The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-08-03
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male person of proper age shall be ex-
empt from road duty, except he be physi-
Sec. 4. Substitutes acceptable to the
overseer shall be received to work ia the
place of persons furnishing the same.
ARTICLE III.
Sec. /. No person shall be compelled
to serve as road overseer oftener than
ode year in every two, but any person &C
c6bting the appointment of oyerseer shall
6S.couoiderod AZ waving tho right of re-
fu6al, whether over age or any other ex-
cute, and shall be liable to all penalties
for non compliance of all duties of over
seers of roads the same as any other
overaeer not entitled to exemption All
afDointeee shall be considered as accept
IN, If they do not notify the clerk OF
the police jury, in person or in writing,
within thirty days after their appoint
uaSnt, that they will not serve. and any
bfidge co mmissioner, road overseer, road
r5siewer or apportioner of hands over
f1fty years of age, who shall accept rs
such shall be liable to all penalties ap.
btrtaining to bridge commissioners, rood
reviewers or apportioners of hauds.
Sec. 2. All bridge commissioners and
! reviewers to mark out new roads. duly
appointed and accepting said appoint
ments, shall be exempt from common Ia
boz on public roads as many days a. they
may Be actually engaged in performing
thoir respective duties; provided, that II
any person over fifty years of age should
aceepk and perform the duties embraced
lin this section, he may claim the exemp-
tim for one of his hands for such time,
il he has such; and, provided, further,
that oyerscers may exempt one hand for
ono or more days. as the case may be, to
summon the hands, in accordance to the
time employed for such service.
1 81 ARTICLE III.
See. 1. The police jury shall order new
roads to be cut out, and changes in the
lpabIic roads, whenever they deem II
proper and right, whenever brought tc
their notice by petition or otherwise. anc
shall for such purposes appoint three
freeholders to locate and mark out saic
new road or change in an old one; pro
vifed that old roads may be changed To-
distance Of one mile or less by the over
seer of such road, when so ordered o!
the police jury, without the interventlol
, of the reviewers aforesaid.
i Sec. q. All reviewers of roads shal
take and sbscribe to the following oatl
before entering upon the discharge o
SrArE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Grant,
do solcmnly swes
| Tor afiirm) that ! will we'll and truly view an
D :. to the greatest advantaa
TO locality for a good road. with due oonsit
I alton Us to distance. without favor or eue.
: iii 90 help me God. reviewer sign here9
= sworn to md Subscribed before me this.
day of......,........., A. A. lS.
= TThis oath must be subacribed Z. before q n
tary public. justice Of the peace, or other ofh
D authorised TO administer outhsl
/ Sec. 8. Reviewers of roads shall. *
thirty DAYS before commencing the
work, give public notice by posting, ;
: least in three public places, as near
Q convenient to said road, of the time an
q place of beginning; and, should any re-
!. estate owner feel agrieved at such ros
y crossing his property or otherwise dar
% aging him, he shall give notice to sal
o reviewers in writing stating his grie
4 ance; and, in such case. it shall be Il
:, duty of said reviewers to assess the dar
% AGE to said real estate owners; and ga
reviewers shall make due return in WI
II ting of all their proceedings in locatiI
n and marking said road, assessing dar
I, ages, ETC., to the police jury at its ne
!" regular meeting, or to the clerk theret
ts within thirty days after they have pr
ys formed the same.
M Sec. 4. No damages shall be assess
or allowed unless the complainant sh
~ give notice as aforesaid to the reviewe
Ve before the expiration of the thirty da
ae notice given by the reviewers, or with
y. ten DAYS after the location is made.
:. Sec. 5. After the report of the revie
~ era of any new road has been made
ne police jury shall appoint an overseer
of oyerseers to cut out said road, and
- such purpose he or they shall be auth
lied to call out hands subject to 70
u duty within three miles of the same; a
We all such hands shall be entitled to Gre
nd for each day they work, the same to
~ credited to their respective road distri
and for failure of any hand or hands
10 ly summoned to cut out new roads, Il
all shall be liable to fines and penalties
nit ordinary road hands, and the overse
- Of new roads shall be liable to all
penafties and fines of overseers OF roa
and said overseer or oyerseers shall
port in writing to the police jury at
next regular meeting after they h
finished opening their said new road;
they shall continue to perform the du
&c as overseer thereof for the remainde
the year for which they have been
pointed; and it shall be the duty OF
81 apportioners of hands, in the ward
=, district where the new road is ope
OK and cut out, Immediately to appor'
:. hands to keep said new roads IN ordc
" other hands, and, on failure to do
lshall be liable to the penalties for
non-performance of their duties as IN
OF binary cases of apportioning hands.
isn Sec. g. Any road hand furnishin
lIse pillow and team when requested by
airy overseer shall be allowed one days
lice ~ e..-,;shs5 tha road hand shaIl h,