St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1898-02-19
AN ORDINANCES.

Mr.. Manuel offered the following
amendments to the road ordinances.
which was unanimously adopted, as
follows:
BE it ordained by the Police Jury of
the Parish of st. Landry, in regular ses-
SION ol convened, That Section Sixteen
| ll6l OF road ordinances adopted March
z, 1897, be amended and re-ordained SO as
| to read, ,as follows. S9 Z 81
Section 16. Belt further ordained. etc,
THAT Road oyerseers shall not be allow
cd any compensation FOR the number of
days the road hands are required to
work, but they shall be allowed thesum
of SI;5o tone dollar and fifty eentsl per
day for each days extra work, and no
compensation shall be allowed for noti-
Tying the hands. That all road over
secrs shall receive the same per diem
and mileage as witnesses for each and
every day they are summoned. before
the police jury. ItshalI be the duty OF
each overseer to summon all male per-
sons from the age of efgh teensto fifty,
except silch 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 physical disahi-
lity certified to by some licensed physi-
clan practicing in this parish, shall, up
on such summons, refuse or neglect to
attend, with the tools designated, and do
their duty either in person or by send
Ing in their place, and to be accepted by
the oyerseer OF the roads, an efficient
hand not subject to be called to work on
the public roads, shall pay fine of five
dollars and costs of court said fine to be
recovered by civil suit before any Ma
mic fro he Hat A..
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
costs are not paid in full within twenty
four hours from the finafity OF the judy
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 convic-
ton Of such neglect or failure to pay
such fine and costs, the said person or
persons offending shall pay % fine OF not
less than twenty-five nor more than one
hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less
than ten or more than ninety days, or
both Mt the discretion of the court; pro-
yided, that such prosecution before the
District Court shall be no bar to the re-
coyery OF the Judgment OF the Magis-
trate's Court by writ of fi-fa, which may
proceed concurrently with such prose-
cution before the District Court.
PfoVlded, That any person so sum-
moned shall be excused from road duty.
upon payment to the road oyersser by
whom he may be summoned, OF the sum
of $l.00 tone dollar) for each day he rnay
be so summoned, said sum to be paw
able within the "a hours next after the
summons may be served UPON him.
otherwise the penalty provided herein
shall be enforced against him said sum,
when SO paid over to the overseer, by
him to be paid to the Parish IYeasnrer
to be by him disposed OF as provided by
Section "a of this ordinance. That asay
person who shall eyade or seek to eyada
read duty, by giving to the oyerseer or
his deputy when called upon to perform
the same, false age as his own, or who
shall refuse TO give his name, shall pay
q fine OF twenty-five dollars and costs.
and In default of the payment of said
fine and costs, be imprisoned lin the par
ish Jail not exceeding thirty days at the
discretion of the court, said fine and
penalties to be enforced by Indictment
or information in the name of the State.
. Provided further, That no person can
be compelled to cross nayigable stream
to work on a public road when there ID
o public road on his side OF said stream.
except by special act OF the police jury.
The above amendment shall take
effect from and after Its publication.
II. iii. MCGEE, President.
Attest: j. j. HEALEY, Clerk.