The Opelousas courier., 1890-05-31

it, the Road O%verseers can employ the time and
labor of persons subject to road duty upon bridges
as we'll as upon public roads. That it is made q
part Of the duty Of Road Overseers to enquire
and make dlligent search on their respective roads,
to take charge of all road scrapeS and tools found
belonging to the Parish.
Further Duties o. Overseer> OF asoads. and PEN"
aisies for Interfering with Road Hands
While af Work OR Public Roads.
SEC. II. Be it ordained, etc., That it shall be
and it is hereby declared to be the duty of each
Overseer OF Roads, appointed as aforesaid, to give
notice, either verbal or written by himself or by
come person authorized to that effect by him, to
all persons subject to road duty, of the time and
place of meeting to work on the public roads, and
what kind Of tools each Of them shall bring with
him to work thereon. Prorided, that no person
or persons summoned by the OVerseers to work
on the public roads, shall be bound to work more
than twelve days in each year, nor more than
three days 1T any one time, nor be liable to
any fine for not appearing and doing their duty
unless they shall be summoned and notified as
aforesaid three days, intending that on which the
notice was given, before the day appointed for
working. Aud %prOtidn3. that whenever il shall
be necessary for the public convenience, that any
road, bridge or ca1lseway be Immediately made or
repaired. or that any obstruction in any such road,
bridge or cnuseWay be removed. it shall be the
duty OF the Oyerseer of snch road to call out d suf-
tcient number Of the hands bound to work OH
such road, bridge or canseway, and do the work
required, on giving Immediate notice to such
hands. That any disturbance of road hands while
at work on public roads or bridges, or any inter
rnption by evi! disposed persons, shall be punish
ed by a fine of $40 (ten dolIars) for the first Of
Tense aud s25 twenty-five dollars) for each sub
seQuent offense. and said fine to be disposed ac-
cording to section % of this Ordinance.
Wlans Constitutes "a Mays Work.
SEC. L. Be it ordained, etc, That any person
liable to do road duty, who shall ip obedience to
the summons of the Overseer, attend, and does
not work faithfully at least eight hours during
each day so summoned, shall not be considered
as having done aday's work, aud shall be entitled
to credit for Staly the time he works, aud not for
such time as he may be in attendance but idling.
IDLE Time Deducted.
SEC. Is. Be ii ordained, etc., That the Overseer
be and is hereby authorized to deduct the time so
idled away, by such persons as may be summoned
to work on the public road, and shall have the
authority to continue to call them out from time
to time, to make up the time so idled away and
upon the failure or refusal of any person to attend
upon such summons to make up such deficit, he
shall be liable to the same fines imposed in Sec
ton Is upon persons failing, refusing or neglecting
to attend when summoned, said fines to be recov-
cred in the manner provided in said Section.
Farther Duties Of Road Overseers.
Sec. IA. Be it ordained, ETC., That they be fur
Their required to constantly keep and maintain in
good aud safe order the public roads in the dis
trict OF which they are Overseers, together with
the necessary bridges, causeways, bitches, drains,
mile posts and direction boards thereon, and when
at work on II road always to leave same after sun
low free from all distractions and safe to pass,
and safely TO keep and preserve all timber aud
other property intended for the use of the roads
under their charge and to cause to be immd-
diately removed from the public roads, bridges,
causeways, bitches or drains, all distractions, all
broken down vehicles, all timber Or other things
dropped or left on the road, all snch as dead ami
mails, and all nuisanees, removing the same tb
such q distance from the road as to render them
safe and inoffensive to travellers, and all deal
animals and broken vehicles to be removed at thk
expense of the owner thereof, upon his failure o r
refusal to do so after notice by the Overseer of
the road,
SEE. Is. Be 1T ordained, etc, That Road Oven
seers shall not be allowed any compensation for
the number of days the road hands are required
to work, but they shall be allowed the sum OF
$3.50 Zone dollar and fifty cents) per day for each
days extra work, and no compensation shall be
allowed for notifying the hands. That all
road overseers shall receive the sans
per diem and mileage as witnesses for each
and every day they are summoned before
the Police Jury. 1t shall be the duty of each
overseer TO summon all male persons from the
age of eighteen to fifty, except such as may be
exempt from public service by the Legislature of
this State, or by the Police Jury, to meet at such
places and times as to them, the said o~verseera,
shall seem convenient, with the necessary tools,
for the repairing Or making of the public road OF
roads under their charge; and whoever, without
legal excuse, or physical disability certified to by
some licensed physician practicing in this parish.
shall, upon such refuse or neglect I'd
attend, with the tools designated, and do their