St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-03-05
AN ORDINANCE.

+ Mr.. Manuel offered the following
amendments to the road ordinances.
which was unanimously adopted, as
follows: II Ses
Be it ordained by the Police Jury Of
the Parishof st. Landry, inregular ses-
sion convened. That Section Sixteen
(l6) Of road ordinances adopted March
2, 1897, be amended and re-ordained so as
to read, as follows:
Section Is. Beitfurther ordained. etc,
That Road oyerseers shall not be allow
ell any compensation for the number of
days the road hands are required to
work, but.they shall be allowed thesum
of $1.50 Zone dollar and fifty cents) per
day for each days extra work, and no
compensation shall be allowed for noti-
flying the hands. That all road over
seers shall receive the same 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 per-
sons 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 overseers, shall seem convenient,
with the necessary tools, for the repair
/ ing or making of the public road or
roads under their charge; and whoever,
/ without legal excuse, or ply sical disahi-
I Aby CeEbifl0u To Dy SOHA6 3iCGiSGd pnYSi-
| clan practicing in this parish, shall, up
i on such summons, refuse or neglect to
/ attend, with the tools designated, and do
| their duty either in person or by send-
ling in their place, and ID be accepted by
the oyerseer of the roads, an efficient
i hand not subject to be called to work on
the public roads, shall pay q fine of five
dollars and costs of court said fine to be
recovered by civil suit before any Ma
4 gistrate having jurisdiction of the per-
son offending In the name of the Police
Jury on the relation of the Road Over
seer and in the event that said fine and
i costs are not paid in full within twenty
4 four hours from the fnality of the judg
ment imposing same, the person or per-
sons offending shall be prosecuted by
Indictment or Information in the name
OF the State, and upon trial and conyic-
i ton of such neglect or failure to pay
such fine and costs, the said person or
persons offending shall pay a fine of not
less than twenty-five nor more than one
hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less
i than ten or more than ninety days, or
both at the discretion of the court; pro-
vided, that such prosecution before the
District Court shall be no bar to the re-
covery Of the judgment of the Magis-
4 trate's Court by writ of fi-fa, which may
proceed eoncurrentIy with such prose-
& cution before the District Court.
Il Provided, That any. person so sum-
moned shall be excused fronl road duty,
! upon payment to the road overseer by
7 whom he may be summoned, of the sum
/ of ST. 90 Zone dollar) for each day he may
be SO summoned, said sum to be pay
able within the 24 hours next after the
summons may be served upon him,
otherwise the penalty provided herein
u shall be enforced against him saiti sRIn,
when SO paid over to the overseer, by
him to be paid to the Parish Treasurer
e | to be by him disposed of as provided by