The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-07-18
Police Jury Proceedings.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
PARISH OF LAFOURClIE.


Present, J. NJ. Walsh, presidents; al
Messrs, j. l.. Bassct, i. Falgoutv u.
Barrios, l.. II. Bondreanx. J. T.. r
drigue, JOS Dre5ner, and Or. p. LII. T
treau. =
Absent, .Messrs. Dick Hatcher and !
Theriot.
The minutes Of June l. last was rea
and app oved.,.
-,,Dncrous bills and pension petitio,
were re ad and referred under the rule
i, to the committee on claims.
The petition Of e. G.. Lathrop, jnstic
Of the peace of the 10th ward, asking f
an increase vi salary, was read and az
ton thereon postponed until tomorrow
session. ,..-.
The petition of citizens of the lot
ward left ba2s of Bay ou. Lafourcht
asking that the public road BE- estab
lishe1 on the blttufe or water side 0
the public levee. instead OF as ut pre-
sent, Oh the land side of the said leve
from the Cut OF ON down to poin
deemed wise by the police jury; wa:
read and also the D. titipn Of citizens o
the 3rd ward ASKING for the removal 0
the road inspector Of the lst road dis
trict of this parish, and both above pc
titions were laid over for action at to
morroW'S session.
The treasurer's reports on the genera
and drainage funds Of the parish were
read and referred to the finance commit
tee. ..
President Walsh reported that he h ed
communicated with the leree board rel
ative to the encroachmant Of the water
lilies on the channel Of the Bayou La
fourche and OF the impeachment result
ing therefrom to the Navigation there
OF, due to the numerous canals and
drainage bitches cut into the BAYOU and
which convey water lilies into The sai i'll
bayou from the back swalnps, and Pres
id mt Walsh submitted the Following
I'll les governing the subject matter en-
acted by the levce board:
Resolutions passed by the Joint Or
ganizailon Of the Atchafalaya Basin
and Lafourcho Lnvee Boards, 1T a
meeting he'd in New Dreams. La,
Aug. 2o. 1895, governing manner in
which cuts shall be mia lie in Bayou La
fourche levee line in accordance with
Act Nos. 81 and 10 If 1906
LIST. Formal applications to cut any
-levee shall be maue to, and formal all
thOrity to proceed with such cutting
shall be secured from, the. Executive
Committee Of the Joint Organization,
before any cutting be commenced.
End. 1t shall be agreed and under
stood that tile formal authority to pro-
coed with the cutting shallbe predicat
ed upon the observance by riparian
owners Of the following general spaciti-
cations:
Cut for Road OF Wagon Ways:
(a) The elevation of the bottom of
the roa1l cuts where they pierce the
Jevee, shall'be 1t the leust one foot
higher than the level Of the public road
on the land side of the leyca at the
point where the cut is desired, nor
shall they have d greater, width than
two hun lred feet, us prescribed by law.
with side slopes nos fiatttr than nee
cesSarp to insure stability to the ends
Of the levee.
(b) The earth exeayated in making
cuts shall be placed on tho Land side 0
the line Ot lrVee, at suitable points
above and below the cut, and the Ell Is
OF the embanhment, AUDITING upon he
cut, shall Re planted with living roots eff {
Bermuda grass not more than one foot t
apart. to prevent, as much as possible. |
loose eattA from washing into the ha-
You. $3.50.
Cuts ford sitilage purposes
(a) All OPP drainage canals enintv-
ing into Bayou i.lfOu"clc must b., c,It |.
at the bayou rnl So vat their bottoms
S lall not be less than enc foot below
Mean Gulf Level. From thc:.,e the
b ,tton shall slope. upwards towards
tie SWampS with slope not st rper
than one lialt 10 g 10 he mile Said |
canals must continue for I, distance OF
not less than one-half mile from It le
bayou edge, and their side si.,pes must
not be sleeper than |. hori.CltaI to
vertical. 2
y (b) Other drains cut into tie fayou
not conformln with t le above ''lass(al /,
shall be boxed Or lied from the water |.
edge OF the bayou to 4 i ot.tl:e OF 10. (,
ess than forty feet lanAwarIs of tl,I
and to the levrc line. l.
(c) The side slopes Of i'll Open cuts
OF canals descrlce-i in paragraph IA,
from the land eige Of the public roa,!
10 Mean Gulf Level in b wou In
tonrche, shall be planted with living !
roots OF Bermuda grass not more THAI ,
one foot apart.
(d) Water lilies ut water acids .,
and undesirable Watrr ct ailv dcstrip-
ZION shall be excluded from Bayou
I.afourche.
(el Failure to observe aay of the
conditions or spscilica:i ,ns
shall constitute a forfeiture on the part t.
os proprietors Of lands OF all rights il ;
the premises, and the Executive Com
mittee of the Joint Organization may !
after ten days notice to the drliuuael is .
or Violations. have full poWtss aau
without legal form il y Of |
any description, to close aay cit, III
canal at the expense Of the prurripturs
Of the lands making and op sa.i II to-
same.
l, hereby, certify that the above III I
foregoing is true ana correct exact ,
from the minutes Of tile .Juin. Nrga,,ltf !
ton OF the Atcn.,t,sl IVA Bls Il IalLt-
tourche Levee Boards u .Aasua; = !
1906.
w J u Cane
S"lY.
President Walsh appointed tie follow
ing members on the following sta = ling +
committees of this jury, viz:
Committee on Tinancc-Messrs, Bas-
set, BoudreauN and Tctreau. 9
committee on q inns. Messr Walsh.
Theriot and Drcsner, f
Public Buildin ss-Messrs. Roiyi,.,a.
barrios and Hatcher.
Roads and Levees-Messrs. Falrort
1 'tcher and Rodrieue. =
I Unfinished Observation-Disclosures Dresna,. y
todrisue and Tetreau.
IhibodauX Bridge-Messrs. Walsh =
J.
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