ne dollar per day in currency for
ach day the person may have fail
d to work on the public road, and
bat said payment be made to tho !
verseer Of the road within five
ays after the working Of said road
which the defaulter may be sub
ct, and by the ovsrseer to bo OF.
ended on the road, add to report
ow expended to the Clerk Of the
district Court.
Sec. z. Be it further ordained
To-. That NO person shall be COM
elled to work more than twelve
avs in any one year. unless the
pad becomes impossible BY fallen
mber and freshets.
Sec. 8 Be it further ordained.
TO-. That each and every oversesr
filing or neglecting to perform the .
uties required Of him by this oct, !
, above set forth. and failing 10 .
erfOrm the following duties. TO-
it: To keep their respective roads :
good order; to cause to be sst M
! the forks Of the public roads in g
their respective road districts .
ost with arms pointing the way O,
ach Of said forks, with directions|
} the nearest place. and the dis 8
NEE to said place. % nearly % can 4
Q ascertsined. and to keep said q
On boards in good repair; TO have j,
'eir roads correctly measured when g
vt already measured. and have n
lainly marked on = post the mum. o
er Of miles from that place to the o
sarest public place to which said D
Dad may lead; tO have al new roads. {,
hen laid out through swamps, cut Q,
I'D cleared 10 the width OF ~ feet :
I'd through the piney woods to th.
idth Of IS feet, and all csuseways
'all be ct least II feet wide; TO p
ave all stnmps cut and completely :
cared to the width Of Ii feet in
70 center of the road: to build and
,ep in repair all bridges ~ far %
their power with the road hands: :: !.
work their respective roads BY -
% LIST day Of July and the 18th d,
y Of December Of each year, and ;.
AXE their report ~ provided in II
~ iOp, NJ fLia ~ ol,~ n l.. &c