The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1904-04-13
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Suggestion for Securing Best
Results in Road Working.

If our new police jury, when
elected, adopts a new system of
taxation and for working our
public roads, it will be necessary
for them to appoint a board of
works. whose duty it will be to
see that all the laws, rules and
regulations passed by the jury
in reference to our public roads
are strictly carried out. The
board of works will consist of
nine members-a chief supervi-
sor of the board of works for the
parish of Lafayette. and a local
supervisor for each ward in the
parish.
The board of works will be a
board of arbitrator to settle and
decide all disputes and con-
trOversies between the different
wards and in the wards. If any
number of men are dissatisfied
with the decision of the board
they will have the right to appeal
to the police jury whose decision
will be final.
The board of works should
decide at their semiannual or
quarterly meetings what new
roads should be built and old
ones repaired. All the new
roads to be built and all the
important repairing of old roads
should be done by contract. All
contracts for working the roads,
should be made in writing and
signed by the local supervisor,
and cOuntersigned by the chief
supervisor, blank forms to be
furnished by the parish. No
contract for building or repair
ing the roads should extend over
one year-small contracts for
repairing can be let for a shorter
time,
DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
1t will be the duty of the chief
supervisor to call the board
together at least twice a year or
once in six months and not often
er than once in three months;
except in extreme cases of emerg-
ency, he can call a special meet
ing of the board to arrange the
matters. 1t will be his duty to
preside at all the regular and
special meetings of the board.
The local supervisor will have
general supervision of all
the roads in his ward: he will
attend to letting of all contracts
for building and keeping the
roads in repair in his ward; he
will attend all regular and special
meetings of the board called by
the chief supervisor; he will
make out his report in writing
and present it to the board at
each regular meeting. No man
should be appointed a member
of the board of works for a
longer term than one year. If
he is careless and negligent in
attending to his duties one year
is long enough to serve. If he
is faithful and diligent in the
discharge of his duties, appoint
him again. No man should be
appointed a member of the board
who is not on the. assessment roll
for 100000 and a resident of
the ward that he represents.
The appointment of members of
the board of works should be
made by petition to the police
jury and signed by a number of
property and land owners and
the police juror representing the
ward for which the appointment
is to be made.
REMUNERATION OF OFFICERS.
Each member of the board of
works should receive at the rate
of two dollars per day for the
actual time spent in the dis
charge of. his duties as super
visor. All books, papers and
blank forms necessary for the
use of the board should be
furnished by the parish. The
duties of the chief supervisor
are very important, but limited.
It is more of a judicial and
honorary, nOSitiOn than ono Of