The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-07-08

* nlaturities.
!. FIFTH. Each purchaser
= franchise or lease shall furnis
u bond in the sum OF Tw
j. Hundred and fifty dollars. binding an
=. obligating said lessee to keep the Ferr,
u Ponteon or Iron Bridge leased by hi
d in good and safe order and cont,itio
>. And guaranteeing tho faithful perform
= ance OF all the duties incumbent o.
J. him as Ferry or Bridge Keeper; sal
n | bond to be recoverable befor
any Court OF competent jurisdiction.
! SIXTH Each Ferry or Bridge Keep
er shall keep at all times and seasons o
the year good road or ramp to enabl,
> persons and conveyanccs of any kind t.
/, reach the the Ferry Boat or Bridge from
the pubic road, or reach the public roac
from the Ferry Boat or Bridge witt
SAFETY and ease in each of the above eases
ne shall provide strong bars to be useC
III the front and rear of his ferry boa,
and at each landing ahe shah also be re
CURED to safely fasten his:ferry boat
whilst embarking or dlsein barking
kind; and any failure to comply
strictly with any of the above proyi.
sIons shall subject him to a penalty OF
twenty-five dollars for eacn such fail.
competent jurisdiction.
SEVENTH The location of Ferries.
P2ntoon bripges and permanent iron
| bridges as established by this ordinance
shall not be changed without permission
| being first obtained form this Jury and
| any person violating this provision shall
De subject to penalty of One hundred
| dollars recoverable before any Court OF
competent jurisdiction.
\ s
ElGHTH.s All keepers of Public Ferr-
les, Pontoon Bridges and perma nent
I4fan Bridges of this Parish shall bere-
CURED to cross all children attending the
! public or private schools in this Parish
free OF cost, provided, however, that
| such crossings shall be limited to hour
previous to the opening or subsequent to
the closing of the.school at which they
attend and further they shall also be
required to cross free Of charge all foot
passages going to and returning from
church on Sundays between the hour
OF and IL am.
NINTH The following fees Of tolls
shall be charged and no more.
Each foot passenger with privilege
to return same day.. ..... scents
Each horse and rider, each cross
ing, O5cents
Each buggy with contents,each
crossing ......... 10 cents
Each buggy with two horses and
contents, each crossing,.... -. .2ocents
Each four horse wagon loaded
or empty, each crossing Accents
Each one horse cart. LOADED or
empty, each crossing 49,. .. 1Ocents
Each two horse cart, loaded or
empty each crossing, .2Oceut
Each three horse cart, loaded or
empty, crossing. 25cents
Each one or two horse wagon,
loaded or empy, each crossing, 90 cents
Each Threshldg Machine. each
crOssing,.. -. SO cents
Each portable engine, each
i Each Automobile, each H. '''0 '0'lo'
From O'Clock PM beween o aa ersr
lst. and March 1st. and from s O'Clock
Pm. until o'clock Am. beween April
1st. and September lst. of eachyear,
the ferry keepers may charge double
the above rates of tolls.
TENTH Each Ferry, Pontoon or
Bridge Keeper is hereby required to adj
here to the above toll list and
further to keep list there of con-
spicuously posted on their boats, pontosn
or permant iron bridges OH bulletin
board placed conspicuously near their
ferry boat, pontoon or bridge landing on
failure so to do, of forfeiture of their
lease, and furthe- to keep a good light
on their ferry pontoon bridge or perma
mentI Iron bridge from Sunset to sun
rise under the penalty as hereinabove
mentioned in this section.
ELEVENTH. All ordinances or parts
previously adopted by this
j nry, conflicting herewith are hereby re
Dea!ed.
The reported ordinonce relative to the |
sale Of ferries after having been read in |
full to the jury, Mr.. Howell, represent |
ing Mr.. Firmin Thibodaux, and DIR. J j |
Ago, an interested citizen OF the Race
land locality, were granted permission
to address the jury in regard to certain |
provisions of the above mentioned ordi-
nance.
on motion duly made and
carried, the ordinance reported by the
foregoing committee, regulating the
sale OF ferries, was ordered taken up sec
ton by section, and this having been
done and the said ordinonce amended
in accordance with the views OF majo
rity Of the mem bers of the police jury,
On motion Of Mr.. Dresner, seconded by
Mr., Ell atcher, the said ordinance was vo
ted upon as mended as whole by the
following vote.
Yeas Basset. Poger, Falgout. Barrios
Rodrigue, Theriot, Hatcher,
lnd Dresner,
rhe ordinonce as amended and adopted
.eads as follows
ORDINANCE NO. 26e.
Be it enacted by the Police Jury CT
lie Parish of Lafourche in regular
meeting assembled,
FIRST That the president of
his jury aud the Superintendent OF
he Public schools of this Parish, be
md are hereby authorized and en- !
covered to sell the lease of the pub
ic ferries of this Parish under seals
lids. said bids to be opened on the
9Th day of September 1911 at II f
o'clock A. NJ. at the Court House in !;
he town of Thlbodaux, Louisiana, gl-1 =
ing thirty DAYS previous notice Of
he same in the official Journal of Ie
bis Parish, to the highest responsible I
idder, the right being reserved to re /
ect any and al! bids. d
SECOND That the lease Of the !.
erries sold hereunder shall extend
rom the first day Of January 1912 10
be thirty first day of December 1913
abusive, it being understood, howe :
er that such bidders who will bind
nd obIigate themselves to construct, r
rect aud operate Pontoon bridges III il
God and safe condition in the bids d
unlimited by them, tie lease on that p
ferry shall be extended 10 Il
period of five years, commencing tt