The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1888-06-23
The Road Law
ORDINANCE No. 575.

nance NO. qua, adopted June IN, 1851,
relative to the appointment of road
inspectors and road hands, and provid-
ing penalties for the non performance
of their duties.
Section /. Be it ordained by the Police
Jury Of the parish OF Ouachita. That all
ablebodied male persons between the ages
of fifteen and fifty years shall be liable to
work on the public roads, and are hereby
appointed road hands except public ferry
men, postmasters, persons actually resid-
ing in any Incorporated town or city, metn
bers of the Police Jury, and physicians who
have graduated in legal medical college
and have:a diploma from the same, and
who have paid their State and parish licen-
ses tor the current year; provided it shall
he the duty Of the various road overseers
residing in their road districts, claiming
exemption from road duty, the production
of their diplomas and State and parish IL
censes for the current year, and in case eo or
failure or refusal Of any physician to accede
to such demand he shall be subject to duty
as a road hand,
Sec. g. Be it further ordained, &C.. That
the parish shall be divided into road dis
tricts, each district to be described. NUM-
bered and under the charge of a road over
seer, to be appointed for the next ensuing
the Police Jury in June of each year; at tho
same session road hands shall be appoint
cd to work the roads within their several
districts under the supervision of the road
overseers.
Sec. 8. The Police Jury shall at its rcgu-
lar meeting in June of each year appoint
two persons in each ward as Road 1nspec-
tors, whose duty it shall be to personally
inspect the roads in their respective wards,
and make written report to the District
Attorney on or before each jury term OF the
District Court of Ouachita parish, La, stat
ing the exact condition OF the roads in their
respective wards, giving the names OF the
overseers who have failed to work the
roads and keep them in good condition, and
tow O. FnI ~
perform his duty shall be liable to indict-
ment by the grand jury, or by Information
filed by the District Attorney. and on con-
viction shall be subject to tino Of not less
than ten dollars nor more than twenty-five
dollars, and Imprisonment in the parish
Jail at the discretion of the court: The
fines collected from said convicted road
inspectors shall be paid into the parish
treasury. The fact of the report not being
made shall be ptima facie evidence that the
said inspectors have not performed their
duties. They, the said inspectors, shall
be exempt from road duty as overseers or
road hands for the term they are appointed
to serve as inspectors. 1t shall be the duty
of the said road inspectors, on or before the
LIST day of June next after their appoint
ment, to carefully appOrtion the ROAD hands
to the different sections ofroad i'll their res
pective wards; and shall recommended the
Police Jury suitable person on each sec
ton of road for overseer, and transmit Il
copy of same to the Clerk Of Police Jury.
Sec. 4. Be if further ordained. &c, That
it shall be the duty OF the Clerk OF the
Police Jury within 20 days from the APP
pointment of road overseers and inspec-
tors, to mako copy ofeach oversoer's and
inspectors appointment, showing the dis-
trict to which he is appointed, and the
hands subject to the orders Of the overseer;
which shall be tho commission Of the over
seer and Inspector, said commission to be
served as provided in tho following sec ton
it shall be the duty OF tho Clerk of the
Police Jury to deliver TO tho members of
the Police Jury the commissions of the
road overseers and inspectors residing in
their respective wards, and it shall he the
duty OF the said members of the Police
Jury to serve said commissions on said
such service tho said members shall be
paid the sum Of thrce dollars each and 40
more.
Sec. 6. Be il further ordained, &C., That
should Il vacancy occur by the death of any
road overseer or inspector, or from any
other cause, tho member of the Police Jury
in whose ward the vacancy occurs, shall re-
commend and the President OF the Police
Jury shall appoint another overseer or in-
spector whose commission shall be made
out and served AS herein before provided.
Sec. z Be it further ordained, &c, That
all road overseers shall on or before tho LIST
day of May of each year mex: after their APP
poirtment make II return with q list of all
road hands in their respective sections OF
road, stating the number of days worked by
each hand, together with henamcs of those
who failed to work, to the road inspectors
oftheir respective wards.
Sec. 8. BE it further ordained &c, That
road overseers shall have the roads in their
district worked at least twice in each year;
provided, 40 moro than twelve days work
shall DO required of any road hand during
one year. At least one day before tho day
appointed to begin working of the roads,
the overseer or II road hand appointed by
him, whom he may exempt from road duty
for one day for each warming ofhandS, shall
notify the hands su blect 10 his orders when
and where to assemble il shall be sufficient
for the overseer or his legal proxy 70 give
verbal notification of the day appointed, in
person to each road hand, or in the absence
of a road hand by leaving written Motif
deuce of the road hnud--at the same time
the oversrer shall notify each hand what
tools he shall bring with him. When
wagons. teams, plowS or Scrapers are ord
cred to be brought to assist in working
| roads, the overseer shall, at tho request OF
any person furnishing the Same. relieve him
from duty as follows: For each days scr
team, two days relief; two. horse or OK
scraper and team, three days relief; two
horse or four.oN wagon and team four days
relief.
Sec. 9. That any road hand who after be-
ing summoned shall fail to work faith
fully for at least eight hours each day shall
not be considered as having done Il days
work, and shall DO subject to all the fines
and penalties rs though he had been in de-
or neglect to perform The duties required
OF him by law, each road hand shall be fined
and pay the sum of two dollars per day, to
be recovered by Judgment before any JUS
tice OF tho Peace of tho Parish, and paid by
said Justice to the Parish Treasurer, and in